The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History of the Anthropocene since 1945
By: John Robert McNeill
3.74
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The Earth has entered a new age--the Anthropocene--in which humans are the most powerful influence …
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1. L'Avversario
By: Emmanuel Carrère , Eliana Vicari Fabris
3.99
Format: 169 pages, Paperback
«Il 9 gennaio 1993 Jean-Claude Romand ha ucciso la moglie, i figli e i genitori, poi ha tentato di … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Il est notoire que les hommes les plus remarquables sont aussi les plus modestes, les moins soucieux de l'opinion qu'on a d'eux."-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario
"Je n'ai jamais été aussi libre, jamais la vie n'a été aussi belle. Je suis un assassin, j'ai l'image la plus basse qui puisse exister dans la société, mais c'est plus facile à supporter que les vingt…"-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario
2. Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
By: William Cronon
3.00
Format: 50 pages, Paperback
In this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- environment
3. Trilogia della città di K.
By: Ágota Kristóf , Armando Marchi , Giovanni Bogliolo , Virginia Ripa di Meana
3.35
Format: 520 pages, Paperback
<>. Rosetta Loy Il grande quaderno La prova La terza menzogna read more
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4. Un amore
By: Dino Buzzati
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
Antonio, uomo di mezz'eta appartenente alla Milano bene, si innamora di qualcuno che non potra mai … read more
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5. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
By: Peter Cameron
3.99
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
It's time for eighteen-year-old James Sveck to begin his freshman year at Brown. Instead, he's surf… read more
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6. Environmentalism: A Global History
By: Ramachandra Guha
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A new entry in the Longman World History Series, Environmentalism: A Global Historyis perfect for p… read more
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7. Silent Spring
By: Edward O. Wilson , Rachel Carson , Linda Lear
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in… read more
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8. Sweet Days of Discipline
By: Tim Parks , Fleur Jaeggy
4.50
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Set in postwar Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy's eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently enou… read more
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9. L'arte della gioia
By: Goliarda Sapienza
4.34
Format: None pages, Hardcover
L'arte della gioiae un libro postumo: giaceva da vent'anni abbandonato in una cassapanca e, dopo es… read more
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10. La vita è breve, eccetera
By: Veronica Raimo
3.11
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
Undici racconti irriverenti, comici e amari insieme, in cui le relazioni sono piene di spigoli, e l… read more
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11. The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
By: Amitav Ghosh
4.22
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this ambitious successor to The Great Derangement, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh finds the origi… read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- climate change
- environment
- nature
- science
"This is the great burden that now rests upon writers, artists, filmmakers, and everyone else who is involved in the telling of stories: to us falls the task of imaginatively restoring agency and voic…"-Amitav Ghosh, The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
12. Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
By: Shahnaz Habib
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A playful personal and cultural history of travel from a postcolonial, person-of-color perspective,… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"I don't know if this should be considered a hobby or a disorder, but going for a walk is my idea of a marvelous time."-Shahnaz Habib, Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
13. The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
By: Jeff Goodell
4.32
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The world is waking up to a new wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- climate change
- environment
- nature
- science
14. How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
By: Daniel Immerwahr
4.46
Format: 513 pages, Hardcover
A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empir… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- world history
"At various times, inhabitants of the U.S. Empire have been shot, shelled, starved, interned, dispossessed, tortured, and experimented on. What they haven't been, by and large, is seen."-Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
"Hoover’s greatest challenge was one of the least visible: the humble screw thread. Screws, nuts, and bolts are universal fasteners. They function in industrial societies, as one writer put it, like s…"-Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
15. One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
By: Michael Frank
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
One of Wall Street Journal ’s Ten Best Books of the Year * Winner of the National Jewish Book Award… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"I do believe that as we travel through life we become a different person in every situation, or context, or phase."-Michael Frank, One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
16. La città dei vivi
By: Nicola Lagioia
4.20
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
Nel marzo 2016, in un anonimo appartamento della periferia romana, due ragazzi di buona famiglia di… read more
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- nonfiction
"Ci sono le città dei vivi, popolate da morti. E poi ci sono le città dei morti, le uniche dove la vita abbia ancora un senso."-Nicola Lagioia, La città dei vivi
"Distruggere il più debole. Oppure indebolire il più forte per poi distruggerlo. L'aggressione come garanzia per la sopravvivenza. Colpire per sottrarsi alla paura di essere colpiti. Sentirsi impotent…"-Nicola Lagioia, La città dei vivi
"«A questo punto mi pare evidente che il problema siamo noi, – fece uno degli scrittori, – intendo noi romani, la classe dirigente è lo specchio del nostro marciume, tutto è marcio, anche i turisti. I…"-Nicola Lagioia, La città dei vivi
17. How to Blow Up a Pipeline
By: Andreas Malm
3.96
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now. Yet despite decades of appea… read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- climate change
- environment
- science
"The context for hope is radical uncertainty; anything could happen, and whether we act or not has everything to do with it."-Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
"I once asked Bill McKibben, after an energising speech to a capacity crowd, when – given that the situation is as urgent as he portrayed it and we all know it is – we escalate. He was visibly ill at …"-Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
18. Io, te, l'amore. Vivere le relazioni nell'era del narcisismo
By: Stefania Andreoli
3.94
Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition
"Doc, come faccio a capire se lo/la amo?", "Doc, quando ho la certezza che una storia d'amore è fin… read more
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19. Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
By: Howard W. French
4.31
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European histor… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- world history
20. The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History of the Anthropocene since 1945
By: John Robert McNeill
3.74
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The Earth has entered a new age--the Anthropocene--in which humans are the most powerful influence … read more
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- school
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- academic
- nonfiction
- climate change
- environment
- nature
- science
21. Addio fantasmi
By: Nadia Terranova
3.61
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Ida è appena sbarcata a Messina, la sua città natale: la madre l'ha richiamata in vista della ristr… read more
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"Delle vite degli altri non so molto, ma se aprissi uno spiraglio la mia solitudine diventerebbe affollata."-Nadia Terranova, Addio fantasmi
"Capii in quel momento cos'è davvero una madre: qualcosa da cui non esiste riparo. Dicono che una madre dà tutto e non chiede niente; nessuno dice invece che chiede tutto e dà ciò che non chiediamo di…"-Nadia Terranova, Addio fantasmi
"Veniamo tutti da un funerale, non solo io che ci sono stata per davvero; tutti abbiamo perso qualcuno e sappiamo quanto lunghissimo e ingiusto sia il tempo davanti a noi, il tempo senza quella person…"-Nadia Terranova, Addio fantasmi
