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Books like The Book of Spice

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 96%
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
Salt
by Mark Kurlansky • 2002
Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.
3.75
77k+
🧂 Commodity Histories🍽️ Food History🔍 Microhistory🧾 Taxation History🚢 Trade Routes
Salt Summary
Salt 94%
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
Cooked
by Michael Pollan • 2013
Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.
4.08
26k+
📜 Culinary History🔬 Food Science🫙 Fermentation🦠 Microbiome🐌 Slow Food Movement
Cooked Summary
Cooked 93%
Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.
by Michael Pollan 2013
4.08
26k+ ratings
📜 Culinary History🔬 Food Science🫙 Fermentation🦠 Microbiome🐌 Slow Food Movement
A Bite-Sized History of France
by Stephane Henaut • 2018
French cuisine is a global collage. The myth of purity, dismantled one dish at a time.
4.19
2k+
🍴 Culinary History🇫🇷 French Gastronomy🏳️ Food And Identity🌍 Colonial Foodways👑 Class And Cuisine
A Bite-Sized History of France Summary
A Bite-Sized History of France 92%
French cuisine is a global collage. The myth of purity, dismantled one dish at a time.
by Stephane Henaut 2018
4.19
2k+ ratings
🍴 Culinary History🇫🇷 French Gastronomy🏳️ Food And Identity🌍 Colonial Foodways👑 Class And Cuisine
Moveable Feasts
by Sarah Murray • 2007
Rome needed grain ships. Cities need container ports. How moving food built the modern world.
3.55
205
📜 Food History🌍 Global Food Trade📦 Food Logistics📊 Supply Chain History❄️ Cold Chain Logistics
Moveable Feasts Summary
Moveable Feasts 92%
Rome needed grain ships. Cities need container ports. How moving food built the modern world.
by Sarah Murray 2007
3.55
205 ratings
📜 Food History🌍 Global Food Trade📦 Food Logistics📊 Supply Chain History❄️ Cold Chain Logistics
Eating on the Wild Side
by Jo Robinson • 2013
We spent millennia breeding nutrients out of our food. The rules for getting them back.
4.19
4k+
🔬 Nutrition Science🌿 Wild Foods📅 Seasonal Eating🌱 Heirloom Varieties🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition
Eating on the Wild Side Summary
Eating on the Wild Side 92%
We spent millennia breeding nutrients out of our food. The rules for getting them back.
by Jo Robinson 2013
4.19
4k+ ratings
🔬 Nutrition Science🌿 Wild Foods📅 Seasonal Eating🌱 Heirloom Varieties🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition
1493
by Charles C. Mann • 2011
Potatoes east, mosquitoes west: the biological upheaval set off by 1492 that still runs the world.
4.12
21k+
🌿 Environmental History🦟 Disease And Empire🌽 Agricultural Revolution🦠 Ecological Exchange🧬 Big History
1493 Summary
1493 91%
Potatoes east, mosquitoes west: the biological upheaval set off by 1492 that still runs the world.
by Charles C. Mann 2011
4.12
21k+ ratings
🌿 Environmental History🦟 Disease And Empire🌽 Agricultural Revolution🦠 Ecological Exchange🧬 Big History
Animal, Vegetable, Junk
by Mark Bittman • 2021
Farming gave us civilization, slavery, famine, and junk food. A provocative history of what we eat.
3.90
4k+
📜 Food Systems History🌍 Global Agriculture🏭 Industrial Agriculture🍔 Junk Food Engineering🏥 Public Health Crisis
Animal, Vegetable, Junk Summary
Animal, Vegetable, Junk 91%
Farming gave us civilization, slavery, famine, and junk food. A provocative history of what we eat.
by Mark Bittman 2021
3.90
4k+ ratings
📜 Food Systems History🌍 Global Agriculture🏭 Industrial Agriculture🍔 Junk Food Engineering🏥 Public Health Crisis
A Brief History of Indonesia
by Tim Hannigan • 2015
An archipelago of 17,000 islands: the improbable 2,000-year story of how it became a single nation.
