50 Books like Women's Work

Lady Sapiens

by Thomas Cirotteau • 2011

The real prehistoric woman hunted, healed, and led. Her passivity was a Victorian invention.

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🏛️ Human Prehistory 🔬 Evolutionary Anthropology ⛏️ Feminist Archaeology 🏹 Hunter-Gatherer Societies 👶 Cooperative Breeding

Lady Sapiens 95%

The real prehistoric woman hunted, healed, and led. Her passivity was a Victorian invention.

by Thomas Cirotteau 2011

3.64

688 ratings

🏛️ Human Prehistory 🔬 Evolutionary Anthropology ⛏️ Feminist Archaeology 🏹 Hunter-Gatherer Societies 👶 Cooperative Breeding

Mother of Invention

by Katrine Marçal • 2020

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

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💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

Mother of Invention 93%

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

by Katrine Marçal 2020

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💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

Cities

by Monica L. Smith • 2019

Cities were never about efficiency. They were about all the things you cannot get alone.

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🏙️ Urban History 🏛️ Ancient Cities 🏺 Material Culture 🌆 Urban Anthropology 🚶 Everyday Urbanism

Cities 92%

Cities were never about efficiency. They were about all the things you cannot get alone.

by Monica L. Smith 2019

3.26

446 ratings

🏙️ Urban History 🏛️ Ancient Cities 🏺 Material Culture 🌆 Urban Anthropology 🚶 Everyday Urbanism

Broad Band

by Claire L. Evans • 2018

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

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👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 🌐 Internet History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism

Broad Band 92%

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

by Claire L. Evans 2018

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👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 🌐 Internet History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism

Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel

by William G. Dever • 2005

Archaeology reveals ordinary Israelites worshiped Asherah as Yahweh's consort. The Bible erased her.

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🏺 Ancient Israel 🛐 Folk Religion 🌳 Goddess Worship ⛏️ Archaeology Of Religion 👩‍👧 Women And Religion

Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel Summary

Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel 92%

Archaeology reveals ordinary Israelites worshiped Asherah as Yahweh's consort. The Bible erased her.

by William G. Dever 2005

3.93

307 ratings

🏺 Ancient Israel 🛐 Folk Religion 🌳 Goddess Worship ⛏️ Archaeology Of Religion 👩‍👧 Women And Religion

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

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🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

A Brief History of Misogyny 92%

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

by Jack Holland 2006

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3k+ ratings

🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich • 2007

The famous slogan was never just about misbehavior. It was about how history itself erases women.

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🏛️ Women's History ✊ Feminist History ⚔️ Women Warriors ✍️ Early Women Writers ⛓️ Slave Narratives

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History Summary

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History 92%

The famous slogan was never just about misbehavior. It was about how history itself erases women.

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 2007

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🏛️ Women's History ✊ Feminist History ⚔️ Women Warriors ✍️ Early Women Writers ⛓️ Slave Narratives

Girly Drinks

by Mallory O'Meara • 2021

Women invented alcohol. The backlash: witch trials, Prohibition, and a label mocking their taste.

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📜 Women's History 🍸 Alcohol History 🥂 Women And Alcohol 🍺 Beer And Brewing 🧙 Early Modern Witchcraft

Girly Drinks 92%

Women invented alcohol. The backlash: witch trials, Prohibition, and a label mocking their taste.

by Mallory O'Meara 2021

4.15

4k+ ratings

📜 Women's History 🍸 Alcohol History 🥂 Women And Alcohol 🍺 Beer And Brewing 🧙 Early Modern Witchcraft

The Lost Art of Dress

by Linda Przybyszewski • 2014

Before fast fashion, women educators taught America that art and thrift, not wealth, made style.

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👗 Fashion History 🇺🇸 American Fashion 🏠 Home Economics 👔 Wardrobe Building 💰 Thrifty Fashion

The Lost Art of Dress 92%

Before fast fashion, women educators taught America that art and thrift, not wealth, made style.

by Linda Przybyszewski 2014

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1k+ ratings

👗 Fashion History 🇺🇸 American Fashion 🏠 Home Economics 👔 Wardrobe Building 💰 Thrifty Fashion

The Dawn of Everything

by David Graeber • 2021

The story of human progress was built to bury indigenous challenges to European society.

