Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud17 reviews Peter Watson Harper Perennial, 2006 Best book I have ever read + Excellent overview of the ideas that has shaped our world. + I think my brain actually grew bigger + Flawed but interesting + Exceptionally good of its kind             An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't90 reviews Judy Jones, William Wilson Ballantine Books, 2006 An Incomplete Education + A great gift item I've seen this book in numerous catalogs and knew that my 15 year old daughter would love it. In the catalogs it was around $35 + shipping. I found it here at a much lower price; the book arrived promptly; and it was in excellant condition. I come here first for any of my online shopping needs. ...             A Briefer History of Time65 reviews Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow Bantam, 2005 Non-Fiction for Science Fiction Lovers + Wonderful + Brief, informative, enjoyable + Great read!!!             Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science132 reviews Charles Wheelan W. W. Norton & Company, 2003 Excellent Primer + Excellent book + Economics for a layman + Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science + Great!             The Social Animal11 reviews Elliot Aronson Worth Publishers, 2003 Where Psychology meets Culture + Social Psych + Read it or Weep + Excellent for beginners + The Social Animal by E. 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Oppenheim Rodale Books, 2006 Wonderful! + Invest 3 minutes a day in this book + Exellent + Each Day A New Topic Weekly.             A Briefer History of Time65 reviews Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow Bantam, 2005 Non-Fiction for Science Fiction Lovers + Wonderful + Brief, informative, enjoyable + Great read!!!             The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author290 reviews Richard Dawkins Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 Possibly my favorite read of all time + Neo-Darwinian Genetic Evolution of Altruism and Social Behaviour that shook Group Selectionists + Dissecting "The Selfish Gene" Wow. When I finished this book, I did something I had never done before: I read the same book again. The second time through, I underlined things and scribbled thoughts on the inside covers and in the margins and wrote emails to friends about questions forming in my mind. After that second pass, ...             The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the ...132 reviews David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim Rodale Books, 2006 Wonderful! + Invest 3 minutes a day in this book + Exellent + Each Day A New Topic Weekly.             A Short History of Nearly Everything635 reviews Bill Bryson Broadway, 2004 A biography of the universe + A tour through history + 2000 Shock + Not really short, nor about everything, but worth the effort + like drinking out of a fire hose             Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud17 reviews Peter Watson Harper Perennial, 2006 Best book I have ever read + Excellent overview of the ideas that has shaped our world. + I think my brain actually grew bigger + Flawed but interesting + Exceptionally good of its kind             Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science132 reviews Charles Wheelan W. W. Norton & Company, 2003 Excellent Primer + Excellent book + Economics for a layman + Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science + Great!             The Social Animal11 reviews Elliot Aronson Worth Publishers, 2003 Where Psychology meets Culture + Social Psych + Read it or Weep + Excellent for beginners + The Social Animal by E. Aronson             The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a ...42 reviews Tim Harford Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007 `..the difference between nineteenth century farming and twenty-first-century frothing ..' + Objective, entertaining, if inot narrow in scope and flawed in areas + Basic Economic Principles Applied to Real Life + Economics demystified (for the developed world only) + The great deal!             Mapping the Mind45 reviews Rita Carter University of California Press, 2000 If you know what an Alien Hand is, you don't need to read this book + it's OK + This is the only one to read for your first + Incredibly interesting, insightful, and easy to read, but also incredibly deterministic + A terrific, simplified, user-friendly introduction to neuroscience             An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't90 reviews Judy Jones, William Wilson Ballantine Books, 2006 An Incomplete Education + A great gift item I've seen this book in numerous catalogs and knew that my 15 year old daughter would love it. In the catalogs it was around $35 + shipping. I found it here at a much lower price; the book arrived promptly; and it was in excellant condition. I come here first for any of my online shopping needs. ...