🌿 Cannabis History

The surprisingly tangled story of humanity's relationship with cannabis — from ancient medicine to prohibition to modern legalization. These books trace how politics, race, and commerce shaped a plant's destiny.

Smoke Signals

by Martin A. Lee • 2012

Cannabis was banned by politics, not science. Then the body revealed its own cannabinoid system.

4.29

537

⚔️ Drug War 💊 Medical Marijuana ✌️ Counterculture History ⛓️ Drug Criminalization 🌱 Plant Medicine

Smoke Signals 94%

Cannabis was banned by politics, not science. Then the body revealed its own cannabinoid system.

by Martin A. Lee 2012

4.29

537 ratings

⚔️ Drug War 💊 Medical Marijuana ✌️ Counterculture History ⛓️ Drug Criminalization 🌱 Plant Medicine

The Emperor Wears No Clothes

by Jack Herer • 1992

Cannabis was outlawed not for public safety, but to protect timber, oil, and newspaper empires.

4.46

914

🏭 Industrial Hemp 🚫 Drug Prohibition ♻️ Renewable Resources 💊 Medical Cannabis ⚖️ Racist Drug Laws

The Emperor Wears No Clothes 94%

Cannabis was outlawed not for public safety, but to protect timber, oil, and newspaper empires.

by Jack Herer 1992

4.46

914 ratings

🏭 Industrial Hemp 🚫 Drug Prohibition ♻️ Renewable Resources 💊 Medical Cannabis ⚖️ Racist Drug Laws

The Cannabis Manifesto

by Steve DeAngelo • 2015

A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.

4.10

367

🏛️ Drug Policy Reform 🌿 Cannabis Wellness ⚖️ Racial Justice ✊ Civil Rights 🛡️ Harm Reduction

The Cannabis Manifesto 93%

A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.

by Steve DeAngelo 2015

4.10

367 ratings

🏛️ Drug Policy Reform 🌿 Cannabis Wellness ⚖️ Racial Justice ✊ Civil Rights 🛡️ Harm Reduction

Seeing through the Smoke

by Peter Grinspoon • 2023

Your body's ancient cannabis system changes everything about the drug war and medicine.

4.03

🧑‍⚕️ Medical Cannabis ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🛡️ Harm Reduction 🔬 Cannabinoid Science 🌿 Plant Medicine

Seeing through the Smoke 92%

Your body's ancient cannabis system changes everything about the drug war and medicine.

by Peter Grinspoon 2023

4.03

87 ratings

🧑‍⚕️ Medical Cannabis ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🛡️ Harm Reduction 🔬 Cannabinoid Science 🌿 Plant Medicine

Cannabis Pharmacy

by Michael Backes • 2013

Your body runs on cannabinoids. A guide to using cannabis for pain, nausea, and neuroprotection.

4.27

493

🌿 Medical Cannabis 🌱 Herbal Medicine 💊 Pain Management 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🏥 Patient Guides

Cannabis Pharmacy 91%

Your body runs on cannabinoids. A guide to using cannabis for pain, nausea, and neuroprotection.

by Michael Backes 2013

4.27

493 ratings

🌿 Medical Cannabis 🌱 Herbal Medicine 💊 Pain Management 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🏥 Patient Guides

Too High to Fail

by Doug Fine • 2012

The trillion-dollar drug war failed. One California county's cannabis economy shows why.

3.75

259

🗳️ Drug Policy Reform 💰 Cannabis Economics 💊 Medical Marijuana 🌱 Sustainable Agriculture 🏘️ Local Economies

Too High to Fail 91%

The trillion-dollar drug war failed. One California county's cannabis economy shows why.

by Doug Fine 2012

3.75

259 ratings

🗳️ Drug Policy Reform 💰 Cannabis Economics 💊 Medical Marijuana 🌱 Sustainable Agriculture 🏘️ Local Economies

A Woman's Guide to Cannabis

by Nikki Furrer • 2018

Beyond the high: how cannabis eases pain, improves sleep, and fits into a woman's wellness routine.

