1. Bubble in the Sun (Knowlton). If you ever wanted to grasp 1920s capitalism running amok....this goes into great detail about the Florida land boom/bust. Very colorful....rich in history, and explains a lot over the first quarter of the century.
2. A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century (Heying, Weinstein). If it's been 20 years since you went to college...this lays out a lot of cultural development and how the Hunter-crowd died out and got replaced. I will admit....it's a book that you read 10 pages and have to put it down for a day or two....thinking about implications. Lot of science chatter.
3. Hitler's First Hundred Days (Fritzsche). Covers the election period to bring Hitler in, and how laws were modified in that early period.
4. Blue Latitudes (Horwitz). Long historical look at the Pacific region. Been out for 20 years but worth a read.
5. Last Call (Okrent). Discusses at length the American booze era before 1920, and the Prohibition 'failure'. If you knew nothing of the 1920s....this would take you along the historical side of things.
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