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🌾 Ancient Grains

Celebrating the nutritional wisdom of emmer, teff, amaranth, and their kin, these books blend culinary inspiration with the deep agricultural history of humanity's oldest crops.
The Sourdough School
by Vanessa Kimbell • 2018
The craft of reading a jar of wild yeast: how sourdough becomes gut-healing bread.
4.13
558
🍞 Artisan Baking🫙 Wild Fermentation🦠 Gut Health
The Sourdough School Summary
The Sourdough School 90%
The craft of reading a jar of wild yeast: how sourdough becomes gut-healing bread.
by Vanessa Kimbell 2018
4.13
558 ratings
🍞 Artisan Baking🫙 Wild Fermentation🦠 Gut Health
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
Eating on the Wild Side Summary
Eating on the Wild Side 89%
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
Eat Like a Human
by Bill Schindler • 2021
The ancestral food-prep tricks that make plants safe, grains digestible, and dairy a superfood.
3.86
352
🦴 Ancestral Nutrition🫙 Fermentation🥩 Nose-To-Tail Eating
Eat Like a Human Summary
Eat Like a Human 89%
The ancestral food-prep tricks that make plants safe, grains digestible, and dairy a superfood.
by Bill Schindler 2021
3.86
352 ratings
🦴 Ancestral Nutrition🫙 Fermentation🥩 Nose-To-Tail Eating
Last Harvest
by Dan Saladino • 2021
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
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3k+
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique
Last Harvest Summary
Last Harvest 89%
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
New World Sourdough
by Bryan Ford • 2020
Sourdough beyond the loaf: bagels, beignets, pan de coco, and trusting your hands.
4.18
733
🍞 Sourdough Baking🥖 Artisan Bread🦠 Natural Fermentation
New World Sourdough Summary
New World Sourdough 89%
Sourdough beyond the loaf: bagels, beignets, pan de coco, and trusting your hands.
by Bryan Ford 2020
4.18
733 ratings
🍞 Sourdough Baking🥖 Artisan Bread🦠 Natural Fermentation
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
100 Million Years of Food Summary
100 Million Years of Food 89%
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
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
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
How to Make Bread
by Emmanuel Hadjiandreou • 2011
Master the science behind flour and water, and transform your kitchen into an artisan bakery.
4.38
182
🍞 Bread Baking🫙 Sourdough🥐 Pastry Making
How to Make Bread Summary
How to Make Bread 88%
Master the science behind flour and water, and transform your kitchen into an artisan bakery.
by Emmanuel Hadjiandreou 2011
4.38
182 ratings
🍞 Bread Baking🫙 Sourdough🥐 Pastry Making
Wheat Belly
by William Davis • 2011
Eliminate one grain, lose the belly fat, and reverse chronic inflammation without calorie counting.
3.73
31k+
🍞 Wheat-Free Diets🩸 Blood Sugar Control🧠 Food Addiction
Wheat Belly Summary
Wheat Belly 88%
Eliminate one grain, lose the belly fat, and reverse chronic inflammation without calorie counting.
by William Davis 2011
3.73
31k+ ratings
🍞 Wheat-Free Diets🩸 Blood Sugar Control🧠 Food Addiction
The Stage of Time
by Matthew LaCroix • 2019
History was rewritten, your DNA was engineered, and a hidden planet resets civilization on cycle.
4.21
346
🏛️ Ancient Civilizations📜 Alternative History👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory
The Stage of Time Summary
The Stage of Time 88%
History was rewritten, your DNA was engineered, and a hidden planet resets civilization on cycle.
by Matthew LaCroix 2019
4.21
346 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Civilizations📜 Alternative History👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory
Nourishing Traditions
by Sally Fallon Morell • 1995
Fourteen traditional cultures, free of heart disease, ate saturated fat and organ meats. Here's how.
4.19
14k+
🥩 Ancestral Nutrition📖 Weston A. Price🫙 Fermented Foods
Nourishing Traditions Summary
Nourishing Traditions 88%
Fourteen traditional cultures, free of heart disease, ate saturated fat and organ meats. Here's how.
by Sally Fallon Morell 1995
4.19
14k+ ratings
🥩 Ancestral Nutrition📖 Weston A. Price🫙 Fermented Foods
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
by Weston A. Price • 1939
Traditional diets prevented tooth decay for millennia. Modern foods reversed this in a generation.
