The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
By: Nelson Mandela
4.06
Format: 640 pages, ebook
Arrested in 1962 as South Africa's apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against politic…
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1. An Autobiography
By: Angela Y. Davis
4.44
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Her own powerful story up to 1972, told with warmth, brilliance, humor and conviction. With an intr… read more
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- history
- biography
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- social justice
"I sank deep into the moment, husbanding this delight, hoarding it. For I knew it would be short-lived. Work. Struggle. Confrontation lay before us like a rock-strewn road. We would walk it ... But fi…"-Angela Y. Davis, An Autobiography
"This Booker T. Washington syndrome permeated every aspect of the education I received in Birmingham. Work hard and you will be rewarded. A corollary of this principle was that the road would be harde…"-Angela Y. Davis, An Autobiography
2. The Road to Character
By: David Brooks
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus… read more
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- history
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- audiobook
"... there are other proud people who have low self-esteem. They feel they haven't lived up to their potential. They feel unworthy. They want to hide and disappear, to fade into the background and nur…"-David Brooks, The Road to Character
"We are called at certain moments to comfort people who are enduring some trauma. Many of us don't know how to react in such situations, but others do. In the first place, they just show up. They prov…"-David Brooks, The Road to Character
3. Unbowed
By: Wangari Maathai
4.06
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
Hugely charismatic, humble, and possessed of preternatural luminosity of spirit, Wangari Maathai, t… read more
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- africa
- biography
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- history
- autobiography
- nonfiction
"You don't need a diploma to plant a tree."-Wangari Maathai, Unbowed
"What people see as fearlessness is really persistence."-Wangari Maathai, Unbowed
"Trees are living symbols of peace and hope. A tree has roots in the soil yet reaches to the sky. It tells us that in order to aspire we need to be grounded..."-Wangari Maathai, Unbowed
"Non siate timorosi di parlare, quando sapete di essere nel giusto. La paura non è mai stata fonte di sicurezza. Parlate chiaramente e lottate per i vostri diritti, finchè potete."-Wangari Maathai, Unbowed
4. A Beautiful Mind
By: Sylvia Nasar
4.13
Format: 461 pages, Paperback
Stories of famously eccentric Princetonians abound—such as that of chemist Hubert Alyea, the model … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
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"Nash was respected but not well liked."-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
"A genius with a penis. Isn’t that what we all want?"-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
"His heroes were solitary thinkers and supermen like Newton and Nietzsche."-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
"Hey Nash! You scared?' 'Terrified,mortified,petrified...stupefied by you!"-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
5. The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2)
By: Susan Beth Pfeffer
3.85
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopef… read more
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- audiobook
"Sometimes the rues don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy."-Susan Beth Pfeffer, The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2)
"Sometimes the rules don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy."-Susan Beth Pfeffer, The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2)
"If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence."-Susan Beth Pfeffer, The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2)
6. The Tale of Genji
By: Royall Tyler , Murasaki Shikibu
3.90
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
See an alternate cover edition . Written in the eleventh century, this portrait of courtly life in… read more
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7. Law of Success
By: Napoleon Hill
5.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Think and Grow Rich is a self help/ Motivational Book- This book lays out 13 proven success princip… read more
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- nonfiction
8. This World We Live In (Last Survivors, #3)
By: Susan Beth Pfeffer
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
It's been a year since a meteor collided with the moon, catastrophically altering the earth's clima… read more
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9. I Am a Cat
By: Natsume Sōseki , Aiko Ito , Graeme Wilson
3.50
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
I am a cat. As yet I have no name. So begins one of the most original and unforgettable works in Ja… read more
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10. Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
By: Martin Luther King Jr.
