10 Best nonfiction books like Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War by Barbara Ehrenreich

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Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

By: Barbara Ehrenreich

3.88

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Celebrated New York Times bestselling author Barbara Ehrenreich confronts the mystery of our human …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War by Barbara Ehrenreich , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Qabalah, Qliphoth and Goetic Magic

By: Thomas Karlsson , Tommie Eriksson , Timo Ketola

4.20

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

Qabalah, Qliphoth and Goetic Magic is a unique practical introduction to magic. The main thread of … read more

Similar categories in Thomas Karlsson's Qabalah, Qliphoth and Goetic Magic book and Barbara Ehrenreich's Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"The appellation of the path as Draconian also indicates its direction; the light esotericism leads to a unity with male gods of the light, like Yahweh or Marduk. The dark esotericism, on the other ha…"

-Thomas Karlsson, Qabalah, Qliphoth and Goetic Magic

"On the Samael Qlipha, the magician makes a pact with the dark forces and realizes the invitation of Friedrich Neitzsche to re-evaluate old values. Insanity becomes wisdom; death becomes life. Samael …"

-Thomas Karlsson, Qabalah, Qliphoth and Goetic Magic

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2. Mrs. Fletcher

By: Tom Perrotta

3.36

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Eve Fletcher is floundering. A forty-six-year-old divorcee whose beloved, clueless only child has j… read more

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"Doesn’t matter where you live. You’re always just kind of alone with your shit, you know?"

-Tom Perrotta, Mrs. Fletcher

"Eve still marveled on a daily basis at the speed with which her own life had changed. A year ago, she'd been lost and flailing, and now she was found. She wanted to call it a miracle, but it was simp…"

-Tom Perrotta, Mrs. Fletcher

"But these old people in front of her tonight, they weren’t the future. They belonged to the past, and Margo had learned from bitter experience—not just with her mother, but with a whole generation of…"

-Tom Perrotta, Mrs. Fletcher

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3. The Journey to the East

By: Hermann Hesse , Hilda Rosner

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse's Journey to the Easttells of a journey both geographic… read more

Similar categories in Hermann Hesse's The Journey to the East book and Barbara Ehrenreich's Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

  • philosophy
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4. Redeployment

By: Phil Klay

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Redeployment takes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to unde… read more

Similar categories in Phil Klay's Redeployment book and Barbara Ehrenreich's Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

  • military fiction
  • war

5. The Partly Cloudy Patriot

By: Sarah Vowell , None

4.33

Format: 57 pages,

Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy road… read more

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6. SNCC: The New Abolitionists

By: Howard Zinn

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

Howard Zinn tells the story of one of the most important political groups in American history. SNCC… read more

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7. The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross

By: John Marco Allegro

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

s/t: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Ne… read more

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8. Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages

By: Norman Cohn

4.30

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

The Middle Ages inherited from antiquity a tradition of prophecy and gave it new life. This traditi… read more

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9. The Souls of Black Folk

By: W.E.B. Du Bois , None , None

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) is the greatest of African American intellectuals--a s… read more

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10. The Political Thought of Abdullah Öcalan: Kurdistan, Women's Revolution and Democratic Confederalism

By: Abdullah Öcalan

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

These are the essential writings of a man who inspired a new, egalitarian socialist regime in the M… read more

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11. Guerre

By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline

3.79

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Parmi les manuscrits de Louis-Ferdinand Céline récemment retrouvés figurait une liasse de deux cent… read more

Similar categories in Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Guerre book and Barbara Ehrenreich's Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

  • war
"A tant d’années passées le souvenir des choses, bien précisément, c’est un effort. Ce que les gens ont dit c’est presque tourné des mensonges. Faut se méfier. C’est putain le passé, ça fond dans la r…"

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guerre

"J’ai bien dû rester là encore une partie de la nuit suivante. Toute l’oreille à gauche était collée par terre avec du sang, la bouche aussi. Entre les deux y avait un bruit immense. J’ai dormi dans c…"

