Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It
By: Richard Stengel
3.77
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Disinformation is as old as humanity. When Satan told Eve nothing would happen if she bit the apple…
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1. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
By: David Talbot
4.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the mo… read more
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2. The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart
By: Bill Bishop , Bill Bishop
4.35
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The untold story of why America is so culturally and politically divided America may be more divers… read more
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3. unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation
By: Kathleen Hall Jamieson , Brooks Jackson
3.37
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Americans are bombarded daily with mixed messages, half-truths, misleading statements, and out-and-… read more
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4. Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning
By: Timothy Snyder
4.18
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, haunting, and profoundly original portrait of the defining tragedy of our time. In thi… read more
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5. A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle for the Mastery of the Middle East
By: James Barr
3.33
Format: 170 pages, Hardcover
Through a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, spies and soldiers - including T.E. Lawrence, Win… read more
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6. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
By: Noam Chomsky , Edward S. Herman
4.42
Format: 718 pages, Paperback
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7. Propaganda
By: Edward L. Bernays
3.41
Format: 549 pages, Paperback
"Bernays' honest and practical manual provides much insight into some of the most powerful and infl… read more
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8. The First Man
By: Albert Camus , David Hapgood
3.97
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
The unfinished manuscript of The First Man was discovered in the wreckage of a car accident in whic… read more
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"Je réclame l'indépendance dans l'interdépendance."-Albert Camus, The First Man
"Ceux qui [suscitent] l'amour,même déchus, sont les rois et les justificateurs du monde."-Albert Camus, The First Man
"Remembrance of things past is just for the rich. For the poor it only marks the faint traces on the path to death."-Albert Camus, The First Man
"Il faudrait vivre en spectateur de sa propre vie. Pour y ajouter le rêve qui l'achèverait. Mais on vit, et les autres rêvent votre vie."-Albert Camus, The First Man
9. Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia
By: Robert Lacey
2.83
Format: None pages,
What happened in the Middle East's oil-rich powerhouse while we weren't looking? Saudi Arabia is a … read more
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10. Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training
By: Mark Rippetoe , Lon Kilgore
4.65
Format: None pages,
Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Trainingis the new expanded version of the book that has been call… read more
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11. The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
By: Peter Zeihan
4.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of The World Is Flat and The Next 100 Years, THE ACCIDENTAL SUPERPOWER… read more
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12. The Romanovs: 1613-1918
By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
3.17
Format: None pages,
The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surfac… read more
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13. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
By: Brian Klaas
4.13
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more
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14. The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
By: Will Storr
4.14
Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition
For centuries, philosophers and scholars have described human behaviour in terms of sex, power and … read more
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"Whilst we play life as a game, our conscious experience of it takes the form of a story."-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
"We build an infinite variety of imaginary games. Groups of people gather together, agree what symbols they’re going to use to mean “status,"-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
"The story idealists sometimes tell of humanity says we're natural seekers of equality. This isn't true. Utopians talk of injustice whilst building new hierarchies and placing themselves at the top. W…"-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
15. This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy
By: Jonathan Martin
4.00
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The shocking, definitive account of the 2020 election and the first year of the Biden presidency by… read more
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16. Disunited Nations: Succeeding in a World Where No One Gets Along
By: Peter Zeihan
4.25
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Should we stop caring about fading regional powers like China, Russia, Germany, and Iran? Will the … read more
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"In many ways, industrialization is a straitjacket. The suite of industrial technologies improves literacy and mobility and reach and wealth and health, but without the inputs of oil, natural gas, iro…"-Peter Zeihan, Disunited Nations: Succeeding in a World Where No One Gets Along
17. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
By: Anne Applebaum
3.91
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, professor, and historian offers an expert guide to understanding… read more
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"Unity is an anomaly. Polarization is normal. Skepticism about liberal democracy is also normal. And the appeal of authoritarianism is eternal."-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Given the right conditions, any society can turn against democracy. Indeed, if history is anything to go by, all of our societies eventually will."-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Olga Tokarczuk, 2019: We horen niet langer de harmonie van de wereld, maar de kakofonie van geluiden, een ondraaglijke ruis waarin we wanhoping een een rustiger melodie proberen te ontdekken, al is h…"-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Throughout history, pandemics have led to an expansion of the power of the state: at times when people fear death, they go along with measures that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will save them—ev…"-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
18. Facing the Beast: Courage, Faith, and Resistance in a New Dark Age
By: Naomi Wolf
4.35
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
From New York Times bestselling author Naomi Wolf, Facing the Beast is a devastating, detailed acco… read more
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19. Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy
By: Philip Freeman
4.16
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Telling the story of a man who stood against the overwhelming power of the mighty Roman empire, Han… read more
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20. Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
By: Robin DiAngelo
3.96
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
In Nice Racism, her follow-up work to White Fragility, the author draws on her background as a soci… read more
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"…every moment that I spend in white space reinforces in me a particular (and limited) worldview and experience. But the deeper message being reinforced is that we lose nothing of value by living in s…"-Robin DiAngelo, Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
21. LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media
By: P.W. Singer
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter an… read more
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22. Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence
By: Amy B. Zegart
3.96
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating and authoritative account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America’s lea… read more
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23. Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News
By: Clint Watts
3.96
Format: 320 pages, ebook
A former FBI Special Agent and leading cyber-security expert offers a devastating and essential loo… read more
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24. White Fear: How the Browning of America is Making White Folks Lose Their Minds
By: Roland S. Martin
4.27
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
White fear has shaped our democracy and society from the beginning—and today, it’s more intense and… read more
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25. Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
By: Sergei Guriev
3.98
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
How a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracy Hitler… read more
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"As countries became postindustrial, educated, and internationally linked, their rulers had to adapt—or, at least, pretend to. Amid the third wave of democracy, liberal norms spread worldwide. The for…"-Sergei Guriev, Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
"These four changes—in the nature of work, education, social values, and communication technology—make it harder for dictators to dominate citizens in the old way. Harsh laws and bureaucratic regulati…"-Sergei Guriev, Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
"These four changes—in the nature of work, education, social values, and communication technology—make it harder for dictators to dominate citizens in the old way. Harsh laws and bureaucratic regulati…"-Sergei Guriev, Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
26. Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It
By: Richard Stengel
3.77
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Disinformation is as old as humanity. When Satan told Eve nothing would happen if she bit the apple… read more
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- psychology
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27. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
By: Carl Zimmer
3.87
Format: 272 pages, ebook
Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essa… read more
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28. Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State
By: Byron Tau
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping exposé of the U.S. government’s alliance with data brokers, tech companies, and advertis… read more
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"Dating back to 2019, Premise had a network of more than 1,000 gig workers in the country (Ukraine) that were being asked to do tasks that they believed were innocuous market research or corporate dat…"-Byron Tau, Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State
29. Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics
By: Yochai Benkler
4.15
Format: 472 pages, Paperback
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. … read more
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30. Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy
By: Brian Tyler Cohen
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the first content creator to interview President Biden, leading progressive voice Brian Tyler … read more
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"These are manipulation tactics happening at the hands of the very people whom voters have been groomed to trust. Republicans may claim to hate the Democrats, but frankly there is no one they have mor…"-Brian Tyler Cohen, Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy
31. An Uncivil War: Taking Back Our Democracy in an Age of Trumpian Disinformation and Thunderdome Politics
By: Greg Sargent
3.70
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
In An Uncivil War, the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent sounds an urgent alarm about the deeper roots… read more
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