Peter N. Dixon - Booklist

Here is a list of books that I have read and thoroughly enjoyed

History

1491In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas befo...

1493From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biologic...

An Empire of WealthThroughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and p...

Guns, Germs, and Steel"Diamond has written a book of remarkable scope ... one of the most important and readable works on the human past published in recent ye...

The Storm Before the StormThe Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. After its founding in 509 BCE, Rome grew f...

Biographies/Memoirs

GrantUlysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and inept businessman, fond ...

Leonardo da VinciBased on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a n...

Clouds of GloryNew York Times bestselling author Michael Korda's fresh, contemporary single volume historical biography of General Robert E. Lee—perhaps...

John AdamsThe enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived. In this power...

Days of FireIn Days of Fire, Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times, takes us on a gripping and intimate journey through...

Worthy FightsThe inspiring and revelatory autobiography of the defense secretary and CIA director who led the intelligence war that killed Bin Laden, ...

DutyFrom the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush an...

Alexander HamiltonAn alternate cover edition can be found here. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamil...

WashingtonThe celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-...

American LionThe definitive biography of a larger-than-life president who defied norms, divided a nation, and changed Washington forever Andrew Jacks...

Thomas JeffersonIn this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extr...

The Age of TurbulenceThe most remarkable thing that happened to the world economy after 9/11 was ...nothing. What would have once meant a crippling shock to t...

Science

The Female BrainThis comprehensive new look at the hormonal roller coaster that rules women's lives down to the cellular level, "a user's guide to new re...

The Male BrainFrom the author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller The Female Brain, here is the eagerly awaited follow-up book that demysti...

The Mystery of Capital"The hour of capitalism's greatest triumph," writes Hernando de Soto, "is, in the eyes of four-fifths of humanity, its hour of crisis." I...

The Righteous MindWhy can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the mot...

The Rational AnimalWhy do three out of four professional football players go bankrupt? How can illiterate jungle dwellers pass a test that tricks Harvard ph...

Thinking, Fast and SlowIn the highly anticipated Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems th...

A Brief History of TimeIn the ten years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with m...

The 4% UniverseThe epic, behind-the-scenes story of an astounding gap in our scientific knowledge of the cosmos. In the past few years, a handful of...

Livewired From the best-selling author of Incognito and Sum comes a revelatory portrait of the human brain based on ...

Contemporary Society

iGenA highly readable and entertaining first look at how today’s members of iGen—the children, teens, and young adults born in the mid-1990s ...

The Coddling of the American MindA timely investigation into the campus assault on free speech and what it means for students, education, and our democracy. The generati...

Cheap SexSex is cheap. Coupled sexual activity has become more widely available than ever. Cheap sex has been made possible by two technologies th...

The Broken LadderA timely examination by a leading scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality. The levels of inequality in ...

Black FlagsPulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick reveals how the strain of militant Islam now raising its banner across Iraq and Syria spread...

Empty PlanetFrom the authors of the bestselling The Big Shift, a provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatic...

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