Lost White Tribes: The End of Privilege and the Last Colonials in Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Brazil, Haiti, Namibia, and Guadeloupe
By: Riccardo Orizio
3.67
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
Over 300 hundred years ago, the first European colonists landed in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean t…
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1. Żar. Oddech Afryki
By: Dariusz Rosiak
4.04
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
Co w Angoli robią Chińczycy? Jak to możliwe, że na stadionie narodowym w Dakarze mecze rozgrywają d… read more
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- travel
- africa
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2. Kaputt
By: Curzio Malaparte , Dan Hofstadter , Cesare Foligno
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Curzio Malaparte was a disaffected supporter of Mussolini with a taste for danger and high living. … read more
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- italian literature
3. A Strangeness in My Mind
By: Orhan Pamuk , Ekin Oklap
4.38
Format: 613 pages, Hardcover
A Strangeness In My Mindis a novel Orhan Pamuk has worked on for six years. It is the story of boza… read more
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4. For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink
By: Sarah Rose
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the E… read more
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- asia
- nonfiction
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5. Istanbul: Memories and the City
By: Orhan Pamuk
3.63
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world's great cities, by its… read more
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- travel
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6. Biała gorączka
By: Jacek Hugo-Bader
3.06
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
,,Pojechalem do ZSRR kilka razy w 1991 i 1992 roku i wiecej nie chcialem. Fantastyczni ludzie i obr… read more
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- travel
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7. Congo: een geschiedenis
By: David Van Reybrouck
3.50
Format: 0 pages, Hardcover
Er is aan het begin van de eenentwintigste eeuw nauwelijks een roeriger natie dan Congo, het reusac… read more
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- africa
- history
- nonfiction
8. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
By: Carlo Rovelli , Simon Carnell , Erica Segre
4.42
Format: 718 pages, Hardcover
Everything you need to know about the beauty of modern physics in less than 100 pages. In seven bri… read more
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9. Logavina Street: Life And Death In A Sarajevo Neighborhood
By: Barbara Demick , John Edmond Costello
3.85
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
Logavina Street was a microcosm of Sarajevo, a six-block-long history lesson. For four centuries, i… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
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10. Memoirs of Hadrian
By: Marguerite Yourcenar , Grace Frick
4.23
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has… read more
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"And it was at about this time that I began to feel myself divine."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"I was willing to yield to nostalgia, that melancholy residue of desire."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"La morale è una convenzione privata; il decoro è una faccenda pubblica."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul..."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
11. Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
By: Peter Hopkirk
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
s/t: The Search for the Lost Cities & Treasures of Chinese Central Asia The Silk Road, which linked… read more
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- travel
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- history
12. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
By: Masha Gessen
4.03
Format: 166 pages,
The Man Without a Faceis the chilling account of how a low- level, small-minded KGB operative ascen… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
13. Naples '44: A World War II Diary of Occupied Italy
By: Norman Lewis
3.59
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
As a young intelligence officer stationed in Naples following its liberation from Nazi forces, Norm… read more
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14. Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory
By: Peter Hessler
3.85
Format: 370 pages,
From the bestselling author of Oracle Bonesand River Towncomes the final book in his award-winning … read more
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15. The Invention of Morel
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Suzanne Jill Levine , Adolfo Bioy Casares , Norah Borges de Torre , Ruth L.C. Simms
4.00
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn… read more
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"So I was dead! The thought delighted me."-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel
"The sea is endless when you are in a rowboat."-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel
"To be sure, nothing created by man is perfect."-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel
"It is frightening to accept so much good fortune!"-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel
16. Regarding the Pain of Others
By: Susan Sontag
3.28
Format: 5 pages, Paperback
Twenty-five years after her classic On Photography, Susan Sontag returns to the subject of visual r… read more
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17. Fatherland
By: Robert Harris
3.56
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
It is twenty years after Nazi Germany's triumphant victory in World War II and the entire country i… read more
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18. Ostende - 1936, Sommer der Freundschaft
