9 Best nonfiction books like L'Humanité perdue by Alain Finkielkraut

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L'Humanité perdue

By: Alain Finkielkraut

3.78

Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Esej Alaina Finkielkrauta to rzadki przykład nie tyle historycznego, co filozoficznego podsumowania…

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Cover of Batman: The Killing Joke by Tim Sale, Alan             Moore, Brian Bolland

1. Batman: The Killing Joke

By: Tim Sale , Alan Moore , Brian Bolland

4.37

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

For the first time the Joker's origin is revealed in this tale of insanity and human perseverance. … read more

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"How can two people hate so much without knowing each other?"

-Tim Sale, Batman: The Killing Joke

"If I have to have a past, then I prefer it to be multiple choice."

-Tim Sale, Batman: The Killing Joke

"...My point is, I went crazy. When I saw what a black, awful joke the world was. I went crazy as a coot! I admit it! Why can't you?"

-Tim Sale, Batman: The Killing Joke

"All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day."

-Tim Sale, Batman: The Killing Joke

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2. Sie kam aus Mariupol

By: Natascha Wodin

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Wenn du gesehen hattest, was ich gesehen habe" - Natascha Wodins Mutter sagte diesen Satz immer wi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. The Walking Man

By: Jirō Taniguchi

3.37

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Whoever takes the time these days to climb a tree in bare feet? To stop and observe the comings and… read more

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4. Letters to a Young Poet

By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Franz Xaver Kappus , Reginald Snell

4.29

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, req… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Everything is gestation and then birthing."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. ...live in the question."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"Perhaps all dragons in our lives are really princesses just waiting to see us just once being beautiful and courageous."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

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5. Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit

By: Delphine de Vigan

4.40

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

La douleur de Lucile, ma mere, a fait partie de notre enfance et plus tard de notre vie d'adulte, l… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • french literature
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6. Memoirs of Hadrian

By: Marguerite Yourcenar , Grace Frick

4.23

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has… read more

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  • philosophy
  • french literature
"And it was at about this time that I began to feel myself divine."

-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian

"La morale è una convenzione privata; il decoro è una faccenda pubblica."

-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian

"I was willing to yield to nostalgia, that melancholy residue of desire."

-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian

"Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul..."

-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian

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7. Embroideries

By: Marjane Satrapi , Anjali Singh

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

From the best-selling author of Persepoliscomes this gloriously entertaining and enlightening look … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of A Contract With God and Other Tenement Stories by Will Eisner

8. A Contract With God and Other Tenement Stories

By: Will Eisner

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Go back to where graphic novels all started, on the Bronx street of Dropsie Avenue and A Life Force… read more

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Cover of The Invention of Morel by Jorge Luis Borges, Suzanne Jill Levine, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Norah Borges de Torre, Ruth L.C. Simms

9. The Invention of Morel

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Suzanne Jill Levine , Adolfo Bioy Casares , Norah Borges de Torre , Ruth L.C. Simms

4.00

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn… read more

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"So I was dead! The thought delighted me."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

"The sea is endless when you are in a rowboat."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

"To be sure, nothing created by man is perfect."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

"It is frightening to accept so much good fortune!"

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

Cover of Hunger by Knut Hamsun, George Egerton

10. Hunger

By: Knut Hamsun , George Egerton

4.05

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

One of the most important and controversial writers of the 20th century, Knut Hamsun made literary … read more

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  • philosophy
"Yoksul aydın, zengin aydından çok daha kuvvetli görür.(s.128)"

-Knut Hamsun, Hunger

"It was not my intention to collapse; no, I would die standing."

-Knut Hamsun, Hunger

"God be praised, I had raised myself in my own estimation again!"

-Knut Hamsun, Hunger

"Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity."

-Knut Hamsun, Hunger

11. The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more

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12. The Minds of Billy Milligan

By: Daniel Keyes

4.28

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Billy Milligan can be anyone he wants to be . . . except himself. Out of control of his actions… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Rasa benci tidak mungkin sepenuhnya dibersihkan. Itulah hal yang harus kita terima, agar tetap punya sifat kuat dan agresif."

-Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan

"By shutting out the real world we can live peacefully in ours. We know that a world without pain is a world without feeling… But a world without feeling is a world without pain."

-Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan

"Chiudendo la porta sul mondo reale, potremo vivere in pace nel nostro. Sappiamo che un mondo senza dolore è un mondo senza sentimento... ma un mondo senza sentimento è un mondo senza dolore."

-Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan

"Что важнее, расширять кругозор или демонстрировать чувства? Может, даже сам вопрос неверный, потому что у тебя чувств нет. Вероятно, если подавить их и жить исключительно логикой, можно стать выдающи…"

-Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan

13. On the Road to Babadag: Travels in the Other Europe

By: Andrzej Stasiuk , Michael Kandel

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Andrzej Stasiuk is a restless and indefatigable traveler. His journeys take him from his native Pol… read more

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14. The Friend

By: Sigrid Nunez

3.77

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her do… read more

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"I like that the Aborigines say dogs make people human"

-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend

"I know this is all moronically anthropomorphic, but sometimes that is the form love takes."

-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend

"Anthropomorphism, I've decided, is inescapable, and though I might try to hide it I no longer fight it."

-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend

"There's a certain type of person who, having read this far, is anxiously wondering: Does something bad happen to the dog?"

-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend

Cover of Zapaść. Reportaże z mniejszych miast by Marek Szymaniak

15. Zapaść. Reportaże z mniejszych miast

By: Marek Szymaniak

3.79

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Według Polskiej Akademii Nauk niemal połowie z dwustu pięćdziesięciu pięciu średnich miast w Polsce… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Słowacja. Apacze, kosmos i haluszki by Łukasz Grzesiczak

16. Słowacja. Apacze, kosmos i haluszki

By: Łukasz Grzesiczak

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Co haluszki mówią o słowackiej duszy? Kto i dlaczego tęskni za Czechosłowacją? Czy Janosik to pol… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Szczeliny istnienia by Jolanta Brach-Czaina

17. Szczeliny istnienia

By: Jolanta Brach-Czaina

3.95

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

"Szczeliny istnienia" są wyzwaniem rzuconym filozofii przez poezję. /../ Żeńskość tego dzieła jest … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Myślę, że gdy filozofowie mówią z rozpaczą o milczeniu bytu, wynika to z niezrozumienia mowy bytu, który nie zwraca się do nas jako całość, lecz poprzez konkret egzystencjalny, drobiny znaczące. To p…"

-Jolanta Brach-Czaina, Szczeliny istnienia

"Z czasem udaje nam się do pewnego stopnia kierować tym, co nas opanowało, w każdym razie ginie poczucie odrębności osoby i atakującego ją żywiołu i wówczas staje się oczywiste, że to my jesteśmy tym …"

-Jolanta Brach-Czaina, Szczeliny istnienia

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18. La tumba de Antígona

By: María Zambrano

4.27

Format: 90 pages, Paperback

El interés de María Zambrano por la figura de Antígona acompaña a la autora a lo largo de su trayec… read more

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  • philosophy
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19. Camus

By: Virgil Tănase

3.75

Format: 401 pages, Pocket Book

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20. Ciekawy przypadek Benjamina Buttona i inne opowiadania

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.25

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

„Życie byłoby nieskończenie szczęśliwsze, gdybyśmy mogli rozpocząć je w wieku lat osiemdziesięciu i… read more

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21. L'Humanité perdue

By: Alain Finkielkraut

3.78

Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Esej Alaina Finkielkrauta to rzadki przykład nie tyle historycznego, co filozoficznego podsumowania… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • french literature

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