13 must-read nonfiction books like Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World by Maxim Samson

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Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

By: Maxim Samson

3.69

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Our world has innumerable boundaries, ranging from the obvious - like an ocean - to subtle differen…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World by Maxim Samson , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

By: Kevin Flynn , Jim Dwyer

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morni… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Flynn's 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers book and Maxim Samson's Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

  • nonfiction
  • history
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2. دایی جان ناپلئون

By: None , Iraj Pezeshkzad

3.86

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

A teenage boy makes the mistake of falling in love with the much-protected daughter of his uncle, m… read more

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3. The New York Trilogy

By: Paul Auster , Art Spiegelman

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of … read more

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4. Ivanhoe

By: Walter Scott

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Ivanhoe(1819) was the first of Scott's novels to adopt a purely English subject and was also his fi… read more

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5. Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate

By: Rose George

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Eye-opening and compelling, the overlooked world of freight shipping, revealed as the foundation of… read more

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6. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

By: Charles Duhigg

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more

Similar categories in Charles Duhigg's Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection book and Maxim Samson's Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

  • nonfiction
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

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7. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Housel's Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes book and Maxim Samson's Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

  • nonfiction
  • history
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8. La ragazza del Kyūshū

By: Seichō Matsumoto

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In un mattino di primavera una giovane donna entra nello studio di un illustre penalista di Tokyo. … read more

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"Por lo que veo —dijo Michiko, bajando la vista hacia su plato—, en Occidente tampoco sienten mucha simpatía por los zurdos."

-Seichō Matsumoto, La ragazza del Kyūshū

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9. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

By: David H. Petraeus

4.06

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more

Similar categories in David H. Petraeus's Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine book and Maxim Samson's Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

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10. The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity

By: Douglas Murray

4.21

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technol… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Murray's The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity book and Maxim Samson's Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

By: Edward Chisholm

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young w… read more

Similar categories in Edward Chisholm's A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City book and Maxim Samson's Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

  • nonfiction
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12. Cursed Bread

By: Sophie Mackintosh

3.28

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Man Booker-nominated author of The Water Cure comes an elegant and hypnotic new novel of o… read more

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"Pain becomes an animal, walking at your side. Pain becomes a home you can carry with you."

-Sophie Mackintosh, Cursed Bread

"The world is only ever one breach away from being unpeeled entirely, one tragedy, one glimpse behind the curtain."

-Sophie Mackintosh, Cursed Bread

"I've been looked at in pity and in fear and I've learned that the only way to really be seen is through desire. To be looked at and found whole. Found alive."

-Sophie Mackintosh, Cursed Bread

"I don't want a book, I don't want the trouble of it, he said. I don't want to get involved, I just want to watch what's going on. I know what's going to happen and then it happens, and I can go outsi…"

-Sophie Mackintosh, Cursed Bread

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13. Laziness Does Not Exist

By: Devon Price

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to “a better, more human … read more

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  • nonfiction
"If someone's behavior makes no sense to us, passing judgment on it feels very natural."

-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist

"This tendency to blame people for their own pain is comforting, in a twisted way: it allows us to close up our hearts and ignore the suffering of others."

-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist

"We live in a world where hard work is rewarded and having needs and limitations is seen as a source of shame. It's no wonder so many of us are constantly overexerting ourselves, saying yes out of fea…"

-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist

"If you're entitled to moments of rest, of imperfection, of laziness and sloth, then so are homeless people, and people with depression, and people who are addicted to drugs. If your life has value no…"

-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist

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14. 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

Similar categories in Fei-Fei Li's The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI book and Maxim Samson's Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

  • nonfiction
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15. The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies

By: Mariana Mazzucato

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A vital and timely investigation into the opaque and powerful consulting industry and what to do ab… read more

Similar categories in Mariana Mazzucato's The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies book and Maxim Samson's Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

  • politics
  • nonfiction
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16. The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

By: Andrew Doyle

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

'A sober but devastating skewering of cancel culture and the moral certainties it shares with relig… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Doyle's The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World book and Maxim Samson's Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Where the New Left promoted the politics of unity, today’s intersectional reactionaries promote the politics of division."

-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

"Theres no harm un recognizing the more vindictive side of human nature, so long as we do not allow our reason to be dominated by our passion."

-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

"The belief of the apparatchiks of Critical Social Justice - that all our problems will magically disappear once we outlaw certain points of view or words that cause 'harm' - is a utopian delusion."

-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

"Just as the symbol of Christ's crucifix encapsulates the triumph of the victim and has been exploited historically as a means to exert power over others, the rainbow Pride flag now serves a similar f…"

-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

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17. The Chain: Love, Betrayal, and the Sisterhood That Heals Us

By: Chimene Suleyman

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In January 2017, Chimene Suleyman was on her way to an abortion clinic in Queens, New York with her… read more

Similar categories in Chimene Suleyman's The Chain: Love, Betrayal, and the Sisterhood That Heals Us book and Maxim Samson's Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

  • nonfiction
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18. La fine di Roma. Trionfo del cristianesimo, morte dell'Impero

By: Corrado Augias

3.78

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Un tramonto e un'aurora, un declino e un'affermazione. La fine di Roma assomiglia a due figure che … read more

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19. Shy Creatures

By: Clare Chambers

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be … read more

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20. Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

By: Maxim Samson

3.69

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Our world has innumerable boundaries, ranging from the obvious - like an ocean - to subtle differen… read more

Similar categories in Maxim Samson's Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World book and Maxim Samson's Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

  • politics
  • geography
  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

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Transform Your Habits

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Kevin Flynn , Jim Dwyer

4.29

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Morgan Housel

4.19

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David H. Petraeus

4.06

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Douglas Murray

4.21

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3.99

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4.14

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Brian Klaas

4.13

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