Russia Against Modernity
By: Alexander Etkind
3.56
Format: None pages, ebook
Putin's war is a 'special operation' against modernity. The invasion has been directed against Ukra…
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1. The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers 1804 - 1999
By: Misha Glenny
4.09
Format: 752 pages, Paperback
This unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century gives reade… read more
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- politics
- russia
- history
- nonfiction
2. Waiting for the Barbarians
By: J.M. Coetzee
3.93
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny fr… read more
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"Nothing is worse than what we can imagine"-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
"Schmerz ist Wahrheit; alles andere wird angezweifelt."-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
"A fool in love is laughed at but in the end always forgiven"-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
"I am now no more than a pile of blood, bone and meat that is unhappy."-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
3. Archangel
By: Robert Harris
4.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
Fluke Kelso was once a scholar of promise, but like so many in the highly competitive world of acad… read more
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- russia
4. The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
By: Serhii Plokhy
4.30
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, from the New Yor… read more
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- politics
- russia
- history
- nonfiction
"Despite its imperial roots, the current war is being waged in a new international environment defined by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the disintegration of the post–Cold War international or…"-Serhii Plokhy, The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
5. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
By: Steven Pinker
4.20
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"There is no law of complex systems that says that intelligent agents must turn into ruthless conquistadors. Indeed, we know of one highly advanced form of intelligence that evolved without this defec…"-Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
"Enlightenment humanism, then, is far from being a crowd-pleaser. The idea that the ultimate good is to use knowledge to enhance human welfare leaves people cold. Deep explanations of the universe, th…"-Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
"This heroic story is not just another myth. Myths are fictions, but this one is true-true to the best of our knowledge, which is the only truth we can have. We believe it because we have reasons to b…"-Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
"Our understanding of who we are, where we came from, how the world works, and what matters in life depends on partaking of the vast and ever-expanding store of knowledge. Though unlettered hunters, h…"-Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
6. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
7. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
By: Nathan Thrall
4.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION Named a Best Book of the Year by The N… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
8. Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls
By: Kathleen Hale
3.94
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the Am… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
By: Yanis Varoufakis
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The #1 bestselling economist shows how capitalism has been replaced by a more exploitative system, … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Il profitto è vulnerabile alla competizione di mercato, mentre la rendita non lo è."-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"Se non è un mercato capitalista, in cosa entriamo, buon Dio, quando andiamo su amazon.com ?"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"Oltre ad avvertirci che ogni nuova epoca forgiata da qualche tecnologia rivoluzionaria produce una generazione che “mai passerà un giorno immune da fatica e dolore, struggendosi anche di notte"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"La rivoluzione digitale potrebbe consistere nel trasformare i lavoratori salariati in proletari del cloud, che vivono una vita sempre più precaria e stressante sotto il controllo invisibile di capi a…"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
10. What Does Israel Fear From Palestine?
By: Raja Shehadeh
4.34
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A searing reflection on the failures of Israel to treat Palestine and Palestinians as equals, as pa… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
11. Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America
By: Will Sommer
4.09
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
The definitive book on QAnon from the reporter knows them best; Will Sommer explains what it is, ho… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
12. Pogo
By: Jakub Sieczko
3.97
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Dwa słowa są w tej pracy zakazane: powołanie i bohaterstwo. Jakub Sieczko, lekarz, specjalista a… read more
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- nonfiction
13. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
By: Dipo Faloyin
4.43
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
14. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
By: Eric H. Cline
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
15. Huaco retrato
By: Gabriela Wiener
3.89
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
La muerte de su padre y los fantasmas de su herencia marcan el retorno de Wiener con esta exploraci… read more
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- nonfiction
16. Czerwień (Kolory zła, #1)
By: Małgorzata Oliwia Sobczak
3.69
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
W połowie lat 90. w Sopocie dochodzi do tajemniczej zbrodni… Ginie dziewczyna, a jej ciało zostaje … read more
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17. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
By: Fareed Zakaria
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
18. The Deluge
By: Stephen Markley
4.23
Format: 896 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Ohio, a masterful American epic charting a near future approaching c… read more
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"Yeah, well, time marches on. Getting caught up in causes don’t interest me. Not anymore. Especially when you see the scope of what this is."-Stephen Markley, The Deluge
19. War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
By: Mikhail Zygar
4.28
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
From an award-winning Russian journalist, a brisk, clearly written history of Ukraine—from its emer… read more
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- russia
- history
- nonfiction
20. The War Came to Us: Life and Death in Ukraine
By: Christopher Miller
4.05
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking exploration of Ukraine's past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of t… read more
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- russia
- history
- nonfiction
21. Why Empires Fall: Rome, America and the Future of the West
By: Peter Heather
3.59
Format: 185 pages, Kindle Edition
'Fascinating, informative and deeply thoughtful' Financial Times'This essay has changed my view bot… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
22. Atlas dziur i szczelin
By: Michał Książek
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Przyroda, która przejmuje miasto, zaczyna od najmniejszych pęknięć w betonie. Rodzina sikorek za… read more
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- nonfiction
23. Remembering Peasants: A Personal History of a Vanished World
By: Patrick Joyce
3.77
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A landmark new history of the peasant experience, exploring a now neglected way of life that once e… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
24. The Struggle for Taiwan: A History of America, China, and the Island Caught Between
By: Sulmaan Wasif Khan
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A concise, definitive history of the duel between the US and China over the fate of Taiwan As ten… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
25. A War Made in Russia
By: Sergei Medvedev
3.85
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
In this timely and incisive book, Sergei Medvedev argues that Russia’s war in Ukraine was not merel… read more
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- russia
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- nonfiction
"Once again, the Empire of Russia has defeated the nation. It is important to recognize it now, when Russia is suffering a moral, military and, broadly speaking, civilizational defeat in Ukraine. The …"-Sergei Medvedev, A War Made in Russia
"This is a world war, unleashed by Russia to overturn the modern liberal world order. It has many open and hidden global supporters, and there are neutral countries that are watching carefully to see …"-Sergei Medvedev, A War Made in Russia
26. Russia Against Modernity
By: Alexander Etkind
3.56
Format: None pages, ebook
Putin's war is a 'special operation' against modernity. The invasion has been directed against Ukra… read more
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27. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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- nonfiction
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
28. The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld
By: Dan Slater
3.91
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The harrowing tale of an immigrant underworld, a secret vice squad, and the rise of organized crime… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
29. Creation Lake
By: Rachel Kushner
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more
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"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
30. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
31. Moja przyjaciółka śmierć. Kulisy zawodu grabarza
By: Robert Konieczny
3.61
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Co ludzie wkładają do trumny? Czy zmarły może się obudzić? Co dzieje się z prochami, gdy nie mieszc… read more
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