Inside Qatar: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on Earth
By: John McManus
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An intimate portrait of life in one of the world's richest nations ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup…
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1. Walking the Americas
By: Levison Wood
4.14
Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
Walking the Americas chronicles Levison Wood's 1,800 mile trek along the spine of the Americas, thr… read more
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- history
- travel
- nonfiction
- travelogue
- audiobook
2. The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
By: Michael Booth
3.86
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years and has grown in… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"This ungodly act is simply something that Finns do, like the British and their DIY, or the French and their adultery."-Michael Booth, The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
"They go out, they drink a lot of beer and they eat dead pigs, and then they go home and have sex with strangers afterwards."-Michael Booth, The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
"They had inherited a poor, patriarchal, and formal society, and turned it into a rich, feminist, and fiercely egalitarian one."-Michael Booth, The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
"The country now has the second highest GDP per capita in the world after Luxembourg, and Luxembourg is hardly a proper country."-Michael Booth, The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
3. In Siberia
By: Colin Thubron
3.00
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
In the early 1980s, Colin Thubron wrote a book about his travels around the Soviet Union in an old … read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
- travelogue
4. Poverty Safari
By: Darren McGarvey
3.87
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
People from deprived communities all around Britain feel misunderstood and unheard. Darren McGarvey… read more
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- nonfiction
5. Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East
By: Gerard Russell
3.50
Format: 31 pages, Hardcover
Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distincti… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
6. The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
By: Kang Chol-Hwan , Pierre Rigoulot
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
As tensions between the US and North North Korea continue to escalate, stories of life inside our l… read more
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- asia
- nonfiction
- history
7. The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
By: Eric Weiner
3.37
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Weiner spent a decade as a foreign correspondent reporting from such discontented locales as Iraq, … read more
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8. One Man's View of the World
By: Lee Kuan Yew
4.70
Format: 84 pages, Hardcover
In this book, Lee draws on that wealth of experience and depth of insight to offer his views on tod… read more
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9. Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
By: Erika Fatland
4.28
Format: 477 pages, Hardcover
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the Soviet Union in… read more
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- asia
- nonfiction
- travelogue
- audiobook
"W gruncie rzeczy nie wyobrażam sobie lepszej ilustracji szczytu melancholii niż pesymista czytający Schopenhauera w Pamirze."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"(...) a kiedy się śmiał, czynił to na ten lekko zrezygnowany, ironiczny sposób, który przyswoili sobie obrońcy praw człowieka na całym świecie."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"There are very few lazy people in Uzbekistan now" he said. "I describe as lazy those who go to Moscow and sweep its streets and squares." - President of Uzbekistan"-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"He shook his head and waved me on to his colleague, who was responsible for moral checks. "Do you have any porn with you miss?" The customs officer looked at me with interest."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
10. The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History
By: Jeremy Bowen
4.38
Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition
A Sunday Times Paperback of the YearA Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year‘An illuminating … read more
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- history
- audiobook
11. Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
By: Desmond Shum
3.91
Format: None pages, Audiobook
This “powerful and disturbing” (Bill Browder, author of Red Notice) New York Times bestseller is na… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
12. The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un
By: Anna Fifield
4.12
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world's strangest and most elusive tyrant,… read more
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- asia
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Kim Jong Chol even found a way to work the Belgian movie star into his school work. "If I had my idea world I would not allow weapons and atom bombs any more," he wrote in a school project while in B…"-Anna Fifield, The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un
13. Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK
By: Simon Kuper
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel H… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
14. The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East
By: Rebecca Lowe
4.19
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
ONE WOMAN, ONE BIKE AND ONE RICHLY ENTERTAINING, PERCEPTION-ALTERING JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY. In 201… read more
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- travel
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- travelogue
15. Children of the Night: The Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania
By: Paul Kenyon
4.43
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The only country in Eastern Europe to speak a Latin language, Romania has always felt itself differ… read more
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- history
- audiobook
16. Rebel
By: Rahaf Mohammed
4.21
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
A gripping memoir of bravery and sacrifice by a young woman whose escape from her abusive family an… read more
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17. Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
By: Chun Han Wong
4.19
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and po… read more
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18. The Ungrateful Refugee
By: Dina Nayeri
4.05
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A Finalist for the 2019 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction "Nayeri combines her own experience with thos… read more
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- audiobook
"Unlike economic migrants, refugees have no agency; they are no threat. Often, they are so broken, they beg to be remade into the image of the native. As recipients of magnanimity, they can be pitied.…"-Dina Nayeri, The Ungrateful Refugee
19. Inside Qatar: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on Earth
By: John McManus
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An intimate portrait of life in one of the world's richest nations ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup… read more
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- sports
- travelogue
- audiobook
20. Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads
By: David Rundell
4.30
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
'Clear-eyed and illuminating.' Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and National Security Adv… read more
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- history
21. They
By: Sarfraz Manzoor
4.20
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A powerful and deeply personal exploration of a divided country - and a hopeful vision for change. … read more
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