Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict
By: James Crossley
4.13
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
What made the Jesus movement tick? By situating the life of Jesus of Nazareth in the turbulent trou…
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1. The State and Revolution
By: Vladimir Lenin
4.24
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
1917-ci ilin avqust-sentyabr aylarında yazılan yaradıcı marksizmin bu görkəmli əsəri – “Dövlət və i… read more
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"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament!"-Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution
"To decide once every few years which member of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament - such is the real essence of bourgeois parliamentarianism, not only in parliamen…"-Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution
"We must also note that Engels is most definite in calling universal suffrage an instrument of bourgeois rule. Universal suffrage, he says, obviously summing up the long experience of German Social-De…"-Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution
"Take any parliamentary country, from America to Switzerland, from France to England, Norway and so forth - in these countries the real business of the 'state' is preformed behind the scenes and is ca…"-Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution
2. The Birth of Christianity
By: John Dominic Crossan
3.85
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
"This book is about the lost years of earliest Christianity, about the 30s and 40s of the first cen… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
3. Go Tell It on the Mountain
By: James Baldwin
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin's first major work, a semi-autobiog… read more
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4. Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
By: Jon Lee Anderson
3.73
Format: None pages,
From the back of the book: "Acclaimed around the world and a national best-seller, this is the defi… read more
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5. 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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6. The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus
By: Harold Bloom , Marvin W. Meyer , Apostle Thomas
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A new translation and analysis of the gospel that records the actual words of Jesus. Explores the g… read more
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7. Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
By: Barbara J. Fields , Karen E. Fields
4.27
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
Most people assume that racism grows from a perception of human difference: the fact of race gives … read more
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9. Jerusalem's Lot
By: Stephen King
3.74
Format: 384 pages,
Charl'z Bun nasleduet dom posle svoego tragicheski pogibshego kuzena Stivena. Kogda-to predki Charl… read more
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10. Liberalism: A Counter-History
By: Domenico Losurdo , Gregory Elliott
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
In this definitive historical investigation, Italian author and philosopher Domenico Losurdo argues… read more
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11. Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism
By: Alain Badiou , Ray Brassier
4.27
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
In this bold and provocative work, French philosopher Alain Badiou proposes a startling reinterpret… read more
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12. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
By: Aldous Huxley
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more
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13. This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible
By: Charles E. Cobb Jr.
3.96
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. at the peak of the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, journalist Will… read more
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14. Homage to Catalonia
By: George Orwell , Lionel Trilling
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
In 1936 Orwell went to Spain to report on the Civil War and instead joined the fight against the Fa… read more
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15. Lust, Caution: The Story
By: Julia Lovell , Eileen Chang , None
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Now a major motion picture from Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Bro… read more
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16. If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
By: Vincent Bevins
4.28
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next From 20… read more
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"In the history of revolutions, a couple of truisms had already emerged. One is that they are only successful when security forces defect or are defeated in violent conflict. Even if Moa Zedong was be…"-Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
17. Camp Damascus
By: Chuck Tingle
3.94
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
A searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price… read more
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"Then again, does it really matter if you're just evil, as opposed to over-the-top cartoonishly evil?"-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus
"That acknowledgement could arrive after several decades, or it could happen tonight, but the time will come. Eventually, I'll have to fully contend with this simple fact: the love I was promised was …"-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus
18. King: A Life
By: Jonathan Eig
4.67
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more
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19. 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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- 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
20. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
21. Brainwyrms
By: Alison Rumfitt
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more
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22. Stalin: The History and Critique of a Black Legend
By: Domenico Losurdo
4.39
Format: 353 pages, ebook
La figura di Stalin occupa una posizione centrale nella storia del Novecento. Dittatore sanguinario… read more
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23. Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
By: Kristen R. Ghodsee
4.01
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A spirited, deeply researched exploration of why capitalism is bad for women and how, when done rig… read more
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"If done properly, socialism leads to economic independence, better labor conditions, better work/family balance, and, yes, even better sex."-Kristen R. Ghodsee, Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
"The state of being female is complicated by other categories such as class, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, and so on."-Kristen R. Ghodsee, Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
"You are not a commodity. Your depression and anxiety are not just chemical imbalances in your brain but reasonable responses to a system that thrives on your dehumanization."-Kristen R. Ghodsee, Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
24. Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
By: Jason Hickel
4.51
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we mu… read more
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"Individuality is an illusion. Life on this planet is an interwoven mesh of relational becoming."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"We will find ourselves plunging into ecological collapse well before we run into the limits to growth."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"It is politically easier to rev up GDP and hope some of it trickles down to the poor than it is to distribute existing income more fairly."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"Atmospheric carbon concentration should not breach 350ppm if the climate is to remain stable (we crossed that boundary in 1990, and hit 415ppm in 2020)."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
25. Decolonial Marxism: Essays from the Pan-African Revolution
By: Walter Rodney
4.52
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A previously unpublished collection of Rodney's essays on Marxism, spanning his engagement with of … read more
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26. Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses
By: Kristen O'Neal
3.97
Format: 382 pages, Paperback
“Your next favorite horror-comedy.”—Syfy Fangrrls Teen Wolf meets Emergency Contact in this shar… read more
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"She said that being a woman means everyone hates your body, and your body hates you."-Kristen O'Neal, Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses
"People definitely saw me throw a chair at the vending machine,' Spencer says. 'I figure we've got three minutes before security finds us."-Kristen O'Neal, Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses
"I remember what it felt like to see teeth there, and I catalogue the feeling of seeing the kernels instead, white and burst open. If the teeth were seeds, they look like flowers now, fully bloomed."-Kristen O'Neal, Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses
"Have you been keeping count this entire time?' I ask frowning. 'Yeah, dude,' he says turning the screen of his phone towards me. 'I downloaded a period tracker app.' I blurt out a laugh, covering my …"-Kristen O'Neal, Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses
27. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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28. God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible
By: Candida Moss
3.97
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From an award-winning biblical scholar, the untold story of how enslaved people created, gave meani… read more
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29. We Are Cuba!: How a Revolutionary People Have Survived in a Post-Soviet World
By: Helen Yaffe
4.60
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary account of the Cuban people’s struggle for survival in a post-Soviet world In th… read more
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30. Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict
By: James Crossley
4.13
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
What made the Jesus movement tick? By situating the life of Jesus of Nazareth in the turbulent trou… read more
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31. Made for You
By: Jenna Satterthwaite
3.74
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Hi. My name is Julia. I’m a Synth. And I’m here to find love… Synthetic woman Julia Walden was d… read more
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