 | The Mismeasure of Man by SJ Gould
Buy new: £9.37 / Used from: £3.68 You'll never look at an IQ test the same way again, and a fantastic remedy to all the junk you hear from poor psychologists
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 | The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Buy used from: £2.01 One book on biology worth reading, whilst being beware of Richard Dawkins blowing smoke in other books
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 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
Buy new: £9.20 / Used from: £2.00 An insight into man's inhumanity to man in one instant in time...
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 | The "Endurance": Shackleton's Legendary Journey to Antarctica by Caroline Alexander
Buy used from: £4.64 ...and the greatness of man in dire situations at another instant
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 | The World's Most Dangerous Places: 5th Edition by Robert Young Pelton
Buy new: £12.45 / Used from: £4.24 The humorous side of death and travel, to match P J O'Rourkes' dry style
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 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Buy used from: £1.68 And the fictional side of travel. Well worth reading. Forget how loathsome the characters are as you live life as them
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 | Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines for America's Finest News Source (Running Press Miniature Editions) by Scott Dikkers
Buy new: £3.32 / Used from: £0.99 And finally, cynicism for the past 100 years. Helps put history in context, and put you in touch with real American news
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