A Socialist History of the French Revolution
By: Jean Jaurès
3.65
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Jean Jaurès was the celebrated French Socialist Party leader, assassinated at the outbreak of the F…
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1. The Left Hand of Darkness
By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human… read more
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"The king was pregnant."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Truth is a matter of the imagination."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"The light is the left hand of darkness"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
2. Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
3.88
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
If humans are benevolent by nature, how do societies become corrupt? And how do governments founded… read more
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- nonfiction
- france
- history
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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- politics
- history
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4. Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
By: Michael Parenti
4.41
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Blackshirts & Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, rev… read more
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"Ecology's implications for capitalism are too horrendous for the capitalist to contemplate."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
"Decentralized parochial autonomy is the graveyard of insurgency-which may be one reason why there has never been a successful anarcho-syndicalist revolution."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
"A joke circulating in Russia in 1992 went like this: Q. What did capitalism accomplish in one year that communism could not do in seventy years? A. Make communism look good."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
"...the [pure socialist] critics [of communist countries] seem unable to apply their own leadership genius to producing a successful revolutionary movement in their own country."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
5. Les Misérables
By: Victor Hugo , Lee Fahnestock , Norman MacAfee
4.20
Format: 1463 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped … read more
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- france
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"Be happy without picking flaws."-Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
"Those who do not weep, do not see."-Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
"Sleep comes more easily than it returns."-Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
"Not being heard is no reason for silence."-Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
6. The Social Contract
By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Maurice Cranston
3.78
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
"Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains." These are the famous opening words of a trea… read more
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"The truth brings no man a fortune"-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers."-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered." (Bk2:8)"-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"Renunciar a la libertad es renunciar a la condición de hombre."-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
7. Murder as a Fine Art (Thomas De Quincey, #1)
By: David Morrell
3.85
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Gaslit London is brought to its knees in David Morrell's brilliant historical thriller. Thomas De Q… read more
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8. The Epic of Gilgamesh
By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars
3.74
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more
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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
9. Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.00
Format: 64 pages,
'Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come round again. That's why they're called revol… read more
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10. The Great French Revolution 1789-1793
By: Pyotr Kropotkin , None
3.36
Format: None pages,
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11. 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
12. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
By: Tim Marshall
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning jou… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- world history
"All great nations spend peacetime preparing for the day war breaks out."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"India and Pakistan can agree on one thing: neither wants the other one around."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that neither would be able to get an arm free with which to punch the other."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"THE MIDDLE OF WHAT? EAST OF WHERE? THE REGION’S VERY name is based on a European view of the world, and it is a European view of the region that shaped it. The Europeans used ink to draw lines on map…"-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
13. The Coming of the French Revolution
By: R.R. Palmer , Georges Lefebvre , Timothy Tackett
3.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
"The Coming of the French Revolution" remains essential reading for anyone interested in the origin… read more
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14. A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petite Bourgeoisie
By: Dan Evans
4.22
Format: 325 pages, Paperback
A Nation of Shopkeepers explores the unstoppable rise of the petite-bourgeoisie, one of the most po… read more
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15. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
By: Vincent Bevins
4.61
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- ba… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"locals came to him, time and time again, and asked, with genuine mystification: 'We just don't understand America. You were once a colony. You know what colonialism is. You fought and bled and died f…"-Vincent Bevins, The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
16. Palestine: A Socialist Introduction
By: Sumaya Awad
4.36
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
This edited volume makes an impassioned and informed case for the central place of Palestine in soc… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Interestingly, the "Zioness Movement" sprouted on the US activist scene with the explicit intention to counter feminists who were successfully denouncing Zionism. It chose the slogan, "Unabashedly pr…"-Sumaya Awad, Palestine: A Socialist Introduction
"White/Western feminism's attempt at erasing the political context of Palestinian women's oppression was evident yet again around the 2017 Women's March on Washington, when liberal feminists objected …"-Sumaya Awad, Palestine: A Socialist Introduction
"The Black radical tradition calls attention to the anti-Black racism essential to US society and casts doubt on the compatibility of Black freedom and the United States project. After all, the Black …"-Sumaya Awad, Palestine: A Socialist Introduction
17. Booth
By: Karen Joy Fowler
3.83
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Best Book of the Year Real Simple - AARP - USA Today From the Man Booker finalist and bestselli… read more
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"Why does the extraordinary courage of ordinary women go so unsung?"-Karen Joy Fowler, Booth
18. The Starmer Project: A journey to the Right
By: Oliver Eagleton
3.98
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The Labour Party has virtually disappeared from view under the leadership of Keir Starmer. Hailed a… read more
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19. A Socialist History of the French Revolution
By: Jean Jaurès
3.65
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Jean Jaurès was the celebrated French Socialist Party leader, assassinated at the outbreak of the F… read more
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- france
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20. The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story
By: Ramzy Baroud
4.62
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
This is a history of modern Palestine like no built from the testimony of people who have lived th… read more
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21. Revolution, Democracy, Socialism: Selected Writings of V.I. Lenin (Get Political)
By: Vladimir Lenin
4.33
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
This is an entirely new collection of Lenin's writing. For the first time it brings together crucia… read more
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