"Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World " by Karen Armstrong.
Little bit biased toward Islam. But given that media is biased against Islam, that is not necesarily bad thing.
"Passions within Reason" by Robert Frank.
Basic message is that human emotion is a commitment tool. Surprisingly, it was quite original idea in 19988 when he wrote this book. Nowadays some evolutionary economists are trying to formalize this idea.
"Reading Lolita in Teheran" by Azar Nafisi.
The author is a Hopkins professor.
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