Is Capitalism Working?
By: Jacob Field
3.61
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
This engaging and accessible volume in the “Big Idea” series lays out the history of capitalism, ex…
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1. The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People
By: Meik Wiking
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Lykke (Luu-kah) (n): Happiness Meik Wiking is the CEO of the world's only Happiness Research Ins… read more
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- nonfiction
"Remember: Danes are direct descendants of Vikings, so we enjoy watching things burn: bonfires, candles, villages. It's all good."-Meik Wiking, The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People
"Some of the best decisions we make come from that inner voice that says, "Why not?" That says, "Andiamo." So much disappointment arises from what is desired but not chosen."-Meik Wiking, The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People
"My, ludzie, jesteśmy szczęśliwsi, kiedy czujemy się związani z innymi. Oczywiście za tym, co nas uszczęśliwia, musi stać coś więcej niż tylko zaspokojenie tęsknoty za miłością, przyjaźnią i wspólnotą…"-Meik Wiking, The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People
"For the ambitious among us, once we reach our goal we soon formulate another to pursue. This is the hedonic treadmill. We continuously raise the bar for what we want or feel we need in order to be ha…"-Meik Wiking, The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People
2. Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update
By: Donella H. Meadows , Jørgen Randers , Dennis L. Meadows
4.22
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
In 1972 four young scientists at MIT wrote The Limits to Growth, which shocked theworld and became … read more
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- politics
- economics
- nonfiction
"Faith in technology as the ultimate solution to all problems can thus divert our attention from the most fundamental problem-the problem of growth in a finite system and prevent us from taking effect…"-Donella H. Meadows, Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update
3. The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
By: Dan Ariely
3.93
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality ret… read more
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- social science
- economics
- nonfiction
"The more cashless our society becomes, the more our moral compass slips."-Dan Ariely, The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
"[..] we human beings are ready and willing to steal something that does not explicitly reference monetary value - that is, something that lacks the face of a dead president."-Dan Ariely, The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
"By the time [people] finish entering all the data onto the form, it is too late. The cheating is done and over with, and no one will say, 'Oh, I need to sign this thing, let me go back and give hones…"-Dan Ariely, The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
"Moreover, grandmothers of students who aren't doing so well in class are at even higher risk - students who are failing are fifty times more likely to lose a grandmother compared with non-failing stu…"-Dan Ariely, The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
4. On Chesil Beach
By: Ian McEwan
3.21
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. It is… read more
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5. Selected Poems of Apollinaire
By: Guillaume Apollinaire , Oliver Bernard
3.94
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
Apollinaire's poetry reflects the heady years of artistic and intellectual ferment before the First… read more
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6. Introducing Psychology: A Graphic Guide
By: None
3.95
Format: None pages,
What is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with rel… read more
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- nonfiction
7. The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions
By: Jason Hickel
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
For decades we have been told a story about the divide between rich countries and poor countries. … read more
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8. A Short History of Progress
By: Ronald Wright
4.04
Format: 431 pages, Paperback
Each time history repeats itself, the cost goes up. The twentieth century--a time of unprecedented … read more
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9. Bad Feminist
By: Roxane Gay
4.08
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink--al… read more
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11. Alfred Schnittke
By: Alexander Ivashkin
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
This biography of the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke (born in 1934) presents a portrait of a man… read more
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12. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
By: Daniel H. Pink
3.79
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Everyone knows that timing is everything. But we don't know much about timing itself. Our lives are… read more
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- nonfiction
13. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
By: Tim Marshall
4.20
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in… read more
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- politics
- economics
- history
- nonfiction
"Vietnam is an irritation for China. For centuries the two have squabbled over territory, and unfortunately for both this is the one area to the south which has a border an army can get across without…"-Tim Marshall, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
