Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
By: Neil MacGregor
4.30
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
One of the central facts of human existence is that every society shares a set of beliefs and assum…
Want to Read $ 11.99"La muerte representa tan solo una división en el seno de la comunidad, no el límite de ésta."-Neil MacGregor, Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
"En todos los casos, tanto en política como en religión, la gente define su propia identidad."-Neil MacGregor, Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
"En todos los casos, tanto en política como en religión, la gente define su propia identidad."-Neil MacGregor, Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
"En todos los casos, tanto en política como en religión, la gente define su propia identidad."-Neil MacGregor, Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
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1. What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell
By: Will Gompertz
4.20
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves, art history with a sense of humorEvery year, millions of… read more
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- cultural
- nonfiction
- art
- history
"It is Duchamp who is to blame for the whole “is it art?"-Will Gompertz, What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell
"Picasso is said to have once mused that it took him four years to learn to paint like Raphael but a lifetime to learn to paint like a child."-Will Gompertz, What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell
"We'll be fine’, Pierre-Auguste Renoir said assertively. ‘We are good artist; we know that. Remember what Baudelaire said before he died: "Nothing can be done except little by little." That is what we…"-Will Gompertz, What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell
"Porque no pienso que la cuestion de fondo resida en juzgar si una obra nueva de arte contemporaneo es buena o mala: el tiempo se encargará de eso. es más importante comrpender de qué modo y por qué e…"-Will Gompertz, What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell
2. The Wall
By: Shaun Whiteside , Marlen Haushofer
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
First published to acclaim in Germany, The Wall chronicles the life of the last surviving human on … read more
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"Even now I’m nothing but a thin skin covering a mountain of memories."-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall
"My only teacher is as ignorant and untrained as I am, for my only teacher is myself."-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall
"Never again shall I sit above the alpine roses in the midday sun, listening to the great silence."-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall
"External freedom has probably never existed, but neither have I ever known anyone who knew inner freedom."-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall
3. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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4. Soldados de Salamina
By: Javier Cercas
3.58
Format: 24 pages,
Un joven periodista topa por casualidad con una historia fascinante, y muy significativa, de la Gue… read more
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5. The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
By: Carlo Ginzburg , John Tedeschi , Anne Tedeschi
3.57
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The Cheese and the Worms is a study of the popular culture in the sixteenth century as seen through… read more
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- history
6. On the Heights of Despair
By: Emil M. Cioran , Ilinca Zarifopol-Johnston
4.53
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
Born of a terrible insomnia--"a dizzying lucidity which would turn even paradise into hell"--this b… read more
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7. The Problems of Philosophy
By: Bertrand Russell
4.50
Format: 87 pages,
A lively and still one of the best introductions to philosophy, this book pays off both a closer re… read more
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8. One Summer: America, 1927
By: Bill Bryson
4.09
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
In One Summer Bill Bryson, one of our greatest and most beloved nonfiction writers, transports read… read more
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"It was a lot more fun to get famous than to be famous."-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927
"He [Henry Ford] seldom let facts or logic challenge the certainty of his instincts"-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927
"The romance of travel wasn't always terribly evident to those who were actually experiencing it."-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927
"Even with the benefit of steroids most modern players still couldn't hit as many home runs as Babe Ruth hit on hotdogs."-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927
9. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
By: Ludwig Wittgenstein
3.68
Format: None pages, Paperback
Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth century, Tractatus Logico-Ph… read more
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10. Jedi Search (Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy, #1)
By: Kevin J. Anderson
4.60
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
As the war between the Republic and the scattered remnants of the Empire continues, two children--t… read more
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11. Books v. Cigarettes
By: George Orwell
4.36
Format: 209 pages, Paperback
Beginning with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking, George Orwell's … read more
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12. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
By: Niall Ferguson
3.69
Format: 47 pages,
"Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it… read more
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13. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
By: Thomas King
4.65
Format: None pages, ebook
WINNER of the 2014 RBC Taylor Prize The Inconvenient Indianis at once a "history" and the complete … read more
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14. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
By: Tim Marshall
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more
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15. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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16. Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution
By: Richard Dawkins
4.13
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
Richard Dawkins on how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to t… read more
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17. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
By: Bettany Hughes
4.02
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Th… read more
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18. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
By: Peter Frankopan
3.94
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development… read more
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19. Hoe migratie echt werkt
By: Hein de Haas
4.43
Format: 520 pages, Paperback
Migratie-expert Hein de Haas vertelt het ware verhaal over migratie en de effecten ervan. Al jar… read more
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20. Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
By: Neil MacGregor
4.30
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
One of the central facts of human existence is that every society shares a set of beliefs and assum… read more
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- sociology
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"En todos los casos, tanto en política como en religión, la gente define su propia identidad."-Neil MacGregor, Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
"La muerte representa tan solo una división en el seno de la comunidad, no el límite de ésta."-Neil MacGregor, Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
"A medida que avanza nuestro conocimiento del mundo físico, disminuye nuestra necesidad de que la religión nos lo explique."-Neil MacGregor, Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
"Así como cualquier fuego se extingue si nadie vela de forma adecuada de él y lo alimenta, del mismo modo las instituciones de una sociedad se desmoronan si no se reparan y renuevan de manera continua…"-Neil MacGregor, Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