4.02
1k+
🏯 Southeast Asian History🍂 Spice Trade⛓️ Colonial Extraction🕌 Islamic Indonesia🌏 Postcolonial Nations
A Brief History of Indonesia Summary
A Brief History of Indonesia 91%
An archipelago of 17,000 islands: the improbable 2,000-year story of how it became a single nation.
by Tim Hannigan 2015
4.02
1k+ ratings
🏯 Southeast Asian History🍂 Spice Trade⛓️ Colonial Extraction🕌 Islamic Indonesia🌏 Postcolonial Nations
100 Million Years of Food
by Stephen Le • 2016
Our bodies evolved for a diet we no longer eat: the mismatch is making us sick.
3.62
616
🧬 Nutritional Anthropology🔬 Evolutionary Biology🏃 Ancestral Health🍲 Traditional Cuisines🥩 Paleo Diets
100 Million Years of Food Summary
100 Million Years of Food 91%
Our bodies evolved for a diet we no longer eat: the mismatch is making us sick.
by Stephen Le 2016
3.62
616 ratings
🧬 Nutritional Anthropology🔬 Evolutionary Biology🏃 Ancestral Health🍲 Traditional Cuisines🥩 Paleo Diets
The Sea and Civilization
by Lincoln Paine • 2013
Before trains, the sea was the fastest highway. World history from the deck of a ship.
3.89
700
🧭 Maritime History🌍 World History🗺️ Indigenous Navigation🔱 Maritime Archaeology🛤️ Trade Routes
The Sea and Civilization Summary
The Sea and Civilization 91%
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
How We Eat
by Paco Underhill • 2022
Supermarkets seduce, apps deliver, cars feed: the hidden design of modern eating.
3.50
459
🏭 Food Systems🛒 Retail Anthropology🧠 Consumer Psychology🍔 Ultra-Processed Foods🌾 Local Food Movement
How We Eat Summary
How We Eat 91%
Supermarkets seduce, apps deliver, cars feed: the hidden design of modern eating.
by Paco Underhill 2022
3.50
459 ratings
🏭 Food Systems🛒 Retail Anthropology🧠 Consumer Psychology🍔 Ultra-Processed Foods🌾 Local Food Movement
A Splendid Exchange
by William J. Bernstein • 2008
Commerce, not conquest, built the modern world: the history of trade from obsidian to oil.
4.16
3k+
📈 Economic History🌍 Global Trade🕰️ Big History⚓ Maritime History🌶️ Commodity History
A Splendid Exchange Summary
A Splendid Exchange 91%
Commerce, not conquest, built the modern world: the history of trade from obsidian to oil.
by William J. Bernstein 2008
4.16
3k+ ratings
📈 Economic History🌍 Global Trade🕰️ Big History⚓ Maritime History🌶️ Commodity History
Cod
by Mark Kurlansky • 1997
The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.
3.92
25k+
🔍 Microhistories🍽️ Food History🐟 Overfishing🌊 Maritime History🌍 Environmental History
Cod Summary
Cod 91%
The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.
by Mark Kurlansky 1997
3.92
25k+ ratings
🔍 Microhistories🍽️ Food History🐟 Overfishing🌊 Maritime History🌍 Environmental History
Last Harvest
by Dan Saladino • 2021
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
4.31
3k+
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique🌱 Seed Saving🍲 Traditional Foodways
Last Harvest Summary
Last Harvest 91%
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
by Dan Saladino 2021
4.31
3k+ ratings
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique🌱 Seed Saving🍲 Traditional Foodways
In Defense of Food
by Michael Pollan • 2008
Forget superfoods and nutrient math. The healthiest diet rules are older than science and simpler.
4.07
120k+
🔬 Nutrition Science🏛️ Food Politics🌍 Traditional Diets🧬 Food Reductionism🧘 Mindful Eating
In Defense of Food Summary
In Defense of Food 90%
Forget superfoods and nutrient math. The healthiest diet rules are older than science and simpler.
by Michael Pollan 2008
4.07
120k+ ratings
🔬 Nutrition Science🏛️ Food Politics🌍 Traditional Diets🧬 Food Reductionism🧘 Mindful Eating
The Science of Food
by Marty Jopson • 2017
Why your knife glides, your bread browns, and your kraut sours: the hidden science in every kitchen.
