Marriage and Family in the Middle Ages, by Frances and Joseph Gies

How the family unit tranformed from the economic engine of Europe to the venue for awkward holiday dinners.

Women in Anglo-Saxon England, by Christine Fell

How French vikings popularized misogyny in England.

How the West Came to Rule, by Alexander Anievas and Kerem Nisancioglu

An exploration into the darker side of European greatness.

The Dawn of Everything, by David Graeber and David Wengrow

An anthropologist and an archaeologist revise human history.

The Great Transition, by Bruce Campbell (Part Two)

How the Middle Ages came to an end and a new world began.

The Great Transition, by Bruce Campbell (Part One)

How climate and disease created the modern world.

The Patriarchs, by Angela Saini

Delve into the man cave.

The WEIRDest People in the World, by Joseph Henrich

A book that dares to ask: what if there was one weird explanation for colonialism?

The Invention of Peace, by Michael Howard

A survey of war through history.

Revenge Capitalism, by Max Haiven

Max Haiven argues that revenge is the heart of capitalism.

Homage to Catalonia, by George Orwell

Debt, by David Graeber

To whom do we owe the pleasure?

The Origin of Capitalism, by Ellen Meiksins Wood

Capitalism changed the world forever. This book explains how it happened.

How to Photograph People, by Demetrius Fordham

A skilled introduction to a scary subject.

The Little Ice Age, by Brian Fagan

A report on the changing world at the end of the Middle Ages.

Scattered Minds, by Gabor Maté

Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell

Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler