What Use is Sociology?: Conversations with Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Keith Tester
By: Zygmunt Bauman
3.95
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
What's the use of sociology? The question has been asked often enough and it leaves a lingering dou…
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1. Oblomov
By: Ivan Goncharov , Stephen Pearl , Galya Diment
4.12
Format: 586 pages, Paperback
Even though Ivan Goncharov wrote several books that were widely read and discussed during his lifet… read more
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"Now or never. To be or not to be!"-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
"Love was life's hardest school of all."-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
"You have a lunatic before you who has been infected by passion."-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
"The common herd of "burghers", those cattle, complete with horns, who turn millstones with their bare hands."-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
2. L'Avare
By: Molière
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
Harpagon est un vieillard odieux et avare. Avare jusqu'au ridicule, puisqu'il fait comparaitre en j… read more
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3. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
By: Michel Foucault , Alan Sheridan , None , None , None
3.35
Format: 520 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . In this brilliant work, the mos… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
4. الهويات القاتلة
By: Amin Maalouf , أمين معلوف
3.97
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
"mndh 'n Gdrt lbnn llstqrr fy frns, km mn mr@ s'lny lb`D `n Tyb ny@ n knt 'sh`r bnfsy "frnsyan" 'm … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
5. The Art of Loving
By: Erich Fromm , Rainer Funk , Peter D. Kramer
3.45
Format: 94 pages, Paperback
The fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown mill… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
6. Puslu Kıtalar Atlası
By: İhsan Oktay Anar
3.84
Format: 736 pages, Paperback
Yeniceriler kapiyi zorlarken Uzun Ihsan Efendi hala malum konuyu dusunuyor, fakat isin icinden bir … read more
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7. To Live
By: Michael Berry , Yu Hua
4.34
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
From the author of Brothers and China in Ten Words this celebrated contemporary classic of Chinese … read more
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"It’s better to live an ordinary life. If you go on striving for this and that, you’ll end up paying with your life."-Michael Berry, To Live
8. Utopia
By: Paul Turner , Thomas More
3.55
Format: 113 pages, Paperback
In his most famous and controversial book, Utopia, Thomas More imagines a perfect island nation whe… read more
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- philosophy
"The change of the word does not alter the matter"-Paul Turner, Utopia
"Isn't this conception of absolute justice absolutely unjust?"-Paul Turner, Utopia
"Dünyada kaygısız, rahat yürekle, sevinçle yaşamaktan daha büyük zenginlik olabilir mi?"-Paul Turner, Utopia
"Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all."-Paul Turner, Utopia
9. The Gambler
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Gary Saul Morson
3.91
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
In this dark and compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young t… read more
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- philosophy
"Quien teme al lobo no se mete en el bosque."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler
"يجب ان يظل المال دون الأستقراطي، حتى لكأن الأستقراطي لا يكاد يحفل به أو يقلق له"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler
"En toda situación es posible comportarse con dignidad. Si hay lucha, que sea noble y no humillante."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler
"I believe he was feeling a bit nervous. Possibly it was my costume that took him aback. I was dressed quite well, even elegantly, and looked as if I belonged to the best society."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler
10. The Communist Manifesto
By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Gareth Stedman Jones
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of th… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
"The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Study of the past often turns into love of the past and a desire to keep it."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps"-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
11. The Nicomachean Ethics
By: Aristotle , Jonathan Barnes , None , Hugh Tredennick
3.99
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brie… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"Philosophy can make people sick."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"A man without regrets cannot be cured."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
12. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
By: Benedict Anderson
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
What makes people love and die for nations, as well as hate and kill in their name? While many stud… read more
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13. The Sense of an Ending
By: Julian Barnes
4.05
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single sitting, with stunning psychological and … read more
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14. Sevgili Arsız Ölüm
By: Latife Tekin
4.33
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
"1957 yilinda Kayserinin Bunyan kasabasina bagli Karacefenk koyunde dogdum. Yurumeyi ogrenir ogrenm… read more
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15. The Civilizing Process
By: Norbert Elias , Johan Goudsblom , None , Eric Dunning , None
3.00
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
The Civilizing Processstands out as Norbert Elias' greatest work, tracing the "civilizing" of manne… read more
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16. Simple Passion
By: Annie Ernaux
3.93
Format: 67 pages, Paperback
In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensn… read more
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"I experienced pleasure like a future pain."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"I do not wish to explain my passion—that would imply that it was a mistake or some disorder I need to justify—I just want to describe it."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"A partir du mois de septembre l'année dernière, je n'ai plus rien fait d'autre qu'attendre un homme : qu'il me téléphone et qu'il vienne chez moi."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"Yet it is that surreal, almost non-existent last visit that gives my passion its true meaning, which is precisely to be meaningless, and to have been for two years the most violent and unaccountable …"-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
17. The Dry Heart
By: Natalia Ginzburg
4.00
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
The Dry Heart begins and ends with the matter-of-fact pronouncement: “I shot him between the eyes.”… read more
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"I absorbed his every word and tried to see if there was any love in it."-Natalia Ginzburg, The Dry Heart
18. Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties
By: David de Jong
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors… read more
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- nonfiction
19. Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy
By: Richard Freiherr von Rosen
4.36
Format: 712 pages, Kindle Edition
A richly illustrated memoir by highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier—“recommended to anyone with an in… read more
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20. İstanbul'da İşgal Yılları
By: İ. Hakkı Sunata
4.09
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
15 Mayıs günü Yunanlılar İzmir'e asker çıkarmış. Bu, o gün öğleden sonra dedikodu kabilinden söylen… read more
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21. What Use is Sociology?: Conversations with Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Keith Tester
By: Zygmunt Bauman
3.95
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
What's the use of sociology? The question has been asked often enough and it leaves a lingering dou… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