3.78
203
🧪 Food Science👅 Flavor Chemistry🫙 Fermentation🦠 Gut Microbiome⚙️ Food Technology
The Science of Food Summary
The Science of Food 90%
Why your knife glides, your bread browns, and your kraut sours: the hidden science in every kitchen.
by Marty Jopson 2017
3.78
203 ratings
🧪 Food Science👅 Flavor Chemistry🫙 Fermentation🦠 Gut Microbiome⚙️ Food Technology
Sugar
by James Walvin • 2017
The Atlantic slave trade and the global obesity crisis share a single culprit.
3.46
615
🧱 Commodity Histories🌾 Colonial Agriculture⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism🍬 Sugar Industry🥤 Soda Industry
Sugar Summary
Sugar 90%
The Atlantic slave trade and the global obesity crisis share a single culprit.
by James Walvin 2017
3.46
615 ratings
🧱 Commodity Histories🌾 Colonial Agriculture⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism🍬 Sugar Industry🥤 Soda Industry
The Case Against Sugar
by Gary Taubes • 2016
Sugar was identified as a dietary villain, buried by industry, and the evidence has resurfaced.
3.84
11k+
🕵️ Food Industry Exposé🍬 Hidden Sugars🏭 Corporate Malfeasance🌍 Colonial Commodities🧁 Addictive Eating
The Case Against Sugar Summary
The Case Against Sugar 90%
Sugar was identified as a dietary villain, buried by industry, and the evidence has resurfaced.
by Gary Taubes 2016
3.84
11k+ ratings
🕵️ Food Industry Exposé🍬 Hidden Sugars🏭 Corporate Malfeasance🌍 Colonial Commodities🧁 Addictive Eating
Cooking for Kings
by Ian Kelly • 2003
Abandoned at ten on Paris streets. He became the pastry architect for Napoleon, tsars, and kings.
3.75
291
🥐 French Cuisine📜 Culinary History👨‍🍳 Celebrity Chefs🍽️ Haute Cuisine🧁 Pastry Arts
Cooking for Kings Summary
Cooking for Kings 90%
Abandoned at ten on Paris streets. He became the pastry architect for Napoleon, tsars, and kings.
by Ian Kelly 2003
3.75
291 ratings
🥐 French Cuisine📜 Culinary History👨‍🍳 Celebrity Chefs🍽️ Haute Cuisine🧁 Pastry Arts
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 Summary
Caffeinated 90%
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
Real Food
by Nina Planck • 2006
The foods you were told to avoid (butter, whole milk, liver) are exactly what your body needs.
4.04
5k+
🦴 Ancestral Nutrition🧈 Fat Exoneration🐄 Traditional Dairy🧅 Nose-To-Tail Eating🧫 Fermented Foods
Real Food Summary
Real Food 90%
The foods you were told to avoid (butter, whole milk, liver) are exactly what your body needs.
by Nina Planck 2006
4.04
5k+ ratings
🦴 Ancestral Nutrition🧈 Fat Exoneration🐄 Traditional Dairy🧅 Nose-To-Tail Eating🧫 Fermented Foods
HOW I QUIT GOOGLE TO SELL SAMOSAS
by Munaf Kapadia • 2021
Walk away from Google, sell samosas from home, build a brand the press couldn't resist.
4.26
235
🍽️ Food Entrepreneurship📖 Culinary Memoirs🇮🇳 Indian Food📣 Brand Storytelling👨‍👩‍👦 Family Business
HOW I QUIT GOOGLE TO SELL SAMOSAS Summary
HOW I QUIT GOOGLE TO SELL SAMOSAS 90%
Walk away from Google, sell samosas from home, build a brand the press couldn't resist.
by Munaf Kapadia 2021
4.26
235 ratings
🍽️ Food Entrepreneurship📖 Culinary Memoirs🇮🇳 Indian Food📣 Brand Storytelling👨‍👩‍👦 Family Business
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 Summary
Napoleon's Buttons 90%
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
Food Rules
by Michael Pollan • 2008
Sixty-four rules that replace dieting with common sense, home cooking, and enjoying your food.