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2k+
🥩 Traditional Diets🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition🥚 Nutrient Density
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Summary
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration 88%
Traditional diets prevented tooth decay for millennia. Modern foods reversed this in a generation.
by Weston A. Price 1939
4.39
2k+ ratings
🥩 Traditional Diets🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition🥚 Nutrient Density
Ethiopia
by Yohanis Gebreyesus • 2018
A chef decodes the fermented flatbread, spiced butter, and vegan feasts of a 3,000-year-old cuisine.
4.22
148
🇪🇹 Ethiopian Cooking🫙 Fermentation🌶️ Spice Blending
Ethiopia Summary
Ethiopia 88%
A chef decodes the fermented flatbread, spiced butter, and vegan feasts of a 3,000-year-old cuisine.
by Yohanis Gebreyesus 2018
4.22
148 ratings
🇪🇹 Ethiopian Cooking🫙 Fermentation🌶️ Spice Blending
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
Real Food Summary
Real Food 88%
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
The Paleo Solution
by Robb Wolf • 2010
The pre-agricultural diet your body expects: lose fat, end cravings, and reverse disease.
3.96
9k+
🥩 Paleo Diet🏛️ Ancestral Health💪 Metabolic Health
The Paleo Solution Summary
The Paleo Solution 88%
The pre-agricultural diet your body expects: lose fat, end cravings, and reverse disease.
by Robb Wolf 2010
3.96
9k+ ratings
🥩 Paleo Diet🏛️ Ancestral Health💪 Metabolic Health
America Before
by Graham Hancock • 2019
Mainstream archaeology says the Americas were settled 13,000 years ago. The evidence says 100,000.
4.13
4k+
🏛️ Lost Civilizations🔍 Alternative Archaeology🗺️ Ancient Americas
America Before Summary
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
The Blue Zones Kitchen
by Dan Buettner • 2019
Beans, greens, grains: a hundred recipes from the five places where living past ninety is ordinary.
4.00
3k+
⏳ Longevity Diets🥬 Plant-Based Cooking🌍 Regional Cooking
The Blue Zones Kitchen Summary
The Blue Zones Kitchen 88%
Beans, greens, grains: a hundred recipes from the five places where living past ninety is ordinary.
by Dan Buettner 2019
4.00
3k+ ratings
⏳ Longevity Diets🥬 Plant-Based Cooking🌍 Regional Cooking
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
Food Rules Summary
Food Rules 88%
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
The Paleo Diet Revised
by Loren Cordain • 2001
The diet your genes expect: lean protein, foraged plants, and no grains, dairy, or sugar.
3.72
5k+
🏛️ Ancestral Health🥩 Paleo Diet🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet
The Paleo Diet Revised Summary
The Paleo Diet Revised 88%
The diet your genes expect: lean protein, foraged plants, and no grains, dairy, or sugar.
by Loren Cordain 2001
3.72
5k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancestral Health🥩 Paleo Diet🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet
The Art of Fermentation
by Sandor Ellix Katz • 2012
Vegetable fermentation has zero documented illnesses. The science of why, and how to start yourself.
4.43
5k+
🫙 Fermentation🧂 Food Preservation🦠 Gut Health
The Art of Fermentation Summary
The Art of Fermentation 88%
Vegetable fermentation has zero documented illnesses. The science of why, and how to start yourself.
by Sandor Ellix Katz 2012
4.43
5k+ ratings
🫙 Fermentation🧂 Food Preservation🦠 Gut Health
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
by David W. Anthony • 2007
English and Sanskrit share an ancestor spoken by Bronze Age herders. Horse and wheel spread it.
3.99
4k+
🗣️ Historical Linguistics⛏️ Prehistoric Archaeology🏺 Bronze Age
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language Summary
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language 88%
English and Sanskrit share an ancestor spoken by Bronze Age herders. Horse and wheel spread it.
by David W. Anthony 2007
3.99
4k+ ratings
🗣️ Historical Linguistics⛏️ Prehistoric Archaeology🏺 Bronze Age
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
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
Wild Chocolate
by Rowan Jacobsen • 2024
Two-thirds of chocolate comes from a monoculture disaster. The antidote grows wild in the Amazon.
