The Good-Enough Life
By: Avram Alpert
3.43
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
How an acceptance of our limitations can lead to a more fulfilling life and a more harmonious socie…
Want to Read $ 9.99"He (sociologist Michael Young) speaks of equal opportunity not as offering the possibility to rise up in the social scale, but rather the chance to subvert the scale entirely: "equal opportunity for all people, irrespective of their 'intelligence', to develop the virtues and talents with which they are endowed, all their capacities for appreciating the beauty and depth of human experience, all their potential for living to the full."-Avram Alpert, The Good-Enough Life
"He (sociologist Michael Young) speaks of equal opportunity not as offering the possibility to rise up in the social scale, but rather the chance to subvert the scale entirely: "equal opportunity for all people, irrespective of their 'intelligence', to develop the virtues and talents with which they are endowed, all their capacities for appreciating the beauty and depth of human experience, all their potential for living to the full."-Avram Alpert, The Good-Enough Life
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1. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
By: Tim Weiner
3.94
Format: 514 pages, Hardcover
For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its t… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"To the CIA, everyone's an outsider."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
"Their attempts to make sense of the world had carried heat but little light."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
"The ability to represent failure as success would become an Agency tradition."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
"It takes 5 to 7 years to turn a novice into a case officer capable of working in the capitals of the world."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
2. Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)
By: James B. Stockdale
4.30
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
When physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale's early retirement from mil… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
"After ejection I had about thirty seconds to make my last statement in freedom before I landed in the main street of a little village right ahead. And so help me, I whispered to myself: "Five years d…"-James B. Stockdale, Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)
3. The spirit level: why more equal societies almost always do better
By: Richard G. Wilkinson , Kate E. Pickett
4.13
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking work on the root cause of our ills, which is changing the way politicians think. W… read more
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- social science
- politics
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- economics
- sociology
"... When infectious diseases lost their hold as the major causes of death, the industrialised world underwent a shift, known as the 'epidemiological transition' and chronic diseases, such as heart di…"-Richard G. Wilkinson, The spirit level: why more equal societies almost always do better
"So why do people tend to have mental health problems in more unequal places? Psycholigst and journalist Oliver James uses an analogy with infectious disease to explain the link. The 'affluenza' virus…"-Richard G. Wilkinson, The spirit level: why more equal societies almost always do better
"So why do people tend to have mental health problems in more unequal places? Psychologist and journalist Oliver James uses an analogy with infectious disease to explain the link. The 'affluenza' viru…"-Richard G. Wilkinson, The spirit level: why more equal societies almost always do better
4. Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America
By: Giles Slade
3.57
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
Listen to a short interview with Giles SladeHost: Chris Gondek - Producer: Heron & Crane If you've … read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
5. Null States
By: Malka Ann Older
3.33
Format: 288 pages, ebook
"Kinetic and gripping" NPRon Infomocracy Null Statescontinues the Centenal Cycle, the series beginn… read more
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- politics
6. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
7. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
By: Yascha Mounk
4.08
Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition
One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more
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- politics
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
8. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
9. Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
By: Anne Lamott
3.86
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From Anne Lamott, the New York Times-bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow, comes the book we nee… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- self help
"So, writing. What a bitch."-Anne Lamott, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
"... expectations are resentments under construction."-Anne Lamott, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
"It is okay to fear death. Many people who don’t can be a little too pleased with themselves."-Anne Lamott, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
"We can change. People say we can't, but we do when the the stakes or the pain is high enough."-Anne Lamott, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
10. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
By: Dean Spade
4.38
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Mutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world. Around… read more
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- politics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
"In the context of professionalized nonprofit organizations, groups are urged to be single-issue oriented, framing their message around "deserving" people within the population they serve, and using t…"-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
"When we feel bad, we often automatically decide that either we are bad or another person is bad. Both of these moves cause damage and distort the truth, which is that we are all navigating difficult …"-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
"Burnout is the combination of resentment, exhaustion, shame, and frustration that make us lose connection to pleasure and passion in the work, and instead encounter difficult feelings like avoidance,…"-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
11. Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021
By: Thomas Piketty
3.44
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
A chronicle of events that shook the world from the author of Capital in the Twenty‑First Century O… read more
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- politics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- economics
- sociology
- audiobook
12. Health Communism
By: Beatrice Adler-Bolton
4.31
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A searing analysis of health and illness under capitalism from hosts of the hit podcast “Death Pane… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- economics
- nonfiction
13. The Precipice
By: Toby Ord
4.00
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central ch… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Humanity is about two hundred thousand years old. But the Earth will remain habitable for hundreds of millions more—enough time for millions of futu…"-Toby Ord, The Precipice
14. Who's Afraid of Gender?
By: Judith Butler
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more
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- politics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?
15. The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
By: Ben Rawlence
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing acco… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
By: Seneca
4.05
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
“It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die,” wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 B… read more
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- audiobook
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- self help
"Hanya orang lemah yang mati karena menanggung sakit, tapi hanya orang bodoh yang tetap hidup untuk menahan rasa sakit. (Surat-surat 58. 32-36)."-Seneca, How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
"Kematian akan membatalkan semua nestapa, suatu penghujung yang tak bisa dilalui oleh penyakit; mengembalikan kita pada kedamaian yang menaungi kita sebelum kita lahir."-Seneca, How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
"If fall I must, let me fall amid the smashing of the world, not because it’s right to wish for a national disaster, but because it’s a great comfort in the face of death to see that the earth too is …"-Seneca, How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
"Orang bijak tidak akan pernah merasa dicampakkan, karena dicampakkan berarti diusir dari tempat yang dengan terpaksa kau tinggalkan; orang bijak tidak pernah melakukan sesuatu karena paksaan; ia terl…"-Seneca, How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
17. The Good-Enough Life
By: Avram Alpert
3.43
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
How an acceptance of our limitations can lead to a more fulfilling life and a more harmonious socie… read more
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- audiobook
- social science
- politics
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- economics
- sociology
- self help
"He (sociologist Michael Young) speaks of equal opportunity not as offering the possibility to rise up in the social scale, but rather the chance to subvert the scale entirely: "equal opportunity for …"-Avram Alpert, The Good-Enough Life
18. Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
By: Kieran Setiya
3.58
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2022" Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for challeng… read more
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- audiobook
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- self help
19. Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies
By: Leslie Kern
3.85
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
How Gentrification is killing our cities, and what we can do about it What does gentrification l… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
20. A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
By: Rob Dunn
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A leading ecologist argues that if humankind is to survive on a fragile planet, we must understand … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"We were offered a deal by nature: if we gave up thousands of species of birds, plants, mammals, butterflies, and bees, in exchange we could have a handful of new kinds of mosquitoes and rats. It is a…"-Rob Dunn, A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
"The diversity-stability law, states that ecosystems that include more species are more stable through time... The law of dependence states that all species depend on other species. And we, as humans,…"-Rob Dunn, A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
"It is surprising that we as a species have been as successful as we have despite our ignorance of the biological world and our biased perspective on its dimensions. Einstein said that "the eternal my…"-Rob Dunn, A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
"In my experience, people who study climate change are planning for this last scenario in their own daily lives. At work, they write about the RCP2.6 path and how to get on it. At home, in their free …"-Rob Dunn, A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
21. One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America
By: Gene Weingarten
3.94
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
On New Year's Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, li… read more
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- audiobook
"Life is essentially a fatal disease of indeterminate duration."-Gene Weingarten, One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America
