American Shogun: General MacArthur, Emperor Hirohito and the Drama of Modern Japan
By: Robert Harvey
3.48
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Traces the post-World War II partnership of General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito, profili…
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By: Atul Gawande , None
3.98
Format: 574 pages,
In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medic… read more
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2. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
By: Max Brooks
4.40
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The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of… read more
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3. The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan Universe, #4)
By: Tom Clancy
4.16
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
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4. Midway: the Battle That Doomed Japan
By: Mitsuo Fuchida , None
4.50
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The great air and sea battle of World War II, as seen through Japanese eyes . . . For the Japanese,… read more
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5. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
By: Isabel Wilkerson
4.53
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken ca… read more
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"The price of privilege is the moral duty to act when one sees another person treated unfairly. And the least that a person in the dominant caste can do is not make the pain any worse."-Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
"A caste system is an artificial construction, a fixed and embedded ranking of human value that sets the presumed supremacy of one group against the presumed inferiority of other groups."-Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
"[Scapegoating] blames societal ills on the groups with the least power and the least say in how the country operates while allowing the larger framework and those who control and reap the dividends o…"-Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
"To dehumanize another human being is not merely to declare that someone is not human, and it does not happen by accident. It is a process, a programming. It takes energy and reinforcement to deny wha…"-Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
6. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.37
Format: 538 pages, Hardcover
The story of Chernobyl is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Adam … read more
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7. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
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4.43
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Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more
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8. Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World
By: Ha-Joon Chang
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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9. Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
By: Rachel Maddow
4.35
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"A trained Soviet KGB operative then heading its successor outfit, the FSB, Putin had done the sitting Russian president the memorable favor of successfully derailing the criminal investigation into t…"-Rachel Maddow, Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
"It's easy to look back on those strange days at the end of September 2003 and identify the warnings signs about Putin and Russia that American policy makers missed. But it would be unfair to them, an…"-Rachel Maddow, Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
10. American Shogun: General MacArthur, Emperor Hirohito and the Drama of Modern Japan
By: Robert Harvey
3.48
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Traces the post-World War II partnership of General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito, profili… read more
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- world war ii
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