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A (BRIEF) HISTORY OF VICE - ROBERT EVANS KARTON...

A celebration of the brave  drunken pioneers who built our civilization one seemingly bad
decision at a time  A Brief History of Vice explores a side of the past that mainstream history
books prefer to hide. History has never been more fun-or more intoxicating. Guns  germs  and
steel might have transformed us from hunter-gatherers into modern man  but booze  sex  trash
talk  and tripping built our civilization. Cracked editor Robert Evans brings his signature
dogged research and lively insight to uncover the many and magnificent ways vice has influenced
history  from the prostitute-turned-empress who scored a major victory for women's rights to
the beer that helped create-and destroy-South America's first empire. And Evans goes deeper
than simply writing about ancient debauchery  he recreates some of history's most enjoyable
(and most painful) vices and includes guides so you can follow along at home. You'll learn how
to: • Trip like a Greek philosopher. • Rave like your Stone Age ancestors. • Get drunk like a
Sumerian. • Smoke a nose pipe like a pre-Columbian Native American. Mixing science  humor  and
grossly irresponsible self-experimentation  Evans paints a vivid picture of how bad habits
built the world we know and love.-David Wong  author of John Dies at the End

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