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guerre

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12. Azadi

By: Arundhati Roy

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of My Seditious Heart and the Ministry of Utmost Happiness, a new and … read more

Similar categories in Arundhati Roy's Azadi book and Barbara Ehrenreich's Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • sociology
"...as the Covid-19 pandemic burns through us, our world is passing through a portal. We have journeyed to a place from which it looks unlikely that we can return, at least not without some kind of se…"

-Arundhati Roy, Azadi

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13. Réinventer l'amour: Comment le patriarcat sabote les relations hétérosexuelles

By: Mona Chollet

4.05

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

Nombre de femmes et d'hommes qui cherchent l'épanouissement amoureux ensemble se retrouvent très dé… read more

Similar categories in Mona Chollet's Réinventer l'amour: Comment le patriarcat sabote les relations hétérosexuelles book and Barbara Ehrenreich's Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • sociology
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14. L'Ordre du jour

By: Éric Vuillard

3.90

Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition

L’Allemagne nazie a sa légende. On y voit une armée rapide, moderne, dont le triomphe parait inexor… read more

Similar categories in Éric Vuillard's L'Ordre du jour book and Barbara Ehrenreich's Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"The sun is a cold star."

-Éric Vuillard, L'Ordre du jour

"Political maneuvering tramples facts."

-Éric Vuillard, L'Ordre du jour

"Si l'on soulève les haillons hideux de l'Histoire, on trouve cela: la hiérarchie contre légalité et l'ordre contre la liberté. (p127)"

-Éric Vuillard, L'Ordre du jour

"They might not give in to the demands of justice, they might not yield to an insurgent populace, but they'll always fold before a bluff."

-Éric Vuillard, L'Ordre du jour

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15. My Phantoms

By: Gwendoline Riley

3.83

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Bridget's mother is dying. An extrovert with few friends who has sought intimacy in the wrong place… read more

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16. Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto

By: Kōhei Saitō

3.91

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

"[A] well-reasoned and eye-opening treatise . . . [Kohei Saito makes] a provocative and visionary p… read more

Similar categories in Kōhei Saitō's Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto book and Barbara Ehrenreich's Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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17. Radical Intimacy

By: Sophie K. Rosa

4.23

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

An impassioned discussion about the alternative ways to form relationships and resist capitalism. … read more

Similar categories in Sophie K. Rosa's Radical Intimacy book and Barbara Ehrenreich's Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
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18. A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy

By: Jane F. McAlevey

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From longtime labor organizer Jane McAlevey, a vital call-to-arms in favor of unions, a key force c… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • sociology
"Futility, the tactic union busters use to subtly convince people nothing will change and they should just stay home and not bother voting, is best combatted by having lots of examples at the ready to…"

-Jane F. McAlevey, A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy

Cover of Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War by Barbara Ehrenreich

19. Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

By: Barbara Ehrenreich

3.88

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Celebrated New York Times bestselling author Barbara Ehrenreich confronts the mystery of our human … read more

Similar categories in Barbara Ehrenreich's Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War book and Barbara Ehrenreich's Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • anthropology
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20. Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire

By: Kojo Koram

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing Longlisted for the British Academy Book Pri… read more

Similar categories in Kojo Koram's Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire book and Barbara Ehrenreich's Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • sociology
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21. The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story

By: Ramzy Baroud

4.62

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

This is a history of modern Palestine like no built from the testimony of people who have lived th… read more

Similar categories in Ramzy Baroud's The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story book and Barbara Ehrenreich's Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history

7 Best history books like Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War by Barbara Ehrenreich

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4.10

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Mona Chollet

4.05

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L'Ordre du jour

Éric Vuillard

3.90

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A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy

Jane F. McAlevey

4.32

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La Prisonnière

Marcel Proust

4.29

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Malevil

Robert Merle

4.25

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Andrey Kurkov

3.69

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Thomas Bernhard , Sophie Wilkins

3.73

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