8 must-read history books like Le Kgb Au Pouvoir: le système Poutine by Thierry Wolton

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Le Kgb Au Pouvoir: le système Poutine

By: Thierry Wolton

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Pocket Book

L'URSS n'est plus, le communisme a disparu d'Europe et pourtant les héritiers du KGB règnent en maî…

If you liked the history plot in Le Kgb Au Pouvoir: le système Poutine by Thierry Wolton , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by None, H.T. Willetts, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

1. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

By: None , H.T. Willetts , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

3.98

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn First published in the Soviet… read more

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  • russia
"A couple of ounces ruled your life."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"It's all so arty there's no art left in it."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"Two roubles. Worn notes that didn't rustle."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"Гении не подгоняют трактовку под вкус тиранов!"

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

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2. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

By: Peter Pomerantsev

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia, where even dictatorship is a r… read more

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  • russia
  • history
"We used to have this self-centred idea that Western democracies were the end-point of evolution, and we're dealing from a position of strength, and people are becoming like us. It's not that way. Bec…"

-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

"So you were dissidents? You believed in finishing the USSR?''No. It's not like that. You just speak several languages at the same time, all the time. There's like several "you"s.' Seen from this pers…"

-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

"That unique Moscow mix of tackiness and menace. One time I see a poster advertising a new property development that captures the tone nicely. Got up in the style of Nazi propaganda, it shows two Germ…"

-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

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3. Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception

By: Philip Houston , None , Susan Carnicero , None , Michael Floyd

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Three former CIA officers - among the world’s foremost authorities on recognizing deceptive behavio… read more

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"Людська поведінка не завжди логічна."

-Philip Houston, Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception

"There's only a casual relationship between human behavior and logic."

-Philip Houston, Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception

"Не можна приписувати поведінці значущість, якщо не знаєте її причин."

-Philip Houston, Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception

"Люди вірять у неправду не тому, що мусять, а тому, що хочуть. Малколм Маггерідж"

-Philip Houston, Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception

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4. Civilization: The West and the Rest

By: Niall Ferguson

3.86

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon … read more

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  • history
"We must resist the temptation to romanticize history's losers."

-Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest

"Institutions or products of culture. But they formalize a set of norms."

-Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest

"No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible."

-Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest

"After 1968 the restored communist regime required all Czech rock musicians to sit a written exam in Marxism Leninism"

-Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest

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5. Thinking, Fast and Slow

By: Daniel Kahneman

4.18

Format: 499 pages, Hardcover

In the highly anticipated Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of th… read more

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"A compelling narrative fosters an illusion of inevitability."

-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking of it."

-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it."

-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it"

-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

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6. The Spinoza Problem

By: Irvin D. Yalom

4.25

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

When sixteen-year-old Alfred Rosenberg is called into his headmaster’s office for anti-Semitic rema… read more

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"Dom nije mjesto - to je stanje svijesti."

-Irvin D. Yalom, The Spinoza Problem

"Omul fiind in totalitate parte a naturii, este incorect sa credem ca omul mai degraba tulbura, decat sa respecte ordinea naturii."

-Irvin D. Yalom, The Spinoza Problem

"…It seems impossible to overestimate their capacity for irrationality. Somewhere in this world, with every blink of the eye, a fool is born."

-Irvin D. Yalom, The Spinoza Problem

"تمام قوم اسرائیل در نگرش محترمانه خود به تورات، در همان گناهی دخیل بودند که خدا به وسیله موسی به آنها هشدار داده بود: بت برستی. در همه جا یهودیان نه بت هایی طلایی بلکه بت هایی از «کاغذ و جوهر» را می …"

-Irvin D. Yalom, The Spinoza Problem

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7. The Inspector General

By: Nikolai Gogol , None , None

2.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

Considered the high point of Gogol's writing for the stage and a masterpiece of dramatic satire, Th… read more

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  • russia

8. Putin's Russia: Life in a Failing Democracy

By: Arch Tait , Anna Politkovskaya

4.14

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

A searing portrait of a country in disarray, and of the man at its helm, from "the bravest of journ… read more

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9. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

By: Gabor Maté

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In this accessible and groundbreaking book--filled with the moving stories of real people--medical … read more

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10. Principles: Life and Work

By: Jeremy Bobb , Ray Dalio

3.99

Format: None pages, Audio CD

#1 New York Times Bestseller "Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving." … read more

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11. Digitale Demenz - Wie wir uns und unsere Kinder um den Verstand bringen

By: Manfred Spitzer

3.89

Format: 32 pages,

Digitale Medien nehmen uns geistige Arbeit ab. Was wir fruher einfach mit dem Kopf gemacht haben, w… read more

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12. A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

By: Mark Galeotti

3.88

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Russia’s epic and dramatic story told in an accessible, lively and short form, using the country's … read more

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  • russia
  • history
"History always wins."

