Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit
By: Ashley Mears
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of model…
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1. Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache
By: Keith H. Basso
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
This remarkable book introduces us to four unforgettable Apache people, each of whom offers a diffe… read more
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2. Turkey: A Short History (A Short History, 1)
By: Norman Stone
3.31
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A virtuoso performance by historian Norman Stone, who has lived and worked in the country since 199… read more
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3. Dealing in Desire: Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline, and the Hidden Currencies of Global Sex Work
By: Kimberly Kay Hoang
4.36
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
This captivating ethnography explores Vietnam’s sex industry as the country ascends the global and … read more
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"But while women were able to capitalize on Vietnam's rapid development, it is important to situate their mobility as constrained within structures of patriarchy."-Kimberly Kay Hoang, Dealing in Desire: Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline, and the Hidden Currencies of Global Sex Work
"In fact, this is not a book about sex or sexual relations; rather, men's and women's participation in HCMC's sex industry involves much more than the purchase of sex."-Kimberly Kay Hoang, Dealing in Desire: Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline, and the Hidden Currencies of Global Sex Work
"The multiple niche markets in Vietnam's global sex industry offer insight into some of the larger macroeconomic shifts that reframe our understanding of the coproduction of gender and global capital."-Kimberly Kay Hoang, Dealing in Desire: Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline, and the Hidden Currencies of Global Sex Work
"Within their distinct niche markets, sex workers employ competing technologies of embodiment that in turn reveal how desire reflects and constructs different national formations in the global imagina…"-Kimberly Kay Hoang, Dealing in Desire: Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline, and the Hidden Currencies of Global Sex Work
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5. The Joy of Sex
By: Alex Comfort
3.78
Format: 416 pages, Unknown Binding
An international bestseller since it was first published in 1972, this updated edition brings this … read more
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6. The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus into Your Life
By: Thomas M. Sterner
3.97
Format: 179 pages, Paperback
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7. Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street
By: None
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Financial collapses--whether of the junk bond market, the Internet bubble, or the highly leveraged … read more
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8. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
By: Daniel Yergin
0.00
Format: None pages,
The Prizerecounts the panoramic history of oil -- and the struggle for wealth and power that has al… read more
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9. Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
By: Max Hastings
3.82
Format: 160 pages,
With an introduction read by Max Hastings. A companion volume to his best-selling Armageddon, Max H… read more
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10. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
By: Zeke Faux
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more
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11. Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
By: David Edmonds
4.26
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein’s Poker , an entertaining and illuminating biography … read more
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12. The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
By: Will Storr
4.14
Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition
For centuries, philosophers and scholars have described human behaviour in terms of sex, power and … read more
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"Whilst we play life as a game, our conscious experience of it takes the form of a story."-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
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"The story idealists sometimes tell of humanity says we're natural seekers of equality. This isn't true. Utopians talk of injustice whilst building new hierarchies and placing themselves at the top. W…"-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
13. True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us
By: Danielle J. Lindemann
3.64
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Named a Best Nonfiction Book of 2022 by EsquireA sociological study of reality TV that explores its… read more
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"We learn about the core features of society by looking at the extremes."-Danielle J. Lindemann, True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us
14. Polki na Montparnassie
By: Sylwia Zientek
4.47
Format: 450 pages, Hardcover
Artystki burzą stary świat. Nieznane historie polskich malarek w legendarnej dzielnicy Paryża. … read more
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15. The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
By: Michael Malice
4.26
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
The definitive firsthand account of the movement that permanently broke the American political cons… read more
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16. Histoire du fils
By: Marie-Hélène Lafon
3.51
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Le fils, c'est André. La mère, c'est Gabrielle. Le père est inconnu. André est élevé par Hélène,… read more
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"Gabrielle se méfie du passé, elle s'en défend ; à son âge, cinquante-huit, bientôt cinquante-neuf ans, une femme a tout à craindre de son passé, les regrets, les remords, la nostalgie, le goût de fer…"-Marie-Hélène Lafon, Histoire du fils
17. Private Equity: A Memoir
By: Carrie Sun
3.63
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A gripping memoir of one woman’s self-discovery inside a top Wall Street firm, and an urgent indict… read more
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"A gift weighed down by the imposition of gratitude becomes an expectation; over time, it becomes debt."-Carrie Sun, Private Equity: A Memoir
18. Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy
By: Quinn Slobodian
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In a revelatory dispatch from the frontier of capitalist extremism, an acclaimed historian of ideas… read more
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19. How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth
By: Mark Koyama
4.24
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Most humans are significantly richer than their ancestors. Humanity gained nearly all of its wealth… read more
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20. Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit
By: Ashley Mears
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of model… read more
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21. 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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