Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto (Critical, Digital and Social Media Studies)
By: Michel Bauwens
3.72
Format: 102 pages, Paperback
Not since Marx identified the manufacturing plants of Manchester as the blueprint for the new capit…
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1. Democracy: The God That Failed
By: Hans-Hermann Hoppe
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The core of this book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from mon… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- society
"By compelling private land owners to subsidize ("protect") "endangered species" residing on their land through environmental legislation, there will be more and better-off animals, and fewer and wors…"-Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Democracy: The God That Failed
"if the power of government rests on the widespread acceptance of false indeed absurd and foolish ideas, then the only genuine protection is the systematic attack of these ideas and the propagation an…"-Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Democracy: The God That Failed
"Private property is as incompatible with democracy as it is with any other form of political rule. Rather than democracy, justice as well as economic efficiency require a pure and unrestricted privat…"-Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Democracy: The God That Failed
"More importantly, it must be made clear again that the idea of democracy is immoral as well as uneconomical. As for the moral status of majority rule, it must be pointed out that it allows for A and …"-Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Democracy: The God That Failed
2. No Logo
By: Naomi Klein
3.89
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
With a new Afterword to the 2002 edition, No Logo employs journalistic savvy and personal testament… read more
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- nonfiction
- society
"(...) losing one's job is much less frightening when getting it seemed an accident in the first place."-Naomi Klein, No Logo
"When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?"-Naomi Klein, No Logo
"Competitive branding became a necessity of the machine age — within a context of manufactured sameness; image-based difference had to be manufactured along with the product."-Naomi Klein, No Logo
"Despite different cultures, middle-class youth all over the world seem to live their lives as if in a parallel universe. They get up in the morning, put on their Levi's and Nikes, grab their caps and…"-Naomi Klein, No Logo
3. Solaris
By: Stanisław Lem
3.99
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
A classic work of science fiction by renowned Polish novelist and satirist Stanislaw Lem. When K… read more
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"Is a mountain only a huge stone? Is a planet an enormous mountain?"-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
"If man had more of a sense of humour, things might have turned out differently."-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
"But what am I going to see? I don't know. In a certain sense, it depends on you."-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
"I was still a prisoner in my nightmares, and every morning the play began again."-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
4. The Myth of Sisyphus
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien
4.18
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
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- nonfiction
"A fate is not a punishment."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"there are truths but no truth"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"To will is to stir up paradoxes"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
5. The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
By: Eric S. Raymond , Bob Young
3.94
Format: None pages, Paperback
Open source provides the competitive advantage in the Internet Age. According to the August Forrest… read more
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- technology
6. The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
By: Brené Brown
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
New York Times best-selling author and professor Brene Brown offers a powerful and inspiring book t… read more
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7. Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action
By: Elinor Ostrom
3.83
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Neither the state nor the market have been successful in solving common pool resource problems. Thi… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
8. The Prophet
By: Kahlil Gibran
4.01
Format: 511 pages, Paperback
Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Publishe… read more
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9. What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry
By: John Markoff
3.69
Format: 384 pages,
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10. The Burnout Society
By: Byung-Chul Han
5.00
Format: 172 pages,
Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather… read more
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11. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
By: Ken Liu
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A publishing event: Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantas… read more
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12. The Fall
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien
4.01
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searin… read more
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13. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
By: David Graeber
4.20
Format: 692 pages, Hardcover
A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
14. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
By: Eric Jorgenson
4.44
Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition
Getting rich is not just about luck; Happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirati… read more
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- nonfiction
"No one in the world is going to beat you at being you."-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
"Intentions don’t matter. Actions do. That’s why being ethical is hard."-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
"An old boss once warned: “You’ll never be rich since you’re obviously smart, and someone will always offer you a job that’s just good enough."-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
"I don’t buy the everlasting afterlife answers because it’s insane to me, with absolutely no evidence, to believe because of how you live seventy years here on this planet, you’re going to spend etern…"-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
15. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
By: Greta Thunberg
3.86
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice … read more
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- nonfiction
"The real power belongs to the people."-Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
"...But it is the sufferings of the many which pay for the luxuries of a few."-Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
"You say that you love your children above everything else. And yet you are stealing their future."-Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
"Those of us who are still children can’t change what you do now once we’re old enough to do something about it."-Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
16. A Clockwork Orange
By: Anthony Burgess
4.00
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In Anthony Burgess's influential nightmare vision of the future, criminals take over after dark. Te… read more
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"I was cured all right."-Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
"Alex like groweth up, Oh Yes."-Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
"I was always on my oddy knocky."-Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
"Civilised my syphilised yarbles."-Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
17. Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures
By: Mark Fisher
4.29
Format: 211 pages, None
Edited with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this idiosyncratic collection of lecture notes and t… read more
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18. Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto (Critical, Digital and Social Media Studies)
By: Michel Bauwens
3.72
Format: 102 pages, Paperback
Not since Marx identified the manufacturing plants of Manchester as the blueprint for the new capit… read more
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- society
- technology
19. How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism
By: Cory Doctorow
3.96
Format: None pages, None
"Surveillance capitalism is everywhere. But it’s not the result of some wrong turn or a rogue abuse… read more
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20. Snow Crash
By: Neal Stephenson
4.02
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The "brilliantly realized" (The New York Times Book Review) modern classic that coined the term "me… read more
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"They made data a controlled substance."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
"To condense fact from the vapor of nuance."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
"I just saved your fucking life, Mom. . . . You could at least offer me an Oreo."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
"Southern California doesn't know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