4.12
557
📜 Food History✈️ Culinary Travel🍫 Chocolate History
Wild Chocolate Summary
Wild Chocolate 88%
Two-thirds of chocolate comes from a monoculture disaster. The antidote grows wild in the Amazon.
by Rowan Jacobsen 2024
4.12
557 ratings
📜 Food History✈️ Culinary Travel🍫 Chocolate History
Wheat Belly Total Health
by William Davis • 2014
Remove grains to heal autoimmunity, fix your gut, and lose weight. The complete plan.
4.04
911
🌾 Grain-Free Diets🥩 Low-Carb Eating🦠 Gut Healing
Wheat Belly Total Health Summary
Wheat Belly Total Health 88%
Remove grains to heal autoimmunity, fix your gut, and lose weight. The complete plan.
by William Davis 2014
4.04
911 ratings
🌾 Grain-Free Diets🥩 Low-Carb Eating🦠 Gut Healing
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
Cooked Summary
Cooked 87%
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
I Quit Sugar for Life
by Sarah Wilson • 2014
A fat-fueled, four-week reset for breaking sugar's hold for good, without hunger or denial.
3.87
588
🍬 Sugar-Free Diet🥗 Whole Foods Diet🦠 Gut Health
I Quit Sugar for Life Summary
I Quit Sugar for Life 87%
A fat-fueled, four-week reset for breaking sugar's hold for good, without hunger or denial.
by Sarah Wilson 2014
3.87
588 ratings
🍬 Sugar-Free Diet🥗 Whole Foods Diet🦠 Gut Health
Food Rules
by Catherine Shanahan • 2010
What if vegetable oils, not butter, drive heart disease? A doctor rewrites healthy eating rules.
4.18
422
🥩 Ancestral Eating🛢️ Vegetable Oil Critique❤️ Cholesterol Myth
Food Rules Summary
Food Rules 87%
What if vegetable oils, not butter, drive heart disease? A doctor rewrites healthy eating rules.
by Catherine Shanahan 2010
4.18
422 ratings
🥩 Ancestral Eating🛢️ Vegetable Oil Critique❤️ Cholesterol Myth
Hidden History
by Brian Haughton • 2007
Twelve ancient mysteries where the evidence outlasts every explanation archaeologists have offered.
3.71
233
🏛️ Lost Civilizations🔍 Ancient Mysteries⛏️ Alternative Archaeology
Hidden History Summary
Hidden History 87%
Twelve ancient mysteries where the evidence outlasts every explanation archaeologists have offered.
by Brian Haughton 2007
3.71
233 ratings
🏛️ Lost Civilizations🔍 Ancient Mysteries⛏️ Alternative Archaeology
Fingerprints of the Gods
by Graham Hancock • 1995
Maps of ice-free Antarctica. Flood myths with astronomical codes. Who left them?
4.15
16k+
🏛️ Lost Civilizations🔍 Ancient Mysteries⭐ Ancient Astronomy
Fingerprints of the Gods Summary
Fingerprints of the Gods 87%
Maps of ice-free Antarctica. Flood myths with astronomical codes. Who left them?
by Graham Hancock 1995
4.15
16k+ ratings
🏛️ Lost Civilizations🔍 Ancient Mysteries⭐ Ancient Astronomy
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
by Amanda H. Podany • 2022
Before empires had kings, they had barley counters and scribes. Their ledgers are our history.
4.39
861
🏛️ Ancient Near East👥 Social History🏙️ Early Cities
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings Summary
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings 87%
Before empires had kings, they had barley counters and scribes. Their ledgers are our history.
by Amanda H. Podany 2022
4.39
861 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Near East👥 Social History🏙️ Early Cities
Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine
by Ronald F. Schmid N.D. • 1987
Ten times the vitamins, zero chronic disease. The traditional food wisdom modern diets abandoned.
4.20
119
🥘 Traditional Diets🦴 Nutritional Anthropology🔬 Weston A Price
Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine Summary
Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine 87%
Ten times the vitamins, zero chronic disease. The traditional food wisdom modern diets abandoned.
by Ronald F. Schmid N.D. 1987
4.20
119 ratings
🥘 Traditional Diets🦴 Nutritional Anthropology🔬 Weston A Price
What Your Food Ate
by David R. Montgomery • 2022
A modern carrot has 40% fewer minerals. The missing nutrients are still in the dirt.
