psykon rated Gathering Moss: 5 stars
Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Gathering Moss is a series of personal essays introducing the reader to the life cycle, the ecology, and the natural …
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Cultish by Amanda Montell
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and …
psykon rated Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia: 4 stars
psykon rated God: an Anatomy: 5 stars
psykon rated The Great Leveler: 4 stars
The Great Leveler by Walter Scheidel (The Princeton economic history of the Western world)
"Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years …
psykon rated The Pattern Seekers: 2 stars
The Pattern Seekers by Simon Baron-Cohen
A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity.
Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, …
psykon rated Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings: 4 stars
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and …
psykon rated Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame: 5 stars
psykon rated The Great Sea: 4 stars
psykon rated Mind of a Bee: 5 stars
psykon rated Debt: The First 5,000 Years: 5 stars
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
The author shows that before there was money, there was debt. For 5,000 years humans have lived in societies divided …
Femina by Janina Ramirez
Brought to you by Penguin.
Extraordinary women have held positions of power throughout history. But, aside from the select few, …
psykon rated How Emotions Are Made: 4 stars
psykon rated One Nation Under God: 5 stars
One Nation Under God by Kevin Michael Kruse
We’re often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in One Nation …
