A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991
By: Bahru Zewde
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Bounded by Sudan to the west and north, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the southeast, and Eritrea a…
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1. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
By: Hannah Arendt
4.20
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Originally appearing as a series of articles in The New Yorker, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and s… read more
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"Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it—the quality of temptation."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"During the war, the lie most effective with the whole of the German people was the slogan of “the battle of destiny for the German people"-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"In the Third Reich evil lost its distinctive characteristic by which most people had until then recognized it. The Nazis redefined it as a civil norm."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
2. A History of Ethiopia
By: Harold G. Marcus
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this eminently readable, concise history of Ethiopia, Harold Marcus surveys the evolution of the… read more
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- ethiopia
- history
- nonfiction
- africa
3. Das Kapital
By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth centu… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
4. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
By: Noam Chomsky , Edward S. Herman
4.42
Format: 718 pages, Paperback
Librarian's note: There are Alternate Cover Editions for this edition of this book . In this pathb… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
5. 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
"...when one is alone it is impossible to be dead."-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel
6. The World of Yesterday
By: Stefan Zweig , Harry Zohn
3.72
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was a poet, novelist, and dramatist, but it was his biographies that expre… read more
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7. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
By: Michael J. Sandel
4.31
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
"For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport," The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked. … read more
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"(...) greed that preys on human misery (...)"-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"A philosophy untouched by the shadows on the wall can only yield a sterile utopia."-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"Outrage is the special kind of anger you feel when you believe that people are getting things they don't deserve. Outrage of this kind is anger at injustice."-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"Here then is the link between freedom as autonomy and Kant's idea of morality. To act freely is not to choose the best means to a given end; it is to choose the end itself, for its own sake - a choic…"-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
8. The Emperor
By: Ryszard Kapuściński , None , None
3.90
Format: None pages, Paperback
Haile Selassie, King of Kings, Elect of God, Lion of Judah, His Most Puissant Majesty and Distingui… read more
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9. Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
By: Vladimir Lenin
4.23
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
'Globalisation' is the buzzword of the 1990s. VI Lenin's Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitali… read more
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"Crises of every kind — economic crises more frequently, but not only these — in their turn increase very considerably the tendency towards concentration and monopoly."-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
"At the basis of these swindles and manipulations lies socialised production; but the immense progress of humanity, which achieved this socialisation, goes to benefit the speculators."-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
"But suppose, for the sake of argument, free competition, without any sort of monopoly, would develop capitalism trade more rapidly. Is it not a fact that the more rapidly trade and capitalism develop…"-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
"As long as capitalism remains what it is, surplus capital will never be utilised for the purpose of raising the standard of living of the masses in a given country, for this would mean a decline in p…"-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
10. Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
By: Chinua Achebe
3.73
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
A simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger, Things Fall Apart is wr… read more
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"Let us not reason like cowards,"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"There is no story that is not true."-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"عندما يضئ القمر يشعر الكسيح برغبة قوية إلى المشي"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"إذا نظر امرؤ إلى فم ملك, ظن أنه لم يرضع قط من ثدي أمه"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
11. Half of a Yellow Sun
By: None
3.73
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence o… read more
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12. Capitalism & Slavery
By: Eric Williams , None
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and m… read more
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13. Prophet Song
By: Paul Lynch
4.10
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more
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"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
14. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
By: David Epstein
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
What's the most effective path to success in any domain? It's not what you think. Plenty of experts… read more
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"We learn who we are only by living, and not before."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"Repetition, it turned out, was less important than struggle."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"If we treated careers more like dating, nobody would settle down so quickly."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"mental meandering and personal experimentation are sources of power, and head starts are overrated"-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
15. Our Share of Night
By: Mariana Enríquez
4.28
Format: 588 pages, Hardcover
A woman’s mysterious death puts her husband and son on a collision course with her demonic family. … read more
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"Los fantasmas son reales. Y no siempre vienen los que uno llama."-Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night
"They sought me out, here I am. I don’t know how to let go of the dead."-Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night
"Nothing can hurt you now, how long was now, how long did the present last?"-Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night
"Detestaba cuando la gente se reía de esas fiestas donde la gente trataba de ser feliz."-Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night
16. The Shadow King
By: Maaza Mengiste
3.67
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Ethiopia. 1935. With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to … read more
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"The routine dulls the terror."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"He holds no importance except what memory allows."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"What is lost is gone, my child, what is lost makes room for something else."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"what is forged into memory tucks itself into bone and muscle. It will always be there and it will follow us to the grave."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
17. 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
18. Cuba: An American History
By: Ada Ferrer
4.45
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Winner of The L. A. Times Book Prize (2021) in History “Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (… read more
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19. The Chile Project: The Story of the Chicago Boys and the Downfall of Neoliberalism
By: Sebastian Edwards
4.16
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
How Chile became home to the world’s most radical free-market experiment―and what its downfall sugg… read more
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20. A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991
By: Bahru Zewde
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Bounded by Sudan to the west and north, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the southeast, and Eritrea a… read more
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21. Ethiopia: Empire in Revolution
By: Marina Ottaway
4.14
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
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