4.29
696
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Microbiome🥬 Nutrient Density
What Your Food Ate Summary
What Your Food Ate 87%
A modern carrot has 40% fewer minerals. The missing nutrients are still in the dirt.
by David R. Montgomery 2022
4.29
696 ratings
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Microbiome🥬 Nutrient Density
Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox
by William Davis • 2015
Your morning toast triggers opiate-like brain effects. Ten days to break the addiction loop.
3.94
535
🍞 Grain-Free Diets🧪 Detox Protocols🧠 Food Addiction
Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox Summary
Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox 87%
Your morning toast triggers opiate-like brain effects. Ten days to break the addiction loop.
by William Davis 2015
3.94
535 ratings
🍞 Grain-Free Diets🧪 Detox Protocols🧠 Food Addiction
The Anunnaki Chronicles
by Zecharia Sitchin • 2015
Ancient clay tablets describe alien miners creating humans in a lab and a war in space.
4.36
299
👽 Ancient Astronauts📜 Alternative History🏛️ Sumerian Mythology
The Anunnaki Chronicles Summary
The Anunnaki Chronicles 87%
Ancient clay tablets describe alien miners creating humans in a lab and a war in space.
by Zecharia Sitchin 2015
4.36
299 ratings
👽 Ancient Astronauts📜 Alternative History🏛️ Sumerian Mythology
Magicians of the Gods
by Graham Hancock • 2015
A comet erased a lost civilization 12,800 years ago; the evidence is sealed in megaliths worldwide.
4.17
7k+
🏛️ Lost Civilizations🔍 Alternative Archaeology⭐ Ancient Astronomy
Magicians of the Gods Summary
Magicians of the Gods 87%
A comet erased a lost civilization 12,800 years ago; the evidence is sealed in megaliths worldwide.
by Graham Hancock 2015
4.17
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Lost Civilizations🔍 Alternative Archaeology⭐ Ancient Astronomy
1177 B.C.
by Eric H. Cline • 2014
The Bronze Age had trade routes and diplomacy. A cascade of disasters brought it down.
3.74
13k+
🏛️ Ancient Mediterranean🗿 Bronze Age💥 Systems Collapse
1177 B.C. Summary
1177 B.C. 87%
The Bronze Age had trade routes and diplomacy. A cascade of disasters brought it down.
by Eric H. Cline 2014
3.74
13k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Mediterranean🗿 Bronze Age💥 Systems Collapse
Fermentation for Beginners
by Drakes Press • 2013
Better digestion starts on your countertop. The complete fermentation guide, from kraut to kombucha.
3.88
341
🫙 Fermented Foods🧂 Food Preservation🦠 Probiotic Cooking
Fermentation for Beginners Summary
Fermentation for Beginners 87%
Better digestion starts on your countertop. The complete fermentation guide, from kraut to kombucha.
by Drakes Press 2013
3.88
341 ratings
🫙 Fermented Foods🧂 Food Preservation🦠 Probiotic Cooking
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
Food Summary
Food 87%
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
Practical Paleo
by Diane Sanfilippo • 2012
Stop guessing which foods inflame you: customized Paleo plans for your specific health condition.
4.16
8k+
🥩 Paleo Diet🌿 Ancestral Eating🦠 Digestive Health
Practical Paleo Summary
Practical Paleo 87%
Stop guessing which foods inflame you: customized Paleo plans for your specific health condition.
by Diane Sanfilippo 2012
4.16
8k+ ratings
🥩 Paleo Diet🌿 Ancestral Eating🦠 Digestive Health
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
Cities Summary
Cities 87%
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
The Stairway to Heaven
by Zecharia Sitchin • 1980
The Giza pyramids were never tombs. They were landing beacons for an interplanetary spaceport.
4.02
2k+
🧑‍🚀 Ancient Astronaut Theory📚 Comparative Mythology🏛️ Mesopotamian Mythology
The Stairway to Heaven Summary
The Stairway to Heaven 87%
The Giza pyramids were never tombs. They were landing beacons for an interplanetary spaceport.
by Zecharia Sitchin 1980
4.02
2k+ ratings
🧑‍🚀 Ancient Astronaut Theory📚 Comparative Mythology🏛️ Mesopotamian Mythology
Eat Nordic
by Trine Hahnemann • 2016
Rye bread, herring, home baking: how Nordic eating sheds pounds without counting a single calorie.
