Jared Diamond

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson

The Enigmas of Easter Island

by John Flenley and Paul Bahn

Among Stone Giants: The Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition to Easter Island

by Jo Anne Van Tilburg

Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society

by David Sloan Wilson

Viking Age Iceland

by Jesse L. Byock

The History of Iceland

by Gunnar Karlsson

The Sagas of Icelanders: A Selection

with a preface by Jane Smiley and an introduction by Robert Kellogg

Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga

by William W. Fitzhugh and Elisabeth I. Ward

Genes, Peoples, and Languages

by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Translated from the Italian by Mark Seielstad

The Island of the Colorblind

by Oliver Sacks

Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives

by Frank J. Sulloway

Naturalist

by Edward O. Wilson