A BRIEF HISTORY OF VICE

History has never been more fun—or more intoxicating: A celebration of the brave, drunken pioneers who built our civilization one seemingly bad-decision at a time, A BRIEF HISTORY OF VICE explores a side of the past that mainstream history books prefer to hide. Guns, germs, and steel might have transformed us from hunter-gatherers into modern man, but booze, sex, trash talk, and tripping built our civilization.

Guns, germs, and steel might have transformed us from hunter-gatherers into modern man, but booze, sex, trash talk, and tripping built our civilization.

Cracked 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 women’s rights to the beer that helped build, and destroy, South America's first empire. And Evans goes deeper than just 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

Robert Evans is an editorial manager at Cracked.com. His articles rack up an average of sixty-four million views a year. He was a contributor to the bestselling You Might Be a Zombie and The De-Textbook.