3.19
16
🧊 Nordic Cuisine🍂 Seasonal Eating🍞 Home Baking
Eat Nordic Summary
Eat Nordic 87%
Rye bread, herring, home baking: how Nordic eating sheds pounds without counting a single calorie.
by Trine Hahnemann 2016
3.19
16 ratings
🧊 Nordic Cuisine🍂 Seasonal Eating🍞 Home Baking
The Collagen Diet
by Josh Axe • 2019
1% less collagen every year after 25. The 28-day meal plan that reverses the decline.
3.81
232
🥗 Functional Nutrition🦠 Gut Health🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet
The Collagen Diet Summary
The Collagen Diet 87%
1% less collagen every year after 25. The 28-day meal plan that reverses the decline.
by Josh Axe 2019
3.81
232 ratings
🥗 Functional Nutrition🦠 Gut Health🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet
When the Sky Fell
by Rand Flem-Ath • 1995
Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.
3.92
278
⚱️ Lost Civilizations📜 Alternative History🌊 Catastrophism
When the Sky Fell Summary
When the Sky Fell 87%
Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.
by Rand Flem-Ath 1995
3.92
278 ratings
⚱️ Lost Civilizations📜 Alternative History🌊 Catastrophism
The Taste of Conquest
by Michael Krondl • 2007
Nutmeg once outweighed gold. Three cities chased it across oceans and dragged the world behind them.
3.75
949
🌶️ Spice Trade🍖 Medieval Cuisine⛵ Age Of Exploration
The Taste of Conquest Summary
The Taste of Conquest 87%
Nutmeg once outweighed gold. Three cities chased it across oceans and dragged the world behind them.
by Michael Krondl 2007
3.75
949 ratings
🌶️ Spice Trade🍖 Medieval Cuisine⛵ Age Of Exploration
In Defense of Food
by Michael Pollan • 2008
Food became a chemistry problem, and we got sicker. The solution predates science.
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120k+
🏭 Food Systems🌍 Traditional Diets🥬 Whole Foods
In Defense of Food Summary
In Defense of Food 87%
Food became a chemistry problem, and we got sicker. The solution predates science.
by Michael Pollan 2008
4.07
120k+ ratings
🏭 Food Systems🌍 Traditional Diets🥬 Whole Foods
The Book of Spice
by John O'Connell • 2015
A 60,000 percent markup on nutmeg launched fleets, built empires, and redrew continents.
3.67
254
🧂 Spice Trade History🍳 Culinary History🔍 Food Anthropology
The Book of Spice Summary
The Book of Spice 87%
A 60,000 percent markup on nutmeg launched fleets, built empires, and redrew continents.
by John O'Connell 2015
3.67
254 ratings
🧂 Spice Trade History🍳 Culinary History🔍 Food Anthropology
Chariots of the Gods
by Erich von Däniken • 1999
Ancient gods were alien visitors. Evidence sits in pyramids, the Bible, and giant desert runways.
3.53
17k+
🏛️ Ancient Mysteries⛏️ Speculative Archaeology👽 Ancient Aliens
Chariots of the Gods Summary
Chariots of the Gods 87%
Ancient gods were alien visitors. Evidence sits in pyramids, the Bible, and giant desert runways.
by Erich von Däniken 1999
3.53
17k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Mysteries⛏️ Speculative Archaeology👽 Ancient Aliens
Culture
by Martin Puchner • 2023
Borrowing, theft, lucky accidents: four millennia of cultural history. Purity was never the point.
3.92
924
🔄 Cultural Exchange📜 Cultural Transmission🏛️ Ancient Civilizations
Culture Summary
Culture 87%
Borrowing, theft, lucky accidents: four millennia of cultural history. Purity was never the point.
by Martin Puchner 2023
3.92
924 ratings
🔄 Cultural Exchange📜 Cultural Transmission🏛️ Ancient Civilizations
The Calorie Myth
by Jonathan Bailor • 2013
High-quality food resets your weight thermostat, so you can eat more and still lose.
3.85
2k+
🧬 Hormonal Set-Point🥦 Calorie Quality🚫 Anti-Diet Culture
The Calorie Myth Summary
The Calorie Myth 87%
High-quality food resets your weight thermostat, so you can eat more and still lose.
by Jonathan Bailor 2013
3.85
2k+ ratings
🧬 Hormonal Set-Point🥦 Calorie Quality🚫 Anti-Diet Culture
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