Stalin as Revolutionary: A Study in History and Personality, 1879-1929
By: Robert C. Tucker
3.87
Format: 606 pages, Kindle Edition
“In this book, an utterly extraordinary one in my opinion, the riddle of Stalin is at last resolved…
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1. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
By: Paul Kriwaczek
3.91
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates… read more
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- historical
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- history
"A hugely complicated, centrally planned, social and economic system can only be kept on the rails for as long as people believe in it."-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"But belief in a system cannot be sustained for ever. Empires based solely on power and domination, while allowing their subjects to do as they will, can last for centuries. Those that try to control …"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Assyria soon discovered a painful truth: empires are like Ponzi schemes: financial frauds in which previous investors are paid returns out of new investors' deposits. The costs of holding imperial te…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Anyone who has ever watched children amuse themselves will recognize that the scientific and technological face of civilization is precisely the result of play in its purest form. Just as children ar…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
2. Suttree
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.20
Format: 471 pages, Paperback
This compelling novel has as its protagonist Cornelius Suttree, living alone and in exile in a disi… read more
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"Somebody has been fuckin my watermelons."-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
"But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse"-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
"What could a child know of the darkness of God's plan? Or how flesh is so frail it is hardly more than a dream"-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
"You have no right to represent people this way, he said. A man is all men. You have no right to your wretchednes."-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
3. Don't Sleep, There are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
By: Daniel L. Everett
5.00
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the astonishing experiences and discoveries made by linguist Daniel Everett w… read more
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- nonfiction
4. The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy
By: Adrienne Mayor
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against pois… read more
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- history
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5. Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
By: Ezra F. Vogel
4.02
Format: None pages, Hardcover
No one in the twentieth century had a greater impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no sc… read more
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- politics
- history
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6. 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
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7. 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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- nonfiction
- history
8. The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction
By: Amanda H. Podany
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
This book explores the lands of the ancient Near East from around 3200 BCE to 539 BCE. The earth-sh… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. A Murder of Quality
By: John Le Carré
3.64
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more
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10. The Ancient Celts
By: None
4.00
Format: 10 pages, Paperback
The archetypal `barbarians from the north', the Celts were feared for their ferocity in battle and … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
11. The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.93
Format: 316 pages,
The recent National Geographic special on the Gospel of Judas was a major media event, introducing … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
12. 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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13. Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction
By: None
3.79
Format: 249 pages, Paperback
Astrobiology is an exciting new subject, and one, arguably, more interdisciplinary than any other. … read more
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14. Fractals: A Very Short Introduction
By: None
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
From the contours of coastlines to the outlines of clouds, and the branching of trees, fractal shap… read more
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15. His Bloody Project: Documents relating to the case of Roderick Macrae
By: Graeme Macrae Burnet
4.50
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
In 1869, a brutal triple murder in the remote Wester Ross village of Culduie leads to the arrest of… read more
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16. Stalin
By: Robert Service
3.73
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Overthrowing the conventional image of Stalin as an uneducated political administrator inexplicably… read more
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17. Why Marx Was Right
By: Terry Eagleton
3.71
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism i… read more
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18. October: The Story of the Russian Revolution
By: China Miéville
3.82
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months … read more
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19. Leading: Learning from Life and My Years at Manchester United
By: Alex Ferguson , Michael Moritz
3.33
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
After an astonishing career-first in Scotland, and then over 27 years with Manchester United Footba… read more
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20. A War Like No Other: How the Athenians & Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
By: Victor Davis Hanson
4.11
Format: 14 pages, Paperback
Provocative military historian Victor Davis Hanson has given painstakingly researched & pathbreakin… read more
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21. Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds
By: None
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
This authoritative biography of Moses Maimonides, one of the most influential minds in all of human… read more
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22. Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union
By: Vladislav M. Zubok
4.26
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to … read more
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- russia
- soviet history
- history
- soviet union
- politics
- nonfiction
- russian history
23. Orthodox Christianity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: A. Edward Siecienski
3.73
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
To many in the West, Orthodoxy remains shrouded in mystery, an exotic and foreign religion that sur… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
24. The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire (The Princeton History of the Ancient World)
By: Kyle Harper
4.21
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
How climate change and disease helped to bring down the Roman Empire Here is the monumental rete… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
25. Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
By: Garrett Ryan
4.20
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to dri… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
26. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
By: Camilla Townsend
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more
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- historical
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
27. The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
By: Barry Cunliffe
4.04
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across t… read more
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28. Alaric the Goth: An Outsider's History of the Fall of Rome
By: Douglas Boin
3.51
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Stigmatized and relegated to the margins of Roman society, the Goths were violent “barbarians” who … read more
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29. Writing the Bible: Origins of the Old Testament
By: Martien Halvorson-Taylor
3.82
Format: None pages, None
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30. Out of Italy
By: Fernand Braudel
3.74
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
A beautifully illustrated history reveals the grandeur and decadence of Italy from 1450 to 1650. Ot… read more
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31. Stalin as Revolutionary: A Study in History and Personality, 1879-1929
By: Robert C. Tucker
3.87
Format: 606 pages, Kindle Edition
“In this book, an utterly extraordinary one in my opinion, the riddle of Stalin is at last resolved… read more
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