A Modern History of European Cities: 1815 to the Present
By: Rosemary Wakeman
3.27
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Rosemary Wakeman's original survey text comprehensively explores modern European urban history from…
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1. All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity
By: Marshall Berman
4.31
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
All That Is Solid Melts into Air is a dazzling exploration of modern consciousness. In this unparal… read more
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"Get off the Expressway, and go south a mile or so, or half a mile north toward the Zoo; drive in and out through streets whose names are posted at the soul’s intersections — Fox, Kelly, Longwood, Hon…"-Marshall Berman, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity
2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
By: Milan Kundera , Michael Henry Heim
4.11
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a… read more
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"I want you to be weak. As weak as I am."-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
"Physical love is unthinkable without violence."-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
"Only the most naive of questions are truly serious."-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
"The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man."-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
3. Global Shanghai, 1850 2010
By: Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
3.44
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
This book explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai, looking… read more
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4. De avonden
By: Gerard Reve
3.98
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
De avonden is een van de belangrijkste boeken uit de Nederlandse literatuur; het is klassiek geword… read more
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5. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
By: D.H. Lawrence
3.50
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Lawrence's frank portrayal of an extramarital affair and the explicit sexual explorations of its ce… read more
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"We fucked a flame into being."-D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
"She was always waiting, it seemed to be her forte."-D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
"It's terrible, once you've got a man into your blood!" she said."-D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
"A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it."-D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
6. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
By: Milan Kundera , Aaron Asher
3.55
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Rich in its stories, characters, and imaginative range, The Book of Laughter and Forgettingis the n… read more
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7. City of Women: Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860
By: Christine Stansell
4.18
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
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8. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
By: None , Keith Gessen
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award On April 2… read more
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9. Fast Cars, Clean Bodies: Decolonization and the Reordering of French Culture
By: Kristin Ross
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Fast Cars, Clean Bodies" examines the crucial decade from Dien Bien Phu to the mid-1960s when Fran… read more
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10. Kairos
By: Jenny Erpenbeck
3.46
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more
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"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos
11. De eerlijke vinder
By: Lize Spit
3.61
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 9789059657328 'Hoe langer hij ermee wachtte, hoe minder moed h… read more
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12. The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World
By: Peter Frankopan
3.58
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
'All roads used to lead to Rome. Today, they lead to Beijing.' When The Silk Roads was published… read more
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"Schoolkinderen worden snel groot (sneller dan wij volgens de krantenberichten), en ze moeten onze wereld gaan begrijpen. Lezen is een manier om de volgende generatie te helpen om te leren en te denke…"-Peter Frankopan, The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World
13. Crossroads
By: Jonathan Franzen
4.06
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
Jonathan Franzen's gift for wedding depth and vividness of character with breadth of social vision … read more
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"She seemed more pitiable than murderable."-Jonathan Franzen, Crossroads
"I’m the fat little humiliation he’s married to."-Jonathan Franzen, Crossroads
"How like a mental illness a nation’s economy was!"-Jonathan Franzen, Crossroads
"I think badness is the fundamental condition of humanity."-Jonathan Franzen, Crossroads
14. Manifesto: On Never Giving Up
By: Bernardine Evaristo
3.98
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling and Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo's m… read more
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"Alle pogingen om cultuur terug te brengen tot opvattingen over authenticiteit kunnen alleen het omgekeerde bewerkstelligen en de onderlinge verbondenheid van onze culturen openbaren."-Bernardine Evaristo, Manifesto: On Never Giving Up
15. On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times
By: Michael Ignatieff
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Timely and profound philosophical meditations on how great figures in history, literature, music, a… read more
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"Whatever we think of Job and his God, we must begin any history of the idea of consolation here, for the story describes the human situation so clearly. Job's story tells us we are fated to endure so…"-Michael Ignatieff, On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times
16. Oorlog met Rusland
By: Michel Krielaars
3.62
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Vanaf het einde van de Koude Oorlog ontwikkelde Rusland zich niet tot het democratische, kapitalist… read more
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17. A Modern History of European Cities: 1815 to the Present
By: Rosemary Wakeman
3.27
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Rosemary Wakeman's original survey text comprehensively explores modern European urban history from… read more
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18. Alle Oekraïners die ik ken
By: Olaf Koens
4.09
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Wanneer Rusland buurland Oekraïne binnenvalt en miljoenen mensen het land ontvluchten, reist Olaf K… read more
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19. The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
By: Olga Tokarczuk
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Nobelist's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors… read more
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"mitologię, jako zbiór pouczających opowieści, które pomagają żyć"-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"Ojciec często powtarzał mu (...) że kobiety są z natury swojej zdradliwe i chwiejne. Rozmazane."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"To proste - myślał Mieczyś Wojnicz, łykając łzy, które mieszały się z krwią zwierzęcia w jego wątłym ciele - być mężczyzną to nauczyć się ignorować to, co sprawia kłopot. Oto cała tajemnica."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"Wojnicz już zauważył, że każda dyskusja, czy szło o demokrację, czy o piąty wymiar, czy o rolę religii socjalizm, Europę, wreszcie sztukę nowoczesną, wszystko w końcu sprowadzało się do kobiet"-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
