The Good It Promises, the Harm It Does: Critical Essays on Effective Altruism
By: Carol J. Adams
3.45
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The Good It Promises, the Harm It Does is the first edited volume to critically engage with Effecti…
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1. No Exit and Three Other Plays
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Stuart Gilbert , Lionel Abel
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
In these four plays, Jean-Paul Sartre, the great existentialist novelist and philosopher, displays … read more
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- philosophy
2. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
By: Peter Watts
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more
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"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
3. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
By: None
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Audio CD
How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of be… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
4. Staging Tourism: Bodies on Display from Waikiki to Sea World
By: Jane C. Desmond
3.21
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
From Shamu the dancing whale at Sea World to Hawaiian lu'au shows, Staging Tourismanalyzes issues o… read more
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5. 80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good
By: Benjamin Todd
3.75
Format: 148 pages,
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- philosophy
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6. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
By: Daron Acemoğlu , James A. Robinson
4.08
Format: 529 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the expert… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"As mudanças graduais também impediram aventuras em territórios inexplorados. O derrube violento do sistema significa que é necessário construir algo inteiramente novo, em vez daquilo que foi eliminad…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"Sem o petróleo, os países do Médio Oriente são também todos pobres. (…) Foi a expansão e consolidação do Império Otomano, e é devido ao legado institucional desse império que o Médio Oriente continua…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"A América do Norte tornou-se mais próspera precisamente porque adotou com entusiasmo as tecnologias e os progressos da Revolução Industrial. (…) A desigualdade no mundo atual é, em grande medida, uma…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
7. The Book of Lost Tales, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, #1)
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
The Book of Lost Tales 1 xxi, 345pp. THE BOOK OF LOST TALES, I, stands at the beginning of the enti… read more
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8. Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
By: Connie Willis
4.03
Format: 578 pages, Mass Market Paperback
For Kivrin, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity's history was as si… read more
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"It is the end of the world. Surely you could be allowed a few carnal thoughts."-Connie Willis, Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
"None of the things one frets about ever happen. Something one's never thought of does."-Connie Willis, Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
"Kivrin reached out for Dunworthy's hand and clasped it tightly in her own. "I knew you'd come," she said, and the net opened."-Connie Willis, Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
"No," she said. "No. It's only a bad time. A terrible time, but not everyone will die. And there will be wonderful times after this. The Renaissance and class reforms and music. Wonderful times. There…"-Connie Willis, Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
9. Animal Liberation
By: Peter Singer
3.80
Format: 220 pages,
The Book That Started A Revolution Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work… read more
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10. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
3.67
Format: 363 pages, Paperback
Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an in… read more
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11. Inseparable
By: Simone de Beauvoir
4.10
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A never-before-published novel by the iconic Simone de Beauvoir of an intense and vivid girlhood fr… read more
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"How old do you have to be to think: this is forever?"-Simone de Beauvoir, Inseparable
"She was often late, not because she didn't care, but because she had too many contradictory cares."-Simone de Beauvoir, Inseparable
"I didn't understand: you don't believe what you believe on purpose. Could you be punished because certain ideas come into your mind?"-Simone de Beauvoir, Inseparable
"to fight against time, against forgetting, against death, to do justice to this absolute presence of the instant, to this eternity of the instant, which will have been forever"-Simone de Beauvoir, Inseparable
12. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
13. Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A startling new look at quantum theory, from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physi… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"But structures are processes are not there so that organisms can survive and reproduce. It is the other way round: organisms survive and reproduce because these structures have happened to gradually …"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
"Credo che uno dei grandi errori che fanno gli esseri umani quando tentano di capire qualcosa sia volere certezze. La ricerca della conoscenza non si nutre di certezze: si nutre di una radicale assenz…"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
"In qualunque angolo dell'universo troviamo vertiginosi pozzi di strati di realtà. In questi strati siamo riusciti a riconoscere regolarità, sulle quali abbiamo raccolto informazione rilevante per noi…"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
14. The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
By: Julia Galef
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Ju… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
"At the end of the day, we're a bunch of apes whose brains were optimized for defending ourselves and our tribes, not for doing unbiased evaluations of scientific evidence. So why get angry at humanit…"-Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
"The scout isn’t indifferent. A scout might hope to learn that the path is safe, that the other side is weak, or that there’s a bridge conveniently located where his forces need to cross the river. Bu…"-Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
15. Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
By: Hannah Ritchie
4.29
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
‘Truly essential’ MARGARET ATWOOD Feeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our p… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
16. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
By: Vincent Bevins
4.61
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- ba… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"locals came to him, time and time again, and asked, with genuine mystification: 'We just don't understand America. You were once a colony. You know what colonialism is. You fought and bled and died f…"-Vincent Bevins, The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
17. Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.21
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
Una suggestiva indagine dei meccanismi profondi che regolano la nostra esistenza, le decisioni che … read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
"Reasoning can take you wherever you want to go."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
18. 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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- philosophy
- nonfiction
19. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
20. What We Owe the Future
By: William MacAskill
3.84
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
An Oxford philosopher makes the case for "longtermism"—that positively influencing the long-term fu… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
21. Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
By: Paul Bloom
4.15
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science… read more
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- nonfiction
"If you’re looking for a word to refer to the process of coming to know things through exposure to the right sort of information in the environment, I’d recommend “learning."-Paul Bloom, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
22. Mother of Learning: ARC 1
By: Domagoj Kurmaić
4.48
Format: 644 pages, Kindle Edition
Zorian Kazinski has all the time in the world to get stronger, and he plans on taking full advantag… read more
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23. Mother of Learning: ARC 2
By: Domagoj Kurmaić
4.52
Format: 664 pages, Kindle Edition
As the months in the time loop seem to add up without end, Zorian forms alliances with acquaintance… read more
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24. The Replacing Guilt Series
By: Nate Soares
4.44
Format: 204 pages, ebook
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"This is a short public service announcement: you don't have to fail with abandon. Say you're playing Civilization, and your target is to get to sleep before midnight, and you check the clock, and it'…"-Nate Soares, The Replacing Guilt Series
25. Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction
By: Katarzyna De Lazari-Radek
4.13
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Utilitarianism may well be the most influential secular ethical theory in the world today. It is al… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
26. The Good It Promises, the Harm It Does: Critical Essays on Effective Altruism
By: Carol J. Adams
3.45
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The Good It Promises, the Harm It Does is the first edited volume to critically engage with Effecti… read more
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27. Mother of Learning
By: Domagoj Kurmaić
4.68
Format: 1580 pages, None
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28. How to launch a high-impact nonprofit
By: Joey Savoie
4.67
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
In How to Launch a High-Impact Nonprofit, a team of experts who themselves have helped launch 18 ev… read more
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29. Weighing Lives
By: John Broome
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
We are often faced with choices that involve the weighing of people's lives against each other, or … read more
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30. Were the Great Tragedies of History "Mere Ripples"? The Case Against Longtermism
By: Phil Torres
2.90
Format: 42 pages, ebook
In this mini-book, Phil Torres argues that "longtermism"—an ideology closely associated with existe… read more
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