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Essential Reading for all
A Listmania! list by G. R. Chandler (edinburgh)

1. Asimov's New Guide to Science (Penguin Press Science) by Isaac Asimov

The list author says:
	"Sadly unrevised since his death, but fantastically comprehensive anyway"

�10.39 Used & New from: �5.80

(5 customer reviews)

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2. The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life by Prof Richard Dawkins

The list author says:
	"Amazing book, a brief glimpse of the wonders of life on Earth, it's diversity & history"

�7.69 Used & New from: �3.16

(56 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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3. The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition by Richard Dawkins

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	"An excellent summary of the processes of evolution, with lots of engrossing stories"

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(85 customer reviews)

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4. A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin

The list author says:
	"Exactly the right level of detail about mankind's greatest adventure"

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(38 customer reviews)

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5. The Peloponnesian War (Classics) by Thucydides

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	"The original history book, "an everlasting possession""

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(10 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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6. Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared Diamond

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	"Attempts to explain the major trends of history in recent millennia"

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(150 customer reviews)

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7. The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond

The list author says:
	"Various interesting facts about our species"

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(8 customer reviews)

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8. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond

The list author says:
	"The story of various collapsed civilisations & how they failed"

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(65 customer reviews)

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9. Consciousness Explained (Penguin Science) by Daniel C. Dennett

The list author says:
	"An attempt to solve the mystery of consciousness"

�9.09 Used & New from: �2.70

(23 customer reviews)

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10. The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul: Philosophical Journey into the Brain (Bradford Books) by Paul M Churchland

The list author says:
	"Interesting facts about the brain & how we think"

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(5 customer reviews)

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Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life forum Parsimony (in response to J Grainger)	0	10 Sep 2007
The Peloponnesian War (Classics) forum Is the text in this book incredibly small?	0	5 Jul 2007