Inside Al-Shabaab: The Secret History of Al-Qaeda's Most Powerful Ally
By: Dan Joseph
4.16
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
One of the most powerful Islamic militant groups in Africa, Al-Shabaab exerts Taliban-like rule ove…
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1. Getting Somalia Wrong?: Faith, War and Hope in a Shattered State
By: Mary Harper
3.50
Format: 31 pages, Hardcover
Somalia is a comprehensively failed state, representing a threat to itself, its neighbors, and the … read more
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- africa
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- somalia
2. 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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- africa
3. Green on Blue
By: Elliot Ackerman
3.72
Format: 395 pages, Hardcover
From a decorated veteran of the Iraq and Afghan Wars, and White House Fellow, a stirring debut nove… read more
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4. Scar Tissue
By: Larry Sloman , Anthony Kiedis
3.00
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
Now in paperback, the New York Timesbestseller by one of rock's most provocative figures Scar Tissu… read more
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5. The Sisters Brothers
By: Patrick deWitt , Marcelo Barbão
4.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. The enigmatic and powerful man known only as the Commodore has… read more
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6. Down and Out in Paris and London
By: George Orwell
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
This unusual fictional account - in good part autobiographical - narrates without self-pity and oft… read more
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7. Homage to Catalonia
By: George Orwell , Lionel Trilling
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
In 1936 Orwell went to Spain to report on the Civil War and instead joined the fight against the Fa… read more
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8. The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)
By: Ernest Hemingway
3.79
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta) is one of Ernest Hemin… read more
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"Never be daunted"-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)
"I am always in love."-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)
"Oh, darling, I've been so miserable."-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)
"You'll lose it, if you talk about it"-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)
9. Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
By: Siddharth Kara
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times… read more
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"Now you understand how people like us work?"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
"Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to reconcile how it even inhabits the same planet. Neatly arranged mountains of vegetables…"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
"Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected. The cost of labor has been nullified through the degradation of Africans at the bottom of an economic chain that purports to exonerate all participants of a…"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
10. Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
By: Frank Herbert
3.96
Format: 609 pages, Paperback
Book three in Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune Chronicles--one of the most significant sagas in the… read more
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"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error,"-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
"Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions."-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
"The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion."-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
"The joy of living, its beauty is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you."-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
11. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
By: Patrick Radden Keefe
4.46
Format: 441 pages, Hardcover
In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belf… read more
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"Like the revolution's going to wait until I finish my education."-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
"Who should be held accountable for a shared history of violence? It was a question that was dogging Northern Ireland as a whole."-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
"There was a discomfiting sense in Belfast that there was no place where you were truly secure: you would run inside to get away from a gun battle, only to run outside again for fear of a bomb."-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
"His job, he felt, was to speak for the victims - to represent the next person who might be killed in the conflict. He had no particular party; his only allegiance was to those who had been (and would…"-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
12. At Night All Blood is Black
By: David Diop
3.82
Format: 145 pages, Hardcover
Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese man who, never before having left his village, finds himself fighting a… read more
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"La nuit, tous les sangs sont noirs."-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black
"Temporary madness, in war, is bravery's sister."-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black
"Laughter brings laughter and smiles bring smiles."-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black
"God's truth, each thing carries its opposite within."-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black
13. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
By: Javier Blas
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
14. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
By: Arnold Schwarzenegger
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more
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"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
15. How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
By: Michael Pollan
4.27
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most admired writers takes us on a m… read more
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"The opposite of spiritual is not material but egotistical."-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"Normal waking consciousness feels perfectly transparent, and yet it is less a window on reality than the product of our imaginations-a kind of controlled hallucination."-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"Nature does in fact teem with subjectivities — call them spirits if you like — other than our own; it is only the human ego, with its imagined monopoly on subjectivity, that keeps us from recognizing…"-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"The philosophical implications of "predictive coding" are deep and strange. The model suggests that our perceptions of the world offer us not a literal transcription of reality but rather a seamless …"-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
16. The Nickel Boys
By: Colson Whitehead
4.26
Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition
Author of The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of Ameri… read more
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"Even in death the boys were trouble."-Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys
"Violence is the only lever big enough to move the world"-Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys
"People get rid of plenty when they move--sometimes they're changing not just places but personalities."-Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys
"The encyclopedias are empty. There are people who trick you and deliver emptiness with a smile, while others rob you of your self-respect. You need to remember who you are."-Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys
17. Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa's Most Repressive State
By: Martin Plaut
4.15
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
The most secretive, repressive state in Africa is hemorrhaging its citizens. In some months as many… read more
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18. Inside Al-Shabaab: The Secret History of Al-Qaeda's Most Powerful Ally
By: Dan Joseph
4.16
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
One of the most powerful Islamic militant groups in Africa, Al-Shabaab exerts Taliban-like rule ove… read more
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- africa
- islam
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- somalia
- 21st century
- terrorism
19. Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics)
By: Alexander Thurston
4.11
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A comprehensive history of one of the world's deadliest jihadist groups Boko Haram is one of the… read more
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20. Homegrown: ISIS in America
By: Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens
4.45
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
How big is the threat posed by American ISIS supporters? How many Americans have joined ISIS and ho… read more
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21. War and Peace in Somalia: National Grievances, Local Conflict and Al-Shabaab
By: Michael Keating
3.67
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
For the last thirty years Somalia has experienced violence and upheaval. Today, the international e… read more
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