14. Qui a tué mon père
By: Édouard Louis
4.16
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
« Est-ce qu’il est normal d’avoir honte d’aimer ? » Édouard Louis a publié deux livres, En finir… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"September 2017 Emmanuel Macron condemns the “laziness"-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père
"You were as much a victim of the violence you inflicted as of the violence you endured."-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père
"What we call history is nothing but the story of the same emotions, the same joys, reproduced across bodies and time"-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père
"Where is history? The history they taught at school was not your own. We were learning world history, and you were left out."-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père
15. Women & Power: A Manifesto
By: Mary Beard
4.03
Format: 115 pages, Hardcover
At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly att… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Nuestro modelo cultural y mental de persona poderosa sigue siendo irrevocablemente masculino"-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto
"I do wonder if, in some places, the presence of large numbers of women in parliament means that parliament is where the power is not."-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto
"It was not all quite so simple, that real equality between women and men was still a thing of the future, and that there were causes for anger as well as for celebration."-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto
"A verdade pura e dura é que as amazonas eram um mito grego masculino. (..) A ideia subjacente era que o dever dos homens consistia em salvar a civilização do domínio das mulheres."-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto
16. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
By: Cathy Park Hong
4.21
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose the trut… read more
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- nonfiction
"When I hear the phrase “Asians are next in line to be white,"-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
"The avant-garde genealogy could be tracked through stories of bad-boy white artists who “got away with it,"-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
"the curse of anyone nonwhite is that you are so busy arguing what you're not that you never arrive at what you are."-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
"Hollywood is still so racist against Asians that when there’s a rare Asian extra in a film, I tense up for the chinky joke and relax when there isn’t one."-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
17. The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)
By: Amanda Lovelace
3.73
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The witch: supernaturally powerful, inscrutably independent, and now—indestructible. These moving, … read more
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- nonfiction
" -call us alexandria "-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)
"Confiança não é egocentrismo"-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)
"Fuck the idea of staying calm."-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)
"i am the girl with the arsonist heart"-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)
18. Oikeusjuttu
By: Johanna Vehkoo
4.39
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Hätkähdyttävä tositarina eräästä kunnianloukkausoikeudenkäynnistä ”Mitään ei saa enää sanoa”, ku… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"Jos on selvästi kyse aivan sietämättömästä pelleilystä, journalistit voisivat mieluusti kirjoittaa, että nyt on kuulkaa kyse aivan sietämättömästä pelleilystä."-Johanna Vehkoo, Oikeusjuttu
"Se ei ole sananvapauden rajoittamista, jos joku on kanssanne eri mieltä internetissä. Sananvapautta on mahdollista rajoittaa ennakkosensuurilla tai jälkikäteen annettavalla rangaistuksella."-Johanna Vehkoo, Oikeusjuttu
"Ei äärioikeistolaisen kutsuminen natsiksi tai rasistiksi ole sellaisenaan mitään vihapuhetta. Äärioikeistolaiset eivät ole poljettu kansanryhmä. He pyrkivät aktiivisesti sorsimaan muita, jotka ovat v…"-Johanna Vehkoo, Oikeusjuttu
"Niin kauan kuin kirjoitan disinformaatiosta, tietty porukka vihaa minua. Heille minä edustan poliittista vihollista. He ovat tehneet minusta osapuolen taistelussa, johon olen kieltäytynyt osallistuma…"-Johanna Vehkoo, Oikeusjuttu
19. Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
By: Jason Hickel
4.51
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we mu… read more
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- politics
- economics
- history
- nonfiction
"Individuality is an illusion. Life on this planet is an interwoven mesh of relational becoming."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"We will find ourselves plunging into ecological collapse well before we run into the limits to growth."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"It is politically easier to rev up GDP and hope some of it trickles down to the poor than it is to distribute existing income more fairly."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"Atmospheric carbon concentration should not breach 350ppm if the climate is to remain stable (we crossed that boundary in 1990, and hit 415ppm in 2020)."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
20. Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
By: Carl T. Bergstrom
4.11