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🌍 Big History 💡 Intellectual History ✊🏽 Decolonizing History 🗣️ Indigenous Philosophy 🏴 Anarchist Anthropology

The Dawn of Everything 92%

The story of human progress was built to bury indigenous challenges to European society.

by David Graeber 2021

4.19

27k+ ratings

🌍 Big History 💡 Intellectual History ✊🏽 Decolonizing History 🗣️ Indigenous Philosophy 🏴 Anarchist Anthropology

Labor of Love

by Moira Weigel • 2016

The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.

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🏛️ Cultural History ✊ Feminist History ⚧️ Gendered Expectations 💰 Economic Sociology 📉 Anti-Self-Help

Labor of Love 91%

The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.

by Moira Weigel 2016

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🏛️ Cultural History ✊ Feminist History ⚧️ Gendered Expectations 💰 Economic Sociology 📉 Anti-Self-Help

The Ancient Celts

by Barry Cunliffe • 2018

Two millennia of reinvention: the Celts as barbarians, noble savages, and nationalist ancestors.

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🏛️ Iron Age Europe ⛏️ Celtic Archaeology 🏗️ Identity Construction 🗣️ Linguistic Archaeology 🌍 Indoeuropean Origins

The Ancient Celts 91%

Two millennia of reinvention: the Celts as barbarians, noble savages, and nationalist ancestors.

by Barry Cunliffe 2018

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🏛️ Iron Age Europe ⛏️ Celtic Archaeology 🏗️ Identity Construction 🗣️ Linguistic Archaeology 🌍 Indoeuropean Origins

Women in the Valley of the Kings

by Kathleen Sheppard • 2024

Egyptology's famous men dug up tombs. The women who built the field got erased.

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🏛️ History Of Egyptology 🧳 Victorian Travel 🔬 Women In Science 🤝 Female Networks 📜 Revisionist History

Women in the Valley of the Kings Summary

Women in the Valley of the Kings 91%

Egyptology's famous men dug up tombs. The women who built the field got erased.

by Kathleen Sheppard 2024

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🏛️ History Of Egyptology 🧳 Victorian Travel 🔬 Women In Science 🤝 Female Networks 📜 Revisionist History

The Celts

by Alice Roberts • 2015

Classical writers got the Celts wrong. They were Atlantic traders, not central European barbarians.

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🏺 Iron Age Europe 🍀 Celtic Identity 🔍 Archaeological Revisionism ⛵ Maritime Trade Networks ⚰️ Burial Archaeology

The Celts 91%

Classical writers got the Celts wrong. They were Atlantic traders, not central European barbarians.

by Alice Roberts 2015

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1k+ ratings

🏺 Iron Age Europe 🍀 Celtic Identity 🔍 Archaeological Revisionism ⛵ Maritime Trade Networks ⚰️ Burial Archaeology

Work

by James Suzman • 2020

Work predates paychecks by billions of years. A history of how energy became employment.

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🌍 Big History 🔨 History Of Work ⚡ Energy And Society 💰 Economic History 🏹 Forager Societies

Work 91%

Work predates paychecks by billions of years. A history of how energy became employment.

by James Suzman 2020

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3k+ ratings

🌍 Big History 🔨 History Of Work ⚡ Energy And Society 💰 Economic History 🏹 Forager Societies

At Home

by Bill Bryson • 2010

Every room in your house conceals a history of bloodshed, invention, and empire.

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🏠 Domestic History 🏺 Material Culture 🏛️ Architectural History 🔍 Microhistory 👥 Social History

At Home 91%

Every room in your house conceals a history of bloodshed, invention, and empire.

by Bill Bryson 2010

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99k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic History 🏺 Material Culture 🏛️ Architectural History 🔍 Microhistory 👥 Social History

Culture

by Martin Puchner • 2023

Borrowing, theft, lucky accidents: four millennia of cultural history. Purity was never the point.

