The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis
By: Martha C. Nussbaum
3.59
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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1. Zero K
By: Don DeLillo
3.20
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
The wisest, richest, funniest, and most moving novel in years from Don DeLillo, one of the great Am… read more
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"The thinness of contemporary life. I can poke my finger through it."-Don DeLillo, Zero K
"He told me that I hadn't done anything yet. Hadn't lived yet. All you do is pass the time, he said."-Don DeLillo, Zero K
"This is how I thought of it. An intuitive link, a reciprocal, one number related to another in such a way that when multiplied together, day or night, their product is one."-Don DeLillo, Zero K
"I'd never felt more human than I did when my mother lay in bed, dying. This was not the frailty of a man who is said to be "only human," subject to a weakness or a vulnerability. This was a wave of s…"-Don DeLillo, Zero K
2. Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1)
By: Lawrence Durrell
3.85
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
The time is the eve of the World War II. The place is Alexandria, an Egyptian city that once housed… read more
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"Poverty is a great cutter-off and riches a great shutter-off."-Lawrence Durrell, Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1)
"One always falls in love with the love-choice of the person one loves."-Lawrence Durrell, Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1)
"Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?"-Lawrence Durrell, Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1)
"Who invented the human heart, I wonder? Tell me, and then show me the place where he was hanged."-Lawrence Durrell, Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1)
3. Gegen den Hass
By: Carolin Emcke , 李品佳
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Carolin Emcke, eine der wichtigsten Intellektuellen der Gegenwart, äußert sich in ihrem engagierten… read more
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"Wer der Norm entspricht, kann dem Irrturm erliegen, dass es sie nicht gibt. Wer der Mehrheit ähnelt, kann dem Irrturm erliegen, dass die Ebenbildlichkeit mit der die Norm setzenden Mehrheit keine Rol…"-Carolin Emcke, Gegen den Hass
"Hass und Gewalt nicht allein zu verurteilen, sondern in ihrer Funktionsweise zu betrachten, heißt immer auch zu zeigen, wo etwas anderes möglich gewesen wäre, wo jemand sich hätte anders entscheiden …"-Carolin Emcke, Gegen den Hass
"Sie wenden sich gern ab oder lesen nicht weiter, wenn sie nur das Wort "Trans" hören oder ein Sternchen oder einen Unterstrich sehen – als verdienten Phänomene oder Menschen, die es seltener gibt, ke…"-Carolin Emcke, Gegen den Hass
4. Pedagogy of the Oppressed
By: Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None
4.30
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in En… read more
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"Critical consciousness, they say, is anarchic."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"People educate each other through the mediation of the world."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"Word is not the privilege of some few persons but the right of everyone"-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
5. Slow Learner
By: Thomas Pynchon
3.52
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
Slow Learner is a compilation of early stories written between 1959 and 1964, before Pynchon achiev… read more
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"But as we all know, rock ‘n’ roll will never die, and education too, as Henry Adams always sez, keeps going on forever."-Thomas Pynchon, Slow Learner
"It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it."-Thomas Pynchon, Slow Learner
"Everybody gets told to write about what they know. The trouble with many of us is that at the earlier stages of life we think we know everything- or to put it more usefully, we are often unaware of t…"-Thomas Pynchon, Slow Learner
"What I mean is something like a closed circuit. Everybody on the same frequency. And after a while you forget about the rest of the spectrum and start believing that this is the only frequency that c…"-Thomas Pynchon, Slow Learner
6. The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
By: Jonathan Gottschall
4.23
Format: 510 pages, Hardcover
Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. E… read more
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7. El orden del discurso
By: Michel Foucault , Alberto González Troyano
3.39
Format: 440 pages,
En 1970 Michel Foucault sucedio a Jean Hyppolite en el College de France, donde se hizo cargo de la… read more
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8. The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
By: Tom Nichols
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The rise of the internet and other technology has made information more easily-accessible than ever… read more
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9. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
By: Thomas S. Kuhn
4.09
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual histor… read more
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10. Against Democracy
By: Jason Brennan
4.37
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the r… read more
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11. Escape from Freedom
By: Erich Fromm
3.47
Format: 288 pages,
If humanity cannot live with the dangers and responsibilities inherent in freedom, it will probably… read more
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12. Statistics Without Tears: An Introduction for Non-Mathematicians
By: None
4.29
Format: None pages,
What are statistics? How do you think statistically? Worried about the calculations that are associ… read more
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13. Morele ambitie
By: Rutger Bregman
3.71
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
De grootste verspilling van onze tijd is de verspilling van talent. Iedere carrière duurt 2.000 wer… read more
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"De geschiedenis doet niks. Mensen doen dingen."-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie
"Het doel van leiderschap is om meer leiders te produceren, niet meer volgers."-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie
"De grote advieskantoren zitten vol met toptalenten die niet weten wat ze met hun talent aan moeten, en daarom maar consultant zijn geworden."-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie
"Ja, we hebben activisten nodig die strijden tegen al het onrecht in het hier en nu, maar er is ook behoefte aan makers en bouwers van de toekomst."-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie
14. Le Silence et la Colère
By: Pierre Lemaitre
4.23
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
Un ogre de béton, une vilaine chute dans l’escalier, le Salon des arts ménagers, une grossesse prob… read more
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15. The Little Book of Stoicism: Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness
By: Jonas Salzgeber
4.18
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?”– Epictetus, Stoic philoso… read more
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16. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
By: Anne Applebaum
3.91
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, professor, and historian offers an expert guide to understanding… read more
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"Unity is an anomaly. Polarization is normal. Skepticism about liberal democracy is also normal. And the appeal of authoritarianism is eternal."-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Given the right conditions, any society can turn against democracy. Indeed, if history is anything to go by, all of our societies eventually will."-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Olga Tokarczuk, 2019: We horen niet langer de harmonie van de wereld, maar de kakofonie van geluiden, een ondraaglijke ruis waarin we wanhoping een een rustiger melodie proberen te ontdekken, al is h…"-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Throughout history, pandemics have led to an expansion of the power of the state: at times when people fear death, they go along with measures that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will save them—ev…"-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
17. Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy
By: Henry Kissinger
4.23
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and… read more
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"Well before the end of the 20th century however print had lost its former dominance. This resulted in, among other things, a different kind of person getting elected as leader. One who can present hi…"-Henry Kissinger, Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy
18. 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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19. Hoe migratie echt werkt
By: Hein de Haas
4.43
Format: 520 pages, Paperback
Migratie-expert Hein de Haas vertelt het ware verhaal over migratie en de effecten ervan. Al jar… read more
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20. The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis
By: Martha C. Nussbaum
3.59
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From one of the world’s most celebrated moral philosophers comes a thorough examination of the curr… read more
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21. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
By: Yuval Noah Harari
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more
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