4.07

1k+

🌿 Medical Cannabis ♀️ Women's Health 🌱 Plant Medicine 🧪 Cannabinoid Science 🍫 Edibles And Infusions

A Woman's Guide to Cannabis 90%

Beyond the high: how cannabis eases pain, improves sleep, and fits into a woman's wellness routine.

by Nikki Furrer 2018

4.07

1k+ ratings

🌿 Medical Cannabis ♀️ Women's Health 🌱 Plant Medicine 🧪 Cannabinoid Science 🍫 Edibles And Infusions

The Chemical Muse

by D.C.A. Hillman • 2008

Classical civilization was built on psychoactive plants. The story of how history erased that.

3.89

177

🍄 Entheogenic History 🏛️ Classical Revisionism 🎭 Creative Intoxication 🌿 Plant Medicine 🍷 Ritual Intoxication

The Chemical Muse 90%

Classical civilization was built on psychoactive plants. The story of how history erased that.

by D.C.A. Hillman 2008

3.89

177 ratings

🍄 Entheogenic History 🏛️ Classical Revisionism 🎭 Creative Intoxication 🌿 Plant Medicine 🍷 Ritual Intoxication

CBD

by Leonard Leinow • 2017

The medicine your body already makes: how CBD amplifies it for pain, anxiety, and more.

4.15

203

🏥 Medical Cannabis 🔬 Cannabinoid Science 🧠 Endocannabinoid System 💚 CBD Therapy 🌿 Plant Medicine

CBD 90%

The medicine your body already makes: how CBD amplifies it for pain, anxiety, and more.

by Leonard Leinow 2017

4.15

203 ratings

🏥 Medical Cannabis 🔬 Cannabinoid Science 🧠 Endocannabinoid System 💚 CBD Therapy 🌿 Plant Medicine

Growing Marijuana Box Set

by Alfonso Garcia • 2021

From first seed to cured harvest: grow marijuana indoors or out, beginner or advanced.

1.00

🪴 Marijuana Cultivation 🏠 Indoor Gardening 💧 Hydroponics 🌱 Grow Your Own 💊 Cannabis Medicine

Growing Marijuana Box Set 90%

From first seed to cured harvest: grow marijuana indoors or out, beginner or advanced.

by Alfonso Garcia 2021

1.00

1 ratings

🪴 Marijuana Cultivation 🏠 Indoor Gardening 💧 Hydroponics 🌱 Grow Your Own 💊 Cannabis Medicine

Smuggler Nation

by Peter Andreas • 2013

Molasses, slaves, blueprints, cocaine: America's defining chapters all ran on smuggling.

3.96

214

🚢 Illicit Trade 💰 Economic History 📖 Revisionist History 🏛️ State Building 🚫 Prohibition Policy

Smuggler Nation 89%

Molasses, slaves, blueprints, cocaine: America's defining chapters all ran on smuggling.

by Peter Andreas 2013

3.96

214 ratings

🚢 Illicit Trade 💰 Economic History 📖 Revisionist History 🏛️ State Building 🚫 Prohibition Policy

Cannabis Is Medicine

by Bonni Goldstein MD • 2020

Cannabis activates your body's master regulator. A physician shows what it treats and how.

4.44

135

🏥 Medical Cannabis 🌿 Plant Medicine 💊 Chronic Pain Management 💉 Opioid Alternatives ⚕️ Integrative Medicine

Cannabis Is Medicine 89%

Cannabis activates your body's master regulator. A physician shows what it treats and how.

by Bonni Goldstein MD 2020

4.44

135 ratings

🏥 Medical Cannabis 🌿 Plant Medicine 💊 Chronic Pain Management 💉 Opioid Alternatives ⚕️ Integrative Medicine

Shroom

by Andy Letcher • 2007

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

3.87

375

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology ✨ Mystical Experiences

Shroom 89%

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

by Andy Letcher 2007

3.87

375 ratings

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology ✨ Mystical Experiences

This Is Your Mind on Plants

by Michael Pollan • 2021

Coffee, opium, and peyote: why culture, not chemistry, decides which plants are drugs.