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🔄 Cultural Exchange 📜 Cultural Transmission 🏛️ Ancient Civilizations 🏺 Cultural Preservation 👑 Art And Power

Culture 91%

Borrowing, theft, lucky accidents: four millennia of cultural history. Purity was never the point.

by Martin Puchner 2023

3.92

924 ratings

🔄 Cultural Exchange 📜 Cultural Transmission 🏛️ Ancient Civilizations 🏺 Cultural Preservation 👑 Art And Power

A Short History of Myth

by Karen Armstrong • 2005

We traded myth for reason and got neither meaning nor a world we can bear.

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📚 Comparative Mythology 📜 Religious History ✨ Sacred Experience 🔮 Ritual And Symbol 🌾 Goddess Traditions

A Short History of Myth 91%

We traded myth for reason and got neither meaning nor a world we can bear.

by Karen Armstrong 2005

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7k+ ratings

📚 Comparative Mythology 📜 Religious History ✨ Sacred Experience 🔮 Ritual And Symbol 🌾 Goddess Traditions

How We Got to Now

by Steven Johnson • 2014

Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.

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🕰️ History Of Technology 💡 Everyday Inventions 🦋 Ripple Effects 🏙️ Hidden Systems 🤝 Collaborative Innovation

How We Got to Now 91%

Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.

by Steven Johnson 2014

4.12

16k+ ratings

🕰️ History Of Technology 💡 Everyday Inventions 🦋 Ripple Effects 🏙️ Hidden Systems 🤝 Collaborative Innovation

Hidden History

by Brian Haughton • 2007

Twelve ancient mysteries where the evidence outlasts every explanation archaeologists have offered.

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🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Ancient Mysteries ⛏️ Alternative Archaeology ⚙️ Ancient Technology ⭐ Archaeoastronomy

Hidden History 91%

Twelve ancient mysteries where the evidence outlasts every explanation archaeologists have offered.

by Brian Haughton 2007

3.71

233 ratings

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Ancient Mysteries ⛏️ Alternative Archaeology ⚙️ Ancient Technology ⭐ Archaeoastronomy

White Feminism

by Koa Beck • 2021

Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.

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🕰️ Feminist History 📢 Mainstream Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏗️ Movement Building

White Feminism 91%

Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.

by Koa Beck 2021

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2k+ ratings

🕰️ Feminist History 📢 Mainstream Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏗️ Movement Building

River Kings

by Cat Jarman • 2021

A bead from India, buried in England, reveals the Silk Road world the Vikings actually built.

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🛡️ Viking History 🌍 Global Middle Ages 🧬 Bioarchaeology 🐪 Silk Roads 🪙 Silver Trade

River Kings 91%

A bead from India, buried in England, reveals the Silk Road world the Vikings actually built.

by Cat Jarman 2021

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4k+ ratings

🛡️ Viking History 🌍 Global Middle Ages 🧬 Bioarchaeology 🐪 Silk Roads 🪙 Silver Trade

1177 B.C.

by Eric H. Cline • 2014

The Bronze Age had trade routes and diplomacy. A cascade of disasters brought it down.

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🏛️ Ancient Mediterranean 🗿 Bronze Age 💥 Systems Collapse 🌡️ Climate History ⚓ Ancient Trade

1177 B.C. 91%

The Bronze Age had trade routes and diplomacy. A cascade of disasters brought it down.

by Eric H. Cline 2014

3.74

13k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Mediterranean 🗿 Bronze Age 💥 Systems Collapse 🌡️ Climate History ⚓ Ancient Trade

Tits Up

by Sarah Thornton • 2024

A mastectomy sends a sociologist into strip clubs and milk banks to learn what breasts mean.

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✊ Bodily Autonomy 💋 Sex-Positive Feminism 🗿 Cultural Anthropology 🔪 Cosmetic Surgery 🤱 Lactation And Nursing

Tits Up 91%

A mastectomy sends a sociologist into strip clubs and milk banks to learn what breasts mean.

by Sarah Thornton 2024

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2k+ ratings

✊ Bodily Autonomy 💋 Sex-Positive Feminism 🗿 Cultural Anthropology 🔪 Cosmetic Surgery 🤱 Lactation And Nursing

The Social Sex

by Marilyn Yalom • 2015

For centuries, women's friendships were ignored. Letters, clubs, and convents made them visible.

