Communication Power
By: Manuel Castells
3.96
Format: 571 pages, Hardcover
We live in the midst of a revolution in communication technologies that affects the way in which pe…
Want to Read $ 9.99"the media are not the holders of power, but they constitute by and large the space where power is decided."-Manuel Castells, Communication Power
"Yet, the main issue is not the shaping of the minds by explicit messages in the media, but the absence of a given content in the media."-Manuel Castells, Communication Power
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1. The Art of War
By: Sun Tzu , Thomas Cleary
3.95
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chines… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"Never venture, never win!"-Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"Danger has a bracing effect."-Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"The wise warrior avoids the battle."-Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"If his forces are united, separate them."-Sun Tzu, The Art of War
2. The Society of the Spectacle
By: Donald Nicholson-Smith , Guy Debord
4.02
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debord's The … read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
"Like lost children we live our unfinished adventures."-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle
"The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist."-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle
"La réalité du temps a été remplacée par la publicité du temps."-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle
"Spectacle is the sun that never sets over the empire of modern passivity"-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle
3. La tregua
By: Mario Benedetti
4.18
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
De las varias y buenas novelas de Mario Benedetti, LA TREGUA es la que ha alcanzado mayor favor del… read more
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- school
"Me aburrí de mí mismo, de mi propia paciencia."-Mario Benedetti, La tregua
"أنا وحدي مثل بطل ولكن دون أي مبرر للاحساس بالشجاعة"-Mario Benedetti, La tregua
"أشعر أحيانا بالتعاسة لمجرد أني لا أعرف ما هو الشيء الذي أحن إليه."-Mario Benedetti, La tregua
"¿Por qué las palmas de mi mano tienen una memoria más fiel que mi memoria?"-Mario Benedetti, La tregua
4. Los recuerdos del porvenir
By: Elena Garro
4.33
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Los recuerdos del porvenir es la historia coral del pueblo de Ixtepec, en alguna llanura cerca de M… read more
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"Estoy y estuve en muchos ojos. Yo sólo soy memoria y la memoria que de mí se tenga."-Elena Garro, Los recuerdos del porvenir
"Él sabía que el porvenir era un retroceder veloz hacia la muerte y la muerte el estado perfecto, el momento precioso en que el hombre recupera plenamente su otra memoria."-Elena Garro, Los recuerdos del porvenir
"¡Los abogados...! ¿Y a quién van a juzgar? Esperamos la respuesta consabida: a los traidores de la Patria. ¿Qué traición y qué patria? La Patria en esos días llevaba el nombre doble de Calles-Obregón…"-Elena Garro, Los recuerdos del porvenir
"Aquí estoy, sentado sobre esta piedra aparente. Sólo mi memoria sabe lo que encierra. La veo y me recuerdo, y como el agua va al agua, así yo, melancólico, vengo a encontrarme en su imagen cubierta p…"-Elena Garro, Los recuerdos del porvenir
5. Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
By: bell hooks
4.18
Format: None pages,
Acclaimed cultural critic bell hooks offers an open-hearted and welcoming vision of gender, sexuali… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
6. The Prince
By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez
3.84
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
- school
"Is it better to be loved or feared?"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
7. Thus Spoke Zarathustra
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann
4.07
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- psychology
"He who obeys, does not listen to himself!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon nod off."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
8. Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming
By: Eric Matthes
5.00
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
Python Crash Courseis a fast-paced, thorough introduction to programming with Python that will have… read more
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- nonfiction
9. Propaganda
By: Edward L. Bernays
3.41
Format: 549 pages, Paperback
"Bernays' honest and practical manual provides much insight into some of the most powerful and infl… read more
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- politics
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
10. 2666
By: Roberto Bolaño
4.21
Format: 1128 pages, Paperback
A cuatro profesores de literatura, Pelletier, Morini, Espinoza y Norton, los une su fascinación por… read more
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"Nothing is ever behind us."-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
"Reading is never a waste of time."-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
"Every hundred feet the world changes"-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
"The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower."-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
11. Seeing
By: Margaret Jull Costa , José Saramago
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote.… read more
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12. Prisión Verde
By: Ramón Amaya Amador
4.25
Format: None pages,
La mas famosa drama-novela de Ramon Amaya Amador, publicada por primera vez en 1950,ha sido traduci… read more
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13. El túnel
By: None
5.00
Format: None pages,
Breve e intensa novela publicada en 1948, este logrado fruto de la denominada "literatura existenci… read more
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14. The Fall
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien
4.01
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searin… read more
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15. How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
By: Steven Levitsky
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is ou… read more
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- social science
- politics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
"Authoritarian politicians cast their rivals as criminal, subversive, unpatriotic, or a threat to national security or the existing way of life."-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"The drift into authoritarianism doesn’t always set off alarm bells. Citizens are often slow to realize that their democracy is being dismantled even as it happens before their eyes."-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"Institutions become political weapons, wielded forcefully by those who control them against those who do not. This is how elected autocrats subvert democracy—packing and “weaponizing"-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"But when faced with a would-be authoritarian, establishment politicians must unambiguously reject him or her and do everything possible to defend democratic institutions—even if that means temporaril…"-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
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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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
"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. Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
By: Francis Fukuyama
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order offers a provocative examin… read more
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- cultural
- social science
- politics
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
"Who am I, really?"-Francis Fukuyama, Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
"The focus on lived experience by identity groups valorizes inner selves experienced emotionally rather than examined rationally. Notes one observer, “Our political culture is marked, at the micro lev…"-Francis Fukuyama, Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
"Confusion over identity arises as a condition of living in the modern world. Modernization means constant change and disruption, and the opening up of choices that did not exist before. It is mobile,…"-Francis Fukuyama, Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
"But as important as material self-interest is, human beings are motivated by other things as well, motives that better explain the disparate events of the present. This might be called the politics o…"-Francis Fukuyama, Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
18. Está entre nosotros: ¿De dónde sale y hasta dónde puede llegar la extrema derecha que no vimos venir? (Singular) (Spanish Edition)
By: Pablo Semán
4.00
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
En 2023 la extrema derecha ganó el balotaje y logró lo llegar al gobierno en el país del Nunca Más… read more
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19. Capital cultural, escuela y espacio social
By: Pierre Bourdieu
4.09
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
Este volumen reune ensayos, entrevistas e intervenciones públicas de Pierre Bourdieu. En ellos, el … read more
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- sociology
20. Communication Power
By: Manuel Castells
3.96
Format: 571 pages, Hardcover
We live in the midst of a revolution in communication technologies that affects the way in which pe… read more
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- communication
- cultural
- internet
- social science
- school
- politics
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
"the media are not the holders of power, but they constitute by and large the space where power is decided."-Manuel Castells, Communication Power
"Yet, the main issue is not the shaping of the minds by explicit messages in the media, but the absence of a given content in the media."-Manuel Castells, Communication Power
