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Selected bibliography

Science
Despotism and Differential Reproduction: A Darwinian View of History
Despotism and Differential Reproduction: A Darwinian View of History
Laura L. Betzig
1986
Aldine Transaction
ISBN 978-0-202-01171-4
The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today
The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today
Helena Cronin
1993
The “ant” and the “peacock” stand for two puzzles in Darwinism–altruism and sexual selection. How can natural selection favor those, such as the worker ant, that renounce tooth and claw in favor of the public-spirited ways of the commune? And how can “peacocks”—flamboyant, ornamental and apparently useless—be tolerated by the grimly economical Darwinian reaper? Helena Cronin has a deep understanding of today's answers to these riddles and their roots in the nineteenth century; the analysis is new and exciting and the explanations lucid and compelling.
Cambridge University Press
ISBN 978-0-521-45765-1
Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee: How Our Animal Heritage Affects The Way We Live
Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee: How Our Animal Heritage Affects The Way We Live
Jared Diamond
2000
Radius
ISBN 978-0-091-77770-8
Why is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality
Why is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality
Jared Diamond
Basic Books
ISBN 978-0-465-03127-7
Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection
Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
Pantheon Books
ISBN 978-0-679-44865-0
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
Olivia Judson
2002
Metropolitan Books
ISBN 978-1-417-62624-3
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
Geoffrey Miller
2001
Doubleday
ISBN 978-0-385-49516-1
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as A Candle In The Dark
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as A Candle In The Dark
Carl Sagan
1996
Ballantine Books
ISBN 978-1-439-50528-1
The Last Human: A Guide to Twenty-two Species of Extinct Humans
The Last Human: A Guide to Twenty-two Species of Extinct Humans
G. J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak
2007
Yale University Press
ISBN 978-0-300-10047-1
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
Lewis Thomas
1974
Viking Press
ISBN 978-0-67043-442-8
The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher
The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher
Lewis Thomas
1983
Viking Press
ISBN 978-0-670-79533-X
Natural Selection and Social Theory: Selected Papers of Robert Trivers
Natural Selection and Social Theory: Selected Papers of Robert Trivers
Robert Trivers
2002
Oxford University Press
ISBN 978-0-195-13062-1
Bloodlines: From Ethnic Pride to Ethnic Terrorism
Bloodlines: From Ethnic Pride to Ethnic Terrorism
Vamik Volkan
1997
Westview Press, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 978-0-813-39038-9
Killing in the Name of Identity: A Study of Bloody Conflicts
Killing in the Name of Identity: A Study of Bloody Conflicts
Vamik Volkan
2006
Pitchstone Publishing
ISBN 978-0-972-88757-1
Non-fiction
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah
2007
Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 978-0-374-10523-5
War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
Chris Hedges
2002
Public Affairs
ISBN 978-1-439-55818-8
Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century
Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century
Jonathan Glover
2000
The twentieth century was the most brutal in human history, featuring a litany of shameful events that includes the Holocaust, Hiroshima, the Stalinist era, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, and Rwanda. This important book looks at the politics of our times and the roots of human nature to discover why so many atrocities were perpetuated and how we can create a social environment to prevent their recurrence.
Jonathan Glover finds similarities in the psychology of those who perpetuate, collaborate in, and are complicit with atrocities, uncovering some disturbing common elements—tribal hatred, blind adherence to ideology, diminished personal responsibility—as well as characteristics unique to each situation. Acknowledging that human nature has a dark and destructive side, he proposes that we encourage the development of a political and personal moral imagination that will compel us to refrain from and protest all acts of cruelty.
Yale University Press
ISBN 978-0-300-08700-0
Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
Immaculée Ilibagiza with Steve Erwin
2006
Hay House
ISBN 978-1-4019-0896-6
An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography
An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography
Paul Rusesabagina with Tom Zoellner
2006
Viking Penguin
ISBN 978-0-670-03752-4
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Volume One)
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Volume One)
Trans. Thomas P. Whitney
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
1973
Harper & Row
ISBN 978-0-060-13914-5