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📜 Women's History 💌 Romantic Friendships ✍️ Women's Letter Writing 👥 Gender And Friendship 💻 Digital Friendships

The Social Sex 91%

For centuries, women's friendships were ignored. Letters, clubs, and convents made them visible.

by Marilyn Yalom 2015

3.17

311 ratings

📜 Women's History 💌 Romantic Friendships ✍️ Women's Letter Writing 👥 Gender And Friendship 💻 Digital Friendships

After 1177 B.C.

by Eric H. Cline • 2024

Not every civilization collapsed in 1177 B.C. Egypt barely coped; Phoenicia and Cyprus thrived.

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🌊 Ancient Mediterranean 💥 Societal Collapse 🔄 Resilience Theory 🌡️ Climate And Civilization ⛏️ Archaeological History

After 1177 B.C. 91%

Not every civilization collapsed in 1177 B.C. Egypt barely coped; Phoenicia and Cyprus thrived.

by Eric H. Cline 2024

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2k+ ratings

🌊 Ancient Mediterranean 💥 Societal Collapse 🔄 Resilience Theory 🌡️ Climate And Civilization ⛏️ Archaeological History

The Alchemy of Us

by Ainissa Ramirez • 2020

We invented quartz clocks, steel rails, and silicon chips. Then they reinvented us.

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🧪 Materials Science 🔧 History Of Technology 🏺 Material Culture 🔍 Hidden History 📦 Everyday Objects

The Alchemy of Us 91%

We invented quartz clocks, steel rails, and silicon chips. Then they reinvented us.

by Ainissa Ramirez 2020

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1k+ ratings

🧪 Materials Science 🔧 History Of Technology 🏺 Material Culture 🔍 Hidden History 📦 Everyday Objects

Four Lost Cities

by Annalee Newitz • 2021

Lost cities didn't vanish; their people walked away when rulers chose monuments over working sewers.

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🏙️ Urban History 🏛️ Archaeology Of Cities 🌍 Environmental History ⏳ Ancient Cities 🔄 Comparative Urbanism

Four Lost Cities 91%

Lost cities didn't vanish; their people walked away when rulers chose monuments over working sewers.

by Annalee Newitz 2021

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7k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban History 🏛️ Archaeology Of Cities 🌍 Environmental History ⏳ Ancient Cities 🔄 Comparative Urbanism

Off With Her Head

by Eleanor Herman • 2022

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

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🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

Off With Her Head 91%

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

by Eleanor Herman 2022

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3k+ ratings

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

America Before

by Graham Hancock • 2019

Mainstream archaeology says the Americas were settled 13,000 years ago. The evidence says 100,000.

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🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Alternative Archaeology 🗺️ Ancient Americas ☄️ Catastrophism ⭐ Ancient Astronomy

America Before 91%

Mainstream archaeology says the Americas were settled 13,000 years ago. The evidence says 100,000.

by Graham Hancock 2019

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🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Alternative Archaeology 🗺️ Ancient Americas ☄️ Catastrophism ⭐ Ancient Astronomy

The Heroine's Journey

by Maureen Murdock • 1990

The hero's journey was never made for women. Here is the map they actually walk.

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🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌒 Goddess Spirituality 👸 Feminine Archetypes 🌑 Mother Wound 🌗 Shadow Work

The Heroine's Journey 91%

The hero's journey was never made for women. Here is the map they actually walk.

by Maureen Murdock 1990

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🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌒 Goddess Spirituality 👸 Feminine Archetypes 🌑 Mother Wound 🌗 Shadow Work

On Our Best Behavior

by Elise Loehnen • 2023

Seven ancient sins keep women compliant, exhausted, ever-apologizing. The way out is through them.

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🏛️ Patriarchy Critique ⛪ Religious History 🎭 Emotional Repression 🔥 Women's Burnout 🫀 Body Autonomy

On Our Best Behavior 91%

Seven ancient sins keep women compliant, exhausted, ever-apologizing. The way out is through them.

by Elise Loehnen 2023

3.77

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Patriarchy Critique ⛪ Religious History 🎭 Emotional Repression 🔥 Women's Burnout 🫀 Body Autonomy

The Story of Art Without Men

by Katy Hessel • 2022

Art history left out the women. Five centuries of painters and sculptors the canon overlooked.

