A Brief History of Vice

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From an editor at the popular humor site Cracked.com and one of the writers of the bestselling You Might Be a Zombie and The De-Textbook, a rollicking look at vice throughout history, complete with instructions for re-creating debauchery at home.

A celebration of the brave, drunken pioneers who built our civilization one seemingly bad decision at a time,A Brief History of Viceexplores 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.Crackededitor 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 ofJohn Dies at the End

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780147517609
Published: August 2016

Number of pages: 272
Width: 133 mm
Height: 201 mm
Depth: 18 mm

Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc