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"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 of John Dies at the EndHistory 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. 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 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.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.
About the Author
Robert Evans was the chief of Paramount Studios in the 1960s and 1970s, and produced many of the most acclaimed and successful films of all time, including The Godfather, Chinatown, Marathon Man, and Urban Cowboy. He has been the inspiration for characters played by Robert Vaughn in S. O. B. and Dustin Hoffman in Wag the Dog. He lives in Beverly Hills, CA, in the estate known as Woodland, once owned by Greta Garbo.