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🏛️ Art History 🎨 Women Artists ✊ Feminist Art History 📚 Canon Revision 🪧 Art And Activism

The Story of Art Without Men 91%

Art history left out the women. Five centuries of painters and sculptors the canon overlooked.

by Katy Hessel 2022

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5k+ ratings

🏛️ Art History 🎨 Women Artists ✊ Feminist Art History 📚 Canon Revision 🪧 Art And Activism

For Her Own Good

by Barbara Ehrenreich • 1976

Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.

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📜 Women's History 💊 Medicalization 🏠 Domestic Ideology 👶 Child-Rearing Advice 😰 Motherhood And Anxiety

For Her Own Good 91%

Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.

by Barbara Ehrenreich 1976

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📜 Women's History 💊 Medicalization 🏠 Domestic Ideology 👶 Child-Rearing Advice 😰 Motherhood And Anxiety

Energy and Civilization

by Vaclav Smil • 2017

A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.

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⚡ Energy History ⚙️ History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🛢️ Fossil Fuels 🌍 Big History

Energy and Civilization 91%

A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.

by Vaclav Smil 2017

4.09

4k+ ratings

⚡ Energy History ⚙️ History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🛢️ Fossil Fuels 🌍 Big History

The Things We Make

by Bill Hammack • 2023

Engineering isn't applied science: it's the art of solving problems before anyone understands them.

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🛠️ History Of Technology 🏗️ Engineering Culture 💡 Design Thinking 🧭 Heuristics 🔧 Incremental Innovation

The Things We Make 90%

Engineering isn't applied science: it's the art of solving problems before anyone understands them.

by Bill Hammack 2023

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1k+ ratings

🛠️ History Of Technology 🏗️ Engineering Culture 💡 Design Thinking 🧭 Heuristics 🔧 Incremental Innovation

A History of the World in 21 Women

by Jenni Murray • 2018

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

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🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

A History of the World in 21 Women Summary

A History of the World in 21 Women 90%

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

by Jenni Murray 2018

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4k+ ratings

🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

The Sea and Civilization

by Lincoln Paine • 2013

Before trains, the sea was the fastest highway. World history from the deck of a ship.

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🧭 Maritime History 🌍 World History 🗺️ Indigenous Navigation 🔱 Maritime Archaeology 🛤️ Trade Routes

The Sea and Civilization 90%

Before trains, the sea was the fastest highway. World history from the deck of a ship.

by Lincoln Paine 2013

3.89

700 ratings

🧭 Maritime History 🌍 World History 🗺️ Indigenous Navigation 🔱 Maritime Archaeology 🛤️ Trade Routes

The World Until Yesterday

by Jared Diamond • 2012

What hunter-gatherers knew about raising children, avoiding danger, and ending feuds we forgot.

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🏕️ Traditional Societies 👶 Child Rearing ⚠️ Risk Perception 🤝 Restorative Justice 🛡️ Traditional Warfare

The World Until Yesterday 90%

What hunter-gatherers knew about raising children, avoiding danger, and ending feuds we forgot.

by Jared Diamond 2012

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🏕️ Traditional Societies 👶 Child Rearing ⚠️ Risk Perception 🤝 Restorative Justice 🛡️ Traditional Warfare

In Defense of Witches

by Mona Chollet • 2018

The witch hunts never ended; they just traded the stake for courtroom, clinic, and gossip.

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🧙 Witch Trials 🚫 Childfree Women 👵 Aging Women 🏥 Medical Misogyny ✊ Bodily Autonomy

In Defense of Witches 90%

The witch hunts never ended; they just traded the stake for courtroom, clinic, and gossip.

by Mona Chollet 2018

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24k+ ratings

🧙 Witch Trials 🚫 Childfree Women 👵 Aging Women 🏥 Medical Misogyny ✊ Bodily Autonomy

Civilized to Death

by Christopher Ryan • 2018

Agriculture made us sicker, more unequal, and less free. The hunter-gatherer way holds the clues.