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Bullshit isn't what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misin… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"Перефразовуючи Алена Ґінзберґа, програміст і бізнесмен Джеф Гаммербахер 2011 року гірко зауважив, що «найсвітліші голови мого покоління думають, як змусити людей клацати на оголошення в інтернеті, — …"-Carl T. Bergstrom, Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
"People worry that AI has surpassed humans, but we doubt AI will claim this award anytime soon. One might think that the TED brand of bullshit is just a cocktail of sound-bite science, management-spea…"-Carl T. Bergstrom, Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
21. Apartament w hotelu Wojna: Reportaż z Donbasu
By: Tomáš Forró
4.68
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
"Donieck to miasto jak każde inne – pod warunkiem że nie weźmie się pod uwagę wojny na jego przedmi… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
22. Allein
By: Daniel Schreiber
3.87
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Zu keiner Zeit haben so viele Menschen allein gelebt, und nie war elementarer zu spüren, wie brutal… read more
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- nonfiction
"Doch der springende Punkt all dieser Serien, das, worauf sie immer zusteuern, wird leicht übersehen: Sie enden damit, dass ausnahmslos alle ihrer Protagonistinnen und Protagonisten Partnerinnen und P…"-Daniel Schreiber, Allein
"Ich glaube, dass Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftsteller so gerne wandern gehen, weil es ein gutes Mittel gegen die dunklen Zustände ist, die einen, ob man es will oder nicht, bei der einsamen Arbeit …"-Daniel Schreiber, Allein
"Das Glück der Freundschaft besteht gerade nicht in ihrem Ideal. Es stellt sich nicht ein, wenn lediglich die eigenen Bedürfnisse nach der Aufmerksamkeit anderer Menschen erfüllt werden, wenn wir sie …"-Daniel Schreiber, Allein
"Bei Durchblättern von Büchern, die ich immer wieder zur Hand nehme, stoße ich auf Unterstreichungen wie diese: »Heute, so scheint es ihm, schreibt er mehr aus einer freien Position heraus. … Er sagt …"-Daniel Schreiber, Allein
23. Wozu Rassismus?
By: Aladin El-Mafaalani
4.49
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
Umfassend, kurz, aktuell und fundiert. Hier erfährt man alles, was man zum Thema Rassismus wissen m… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Rassismus erzeugt Selbstwert durch Abwertung der anderen und Aufwertung der eigenen Zugehörigkeit. Diese psychologische Wirkung trägt auch zu seiner Stabilisierung und Persistenz bei. In allen Dimens…"-Aladin El-Mafaalani, Wozu Rassismus?
24. Kotileikki
By: Natalia Kallio
3.33
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
Lähiökerrostalon pihalta kurkottava väkevä kasvukertomus Esikoisromaani kuvaa sukupolvien yli ja… read more
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25. Subutex-kaupungin kasvatit
By: Laura Juntunen
3.62
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
Kaunistelematon ja läheltä kuvattu tositarina Subutex-kaupungin eli Raahen pojista, joiden elämässä… read more
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- nonfiction
26. There Are No Accidents
By: Jessie Singer
4.33
Format: None pages, None
A journalist recounts the surprising history of accidents and reveals how they’ve come to define al… read more
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- politics
- economics
- history
- nonfiction
"It is an act of love to demand accountability for the dead. And it takes rage to prevent the same accidents from happening again."-Jessie Singer, There Are No Accidents
"Blame and the punishment that follows may satisfy the thirst for vengeance. But we cannot punish and learn at the same time. Punishment keeps in place the belief that the system is safe and the human…"-Jessie Singer, There Are No Accidents
27. Feministkou snadno a rychle
By: Lucie Jarkovská
4.28
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Feministky řeší nesmysly jako je pouštění žen do dveří. Ženy by měly mít děti. Mělas prostě říct ne… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
28. How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
By: Adam Rutherford
3.90
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Race is not a biological reality. Racism thrives on our not knowing this. Racist pseudoscience … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"When you have only ever experienced privilege, equality feels like oppression."-Adam Rutherford, How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
"Race is a social construct. This does not mean that it is invalid or unimportant."-Adam Rutherford, How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
"For humans, there are no purebloods, only mongrels enriched by the blood of multitudes."-Adam Rutherford, How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
"Scientific racism’ or ‘race science’ are both misnomers. These are pseudoscientific domains."-Adam Rutherford, How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
29. Cat Brushing
By: Jane Campbell
3.64
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A rousing and original debut story collection that probes the erotic, emotional, and intellectual l… read more
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30. How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking
By: Viv Groskop
3.68
Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition
A powerful book about what happens when women find their voice.INCLUDES A NEW INTRODUCTION AND BONU… read more
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- nonfiction
31. Is Capitalism Working?
By: Jacob Field
3.61
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
This engaging and accessible volume in the “Big Idea” series lays out the history of capitalism, ex… read more
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- social science
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- economics
