11 Top history books like Seven Types of Atheism by John Gray

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Seven Types of Atheism

By: John Gray

3.84

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

For a generation now, public debate has been corroded by a narrow derision of religion in the name …

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1. On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Peter Preuss

3.95

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

(Part II of Thoughts Out of Season) "Moreover I hate everything which merely instructs me withou… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Every past is worth condemning."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life

"A thing can only live through a pious illusion."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life

"... a thing can only live through a pious illusion."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life

"Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life

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2. The Norse Myths

By: Kevin Crossley-Holland

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Here are thirty-two classic myths that bring the Viking world vividly to life. The mythic legacy of… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Crossley-Holland's The Norse Myths book and John Gray's Seven Types of Atheism

  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
"A culture finds the gods it needs."

-Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Norse Myths

"Be generous, be spirited, and you'll lead a happy life."

-Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Norse Myths

"The treachery of a friend is worse than the treachery of an enemy."

-Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Norse Myths

"Sometimes it's better not to see. Sometimes it's better to have a choice."

-Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Norse Myths

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3. The Varieties of Religious Experience

By: William James

3.56

Format: 304 pages,

Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered in Edinburgh 1901/2 "I am neither a theolo… read more

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  • theology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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4. Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right

By: Angela Nagle

4.08

Format: 88 pages, ebook

Recent years have seen a revival of the heated culture wars of the 1990s, but this time its battle … read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
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5. Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense

By: N.T. Wright

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Why do we expect justice? Why do we crave spirituality? Why are we attracted to beauty? Why are rel… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • theology
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6. Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie

By: Hunter S. Thompson

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

"Hunter S. Thompson is to drug-addled, stream-of-consciousness, psycho-political black humor what F… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

7. In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire

By: Tom Holland

4.11

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of Rubiconand other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly… read more

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8. On Human Nature

By: Roger Scruton

4.67

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton In this short… read more

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9. Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment

By: Yanis Varoufakis

3.00

Format: None pages,

'One of the greatest political memoirs of all time' (Guardian) - The Sunday Times Number 1 Bestsell… read more

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10. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

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11. The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality

By: William Egginton

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A poet, a physicist, and a philosopher explored the greatest enigmas in the universe—the nature of … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
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12. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

By: Tom Holland

4.26

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. … read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • theology
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"To hail a religion for its compatibility with a secular society was decidedly not a neutral gesture. Secularism was no less bred of the sweep of Christian history than were Orban's barbed-wire fences…"

-Tom Holland, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

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13. Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

By: Katherine Rundell

4.10

Format: 76 pages, Hardcover

An unmissable essay on the importance of children's literature by the bestselling and award-winning… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Children's books are not a hiding place, they are a seeking place."

-Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

"But the writing we call children’s fiction is not a childish thing: childish things include picking your nose and eating the contents, and tantruming at the failure to get your own way. The 45th Pres…"

-Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

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14. The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs

By: Marc David Baer

3.95

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West… read more

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  • politics
  • religion
  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism

By: George Monbiot

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A sharp, fiercely argued takedown of neoliberalism that not only defines this slippery concept but … read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times

By: Elizabeth Oldfield

4.26

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

'This remarkable book points not to some unreachable ideal of life but to a deeper, more soulful an… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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17. Seven Types of Atheism

By: John Gray

3.84

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

For a generation now, public debate has been corroded by a narrow derision of religion in the name … read more

Similar categories in John Gray's Seven Types of Atheism book and John Gray's Seven Types of Atheism

  • cultural
  • history
  • theology
  • politics
  • atheism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • sociology
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18. El capital I

By: Karl Marx

4.30

Format: 841 pages, Kindle Edition

Este libro ha sido convertido a formato digital por una comunidad de voluntarios. Puedes encontrarl… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
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19. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

20. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology

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Angela Nagle

4.08

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Hunter S. Thompson

3.65

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Tom Holland

4.26

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Marc David Baer

3.95

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James O'Brien

4.29

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Naomi Klein

4.22

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Sathnam Sanghera

4.04

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Yanis Varoufakis

4.01

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