The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
By: Adrian Wooldridge
3.87
Format: 481 pages, Hardcover
'This unique and fascinating history explains why the blame now being piled upon meritocracy for ma…
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1. Napoleon: A Life
By: Andrew Roberts
4.23
Format: 976 pages, Paperback
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more
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"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
2. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise and Other Bribes
By: Alfie Kohn
3.82
Format: None pages,
The basic strategy we use for raising children, teaching students, and managing workers can be summ… read more
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- business
- nonfiction
- education
3. 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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4. Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization
By: Andrew Lawler
3.76
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
From ancient empires to modern economics, veteran journalist Andrew Lawler delivers a sweeping hist… read more
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5. The Rise of the Meritocracy
By: Michael Young
4.00
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
Michael Young has christened the oligarchy of the future "Meritocracy." Indeed, the word is now par… read more
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6. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
By: Yascha Mounk
4.08
Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition
One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more
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- history
- politics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- society
- sociology
7. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918
By: Katja Hoyer
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more
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- politics
- history
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8. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
By: David Graeber
4.20
Format: 692 pages, Hardcover
A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more
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- sociology
"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
9. Social Justice Fallacies
By: Thomas Sowell
4.45
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this instant New York Times bestseller, renowned economist Thomas Sowell demolishes the myths th… read more
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- nonfiction
- economics
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- sociology
10. Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
By: Daron Acemoğlu
3.90
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The bestselling co-author of Why Nations Fail and the bestselling co-author of 13 Bankers deliver a… read more
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- history
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11. The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People
By: Walter Russell Mead
4.22
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of God and Gold and Special Providence, a groundbreaking new work that o… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
12. The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
By: Martin Wolf
3.97
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, a magnificent reckoning with how and w… read more
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- history
- politics
- philosophy
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- economics
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13. The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World's Imagination
By: Jens Andersen
3.82
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary inside story of LEGO, based on unprecedented access to the company's archives and… read more
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- nonfiction
- economics
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- business
14. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
By: Coleman Hughes
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more
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- cultural
- history
- politics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
15. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
By: Bent Flyvbjerg
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
- business
16. Capitalism in America: An Economic History of the United States
By: Alan Greenspan
4.07
Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition
From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, … read more
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"Winston Churchill once said to his fellow countrymen, “We have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy."-Alan Greenspan, Capitalism in America: An Economic History of the United States
"America’s rise to greatness has been marred by numerous disgraces, prime among them the mistreatment of the aboriginal peoples and the enslavement of millions of African Americans. Yet judged against…"-Alan Greenspan, Capitalism in America: An Economic History of the United States
"America has been much better than almost every other country at resisting the temptation to interfere with the logic of creative destruction. In most of the world, politicians have made a successful …"-Alan Greenspan, Capitalism in America: An Economic History of the United States
17. Liberalism and Its Discontents
By: Francis Fukuyama
3.93
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling auth… read more
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"Нема причин, з яких економічна ефективність має домінувати над усіма іншими соціальними цінностями."-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"Комуністичні суспільства були схильні цінувати виробництво більше за споживання, що призвело до поганих наслідків: у них були «герої соціалістичної праці», але не було продуктів на полицях магазинів."-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"Низка людей, які працюють у цій галузі, починаючи з таких постструктуралістів, як Лакан і Дерріда, писали в такий спосіб, який, здавалося, навмисне затуманював їхні думки й захищав від відповідальнос…"-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"As instituições financeiras comportam-se de modo muito diferente do que as empresas na economia real. Ao contrário de uma companhia de manufatura, um grande banco de investimento é sistemicamente per…"-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
18. The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI
By: Fei-Fei Li
4.39
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at … read more
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19. Pandora’s Box: The Greed, Lust, and Lies that Broke Television
By: Peter Biskind
3.54
Format: None pages, Hardcover
We are now lucky enough to be living through the era of so-called Peak TV, in which television, in … read more
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- history
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20. Work: A History of How we spend our Time
By: James Suzman
3.85
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James … read more
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- philosophy
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"The equation of taxation and theft is as old as extortion"-James Suzman, Work: A History of How we spend our Time
21. 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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22. When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation
By: Paula Fredriksen
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A compelling account of Christianity’s Jewish beginnings, from one of the world’s leading scholars … read more
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- history
23. The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era
By: Gary Gerstle
4.19
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The most sweeping account of how neoliberalism came to dominate American politics for nearly a half… read more
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- economics
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24. The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
By: Daniel Markovits
3.83
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false p… read more
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- politics
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- economics
- nonfiction
- education
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25. The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
By: Adrian Wooldridge
3.87
Format: 481 pages, Hardcover
'This unique and fascinating history explains why the blame now being piled upon meritocracy for ma… read more
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- cultural
- history
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- philosophy
- economics
- nonfiction
- education
- society
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- sociology
26. India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today
By: Ashoka Mody
4.17
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
When Indian leaders first took control of their government in 1947, they proclaimed the ideals of n… read more
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- politics
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"The policy warning was clear: invest now in education or sacrifice productivity for decades"-Ashoka Mody, India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today
27. In This Economy?: How Money & Markets Really Work
By: Kyla Scanlon
3.85
Format: 279 pages, Hardcover
“Few people can communicate how the economy actually works better than Kyla Scanlon.” —Morgan House… read more
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28. The Light that Failed: A Reckoning
By: Ivan Krastev
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Why did the West, after winning the Cold War, lose its political balance? In the early 1990s, ho… read more
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29. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