By: Volker Weidermann
5.00
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Ein belgischer Badeort mit Geschichte und Glanz: Hier kommen sie alle noch einmal zusammen, die im … read more
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19. The Shadow of the Sun
By: Ryszard Kapuściński , Klara Glowczewska
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule… read more
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20. Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
By: Eoin Colfer
4.25
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius--and, above all, a criminal mastermind. But… read more
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21. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
By: Vincent Bevins
4.61
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- ba… read more
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- nonfiction
- american
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"locals came to him, time and time again, and asked, with genuine mystification: 'We just don't understand America. You were once a colony. You know what colonialism is. You fought and bled and died f…"-Vincent Bevins, The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
22. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
By: Barbara Demick
4.45
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw… read more
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"...the strength of the regime came from its ability to isolate its own citizens completely."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"In North Korea, you don’t own your own home; you are merely awarded the right to live there."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn’t matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody owned a watch."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"Even in parts of the showcase capital of Pyongyang, you can stroll down the middle of a main street at night without being able to see the buildings on either side."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
23. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
24. The Twilight Zone
By: Nona Fernández
4.20
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
An engrossing, incantatory novel about the legacy of historical crimes by the author of Space Invad… read more
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"No importa lo que ves, importa lo que crees que ves."-Nona Fernández, The Twilight Zone
"Ser estúpido es una elección personal y no necesariamente hay que llevar uniforme para ejercer ese maligno talento."-Nona Fernández, The Twilight Zone
"La empatía y la compasión son rasgos de lucidez, la posibilidad de ponerse en los zapatos del otro, de transmutar la piel y enmascararse con un rostro ajeno es un ejercicio de pura inteligencia."-Nona Fernández, The Twilight Zone
"I believe that evil is directly proportional to idiocy. I believe that the territory you roamed in anguish before you disappeared is ruled by idiots. It isn’t true that criminals are masterminds. It …"-Nona Fernández, The Twilight Zone
25. Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
By: Yossi Klein Halevi
4.12
Format: 288 pages, ebook
Attempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israeli commentato… read more
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"Sometimes, in political arguments with Palestinians, I would be told: Why are we arguing about who owns the land, when in the end the land will own us both?"-Yossi Klein Halevi, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
"The notion of a people chosen by God wasn't intended to bestow privilege but responsibility. Jewish history attests that this role carries more burden than glory. The classical way Jews understood th…"-Yossi Klein Halevi, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
"We are trapped, you and I, in a seemingly hopeless cycle. Not a "cycle of violence" -- a lazy formulation that tells us nothing about why our conflict exists, let alone how to end it. Instead, we're …"-Yossi Klein Halevi, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
26. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
By: Donovan X. Ramsey
4.36
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more
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27. The Rebel and the Kingdom: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime
By: Bradley Hope
3.91
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
How did an Ivy League activist become a global fugitive? The tale of a self-taught operative and hi… read more
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28. The Shining Path: Love, Madness, and Revolution in the Andes
By: Orin Starn
4.12
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A narrative history of the unlikely Maoist rebellion that terrorized Peru even after the fall of gl… read more
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29. Lost White Tribes: The End of Privilege and the Last Colonials in Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Brazil, Haiti, Namibia, and Guadeloupe
By: Riccardo Orizio
3.67
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
Over 300 hundred years ago, the first European colonists landed in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean t… read more
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- africa
- american
- history
- race
- world history
- travel
- asia
- nonfiction
- italian literature
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30. The Prophet of the Andes: An Unlikely Journey to the Promised Land
By: Graciela Mochkofsky
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable true story of how one Peruvian carpenter led hundreds of Christians to Judaism, spar… read more
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31. Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language
By: Ayelet Tsabari
4.49
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
In Tongues: On Longing and Belonging Through Language writers examine their intimate relationship w… read more
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