Extremism (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
By: J.M. Berger
3.87
Format: 214 pages, Paperback
What extremism is, how extremist ideologies are constructed, and why extremism can escalate into vi…
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1. You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
By: Howard Zinn
4.34
Format: 214 pages, Paperback
Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, tells his personal stories about m… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"You can't be neutral on a moving train."-Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
"Politics is pointless if it does nothing to enhance the beauty of our lives."-Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
"Education becomes most rich and alive when it confronts the reality of moral conflict in the world."-Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
"Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act."-Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
2. Chaos: Making a New Science
By: James Gleick
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A work of popular science in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, this 20th-anniversary… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
- psychology
"IN THE MIND’S EYE, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
"Of all the possible pathways of disorder, nature favors just a few."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
"Revolutions do not come piecemeal. One account of nature replaces another."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
"The only things that can ever be universal, in a sense, are scaling things."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
3. The Price of Politics
By: Bob Woodward
3.61
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
The Price of Politics chronicles the inside story of how President Obama and the U.S. Congress trie… read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- political science
- audiobook
4. No Logo
By: Naomi Klein
3.89
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
With a new Afterword to the 2002 edition, No Logo employs journalistic savvy and personal testament… read more
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- history
- politics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
"(...) losing one's job is much less frightening when getting it seemed an accident in the first place."-Naomi Klein, No Logo
"When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?"-Naomi Klein, No Logo
"Competitive branding became a necessity of the machine age — within a context of manufactured sameness; image-based difference had to be manufactured along with the product."-Naomi Klein, No Logo
"Despite different cultures, middle-class youth all over the world seem to live their lives as if in a parallel universe. They get up in the morning, put on their Levi's and Nikes, grab their caps and…"-Naomi Klein, No Logo
5. A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
By: Richard Dawkins , Lawrence M. Krauss
3.94
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author and acclaimed physicist Lawrence Krauss offers a paradigm-shifting view of how e… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Forget Jesus. The stars died so you could be here today."-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
"أنا غير كفؤ للحديث عن اللاشيء، لأن رجال الدين والفلاسفة هم خبراء في لاشيء!"-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
"...nuestro universo desaparecerá tan abruptamente como, probablemente, empezó."-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
"We live at a very special time. . . the only time when we can observationally verify that we live at a very special time!"-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
6. Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem
By: Simon Singh
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demon… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
By: Scott Stossel
2.50
Format: 62 pages, Hardcover
A riveting, revelatory, and moving account of the author's struggles with anxiety, and of the histo… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
8. The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
By: Richard Hofstadter
4.29
Format: None pages,
This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence Americ… read more
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- history
- politics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- political science
9. Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
By: James Webb
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stai… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
10. Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
By: Noam Chomsky , None , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
The best of Chomsky's recent talks on the past, present, and future of the politics of power. In a … read more
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11. 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
By: Simon Johnson , James Kwak
4.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Even after the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, America is still beset by the depredations of an o… read more
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12. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee , Esther Duflo
4.07
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the Year Award Billions of g… read more
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13. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
By: Aldous Huxley
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more
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14. Inside Terrorism
By: Bruce Hoffman
4.25
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Bruce Hoffman's Inside Terrorismhas remained a seminal work for understanding the historical evolut… read more
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15. Populism: A Very Short Introduction
By: Cas Mudde , None
3.75
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
Populism is a central concept in the current media debates about politics and elections. However, l… read more
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16. 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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- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
"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
17. Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
By: Kelly Vincent
3.51
Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio
Imposter syndrome—the irrational self-doubt we feel despite obvious success—can strike at any time,… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
18. My Death
By: Lisa Tuttle
3.98
Format: 93 pages, Paperback
A widowed writer begins to work on a biography of a novelist and artist—and soon uncovers bizarre p… read more
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19. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America
By: Abraham Riesman
3.75
Format: 464 pages, ebook
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. 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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- politics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- political science
- sociology
- audiobook
"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
21. Alphabetical Diaries
By: Sheila Heti
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling confessional from the award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour. Sheila Heti kept a… read more
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- audiobook
22. The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
By: Carlo M. Cipolla
3.86
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
"A masterly book" --Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan"A classic" --Simon Kuper, Finan… read more
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- history
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
"A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person."-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"احتمالية أن يكون شخص ما غبيا، مستقلة عن أي سمة أخرى يتصف بها هذا الشخص"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"The Second law of human stupidity: The probability that a certain person be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"If you lose we will be equals and stay friends forever, and if you win you'll take my precious blue flower as a prize and we stay friends forever. How lucky you are!"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
23. The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir
By: John Bolton
3.15
Format: 588 pages, Kindle Edition
As President Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"All this confused press coverage reveals both the inconsistencies within Trump’s own thinking, and reporting based on second- and third-hand sources, exacerbated under a President who spent a disprop…"-John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir
24. Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST
By: Martin Baron
4.20
Format: 549 pages, Kindle Edition
“A closely observed, gripping chronicle of politics and journalism during a decade of turmoil.” — T… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible
By: Kristin Swenson
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Bible, we are constantly reminded, is the best-selling book of all time. It is read with intens… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
26. Giants: The Global Power Elite
By: Peter Phillips
3.83
Format: None pages, ebook
A look at the top 300 most powerful players in world capitalism, who are at the controls of our eco… read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- political science
- sociology
27. The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class
By: Joel Kotkin
3.61
Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition
Following a remarkable epoch of greater dispersion of wealth and opportunity, we are inexorably ret… read more
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- history
- politics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
28. Extremism (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
By: J.M. Berger
3.87
Format: 214 pages, Paperback
What extremism is, how extremist ideologies are constructed, and why extremism can escalate into vi… read more
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- history
- politics
- war
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- terrorism
- political science
- sociology
- audiobook
29. Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias
By: Kevin Cook
3.88
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A news-making account of the war between David Koresh’s Branch Davidians and the FBI, and how their… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. Terrorism: All That Matters
By: Andrew Silke
4.03
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Understand the controversies of terrorism without hours and hours of research In "Terrorism: All… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"Fundamentally, terrorist conflicts are about breaking the will of the enemy. To do this, one does not need to kill all of the enemy’s personnel or destroy all of its resources. One simply has to dest…"-Andrew Silke, Terrorism: All That Matters
