The Culture Transplant: How Migrants Make the Economies They Move To a Lot Like the Ones They Left
By: Garett Jones
4.03
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
A provocative new analysis of immigration's long-term effects on a nation's economy and culture. Ov…
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1. Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World
By: Tyler Cowen
3.34
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An economics professor and author describes how the World Wide Web is changing the way our minds wo… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
- sociology
2. 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
- political science
- economics
- sociology
"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
3. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
By: Neil Postman , Andrew Postman
4.15
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls … read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
"The written word endures, the spoken word disappears"-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"We rarely talk about television, only about what’s on television"-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"Writing is defined as "a conversation with no one and yet with everyone."-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"With television, we vault ourselves into a continuous, incoherent present."-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
4. Man and Technics: A Contribution to a Philosophy of Life
By: Oswald Spengler
3.83
Format: 28 pages, Paperback
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
5. Rulers, Religion, and Riches: Why the West Got Rich and the Middle East Did Not
By: Jared Rubin
4.12
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
For centuries following the spread of Islam, the Middle East was far ahead of Europe. Yet, the mode… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
6. The Art of Happiness
By: Epicurus , George K. Strodach
4.19
Format: 294 pages, ebook
New to Penguin Classics and the perfect companion volume to bestselling author Daniel Klein's new b… read more
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- nonfiction
7. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
By: Steven Pinker
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and p… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
8. Against Democracy
By: Jason Brennan
4.37
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the r… read more
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- nonfiction
- political science
- sociology
9. News of a Kidnapping
By: Gabriel García Márquez , Edith Grossman
4.00
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
El ultimo libro periodistico publicado por Gabriel Garcia Marquez fue Noticia de un secuestro, en e… read more
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- nonfiction
10. Critique of Interventionism
By: Ludwig von Mises
4.00
Format: None pages,
In the sequence Mises's books concerning policy, this book followed Socialism, and was the first to… read more
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11. The Anti-Christ
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , H.L. Mencken
3.68
Format: 420 pages,
Monumento de escandalo para idiotas, arma arrojadiza en manos torpes, o cumbre postuma del inquieta… read more
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12. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
By: Richard P. Feynman
4.50
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
Famous the world over for the creative brilliance of his insights into the physical world, Nobel Pr… read more
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13. The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
By: Gregory Cochran , Henry Harpending
3.81
Format: None pages,
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14. On Human Nature
By: Roger Scruton
4.67
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton In this short… read more
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15. On Pain
By: Ernst Jünger , Russell A. Berman , None
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
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16. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
By: David Graeber
4.03
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfi… read more
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- politics
- economics
- nonfiction
- sociology
"Economies around the world have, increasingly, become vast engines for producing nonsense."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"Bullshit jobs regularly induce feelings of hopelessness, depression, and self-loathing. They are forms of spiritual violence directed at the essence of what it means to be a human being."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"What we are witnessing is the rise of those forms of popular culture that office workers can produce and consume during the scattered, furtive shards of time they have at their disposal in workplaces…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"A fact-finding commission is a way of telling the public that the government is doing something it is not. But a large corporations will behave exactly the same way, if, say, there are revealed to be…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
17. Troubled
By: Rob Henderson
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
18. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
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- nonfiction
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
19. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
20. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
By: Abigail Shrier
4.06
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
21. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
By: Michael Lewis
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
22. Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
By: David Edmonds
4.26
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein’s Poker , an entertaining and illuminating biography … read more
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- nonfiction
23. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
By: Vaclav Smil
3.97
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If … read more
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"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
24. The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
By: Ananyo Bhattacharya
4.11
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolution… read more
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- nonfiction
"The young von Neumann made an instant impact on his new tutors. His first mentor, Gábor Szego˝, who would later lead Stanford University’s maths department, was moved to tears after their first meeti…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"The best estimates of Trinity’s power put the figure somewhere between 20,000 and 22,000 tons. Oppenheimer reached for poetry, recalling a verse from ancient Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, which…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"At one of his ‘high-proof, high-I.Q. parties’ one analyst produced a fat cylindrical ‘coin’ that was something of a RAND obsession at the time. Milled by the RAND machine shop at the behest of Willia…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"With his school years behind him, von Neumann took the train to Berlin with his father in September 1921 to begin the arduous programme of study that had been agreed. A passenger sharing their carria…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
25. The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
By: Louise Perry
4.28
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously po… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
"Prostitution has never been a matter of personal choice or female empowerment. Rather, the role of 'buyer' versus 'seller' has always been determined not only by sex but also by race, nationality and…"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
"Sex workers can act as sources of sex advice only if we understand sex to be a skillset that must be learned and refined across different partners, with good sex a result not of intimacy but of good …"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
"We should treat our sexual partners with dignity. We should not regard other people as merely body parts to be enjoyed. We should aspire to love and mutuality in all of our sexual relationships, rega…"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
26. Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less
By: Alex Epstein
4.18
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels draws on the latest data a… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
27. The Culture Transplant: How Migrants Make the Economies They Move To a Lot Like the Ones They Left
By: Garett Jones
4.03
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
A provocative new analysis of immigration's long-term effects on a nation's economy and culture. Ov… read more
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- nonfiction
- political science
- economics
- sociology
28. Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class
By: Charles Murray
4.02
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
All people are equal but, as Human Diversity explores, all groups of people are not the same -- a f… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
"The propositions that accompany most of the chapters . . . are not as snappy as I would prefer—but there’s a reason for their caution and caveats. On certain important points, the clamor of genuine s…"-Charles Murray, Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class
29. The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
By: Adrian Wooldridge
3.87
Format: 481 pages, Hardcover
'This unique and fascinating history explains why the blame now being piled upon meritocracy for ma… read more
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- sociology
30. The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
By: Richard Hanania
3.87
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
Richard Hanania has come out of nowhere to become one of the best-known writers in the nation in th… read more
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- political science
- sociology
31. Why It's OK to Want to Be Rich
By: Jason Brennan
3.96
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Finger-wagging moralizers say the love of money is the root of all evil. They assume that making a … read more
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