A Brief History of Vice

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A celebration of the brave, drunken pioneers who built our civilization one seemingly bad decision at a time,#160;A Brief History of Vice#160;explores a side of the past that mainstream history books prefer to hide.#160;History has never been more funmdash;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.#160;Cracked#160;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 womenrsquo;s rights to the beer that helped createmdash;and destroymdash;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. Yoursquo;ll learn how to: bull;#160;Trip like a Greek philosopher. bull;#160;Rave like your Stone Age ancestors. bull;#160;Get drunk like a Sumerian. bull;#160;Smoke a nose pipe like a prendash;Columbian Native American.ldquo;Mixing science, humor, and grossly irresponsible self-experimentation, Evans paints a vivid picture of how bad habits built the world we know and love.rdquo;mdash;David Wong, author of#160;John Dies at the End