3.87

34k+

🪴 Ethnobotany ☕ Everyday Drugs 🌵 Psychedelic Science 💊 Opioid Crisis 🧠 Altered States

This Is Your Mind on Plants 89%

Coffee, opium, and peyote: why culture, not chemistry, decides which plants are drugs.

by Michael Pollan 2021

3.87

34k+ ratings

🪴 Ethnobotany ☕ Everyday Drugs 🌵 Psychedelic Science 💊 Opioid Crisis 🧠 Altered States

The Dope

by Benjamin T. Smith • 2021

State agents, not traffickers, first unleashed the worst violence of Mexico’s drug war.

4.02

1k+

🇲🇽 Mexican Drug War 💰 Drug Trafficking ⚔️ War On Drugs 🏛️ State Corruption 🕴️ Organized Crime

The Dope 89%

State agents, not traffickers, first unleashed the worst violence of Mexico’s drug war.

by Benjamin T. Smith 2021

4.02

1k+ ratings

🇲🇽 Mexican Drug War 💰 Drug Trafficking ⚔️ War On Drugs 🏛️ State Corruption 🕴️ Organized Crime

Tell Your Children

by Alex Berenson • 2019

The link between high-THC cannabis and psychosis is stronger than you've been told.

4.01

1k+

🌿 Marijuana And Health ⚖️ Legalization Debate 🧠 Addiction Science 🧒 Adolescent Brain 💊 Mental Illness And Drugs

Tell Your Children 89%

The link between high-THC cannabis and psychosis is stronger than you've been told.

by Alex Berenson 2019

4.01

1k+ ratings

🌿 Marijuana And Health ⚖️ Legalization Debate 🧠 Addiction Science 🧒 Adolescent Brain 💊 Mental Illness And Drugs

Food of the Gods

by Terence McKenna • 1992

A single psychoactive mushroom may have sparked language, religion, and human consciousness itself.

4.12

13k+

🧬 Human Evolution 🌿 Ethnobotany 🌀 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Studies ✨ Entheogens

Food of the Gods 89%

A single psychoactive mushroom may have sparked language, religion, and human consciousness itself.

by Terence McKenna 1992

4.12

13k+ ratings

🧬 Human Evolution 🌿 Ethnobotany 🌀 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Studies ✨ Entheogens

The Harvard Psychedelic Club

by Don Lattin • 2010

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

3.92

2k+

🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Integrative Medicine

The Harvard Psychedelic Club 89%

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

by Don Lattin 2010

3.92

2k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Integrative Medicine

Chasing the Scream

by Johann Hari • 2015

Addiction is not a chemical crime, it's a social wound. A century of prohibition has deepened it.

4.50

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📜 Drug Policy 🧠 Addiction Studies 🩹 Harm Reduction ⚔️ War On Drugs 💔 Trauma And Addiction

Chasing the Scream 88%

Addiction is not a chemical crime, it's a social wound. A century of prohibition has deepened it.

by Johann Hari 2015

4.50

22k+ ratings

📜 Drug Policy 🧠 Addiction Studies 🩹 Harm Reduction ⚔️ War On Drugs 💔 Trauma And Addiction

Smoke and Ashes

by Amitav Ghosh • 2024

Tea made Britain rich. Opium kept it that way. The flower never stopped collecting.