3.99
49k+
🥦 Whole Foods🧘 Mindful Eating🍳 Home Cooking🐌 Slow Food Movement⚖️ Portion Control
Food Rules Summary
Food Rules 90%
Sixty-four rules that replace dieting with common sense, home cooking, and enjoying your food.
by Michael Pollan 2008
3.99
49k+ ratings
🥦 Whole Foods🧘 Mindful Eating🍳 Home Cooking🐌 Slow Food Movement⚖️ Portion Control
The Dorito Effect
by Mark Schatzker • 2015
We bred flavor out of food and sprayed imitation back on. Your body noticed.
4.01
9k+
🧪 Food Science🚜 Industrial Agriculture🏭 Processed Food👅 Flavor Science🗳️ Food Politics
The Dorito Effect Summary
The Dorito Effect 90%
We bred flavor out of food and sprayed imitation back on. Your body noticed.
by Mark Schatzker 2015
4.01
9k+ ratings
🧪 Food Science🚜 Industrial Agriculture🏭 Processed Food👅 Flavor Science🗳️ Food Politics
Cities
by Monica L. Smith • 2019
Cities were never about efficiency. They were about all the things you cannot get alone.
3.26
446
🏙️ Urban History🏛️ Ancient Cities🏺 Material Culture🌆 Urban Anthropology🚶 Everyday Urbanism
Cities Summary
Cities 90%
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
River Kings
by Cat Jarman • 2021
A bead from India, buried in England, reveals the Silk Road world the Vikings actually built.
4.04
4k+
🛡️ Viking History🌍 Global Middle Ages🧬 Bioarchaeology🐪 Silk Roads🪙 Silver Trade
River Kings Summary
River Kings 90%
A bead from India, buried in England, reveals the Silk Road world the Vikings actually built.
by Cat Jarman 2021
4.04
4k+ ratings
🛡️ Viking History🌍 Global Middle Ages🧬 Bioarchaeology🐪 Silk Roads🪙 Silver Trade
How We Got to Now
by Steven Johnson • 2014
Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.
4.12
16k+
🕰️ History Of Technology💡 Everyday Inventions🦋 Ripple Effects🏙️ Hidden Systems🤝 Collaborative Innovation
How We Got to Now Summary
How We Got to Now 90%
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
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 Summary
This Is Your Mind on Plants 90%
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 Marwaris
by Thomas A Timberg • 2014
One desert community built Indian commerce: family firms, daily accounting, speculation.
3.02
241
🏢 Indian Business History🌏 Ethnic Trading Networks🏰 Business Dynasties🌐 Commercial Diaspora👨‍👩‍👦 Family Firms
The Marwaris Summary
The Marwaris 90%
One desert community built Indian commerce: family firms, daily accounting, speculation.
by Thomas A Timberg 2014
3.02
241 ratings
🏢 Indian Business History🌏 Ethnic Trading Networks🏰 Business Dynasties🌐 Commercial Diaspora👨‍👩‍👦 Family Firms
At Home
by Bill Bryson • 2010
Every room in your house conceals a history of bloodshed, invention, and empire.
3.99
99k+
🏠 Domestic History🏺 Material Culture🏛️ Architectural History🔍 Microhistory👥 Social History
At Home Summary
At Home 90%
Every room in your house conceals a history of bloodshed, invention, and empire.
by Bill Bryson 2010
3.99
99k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic History🏺 Material Culture🏛️ Architectural History🔍 Microhistory👥 Social History
Salt Sugar Fat
by Michael Moss • 2013
The food industry knows the precise amounts of sugar, salt, and fat your brain cannot resist.
