In Search of the Free Individual: The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul
By: Svetlana Alexievich
4.31
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
"I love life in its living form, life that’s found on the street, in human conversations, shouts, a…
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1. On Palestine
By: Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé
4.25
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Operation Protective Edge, Israel's most recent assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dea… read more
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- history
- politics
- war
- nonfiction
- essays
"It's quite standard for those who hold the clubs to say: "Forget about everything that happened and let's just go on from here." In other words, "I've got what I want, and out forget about what your …"-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine
"How, then, does one become an activist? The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply forget that we are. We are all born with compassion, generosity, and love for others…"-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine
2. The Kreutzer Sonata
By: Doris Lessing , Leo Tolstoy , Isai Kamen
3.87
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partne… read more
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- russia
"In a large city the unhappy feel their sadness less acutely."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
"Yes, man is much worse than the animal when he does not live like a man."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
"Удивительное дело, какая полная бывает иллюзия того, что красота есть добро."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
3. Tortilla Flat
By: John Steinbeck
3.72
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Steinbeck is an artist; and he tells the stories of these lovable thieves and adulterers with a ge… read more
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4. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien
4.22
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist t… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
"Créer, c'est vivre deux fois."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Existence is illusory and it is eternal."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"There is scarcely any passion without struggle."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
5. V.
By: Thomas Pynchon , Carlos Martín Ramírez
3.80
Format: 242 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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6. Son of Hamas
By: Mosab Hassan Yousef , Ron Brackin , مصعب حسن يوسف
4.11
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
7. Death and the Penguin
By: Andrey Kurkov , George Bird
4.33
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although he would prefe… read more
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- russia
8. Delights and Shadows
By: Ted Kooser
4.26
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
American author Ted Kooser is a master of metaphor, a poet who deftly connects disparate elements o… read more
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- nonfiction
9. Caim
By: José Saramago
4.57
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
Neste novo romance, o vencedor do premio Nobel Jose Saramago reconta episodios biblicos do Velho Te… read more
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10. Augustus
By: John Williams
3.11
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
A brilliant and beautifully written novel in the tradition of Robert Graves' I, Claudius, Augustusi… read more
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11. Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
By: None
4.12
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'I see [Raworth] as the John Maynard Keynes of the 21st Century: by ref… read more
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12. Death Comes for the Archbishop
By: Willa Cather
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
There is something epic--and almost mythic--about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, al… read more
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13. Gravity's Rainbow
By: Thomas Pynchon , Andrés Ibáñez , None
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustiv… read more
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14. This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
By: Michael Kandel , Jan Kott , Tadeusz Borowski , None
3.92
Format: 594 pages, Paperback
Tadeusz Borowski's concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz… read more
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15. Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1)
By: Mervyn Peake
4.27
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
Starts with the birth and ends with the first birthday celebrations of the heir to the grand, tradi… read more
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16. To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant, #4)
By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
When a strikingly handsome young photographer mysteriously disappears, it's up to Inspector Alan Gr… read more
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17. The Magic Mountain
By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods
4.13
Format: 706 pages, Paperback
In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community devot… read more
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"Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul."-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain
"A harmful truth is better than a useful lie."-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain
"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain
"It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death."-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain
18. Simple Passion
By: Annie Ernaux
3.93
Format: 67 pages, Paperback
In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensn… read more
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"I experienced pleasure like a future pain."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"I do not wish to explain my passion—that would imply that it was a mistake or some disorder I need to justify—I just want to describe it."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"A partir du mois de septembre l'année dernière, je n'ai plus rien fait d'autre qu'attendre un homme : qu'il me téléphone et qu'il vienne chez moi."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"Yet it is that surreal, almost non-existent last visit that gives my passion its true meaning, which is precisely to be meaningless, and to have been for two years the most violent and unaccountable …"-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
19. Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
By: Anne Glenconner
4.06
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary memoir of drama, tragedy, and royal secrets by Anne Glenconner--a close member of … read more
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- history