4.04

2k+

🧭 Global Trade History 🇬🇧 British Empire 💊 Drug History 🌺 Opium Trade ⚠️ Addiction Crisis

Smoke and Ashes 88%

Tea made Britain rich. Opium kept it that way. The flower never stopped collecting.

by Amitav Ghosh 2024

4.04

2k+ ratings

🧭 Global Trade History 🇬🇧 British Empire 💊 Drug History 🌺 Opium Trade ⚠️ Addiction Crisis

When Crack Was King

by Donovan X. Ramsey • 2023

The crack epidemic was built on two myths, a 100-to-1 law, and government complicity.

4.34

7k+

💊 War On Drugs 🔒 Mass Incarceration ✊🏾 Racial Injustice 🧬 Generational Trauma 🗣️ Oral History

When Crack Was King 88%

The crack epidemic was built on two myths, a 100-to-1 law, and government complicity.

by Donovan X. Ramsey 2023

4.34

7k+ ratings

💊 War On Drugs 🔒 Mass Incarceration ✊🏾 Racial Injustice 🧬 Generational Trauma 🗣️ Oral History

Napoleon's Buttons

by Penny Le Couteur • 1991

Nutmeg bought Manhattan, a dye launched modern medicine, and a yam gave women the Pill.

3.98

7k+

🔬 History Of Science 📦 Commodity Histories ⚗️ Chemistry And Society 🧪 Materials Science ⛓️ Colonial Consequences

Napoleon's Buttons 88%

Nutmeg bought Manhattan, a dye launched modern medicine, and a yam gave women the Pill.

by Penny Le Couteur 1991

3.98

7k+ ratings

🔬 History Of Science 📦 Commodity Histories ⚗️ Chemistry And Society 🧪 Materials Science ⛓️ Colonial Consequences

El Narco

by Ioan Grillo • 2011

US drug habits and a broken state turned Mexican bootleggers into a paramilitary insurgency.

4.07

5k+

📜 Drug War History 🕵️‍♂️ Organized Crime 💰 Cartel Economics 🛡️ State Corruption ⚔️ Insurgency

El Narco 88%

US drug habits and a broken state turned Mexican bootleggers into a paramilitary insurgency.

by Ioan Grillo 2011

4.07

5k+ ratings

📜 Drug War History 🕵️‍♂️ Organized Crime 💰 Cartel Economics 🛡️ State Corruption ⚔️ Insurgency

Drug Use for Grown-Ups

by Carl L. Hart • 2021

Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.

4.01

5k+

🗳️ Drug Policy ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction 🧠 Addiction Neuroscience ⚖️ Drug Decriminalization 🚔 War On Drugs

Drug Use for Grown-Ups 88%

Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.

by Carl L. Hart 2021

4.01

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🗳️ Drug Policy ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction 🧠 Addiction Neuroscience ⚖️ Drug Decriminalization 🚔 War On Drugs

They Came Before Columbus

by Ivan Van Sertima • 2003

Africans built ships, crossed the Atlantic, and left stone faces in Mexico before Columbus was born.

4.46

3k+

🗺️ Pre-Columbian Contact 📜 Afrocentric History 🏺 Alternative Archaeology 🌍 African Diaspora 🔄 Cultural Diffusion

They Came Before Columbus 88%

Africans built ships, crossed the Atlantic, and left stone faces in Mexico before Columbus was born.

by Ivan Van Sertima 2003

4.46

3k+ ratings

🗺️ Pre-Columbian Contact 📜 Afrocentric History 🏺 Alternative Archaeology 🌍 African Diaspora 🔄 Cultural Diffusion

A Renegade History of the United States

by Thaddeus Russell • 2010

America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.

3.81

2k+

📚 Revisionist History 👇 History From Below 🚔 Social Control 💋 Sexual Politics 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Whiteness

A Renegade History of the United States Summary

A Renegade History of the United States 88%

America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.

by Thaddeus Russell 2010

3.81

2k+ ratings

📚 Revisionist History 👇 History From Below 🚔 Social Control 💋 Sexual Politics 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Whiteness

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

by Tom Standage • 2005

Civilization's biggest leaps came in a glass. The story of humanity told through six drinks.

