Myanmar's Enemy Within: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim 'Other' (Asian Arguments)
By: Francis Wade
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For decades Myanmar has been portrayed as a case of good citizen versus bad regime – men in jackboo…
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1. 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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"(...) 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
2. Orientalism
By: None , Edward W. Said
4.12
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the W… read more
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"Toda época y toda sociedad recrea sus «otros»."-None, Orientalism
"الإستشرق في جوهره مذهب سياسي فُرِضَ فَرْضاً على الشرق لأن الشرق كان أضعف من الغرب، وإنه تجاهل اختلاف الشرق الراجع إلى ضعفه."-None, Orientalism
"It seems a common human failing to prefer the schematic authority of a text to the disorientations of direct encounters with the human."-None, Orientalism
"إن مناقشات الشرق كانت تتسم بالغياب الكامل للشرق، لكن المرء يحس بأن المستشرق ومايقوله حاضران، ومع ذلك فيجب ألا ننسى أن الذي يمكِّن المستشرق من الحضور هو الغياب الفعلي للشرق."-None, Orientalism
3. Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction
By: Colin Ward
3.51
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
What do anarchists want? It seems easier to classify them by what they don't want, namely, the orga… read more
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"Every state protects the privileges of the powerful."-Colin Ward, Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction
4. The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma
By: Thant Myint-U
3.77
Format: None pages,
For nearly two decades Western governments and a growing activist community have been frustrated in… read more
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- asia
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- history
- nonfiction
5. Long Walk to Freedom
By: Nelson Mandela
3.78
Format: 479 pages, Paperback
The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Nelson Mandela i… read more
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6. Nine Lives
By: William Dalrymple
4.23
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
From the author of The Last Mughal and In Xanadu, comes a mesmerizing book that explores how tradit… read more
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7. Palestine
By: None , Joe Sacco
4.16
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Prior to Safe Area Gorazde: The War In Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995--Joe Sacco's breakthrough novel of … read more
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8. A Bend in the River
By: V.S. Naipaul
4.06
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
When Salim, a young Indian man, is offered a small business in Central Africa, he accepts. As he st… read more
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9. The Glass Palace
By: Amitav Ghosh
3.77
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel by Amitav Ghosh tells the sto… read more
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10. Ghachar Ghochar
By: Vivek Shanbhag , Srinath Perur
3.91
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
For readers of Akhil Sharma, Mohsin Hamid, and Teju Cole, a haunting, masterly novel about a family… read more
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11. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
By: Asha Bandele , Patrisse Khan-Cullors
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The emotional and powerful story of one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter and how the moveme… read more
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12. Chicas muertas
By: Selva Almada
3.18
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
"Tres adolescentes de provincia asesinadas en los anos ochenta, tres muertes impunes ocurridas cuan… read more
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13. The Shadow of the Sun
By: Ryszard Kapuściński , Klara Glowczewska
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule… read more
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14. Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
By: Catherine Belton
4.18
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine… read more
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15. Time Shelter
By: Georgi Gospodinov
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov has enthralled readers around the world with his l… read more
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"Има ли миналото срок на годност?"-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"Time feeds on us. We are food for time."-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"Ако не сме в нечия памет, има ли ни изобщо?"-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"There is no time machine except the human being."-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
16. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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17. Still Born
By: Guadalupe Nettel
4.13
Format: 224 pages, ebook
Longlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize! For readers of Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti, … read more
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"Thoughts are like clouds moving in the sky, you know? Before you know it, they change shape or they just aren't there anymore."-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
"There is a word to describe someone who loses their spouse, and a word for children who are left without parents. There is no word, however, for a parent who loses their child."-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
"A mí me intrigan más las aves a las que parasitan. Según yo, saben que no son sus crías y aun así las cuidan y las atienden. Yo pienso que llega un punto en que todas las madres nos damos cuenta de e…"-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
"A mí me intrigan más las aves a las que parasitan. Según yo, saben que no son sus crías y aun así las cuidan y las atienden. Yo pienso que llega un punto en que todas las madres nos damos cuenta de e…"-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
18. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
By: Adrienne Maree Brown
4.25
Format: 441 pages, Paperback
How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourse… read more
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"In other words, I want an erotic that demands space be made for honest bodies that like to also fuck."-Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
"revolution cannot be created by conforming to existing roles in relationships already defined by the systems we want to overthrow."-Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
"Women and femmes who love money are free to be demanding. The world has tried to fool them into thinking that getting paid for care or sex “cheapens"-Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
"Money buys protection. It buys time off and privacy. And it buys nice, pretty shit. Money also buys food, housing, and health care. Getting paid enough to meet our needs—and more—feels good. I’m not …"-Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
19. The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
By: Thant Myint-U
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Precariously positioned between China and India, Burma’s population has suffered dictatorship, natu… read more
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20. Myanmar's Enemy Within: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim 'Other' (Asian Arguments)
By: Francis Wade
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For decades Myanmar has been portrayed as a case of good citizen versus bad regime – men in jackboo… read more
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21. Nine Lives: My time as the MI6's top spy inside al-Qaeda
By: Aimen Dean
4.34
Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition
As one of al-Qaeda’s most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of… read more
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