"According to Princess Margaret, "You can't possibly have a picnic without your butler."-Anne Glenconner, Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
"One of the protocols of being in the company of a member of the Royal Family is that if they are standing, you have to stand - you can't sit down until they do. They seem to do an awful lot of standi…"-Anne Glenconner, Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
20. August Blue
By: Deborah Levy
3.68
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A new novel from the Booker Prize finalist Deborah Levy, the celebrated author of The Man Who Saw E… read more
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"We agreed that whatever happened next in the world, we would still rub conditioner into our hair after we washed it and comb it through to the ends, we would soften our lips with rose-, strawberry-, …"-Deborah Levy, August Blue
21. Notes on Grief
By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.22
Format: 86 pages, Hardcover
Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Ch… read more
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- essays
"I liked to call him 'a gentle man and a gentleman'."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
"I am afraid of tomorrow, and all the tomorrows after..."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
"It was not supposed to happen like this, not like a malicious surprise.."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
"Je vais parfaitement bien. Et c'était vrai. Jusqu'à ce que cela cesse de l'être."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
22. I Will Write to Avenge My People: The Nobel Lecture
By: Annie Ernaux
4.15
Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition
Published for the first time in a beautiful collectible edition, the essential lecture delivered by… read more
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- essays
- writing
23. Everybody: A Book About Freedom
By: Olivia Laing
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The body is a source of pleasure and of pain, at once hopelessly vulnerable and radiant with power… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- essays
24. Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
By: Stephen Fry
4.32
Format: 415 pages, Paperback
There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such … read more
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- history
"You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept that we have no will."-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"Wicked men never learn, for wicked men have no interest in myths, legends, and stories. If they had they would learn from them and triumph, so we must be glad of their ignorance and dullness of wits."-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"You see?' said Prometheus. 'It is your fate to be Heracles the hero, burdened with labours, yet it is also your choice. You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept …"-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"A fine statue of a naked Theseus stands proudly today in Athens' central place of assembly, the city's hub, Syntagma Square. Even today he is a focus of Athenian identity and pride. The ship he broug…"-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
25. Dearly
By: Margaret Atwood
3.74
Format: 124 pages, Hardcover
A new book of poetry from internationally acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling author Margaret … read more
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"If there were no emptiness, there would be no life."-Margaret Atwood, Dearly
"Lwy nie wiedzą, że są lwami. Nie wiedzą, jak bardzo są odważne"."-Margaret Atwood, Dearly
"Many things that are not what you want arrive in the disguise of flowers."-Margaret Atwood, Dearly
"Here are the tulips, budded and full-blown, their swoops and dips, their gloss and poses, the satin of their darks."-Margaret Atwood, Dearly
26. Self-Portrait as Othello
By: Jason Allen-Paisant
4.02
Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2023 Winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize 2023 Long… read more
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27. Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding
By: Ellena Savage
3.58
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
‘I mean who cares about opinions, gossip, whatever, when bodies are so vulnerable, in search only o… read more
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- essays
"Sadness is not always a terrible illness. Sadness is, perhaps, the most honest response to living."-Ellena Savage, Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding
"I need to manage the unmanageable, to contain, correct and formalise the world, because I need to survive it."-Ellena Savage, Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding
"Is 'self-care' a neoliberal scam promoting individualistic coping strategies in the absence of broader social obligations or the possibility of radical structural change? (Well, yes, I say to myself …"-Ellena Savage, Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding
"If there is always a question, and I believe there is, in this case it is this: where is home and what is freedom. The promise we accept is that freedom is the freedom to make ourselves anew, but in …"-Ellena Savage, Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding
28. Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Mass Suicide of Ordinary Germans in 1945
By: Florian Huber
4.08
Format: None pages, None
In 1945, as the army retreated, the German people were surrendered to the enemy with no means of de… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- war
29. Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life
By: John Kaag
3.67
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
From the celebrated author of American Philosophy: A Love Story and Hiking with Nietzsche, a compel… read more
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- history
"Acting as if the world is a welcoming and tender place occasionally has the effect of making it more so."-John Kaag, Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life
"[Death is] the seemingly most necessary aspect of life, the stupid punch line of this particular joke, the part of human existence that seems destined from the start."-John Kaag, Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life
"Falling in love and believing in free will are not all that different. Both are radical, life-altering, working hypotheses, verified or disproved in experience. Both involve the type of belief that o…"-John Kaag, Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life
30. In Search of the Free Individual: The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul
By: Svetlana Alexievich
4.31
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
"I love life in its living form, life that’s found on the street, in human conversations, shouts, a… read more
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- russia
- history
- world history
- politics
- war
- nonfiction
- essays
- writing
31. 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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- politics
- nonfiction
- essays
- writing
"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