3.99
Format: None pages, Paperback
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence re… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
11. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
By: Ilan Pappé
3.98
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … read more
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12. The End of History and the Last Man
By: Francis Fukuyama
3.76
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Manhas provoked controver… read more
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13. The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
By: Jon Kabat-Zinn , Judson Brewer
3.68
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so ten… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"How we relate to our thoughts and feelings makes all the difference."-Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
"Until we define happiness for ourselves, clearly seeing the difference between excitement and joy, for example, our habits will likely not change. We will keep returning to the fruits of our desires."-Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
"The self itself isn't a problem, since remembering who we are when we wake up each morning is very helpful. Instead, the problem is the extent to which we get caught up in the drama of our lives and …"-Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
"We read stories and see YouTube videos about people who, distracted by their smartphones, walk into traffic and off piers into the ocean. Perhaps not surprisingly, a report in 2013 found that pedest…"-Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
14. The God of Small Things
By: Arundhati Roy
3.96
Format: 321 pages, Paperback
The year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, a skyblue Plymouth with… read more
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"If you're happy in a dream, does that count?"-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
"His gratitude widened his smile and bent his back."-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
"Thirty-one. Not old. Not young. But a viable die-able age."-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
"That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less."-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
15. The Empowered Wife: Six Surprising Secrets for Attracting Your Husband s Time, Attention, and Affection
By: None
4.89
Format: 78 pages,
Can a wife single-handedly bring a boring or broken marriage back to life? This improved and expand… read more
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16. Walden & Civil Disobedience
By: Henry David Thoreau , W.S. Merwin
3.23
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
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17. In the Shadow of the Banyan
By: Vaddey Ratner
3.81
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
For seven-year-old Raami, the shattering end of childhood begins with the footsteps of her father r… read more
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18. The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
By: Jack Canfield , Janet Switzer
4.43
Format: 85 pages,
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19. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most … read more
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20. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
By: David W. Blight
4.15
Format: 888 pages, Hardcover
As a young man, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was … read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Douglass told white northern voters that 'The blood of the slave is on your garments. You have said that slavery is better than freedom. That war is better than peace. And that cruelty is better than…"-David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
21. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
By: Kara Cooney
3.69
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cl… read more
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- biography
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It should come as no surprise that women need to work doubly hard to prove their right to power. They have to look to their menfolk around them who can support their claim, rather than detract from i…"-Kara Cooney, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
22. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
By: Sogyal Rinpoche
4.21
Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition
“A magnificent achievement. In its power to touch the heart, to awaken consciousness, [The Tibetan … read more
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- nonfiction
"Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth. Real devotion is rooted in an awed and reverent gratitude, but one that is lucid, grounded, and intelligent."-Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
"We are fragmented into so many different aspects. We don´t know who we really are, or what aspects of ourselves we should identify with or believe in. So many contradictory voices, dictates, and feel…"-Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
"Death is a vast mystery, but there are two things we can layabout it: It is absolutely certain that we will die, and it is uncertain when or how we will die. The only surety we have, then, is this un…"-Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
"Devote the mind to confusion and we know only too well, if we´re honest, that it will become a dark master of confusion, adept in its addictions, subtle and perversely supple in its slaveries. Devote…"-Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
23. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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- audiobook
24. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
By: Rob Copeland
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio… read more
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- biography
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- audiobook
25. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
By: Les Payne
4.34
Format: 612 pages, Hardcover
Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a near… read more
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- history
- biography
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
"In America, the Jews sap the very life-blood of the so-called Negroes to maintain the state of Israel, its armies and its continues aggression against our brothers in the East."-Les Payne, The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
26. The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories
By: Ilan Pappé
4.35
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Following his critically acclaimed investigation of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in the 1940s,… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
27. Ik beloof je dat ik honderd word
By: Peter R. de Vries
4.22
Format: 574 pages, Paperback
In het laatste anderhalf jaar van zijn leven hield Peter R. de Vries in het geheim een logboek … read more
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- nonfiction
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- audiobook
28. Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
By: Laila Lalami
4.27
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
What does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book, Pulitzer Prize… read more
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- biography
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"Humanity is fundamentally a story of migration."-Laila Lalami, Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
"White" is seen as the default, the absence of race. ...Whiteness, then, is shrouded in silence. To speak about it openly is to break a taboo."-Laila Lalami, Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
"From my mother and grandmother, I learned about faith as a private relationship with the cosmic, which did not need to be measured by adherence to strict rules and rituals."-Laila Lalami, Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
"All immigrants walk around with a scar left behind by their crossing into a new country, an invisible mark of the exile that became their condition when they were uprooted."-Laila Lalami, Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
29. Bacchanal
By: Veronica G. Henry
3.84
Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition
Evil lives in a traveling carnival roaming the Depression-era South. But the carnival’s newest act,… read more
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30. Little Secrets
By: Gail Schimmel
3.88
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
‘Little Secrets is utterly brilliant – it’s a wolf of a thriller in suburban sheep’s clothing!’ – Q… read more
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31. The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
By: Nelson Mandela
4.06
Format: 640 pages, ebook
Arrested in 1962 as South Africa's apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against politic… read more
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- south africa
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