3.81

34k+

🍽️ Food History 📦 Commodity History 🎭 Cultural History 🚢 History Of Trade 🏺 Material Culture

A History of the World in 6 Glasses Summary

A History of the World in 6 Glasses 88%

Civilization's biggest leaps came in a glass. The story of humanity told through six drinks.

by Tom Standage 2005

3.81

34k+ ratings

🍽️ Food History 📦 Commodity History 🎭 Cultural History 🚢 History Of Trade 🏺 Material Culture

Caffeinated

by Murray Carpenter • 2014

Your morning routine includes a drug. The biology, history, and billions behind caffeine.

3.59

1k+

🧪 Psychoactive Substances 🔬 Food Science ☕ Everyday Drugs 🧠 Addiction Science 🏃 Performance Enhancement

Caffeinated 88%

Your morning routine includes a drug. The biology, history, and billions behind caffeine.

by Murray Carpenter 2014

3.59

1k+ ratings

🧪 Psychoactive Substances 🔬 Food Science ☕ Everyday Drugs 🧠 Addiction Science 🏃 Performance Enhancement

The Immortality Key

by Brian C. Muraresku • 2020

The Eleusinian Mysteries were powered by a psychedelic potion, and the early Christians knew it.

4.24

6k+

🏛️ Ancient Mystery Cults ✝️ Early Christianity 🍄 Psychedelic Religion 🍷 Ritual Intoxication 🌿 Pagan Survival

The Immortality Key 88%

The Eleusinian Mysteries were powered by a psychedelic potion, and the early Christians knew it.

by Brian C. Muraresku 2020

4.24

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Mystery Cults ✝️ Early Christianity 🍄 Psychedelic Religion 🍷 Ritual Intoxication 🌿 Pagan Survival

Salt

by Mark Kurlansky • 2002

Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.

3.75

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🧂 Commodity Histories 🍽️ Food History 🔍 Microhistory 🧾 Taxation History 🚢 Trade Routes

Salt 88%

Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.

by Mark Kurlansky 2002

3.75

77k+ ratings

🧂 Commodity Histories 🍽️ Food History 🔍 Microhistory 🧾 Taxation History 🚢 Trade Routes

Dark Alliance

by Gary Webb • 1998

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

4.30

2k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

Dark Alliance 88%

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

by Gary Webb 1998

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

Mile Marker Zero

by William McKeen • 2011

1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.

3.93

567

🏝️ Island Life 🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle ✌️ Counterculture 🎨 Creative Communities 🖊️ Gonzo Journalism

Mile Marker Zero 88%

1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.

by William McKeen 2011

3.93

567 ratings

🏝️ Island Life 🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle ✌️ Counterculture 🎨 Creative Communities 🖊️ Gonzo Journalism

The Finest Hotel in Kabul

by Lyse Doucet • 2025

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

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🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory 👥 People's History 🎤 War Reportage

The Finest Hotel in Kabul 88%

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

by Lyse Doucet 2025

4.15

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory 👥 People's History 🎤 War Reportage

Magic Medicine

by Cody Johnson • 2018

How the world's most feared drugs became the most promising medicines for trauma and depression.

4.13

156

🍄 Psychedelic Medicine ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛋️ Psychedelic Therapy 💧 Microdosing

Magic Medicine 88%

How the world's most feared drugs became the most promising medicines for trauma and depression.

by Cody Johnson 2018

4.13

156 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Medicine ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛋️ Psychedelic Therapy 💧 Microdosing

The Dawn of Everything

by David Graeber • 2021

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

4.19

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

The Dawn of Everything 88%

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

The Infernal Machine

by Steven Johnson • 2024

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

4.03

2k+

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History 🕵️‍♂️ Surveillance History 🏭 Labor History

The Infernal Machine 88%

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

by Steven Johnson 2024

4.03

2k+ ratings

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History 🕵️‍♂️ Surveillance History 🏭 Labor History

Sweetness and Power

by Sidney W. Mintz • 1985

Royal luxury to factory fuel: how sugar, slavery, and empire built the modern Western diet.

