How to Be a Bad Emperor: An Ancient Guide to Truly Terrible Leaders
By: Suetonius
3.55
Format: 312 pages, ebook
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1. Culinary Reactions: The Everyday Chemistry of Cooking
By: Simon Quellen Field
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
When you're cooking, you're a chemist! Every time you follow or modify a recipe, you are experiment… read more
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- nonfiction
2. The Dialogues of Plato
By: Plato , Benjamin Jowett , Erich Segal
4.14
Format: 340 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates's ancient words are still true, and the ideas s… read more
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- classics
- history
- politics
- philosophy
- ancient history
- nonfiction
"La mayor parte de los amantes se enamoran de la belleza del cuerpo, antes de conocer la disposición del alma y de haber experimentado el carácter, y así no puede asegurarse si su amistad debe sobrevi…"-Plato, The Dialogues of Plato
3. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
By: Paul Kriwaczek
3.91
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
"A hugely complicated, centrally planned, social and economic system can only be kept on the rails for as long as people believe in it."-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"But belief in a system cannot be sustained for ever. Empires based solely on power and domination, while allowing their subjects to do as they will, can last for centuries. Those that try to control …"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Assyria soon discovered a painful truth: empires are like Ponzi schemes: financial frauds in which previous investors are paid returns out of new investors' deposits. The costs of holding imperial te…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Anyone who has ever watched children amuse themselves will recognize that the scientific and technological face of civilization is precisely the result of play in its purest form. Just as children ar…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
4. If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
By: Scott Brick , Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , Kevin T. Collins
3.87
Format: 144 pages, MP3 CD
Master storyteller and satirist Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most in-demand commencement speakers o… read more
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- philosophy
- classics
- nonfiction
"Any brain worth a nickel knows books are good for us."-Scott Brick, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
"There is only one rule that I know, goddamn it, you've got to be kind."-Scott Brick, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
"We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down."-Scott Brick, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
"Whenever my children complain about the planet to me, I say 'Shut up, I just got here myself'."-Scott Brick, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
5. In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
By: Bertrand Russell
4.01
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
First published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. read more
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- classics
- nonfiction
6. Lunch Poems
By: Frank O'Hara
3.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
Important poems by the late New York poet published in The New American Poetry, Evergreen Review, F… read more
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- classics
7. Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000
By: Stephen Kotkin
5.00
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
In the Cold War era that dominated the second half of the twentieth century, nobody envisaged that … read more
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8. Alcestis
By: William Arrowsmith , Euripides
3.84
Format: 467 pages, Paperback
"The Alcestis would hardly confirm its author's right to be acclaimed 'the most tragic of the poets… read more
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9. Rome: An Empire's Story
By: Greg Woolf
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The very idea of empire was created in ancient Rome and even today traces of its monuments, literat… read more
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10. The Republic
By: Plato , Desmond Lee
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more
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"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."-Plato, The Republic
"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."-Plato, The Republic
"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."-Plato, The Republic
"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance"-Plato, The Republic
11. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
By: Kara Cooney
3.69
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cl… read more
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- biography
- history
- politics
- ancient history
- nonfiction
"It should come as no surprise that women need to work doubly hard to prove their right to power. They have to look to their menfolk around them who can support their claim, rather than detract from i…"-Kara Cooney, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
12. Alien III
By: William Gibson
3.45
Format: 136 pages, Audible Audio
Audible is bringing William Gibson’s uncovered Alien III script to life in audio for the first time… read more
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13. DC vs. Vampires, Vol. 1
By: James Tynion IV
4.20
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The war for Earth isn't beginning... it's already here! It's the heroes of the DC Universe against … read more
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14. The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (The Shortest History Series)
By: Michael Scott-Baumann
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An accessible, balanced chronicle of how the Israel-Palestine conflict originated and developed ove… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
15. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
By: Eric H. Cline
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more
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- history
16. Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
By: Vivek Ramaswamy
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In this New York Times bestseller, a young and successful entrepreneur makes the case that politics… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Diversity"-Vivek Ramaswamy, Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
17. How to Be a Bad Emperor: An Ancient Guide to Truly Terrible Leaders
By: Suetonius
3.55
Format: 312 pages, ebook
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- government
- politics
- philosophy
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- 21st century
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18. Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections
By: Emily Nagoski
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An illuminating exploration of how to maintain a happy sex life in a long-term relationship, from t… read more
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19. For Love of Country: Why I Left the Democratic Party
By: Tulsi Gabbard
4.43
Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition
Tulsi Gabbard was the rising star of the Democratic Party. But the growing wokeness, racism, and in… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
20. Each Journey Begins With a Single Step: The Taoist Book of Life
By: Ming-Dao Deng
3.68
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
This is a book of guidance for life's journey rooted in the wisdom of ancient China. Best-selling a… read more
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- nonfiction
21. This Is Your Brain on Depression: Creating Your Path to Getting Better (5-Minute Therapy)
By: Faith G. Harper
3.77
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Expanded version of Dr. Faith's popular zine People who have never been depressed have no idea wha… read more
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- nonfiction
"Depression is the thief of all the wonderful things that make human-ing worth it."-Faith G. Harper, This Is Your Brain on Depression: Creating Your Path to Getting Better (5-Minute Therapy)
22. Mall Goth
By: Kate Leth
3.89
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me gets a Y2K twist in this coming-of-age young adult graphic nov… read more
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"Oh mall... at least you're always here for me"-Kate Leth, Mall Goth
23. Ordinary Notes
By: Christina Sharpe
4.55
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Bla… read more
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24. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
By: Ryan Holiday
4.21
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- leadership
25. Apollo 1: The Tragedy That Put Us on the Moon
By: Ryan S. Walters
4.20
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
On January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee climbed into a new spacecr… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
26. The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins
By: Tom Higham
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
'Fascinating and entertaining. If you read one book on human origins, this should be it' Ian Morris… read more
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- history
27. Ten Planets: Stories
By: Yuri Herrera
3.54
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
A collection of fanciful, philosophical science fictions by “one of Mexico’s finest novelists” (Vul… read more
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28. Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic
By: Josiah Osgood
4.28
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire republics collapse when … read more
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- biography
- politics
- ancient history
- nonfiction
29. The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives
By: Plutarch
4.08
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
“Plutarch regularly shows that great leaders transcend their own purely material interests and pett… read more
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- biography
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- ancient history
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30. Killing for the Republic: Citizen-Soldiers and the Roman Way of War
By: Steele Brand
3.67
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
"For who is so worthless or indolent as not to wish to know by what means and under what system of … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