-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

"As ever, though, facts take second place when it comes to building narratives of power and authority"

-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

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13. Le Mage du Kremlin

By: Giuliano da Empoli

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

On l’appelait le « mage du Kremlin ». L’énigmatique Vadim Baranov fut metteur en scène puis product… read more

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  • russia
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14. Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.21

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

Una suggestiva indagine dei meccanismi profondi che regolano la nostra esistenza, le decisioni che … read more

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"Reasoning can take you wherever you want to go."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

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15. De-a dacii și romanii: o introducere în istoria limbii și etnogenezei românilor

By: Dan Alexe

4.08

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

„Explicația că latinofonii – proto-românii – se retrăgeau în munți vreme de secole în timpul «invaz… read more

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  • history
Cover of In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying by Yongey Mingyur

16. In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

By: Yongey Mingyur

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

At thirty-six years old, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche was a rising star within his generation of Tibetan… read more

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"Actually, everything is in-between."

-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

"No separate me loved the world. The world was love. My perfect home. Vast and intimate. Every particle was alive with love, fluid, flowing, without barriers."

-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

"To approach the finality of our bodies while paying no attention to the mini-deaths of daily life is like confusing diamonds with pebbles and throwing them away."

-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

"It [mind of absolute reality] is everywhere and nowhere. It’s somewhat like sky—so completely integrated with our existence that we never stop to question its reality or to recognize its qualities."

-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

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17. Babel. La început a fost Cuvântul

By: Dan Alexe

4.02

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

„Originea limbajului a fascinat întotdeauna omenirea, în toate culturile. Cu toate astea, misterul … read more

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  • history
Cover of We Need to Talk About Putin: Why the West Gets Him Wrong, and How to Get Him Right by Mark Galeotti

18. We Need to Talk About Putin: Why the West Gets Him Wrong, and How to Get Him Right

By: Mark Galeotti

3.80

Format: 160 pages, ebook

A The Times best book of 2019 'In fewer than 150 pithy pages, Galeotti sketches a bleak, but con… read more

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  • history
"Those who do not regret the collapse of the Soviet Union have no heart, and those who do regret it have no brain."

-Mark Galeotti, We Need to Talk About Putin: Why the West Gets Him Wrong, and How to Get Him Right

"Russians can be unhappy, yet still loyal. Putin is to a large extent being rated not as a man, not even as a politician, but as an icon of Russia. To vote for him is not to endorse a program, but to …"

-Mark Galeotti, We Need to Talk About Putin: Why the West Gets Him Wrong, and How to Get Him Right

"Putin has no ideological commitment to anything, really, and so has no reason to try to impose totalitarianism. Ideologists are, after all, the scariest kinds of rulers, because they want to dictate …"

-Mark Galeotti, We Need to Talk About Putin: Why the West Gets Him Wrong, and How to Get Him Right

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19. Romania Under Communist Rule

By: Dennis Deletant

3.95

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

This book is the first synthesis of the history of communism in Romania, from the founding of the R… read more

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20. Le Kgb Au Pouvoir: le système Poutine

By: Thierry Wolton

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Pocket Book

L'URSS n'est plus, le communisme a disparu d'Europe et pourtant les héritiers du KGB règnent en maî… read more

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  • history
Cover of Drumul Damascului by Doina Jela

21. Drumul Damascului

By: Doina Jela

4.17

Format: 264 pages, None

„Doina Jela a avut curajul sa transcrie si scrie aceasta carte avand la temelie cruzimea in stare p… read more

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7 Top russia books like Le Kgb Au Pouvoir: le système Poutine by Thierry Wolton

Transform Your Habits

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

None , H.T. Willetts , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

Peter Pomerantsev

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Inspector General

Nikolai Gogol , None , None

2.70

Transform Your Habits

A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

Mark Galeotti

3.88

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9 Best history books like De-a dacii și romanii: o introducere în istoria limbii și etnogenezei românilor by Dan Alexe

Transform Your Habits

Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War

None , Larry Heinemann , Julia Whitby , Robin Whitby , Svetlana Alexievich

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

Yanis Varoufakis

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World

Catherine Nixey

4.06

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De-a dacii și romanii: o introducere în istoria limbii și etnogenezei românilor

Dan Alexe

4.08

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