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🏹 Hunter-Gatherer Studies 🚫 Myth Of Progress ⚠️ Civilization's Costs 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🤝 Forager Egalitarianism

Civilized to Death 90%

Agriculture made us sicker, more unequal, and less free. The hunter-gatherer way holds the clues.

by Christopher Ryan 2018

4.12

5k+ ratings

🏹 Hunter-Gatherer Studies 🚫 Myth Of Progress ⚠️ Civilization's Costs 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🤝 Forager Egalitarianism

A Short History of the World

by H.G. Wells • 1922

Human history is the final page of a two-billion-year story we are only beginning to read.

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🌍 Big History 🔬 Popular Science ⏳ Deep Time 🦴 Human Origins 🧬 Evolutionary History

A Short History of the World 90%

Human history is the final page of a two-billion-year story we are only beginning to read.

by H.G. Wells 1922

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🌍 Big History 🔬 Popular Science ⏳ Deep Time 🦴 Human Origins 🧬 Evolutionary History

Music

by Ted Gioia • 2019

Why music's most forbidden elements are what actually make it change and survive.

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🎵 Music History 🔄 Cultural Evolution 💥 Subversive Art ⚡ Power And Music 🙏 Sacred And Profane

Music 90%

Why music's most forbidden elements are what actually make it change and survive.

by Ted Gioia 2019

4.00

817 ratings

🎵 Music History 🔄 Cultural Evolution 💥 Subversive Art ⚡ Power And Music 🙏 Sacred And Profane

Cassandra Speaks

by Elizabeth Lesser • 2020

The myths we inherited were written by men. Rewriting them rewrites power itself.

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🏛️ Feminist Mythology 🌑 Shadow Work 🎭 Impostor Syndrome ⚡ Women And Power 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

Cassandra Speaks 90%

The myths we inherited were written by men. Rewriting them rewrites power itself.

by Elizabeth Lesser 2020

4.05

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Feminist Mythology 🌑 Shadow Work 🎭 Impostor Syndrome ⚡ Women And Power 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

In Search of the Phoenicians

by Josephine Quinn • 2017

The Phoenicians never called themselves that; Greeks, Romans, and modern nations invented them.

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🌊 Ancient Mediterranean ⚓ Phoenician History 🎭 Identity Construction ⛏️ Archaeology And Theory 📚 Decolonising Classics

In Search of the Phoenicians 90%

The Phoenicians never called themselves that; Greeks, Romans, and modern nations invented them.

by Josephine Quinn 2017

3.67

150 ratings

🌊 Ancient Mediterranean ⚓ Phoenician History 🎭 Identity Construction ⛏️ Archaeology And Theory 📚 Decolonising Classics

A People’s History of Computing in the United States

by Joy Lisi Rankin • 2018

The PC erased a decade of shared computing where users were creators, not customers.

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🏛️ People's History 💻 Computing Before PCs 🎓 Educational Computing 🌐 Early Computing Networks ⌨️ Programming Culture

A People’s History of Computing in the United States Summary

A People’s History of Computing in the United States 90%

The PC erased a decade of shared computing where users were creators, not customers.

by Joy Lisi Rankin 2018

3.49

193 ratings

🏛️ People's History 💻 Computing Before PCs 🎓 Educational Computing 🌐 Early Computing Networks ⌨️ Programming Culture

Biblical Archaeology

by Eric H. Cline • 2009

Biblical archaeology set out to prove scripture. It built a science that asked better questions.

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🏺 Biblical Archaeology 🔬 Archaeological Methods 📖 Biblical Historicity 📜 Textual Transmission 🔍 Antiquities Forgery

Biblical Archaeology 90%

Biblical archaeology set out to prove scripture. It built a science that asked better questions.

by Eric H. Cline 2009

3.91

340 ratings

🏺 Biblical Archaeology 🔬 Archaeological Methods 📖 Biblical Historicity 📜 Textual Transmission 🔍 Antiquities Forgery

The Notebook

by Roland Allen • 2023

A blank paper book reshaped finance, art, and the self long before any screen.

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🏺 Material Culture ⚙️ History Of Technology 📓 Commonplace Books 📖 Diary History ✏️ Sketchbooks

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Every early state ran on a cereal grain. The rest of the story is coercion, plague, and collapse.

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by James C. Scott 2017

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by Betsy Israel • 2002

The hidden history of single women: from spinsters to the women who refused to settle.

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The hidden history of single women: from spinsters to the women who refused to settle.

by Betsy Israel 2002

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