3.78

3k+

📦 Commodity Histories ⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism 🍽️ Food Anthropology 🏝️ Colonial Economies 🍞 Dietary Transformation

Sweetness and Power 88%

Royal luxury to factory fuel: how sugar, slavery, and empire built the modern Western diet.

by Sidney W. Mintz 1985

3.78

3k+ ratings

📦 Commodity Histories ⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism 🍽️ Food Anthropology 🏝️ Colonial Economies 🍞 Dietary Transformation

America Before

by Graham Hancock • 2019

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

4.13

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

America Before 88%

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

by Graham Hancock 2019

4.13

4k+ ratings

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

The Urge

by Carl Erik Fisher • 2022

Addiction is an ancient divided self, stoked by industry and racial policy into a modern crisis.

4.03

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📜 History Of Addiction 🏥 History Of Medicine 💊 Drug Policy 🧠 Weakness Of Will 💰 Behavioral Economics

The Urge 87%

Addiction is an ancient divided self, stoked by industry and racial policy into a modern crisis.

by Carl Erik Fisher 2022

4.03

2k+ ratings

📜 History Of Addiction 🏥 History Of Medicine 💊 Drug Policy 🧠 Weakness Of Will 💰 Behavioral Economics

The Prize

by Daniel Yergin • 1991

How a dark liquid wrote the rules of power, decided wars, and built the greatest fortunes.

4.44

13k+

🛢️ Commodity History ⛽ Petroleum Industry 🌍 Energy Geopolitics 📖 Narrative History 🏭 Industrial Capitalism

The Prize 87%

How a dark liquid wrote the rules of power, decided wars, and built the greatest fortunes.

by Daniel Yergin 1991

4.44

13k+ ratings

🛢️ Commodity History ⛽ Petroleum Industry 🌍 Energy Geopolitics 📖 Narrative History 🏭 Industrial Capitalism

The Fabric of Civilization

by Virginia Postrel • 2020

Binary code, global banking, synthetic chemistry: all three began with a piece of cloth.

4.14

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🏺 Material Culture ⚙️ History Of Technology 🧵 Textile History 🌍 Global Trade 🧪 History Of Chemistry

The Fabric of Civilization 87%

Binary code, global banking, synthetic chemistry: all three began with a piece of cloth.

by Virginia Postrel 2020

4.14

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🏺 Material Culture ⚙️ History Of Technology 🧵 Textile History 🌍 Global Trade 🧪 History Of Chemistry

Ancient Worlds

by Michael Scott • 2016

Democracy, republic, and Confucianism were born in the same century. None by design.

3.77

635

⚖️ Comparative History 🌏 Eurasian History 🐪 Silk Road ⛪ Religion And Politics 🏛️ Political Development

Ancient Worlds 87%

Democracy, republic, and Confucianism were born in the same century. None by design.

by Michael Scott 2016

3.77

635 ratings

⚖️ Comparative History 🌏 Eurasian History 🐪 Silk Road ⛪ Religion And Politics 🏛️ Political Development

The Toronto Book of Love

by Adam Bunch • 2021

Jailed at eighteen for loving a Chinese man. Her sixty-year battle exposed Toronto's hidden heart.

4.35

136

🏙️ Toronto History 💕 Social History Of Love 🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 🔎 Hidden Histories 🏘️ Urban Microhistory

The Toronto Book of Love 87%

Jailed at eighteen for loving a Chinese man. Her sixty-year battle exposed Toronto's hidden heart.

by Adam Bunch 2021

4.35

136 ratings

🏙️ Toronto History 💕 Social History Of Love 🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 🔎 Hidden Histories 🏘️ Urban Microhistory

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine

by Andrew Chevallier • 2000

550 herbs and the chemistry that makes them heal, with recipes for a safe home pharmacy.