4.02
33k+
🏭 Processed Food Industry🔬 Food Engineering🧠 Biological Cravings🧒 Marketing To Children🍔 Convenience Foods
Salt Sugar Fat Summary
Salt Sugar Fat 90%
The food industry knows the precise amounts of sugar, salt, and fat your brain cannot resist.
by Michael Moss 2013
4.02
33k+ ratings
🏭 Processed Food Industry🔬 Food Engineering🧠 Biological Cravings🧒 Marketing To Children🍔 Convenience Foods
Coffee Nerd
by Ruth Brown • 2014
A twenty-dollar brewer works fine. A twenty-dollar grinder ruins everything. The rules that matter.
3.83
224
☕ Specialty Coffee🏠 Home Brewing🌊 Third Wave Coffee👅 Coffee Tasting🌍 Coffee Culture
Coffee Nerd Summary
Coffee Nerd 89%
A twenty-dollar brewer works fine. A twenty-dollar grinder ruins everything. The rules that matter.
by Ruth Brown 2014
3.83
224 ratings
☕ Specialty Coffee🏠 Home Brewing🌊 Third Wave Coffee👅 Coffee Tasting🌍 Coffee Culture
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 Summary
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
Deep Nutrition
by Catherine Shanahan • 2008
Your genes evolved expecting bone broth and organ meats. They're getting vegetable oil instead.
4.20
6k+
🦴 Ancestral Eating🧬 Epigenetics🍲 Traditional Diets🦎 Evolutionary Biology🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Deep Nutrition Summary
Deep Nutrition 89%
Your genes evolved expecting bone broth and organ meats. They're getting vegetable oil instead.
by Catherine Shanahan 2008
4.20
6k+ ratings
🦴 Ancestral Eating🧬 Epigenetics🍲 Traditional Diets🦎 Evolutionary Biology🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet
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.
3.86
2k+
🗺️ World History🌌 Big History📚 Concise History🔄 Civilization Cycles⚔️ Empire And Conquest
A Short History of the World Summary
A Short History of the World 89%
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
Ravenous
by Henry Dimbleby • 2023
The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.
4.35
2k+
🏭 Food Systems🧃 Ultra-Processed Food🔬 Nutrition Science🏥 Public Health Crisis⚖️ Food Inequality
Ravenous Summary
Ravenous 89%
The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.
by Henry Dimbleby 2023
4.35
2k+ ratings
🏭 Food Systems🧃 Ultra-Processed Food🔬 Nutrition Science🏥 Public Health Crisis⚖️ Food Inequality
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School
by Kathleen Flinn • 2011
Nine kitchen-phobic novices learn basics from a chef. What changes isn't just their cooking.
4.09
5k+
🏠 Home Cooking📖 Culinary Memoir📚 Food Literacy👩‍🍳 From Scratch🐌 Slow Food Movement
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School Summary
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School 89%
Nine kitchen-phobic novices learn basics from a chef. What changes isn't just their cooking.
by Kathleen Flinn 2011
4.09
5k+ ratings
🏠 Home Cooking📖 Culinary Memoir📚 Food Literacy👩‍🍳 From Scratch🐌 Slow Food Movement
The Notebook
by Roland Allen • 2023
A blank paper book reshaped finance, art, and the self long before any screen.
4.32
2k+
🏺 Material Culture⚙️ History Of Technology📓 Commonplace Books📖 Diary History✏️ Sketchbooks
The Notebook Summary
The Notebook 89%
A blank paper book reshaped finance, art, and the self long before any screen.
by Roland Allen 2023
4.32
2k+ ratings
🏺 Material Culture⚙️ History Of Technology📓 Commonplace Books📖 Diary History✏️ Sketchbooks
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee • 1987
History's pattern: empires die, and their true heirs are the churches they tried to crush.
4.11
543
🏛️ Philosophy Of History🌐 Comparative History🔄 Cyclical History🤝 Cultural Encounters🏰 Imperial Legacies
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 Summary
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 89%
History's pattern: empires die, and their true heirs are the churches they tried to crush.
