Why It's Ok to Ignore Politics
By: Christopher Freiman
3.68
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
By: Joe Studwell
4.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
How Asia Works( Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region) Hardcover JoeStudwell G… read more
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2. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien
4.22
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist t… read more
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- philosophy
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"Créer, c'est vivre deux fois."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Existence is illusory and it is eternal."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"There is scarcely any passion without struggle."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
3. Life on the Mississippi
By: Mark Twain , Justin Kaplan
3.88
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
A stirring account of America's vanished past... The book that earned Mark Twain his first recognit… read more
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- nonfiction
4. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
5. The Revolt of the Masses
By: José Ortega y Gasset
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
Social upheaval in early 20th-century Europe is the historical setting for this seminal study by th… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
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6. The English Patient
By: Michael Ondaatje
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel tr… read more
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7. The Pilgrimage
By: Paulo Coelho , Alan R. Clarke
3.45
Format: 105 pages, Paperback
The Pilgrimagepaved the way to Paulo Coehlo's international bestselling novel The Alchemist. In man… read more
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8. The End of History and the Last Man
By: Francis Fukuyama
3.76
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Manhas provoked controver… read more
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9. Midnight’s Children
By: Salman Rushdie
3.98
Format: 647 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke… read more
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"Life again refused to remain lifesized"-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
"What grows best in the heat: fantasy; unreason; lust."-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
"For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder,a snake"-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
"Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence."-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
10. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.29
Format: 459 pages, Paperback
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more
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"Gullibility kills."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
11. They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45
By: Milton Sanford Mayer
3.79
Format: 704 pages, Paperback
"What no one seemed to notice," said a colleague of mine, a philologist, "was the ever widening gap… read more
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12. The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction
By: Timothy Lim
3.73
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Everyone has heard of of the Dead Sea Scrolls, but amidst the conspiracies, the politics, and the s… read more
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13. The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy
By: Carlo Rovelli
3.49
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
"Marvelous. . . . A wonderful book."--Humana.Mente "Rovelli is the dream author to conduct us on th… read more
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14. On Liberty
By: John Stuart Mill
3.97
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077 Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty p… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
15. O Pioneers!
By: Willa Cather
3.90
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
O Pioneers! (1913) was Willa Cather's first great novel, and to many it remains her unchallenged ma… read more
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"Things away from home often look better than they are."-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
"There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before."-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
"Neither Oscar nor Lou has changed much; they have simply, as Alexandra said of them long ago, grown to be more and more like themselves."-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
"We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it -- for a little while."-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
16. Status Anxiety
By: Alain de Botton
3.90
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
“There's no writer alive like de Botton” ( Chicago Tribune ), and now this internationally heralded… read more
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"Art was the very antithesis of crass moralism."-Alain de Botton, Status Anxiety
"Anxiety is the handmaiden of contemporary ambition."-Alain de Botton, Status Anxiety
"Only as we mature does affection begin to depend on achievement."-Alain de Botton, Status Anxiety
"Judged against eternity, how little of what agitates us makes any difference."-Alain de Botton, Status Anxiety
17. Death Comes for the Archbishop
By: Willa Cather
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
There is something epic--and almost mythic--about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, al… read more
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18. The Sea Wolf
By: Jack London
4.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
The novel begins when Van Weyden is swept overboard into San Francisco Bay, and plucked from the se… read more
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19. Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference
By: William MacAskill
5.00
Format: 172 pages, Hardcover
Most of us want to make a difference. We donate our time and money to charities and causes we deem … read more
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20. The Innocents Abroad
By: Mark Twain
4.23
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
The Innocents Abroad is one of the most prominent and influential travel books ever written about E… read more
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21. 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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"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
22. Strangers on a Train
By: Patricia Highsmith
3.73
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
" Strangers on a Train has lost none of its power to disturb…We will likely be reading Patricia Hig… read more
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"The word “marriage"-Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train
"I know that Southern redhead type,"-Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train
"The train tore along with an angry, irregular rhythm."-Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train
"I like to drink when I travel. It enhances things, don’t you think?"-Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train
23. Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
By: Russell "Russ" Roberts
3.81
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the host of EconTalk, a guide to decision-making when you can't crunch the numbers Algorith… read more
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"Exploring can turn out much better than a planned itinerary."-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
"Spend more time getting used to the darkness and less time looking to expand the light."-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
"If the important things are hard to measure, and the measurable things misleading, what kind of decision framework is left? This book is my answer to that question."-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
24. Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It)
By: Elizabeth S. Anderson
3.99
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments--and why we can't see it One in four Am… read more
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- politics
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"Most workplace governments in the United States are dictatorships, in which bosses govern in ways that are largely unaccountable to those who are governed. They don’t merely govern workers; they domi…"-Elizabeth S. Anderson, Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It)
25. How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth
By: Mark Koyama
4.24
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Most humans are significantly richer than their ancestors. Humanity gained nearly all of its wealth… read more
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26. Why It's Ok to Ignore Politics
By: Christopher Freiman
3.68
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
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27. The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money
By: Bryan Caplan
3.95
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Despite being immensely popular--and immensely lucrative—education is grossly overrated. In this ex… read more
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"Once everyone can enrich their souls for free, government subsidies for enrichment forfeit their rationale. To object, 'But most people don't use the Internet for spiritual enrichment' is actually a …"-Bryan Caplan, The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money
28. Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success
By: Ran Abramitzky
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The facts, not the fiction, of America’s immigration experienceImmigration is one of the most fraug… read more
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29. Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism
By: Michael Huemer
3.99
Format: 118 pages, ebook
In this book, two college students - a meat-eater and an ethical vegetarian - discuss this question… read more
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30. 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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31. Why It's OK to Eat Meat
By: Dan C Shahar
3.16
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
Vegetarians have argued at great length that meat-eating is wrong. Even so, the vast majority of pe… read more
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