Poverty: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: Philip N. Jefferson
3.56
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
No one wants to live in poverty. Few people would want others to do so. Yet, we find ourselves in a…
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By: William S. Burroughs , Barry Miles , James Grauerholz
3.46
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
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"Exterminate all rational thought"-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
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2. Debt: The First 5,000 Years
By: David Graeber
3.61
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was inve… read more
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By: Carlo Ginzburg , John Tedeschi , Anne Tedeschi
3.57
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
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4. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
By: Timothy Snyder
4.38
Format: 524 pages, Hardcover
Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime al… read more
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"Now we will live!"-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
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5. Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor
By: Amartya Sen , Paul Farmer
5.00
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
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6. Coming Up for Air
By: George Orwell
4.00
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
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7. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
By: Benedict Anderson
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
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8. Down and Out in Paris and London
By: George Orwell
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
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9. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain
By: Darío Fernández-Morera
3.71
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
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10. Keep the Aspidistra Flying
By: George Orwell
4.00
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11. Homage to Catalonia
By: George Orwell , Lionel Trilling
4.00
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3.23
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3.75
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
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3.71
Format: 399 pages, Hardcover
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15. Together We Will Go
By: J. Michael Straczynski
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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16. Having and Being Had
By: Eula Biss
3.83
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
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3.70
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
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3.69
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3.65
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20. China: The Bubble That Never Pops
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4.10
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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21. Poverty: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: Philip N. Jefferson
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Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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