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee 1987
4.11
543 ratings
🏛️ Philosophy Of History🌐 Comparative History🔄 Cyclical History🤝 Cultural Encounters🏰 Imperial Legacies
The Golden Road
by William Dalrymple • 2024
Before the Silk Road, monsoon winds made India the intellectual heart of the ancient world.
4.12
4k+
📚 South Asian History🌊 Maritime History☸️ Spread Of Buddhism🧭 Ancient Trade Routes🌐 Connected Histories
The Golden Road Summary
The Golden Road 89%
Before the Silk Road, monsoon winds made India the intellectual heart of the ancient world.
by William Dalrymple 2024
4.12
4k+ ratings
📚 South Asian History🌊 Maritime History☸️ Spread Of Buddhism🧭 Ancient Trade Routes🌐 Connected Histories
How to Dunk a Doughnut
by Len Fisher • 2002
A physicist unpacks the hidden forces inside a doughnut dunk, a boiled egg, and a boomerang.
3.34
277
🧪 Everyday Science🍞 Food Science🔬 Applied Physics🤔 Scientific Curiosity🧠 Critical Thinking
How to Dunk a Doughnut Summary
How to Dunk a Doughnut 89%
A physicist unpacks the hidden forces inside a doughnut dunk, a boiled egg, and a boomerang.
by Len Fisher 2002
3.34
277 ratings
🧪 Everyday Science🍞 Food Science🔬 Applied Physics🤔 Scientific Curiosity🧠 Critical Thinking
Food
by Mark Hyman • 2018
Two hostile diet tribes, one surprising overlap. A doctor's plan for eating without the dogma.
3.99
7k+
🥗 Whole Foods Diet🔬 Nutritional Science🌿 Anti-Inflammatory Diet🍬 Sugar Detox🩺 Functional Medicine
Food Summary
Food 89%
Two hostile diet tribes, one surprising overlap. A doctor's plan for eating without the dogma.
by Mark Hyman 2018
3.99
7k+ ratings
🥗 Whole Foods Diet🔬 Nutritional Science🌿 Anti-Inflammatory Diet🍬 Sugar Detox🩺 Functional Medicine
Metabolical
by Robert H. Lustig • 2021
Chronic disease, gut dysfunction, and a warming planet share one driver: processed food.
4.25
7k+
🏭 Processed Food🍬 Sugar Toxicity🏛️ Food Politics🧬 Metabolic Health🦠 Gut Health
Metabolical Summary
Metabolical 89%
Chronic disease, gut dysfunction, and a warming planet share one driver: processed food.
by Robert H. Lustig 2021
4.25
7k+ ratings
🏭 Processed Food🍬 Sugar Toxicity🏛️ Food Politics🧬 Metabolic Health🦠 Gut Health
Conquests and Cultures
by Thomas Sowell • 1998
Geography blocked Africa, conquests lifted Britain, and human capital explains the gap.
4.44
964
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Conquests and Cultures Summary
Conquests and Cultures 89%
Geography blocked Africa, conquests lifted Britain, and human capital explains the gap.
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4.44
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Indian home cooking, with spices and lentils, is the weight-loss plan hiding in plain sight.
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Great Indian Diet Summary
Great Indian Diet 89%
Indian home cooking, with spices and lentils, is the weight-loss plan hiding in plain sight.
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3.64
995 ratings
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Butter was framed. The science was rigged, and the foods that replaced it made everything worse.
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The Big Fat Surprise Summary
The Big Fat Surprise 89%
Butter was framed. The science was rigged, and the foods that replaced it made everything worse.
by Nina Teicholz 2014
4.28
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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 and Civilization Summary
Energy and Civilization 89%
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
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by Niall Ferguson • 2011
Five hundred years of Western rule rested on six innovations. The rest have now caught up.
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Civilization Summary
Civilization 89%
Five hundred years of Western rule rested on six innovations. The rest have now caught up.
by Niall Ferguson 2011
3.86
10k+ ratings
📈 Rise Of The West⚖️ Comparative History🔭 Macrohistory🏦 Institutional Economics📊 Economic History
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