Book Genre: Sociology / Anthropology

Upheaval

In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crises while adopting selective changes -- a coping mechanism more commonly associated…

God Is Not Great

In "God Is Not Great," Christopher Hitchens critiques religion as a man-made construct that leads to repression, advocating for a secular life grounded in science and reason.

A Distant Mirror

In this revelatory work, Barbara W. Tuchman examines not only the great rhythms of history but the grain and texture of domestic life.