Arjun Srivastava's Library

Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty
Roy F. Baumeister, Ph.d.
Why is there evil, and what can scientific research tell us about the origins and persistence of evil behavior? Considering evil from the unusual perspective of the perpetrator, Baumeister asks, How do ordinary people find themselves beating their wi...

How to Invent Everything: Rebuild All of Civilization (With 96% Fewer Catastrophes This Time)
Ryan North
***One of BBC Focus magazine's top books of 2018***Get ready to make history better... on the second try.Imagine you are stranded in the past (your time machine has broken) and the only way home is to rebuild civilization yourself. But you need to do...

Neuropsychedelia: The Revival of Hallucinogen Research Since the Decade of the Brain
Nicolas Langlitz
Neuropsychedelia examines the revival of psychedelic science since the "Decade of the Brain." After the breakdown of this previously prospering area of psychopharmacology, and in the wake of clashes between counterculture and establishment in the la...

The omnivore's dilemma: a natural history of four meals
Michael Pollan
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A national bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to tab...

Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights
Molly Smith , Juno Mac
How the law harms sex workers--and what they want instead Do you have to endorse prostitution in order to support sex worker rights? Should clients be criminalized, and can the police deliver justice? In Revolting Prostitutes, sex workers Juno Mac a...

Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
Studs Terkel
A Pulitzer Prize winner interviews workers, from policemen to piano tuners: “Magnificent . . . To read it is to hear America talking.” —The Boston Globe A National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller Studs Terkel’s classic oral hist...