12 Top nonfiction books like The Tyranny of the Clock by George Woodcock

Cover of The Tyranny of the Clock by George Woodcock

The Tyranny of the Clock

By: George Woodcock

4.14

Format: 5 pages, None

(First published in 'War Commentary - For Anarchism' mid-march 1944) "...The new capitalists, in…

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Cover of Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche, Michael Tanner, R.J. Hollingdale

1. Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The noble soul reveres itself"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"...all that is rare is for the rare."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"In music the passions enjoy themselves."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"One is punished most for one’s virtues."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • essays
"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

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3. Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

By: David Graeber

4.21

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy—everywhere, that is, except the ac… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • essays
"...státní aparát [...] skupina lidí, kteří si jako jediní osobují právo - alespoň tehdy, když jsou ve své oficiální roli - používat násilí."

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

"The theory of exodus proposes that the most effective way of opposing capitalism and the liberal state is not through direct confrontation but by means of what Paolo Virno has called “engaged withdra…"

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

"A revolution on a world scale will take a very long time. But it is also possible to recognize that it is already starting to happen. The easiest way to get our minds around it is to stop thinking ab…"

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

"... most Amazonians don't want to give others the power to threaten them with physical injury if they don't do as they are told. Maybe we should better be asking what it says about ourselves that we …"

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

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4. The Soul of Man Under Socialism

By: Oscar Wilde

3.91

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

In The Soul of Man under Socialism Oscar Wilde expounds on an anarchist world view. Wilde argues th… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • essays
"The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great."

-Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

"The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace."

-Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

"It is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg."

-Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

"The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence."

-Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

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5. Berenice

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.00

Format: 12 pages, Paperback

Bereniceis a horror short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The tale is centered on the death of a young gi… read more

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6. 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

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7. Vices Are Not Crimes: A Vindication

By: Lysander Spooner

3.75

Format: None pages,

In the midst of this endless variety of opinion, what man, or what body of men, has the right to sa… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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8. 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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  • nonfiction
"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

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9. Venus in Furs

By: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch , Joachim Neugroschel , Larry Wolff

3.59

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

'Venus in Furs' describes the obsessions of Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman who desires … read more

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10. The Solar Anus

By: Georges Bataille

3.62

Format: 120 pages,

The Solar Anus is a short Surrealist text written by the French writer and philosopher Georges Bata… read more

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  • essays

11. Postscript on the Societies of Control

By: Gilles Deleuze

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

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12. Desert

By: Anonymous

4.23

Format: 166 pages,

A text that plays significantly on the invisible committee's concept of desert and also desertion, … read more

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13. The Anti-Christ

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , H.L. Mencken

3.68

Format: 420 pages,

Monumento de escandalo para idiotas, arma arrojadiza en manos torpes, o cumbre postuma del inquieta… read more

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14. Civil Disobedience

By: Henry David Thoreau

3.80

Format: None pages,

Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience was originally published in 1849 as Resistance to Civil Go… read more

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15. Mutual Aid

By: Pyotr Kropotkin

3.78

Format: 584 pages, Paperback

In 'Mutual Aid', Peter Kropotkin attacks the use of Darwinism as a social theory, arguing that coop… read more

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16. What Is Philosophy?

By: Gilles Deleuze , Félix Guattari

3.51

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Called by many France's leading intellectual, Gilles Deleuze is one of the most important philosoph… read more

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17. Masochism: Coldness and Cruelty & Venus in Furs

By: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch , Gilles Deleuze , Jean McNeil

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In his stunning essay, Coldness and Cruelty, Gilles Deleuze provides a rigorous and informed philos… read more

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18. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

By: Aldous Huxley

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more

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19. Manifesto Cyborg

By: Donna J. Haraway

3.26

Format: 32 pages,

Dopo aver tematizzato l'esistenza del cyborg, "creatura della realta sociale econtemporaneamente de… read more

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20. The Abolition of Work & Other Essays

By: Bob Black

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

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21. An Appeal to the Young

By: Pyotr Kropotkin

4.50

Format: None pages,

Emeis oloi pou upopheroume, apoteloume ena terastio plethos pou kaneis den mporei na upologisei. Ei… read more

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22. 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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23. On Authority

By: Friedrich Engels

3.85

Format: 4 pages, article

Este eBook foi convertido ao formato digital por uma comunidade de voluntários. Você pode encontra-… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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24. The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.60

Format: 5 pages, ebook

In The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, visionary author Ursula K. Le Guin retells the story of human… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • essays
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25. Stirner's Critics

By: Max Stirner

3.99

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Brand new translation of Stirner's responses to his critics, translated with care by Wolfi Landstre… read more

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  • politics

26. The Minimum Definition of Intelligence: Theses on the Construction of One's Own Self-theory

By: For Ourselves!

4.18

Format: None pages, None

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27. Art and Religion

By: Max Stirner

3.52

Format: 74 pages, Paperback

Art and Religion is a collection of Max Stirner's lesser known works from Art and Religion to You o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • essays
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28. Be Gay Do Crime

By: Mary Nardini Gang

4.51

Format: 125 pages, None

Among the discordant chorus of anons who penned the defining texts of the queer anarchist network B… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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29. The Tyranny of the Clock

By: George Woodcock

4.14

Format: 5 pages, None

(First published in 'War Commentary - For Anarchism' mid-march 1944) "...The new capitalists, in… read more

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  • politics
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30. Your Politics Are Boring As Fuck

By: CrimethInc.

3.32

Format: 1 pages, None

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  • politics

31. Egoist-Communism: What It Is and What It Isn’t

By: Dr. Bones

4.60

Format: 5 pages, None

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4.02

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3.91

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