Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered by E. G. Schumacher
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
A good place to start if you want to consider how and why civilisations and innovations took place where they did.
Human Sciences
In this section you can find books to read on the human sciences. These have been selected to provide an entertaining analysis of human activity through various subjects like psychology, economics, sociology but those that also cross the boundaries of specific disciplines.