Evolutionary psychology
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This Is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society
$21.99 Add to cart“Engrossing … [An] expedition through the hidden and sometimes horrifying microbial domain.” —Wall Street Journal
“Fascinating–and full of the kind of factoids you can’t wait to share.” —Scienti- Author: McAuliffe, Kathleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 0544947258
- Language: English
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Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men’s Lives
$29.99 Read moreA groundbreaking exploration of the science and significance of fatherhood that shows great dads are made, not born
Over the last decade, we’ve learned more about the transformative power of parenthoo- Author: Saxbe, Darby, PhD
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 1250387523
- Language: English
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The Story of Stories: The Million-Year History of a Uniquely Human Art
$32.00 Add to cartAn irresistible and enchanting journey through human history–from mankind’s earliest fires to the latest smart phones–that tells the surprising and untold story of storytelling.
Joan Didion told us,
- Author: Ashton, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0063438690
- Language: English
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Bonded by Evolution: The New Science of Love and Connection
$32.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking look at the science of attachment and compatibility, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about love and attraction and revealing the real keys to lasting connection and deepe… [more below]
- Author: Eastwick, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0593593987
- Language: English
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The 21st Century Brain: How Our Brains Are Changing in Response to the Challenges of Social Networks, Ai, Climate Change, and Stress
$32.99 Add to cartDiscover the Influences of Social Media, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Climate Change, Stress, and More on Our Brains and Behavior Unique to the Twenty-first Century.
During the past twenty-five year- Author: Restak, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1510784152
- Language: English
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One Hand Clapping: Unraveling the Mystery of the Human Mind
$32.95 Add to cartNeuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin reveals the miracle by which consciousness evolved out of the natural world from the birth of the cell to the majesty of our modern minds.
Like the Zen Buddhist riddle- Author: Kukushkin, Nikolay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 149309064X
- Language: English
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Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can’t Look Away
$19.00 Add to cart“A fascinating examination of a feature of human nature that all of us have, most of us deplore (at least in others), and few of us understand.”
–Steven Pinker, New York Times bestselling author of Ra… [more below]- Author: Scrivner, Coltan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0143137344
- Language: English
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Humanish: What Talking to Your Cat or Naming Your Car Reveals about the Uniquely Human Need to Humanize
$30.00 Add to cartAnthropomorphism is the human tendency to attribute human-like thoughts, feelings, and intentions to non-human things. It’s a cognitive bias baked into the human mind that distorts our view of the wo
- Author: Gregg, Justin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0316577588
- Language: English
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The Social Biome: How Everyday Communication Connects and Shapes Us
$28.00 Add to cartA deep dive into the importance of daily communication and how we can harness its power to create a better life
We spend much of our waking lives communicating with others. How does each moment of in- Author: Merolla, Andy J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0300272146
- Language: English
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The Narrative Brain: The Stories Our Neurons Tell
$35.00 Add to cartAn investigation of the emotional power of narrative that illuminates the relationship between the human brain and the stories we tell
As humans, we think in stories–stories that allow us to feel an- Author: Breithaupt, Fritz Alwin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0300273800
- Language: English
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The Story Paradox: How Our Love of Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears Them Down
$28.00 Read moreStorytelling, a tradition that built human civilization, may soon destroy it
Humans are storytelling animals. Stories are what make our societies possible. Countless books celebrate their virtues. But
- Author: Gottschall, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1541645960
- Language: English
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The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
$21.99 Add to cartA “drop-dead shocker” (Washington Post Book World) that uses evolutionary psychology to explain human mating and the mysteries of love If we all want love, why is there so much conflict in our most ch… [more below]
- Author: Buss, David M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 27 2016
- ISBN10: 0465097766
- Language: English
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Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny
$24.00 Read moreWinner of the William James Book Award
“A landmark in our understanding of human development.”
Winner of the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award
–Paul Harris, author of Trusting What You’re Told “Magisterial…- Author: Tomasello, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0674248287
- Language: English
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Sex, Power, and Partisanship: How Evolutionary Science Makes Sense of Our Political Divide
$18.00 Read moreAn evolutionary psychologist traces the roots of political divisions back to our primate ancestors and male-dominated social hierarchies. Through the lens of evolutionary science, this book offers a n… [more below]
- Author: Garcia, Hector A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1633885143
- Language: English
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Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
$29.00 Read moreAn “entertaining and enlightening” deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization–and the evolutionary roots of humanity’s appetite for intoxication (Daniel E. Lieberman, author of Exercis
- Author: Slingerland, Edward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0316453382
- Language: English
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The Anatomy of Grief: How the Brain, Heart, and Body Can Heal After Loss
$20.00 Read moreAn original, authoritative guide to the impact of grief on the brain, the heart, and the body of the bereaved
“Dorothy Holinger’s exploration of the contours of grief is wise, moving, thought-provokin- Author: Holinger, Dorothy P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0300264763
- Language: English
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Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity
$20.00 Add to cartA powerful new theory of human nature suggests that our secret to success as a species is our unique friendliness
“Brilliant, eye-opening, and absolutely inspiring–and a riveting read. Hare and Woods- Author: Hare, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 0399590684
- Language: English
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Inheritance: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World
$35.00 Add to cart“An insightful and breathtaking exploration of humanity’s evolutionary baggage that explains some of our species’ greatest successes and failures.” –Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens
The ancient i- Author: Whitehouse, Harvey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 067429162X
- Language: English
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Witches, Feminism, and the Fall of the West
$34.99 Add to cartThe archetype of the “witch” is burnt deep into the European psyche, recurring again and again in folklore and fairytales. But is she merely the stuff of fantasy? Roald Dahl warned that witches don’t
- Author: Dutton, Edward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: August 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1593680783
- Language: English
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Why We Need to Be Wild: One Woman’s Quest for Ancient Human Answers to 21st Century Problems
$17.99 Add to cart“In the tradition of the best immersive journalism.” -A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically
A bold examination of how Paleolithic wisdom could solve our 21st century problems
Jessica Care
- Author: Carew Kraft, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1728293553
- Language: English
