Dr. Richeson's Favorites
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.)The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Vintage)The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Fut...
by Jared M. Diamond
$10.79
By the author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, this book traces human evolution from the other two forms of chimpnzee. It’s rather ...
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to...
by Lawrence Wright
$11.56
Another depressing (but very well written) book, tracing the history of Islamic fundamentalism and the development of al Qaeda.
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Hea...
by Sandy Tolan
$10.85
This book gives one a rather different perspective than many Americans receive on the history of the Palestinian-Israeli histo...
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a TimeMusicophilia: Tales of Music and the BrainExile
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Pro...
by Greg Mortenson
$7.50
This is a true story about an American mountain climber who re-pays a village in northern Pakistan by raising money and buildi...
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
by Oliver Sacks
$17.16
This is the most recent of Oliver Sacks’ books. He is a neurologist who presents vignettes about patients with neurological s...
Exile
by Richard North Patterson
$9.99
This is a novel (a murder mystery), but done after considerable research, about the terrorist bombing of an Israeli prime mini...
Einstein: His Life and UniverseManhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.)American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964
Einstein: His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson
$12.21
This is a very readable biography about Albert Einstein.
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Kil...
by James L. Swanson
$11.18
This is the story of the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth, the principal assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1...
by William Manchester
$12.23
This is an old book, but I hadn’t read it until this past year. It’s a biography of Douglas MacArthur – pretty remarkable boo...
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