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	Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach: Sex has always been a controversial and taboo subject throughout the history. Like her other books Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, Mary Roach's account of the history of study about sex is informed, funny and easy to read. It's regretful even today social attitude impedes progress in researches.
	1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann: The Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492 were shrouded in mystery, bias and misinformation. In this book, Charles C. Mann gives an detailed account of the Americas back then, and reminded us what we takes for granted (e.g. corn, the ecology of Americas, etc) is the result of centuries of landscaping and transformation by Native Americans. There is never an untouched nature. .
	Sex With Kings: 500 Years Of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, And Revenge by Eleanor Herman. History is often weirder than fiction and tabloids, evident in this entertaining account of royal mistresses in European courts in five centuries. It is full of adultery, unsatisfactory sex, gossip, power struggle and murder. Court intrigue drama playwrights should take more inspiration from the past.
	A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein is a collection of funny and poignant poems with delightful illustrations that add to the content. For example, “Deaf Donald” uses sign language to tell the vital part of the poem, something conveyable only through illustrations I really like the the whimsy and absurd universe built throughout the book. His other books are delightful too.