4.53

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🌿 Herbal Medicine 🪴 Medicinal Plants 🏡 Home Remedies 🫖 Herbal Preparations 🌍 Global Traditions

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine 87%

550 herbs and the chemistry that makes them heal, with recipes for a safe home pharmacy.

by Andrew Chevallier 2000

4.53

1k+ ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🪴 Medicinal Plants 🏡 Home Remedies 🫖 Herbal Preparations 🌍 Global Traditions

The Gutenberg Parenthesis

by Jeff Jarvis • 2023

Before print, knowledge was conversation. Then books fenced it in. The fences are coming down.

3.83

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📖 Print Culture 📰 Media History ⚙️ History Of Technology 🗣️ Orality And Literacy 🧠 Knowledge Production

The Gutenberg Parenthesis 87%

Before print, knowledge was conversation. Then books fenced it in. The fences are coming down.

by Jeff Jarvis 2023

3.83

218 ratings

📖 Print Culture 📰 Media History ⚙️ History Of Technology 🗣️ Orality And Literacy 🧠 Knowledge Production

Supernatural

by Graham Hancock • 2005

Ice Age cave art, fairy faith, and alien abduction are one phenomenon. The visitors are identical.

4.22

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🏛️ Speculative History 🌀 Shamanism 🍄 Psychedelics 🗿 Ancient Mysteries 👽 Ufo Phenomena

Supernatural 87%

Ice Age cave art, fairy faith, and alien abduction are one phenomenon. The visitors are identical.

by Graham Hancock 2005

4.22

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Speculative History 🌀 Shamanism 🍄 Psychedelics 🗿 Ancient Mysteries 👽 Ufo Phenomena

Around the World in 80 Plants

by Jonathan Drori • 2021

How a cactus, a purple dye, and a lethal bean rewrote history: 80 plants, 80 stories.

4.40

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🌿 Ethnobotany 👽 Plant Curiosities 🌍 Global Journey ⛵ Plants And Empire 💊 Medicinal Plants

Around the World in 80 Plants 87%

How a cactus, a purple dye, and a lethal bean rewrote history: 80 plants, 80 stories.

by Jonathan Drori 2021

4.40

1k+ ratings

🌿 Ethnobotany 👽 Plant Curiosities 🌍 Global Journey ⛵ Plants And Empire 💊 Medicinal Plants

A Short History of the World

by Christopher Lascelles • 2011

Thirteen billion years in one short book: why empires fall, ideas spread, and everything connects.

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🗺️ World History 🌌 Big History 📚 Concise History 🔄 Civilization Cycles ⚔️ Empire And Conquest

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Thirteen billion years in one short book: why empires fall, ideas spread, and everything connects.

by Christopher Lascelles 2011

3.86

2k+ ratings

🗺️ World History 🌌 Big History 📚 Concise History 🔄 Civilization Cycles ⚔️ Empire And Conquest

A History of the World Through Body Parts

by Kathryn Petras • 2022

Cleopatra's nose, the Habsburg jaw, Byron's foot: world history retold through the body.

3.99

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🩺 Medical History 🎭 Cultural History 🦴 History Of The Body 🧐 Historical Curiosities ♿ Disability In History

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A History of the World Through Body Parts 87%

Cleopatra's nose, the Habsburg jaw, Byron's foot: world history retold through the body.

by Kathryn Petras 2022

3.99

228 ratings

🩺 Medical History 🎭 Cultural History 🦴 History Of The Body 🧐 Historical Curiosities ♿ Disability In History

The Alchemy of Us

by Ainissa Ramirez • 2020

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

3.90

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

The Alchemy of Us 87%

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

by Ainissa Ramirez 2020

3.90

1k+ ratings

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

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