Beautiful Risk of Education (Interventions, Education, Philosophy, and Culture)
By: Gert J.J. Biesta
4.07
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
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1. Pedagogy of the Oppressed
By: Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None
4.30
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in En… read more
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- politics
- teaching
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- education
"Critical consciousness, they say, is anarchic."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"People educate each other through the mediation of the world."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"Word is not the privilege of some few persons but the right of everyone"-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
2. The Left Hand of Darkness
By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human… read more
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"The king was pregnant."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Truth is a matter of the imagination."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"The light is the left hand of darkness"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
3. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
By: David Talbot
4.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the mo… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
4. How We Think
By: John Dewey
4.10
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
One of America's foremost philosophers, John Dewey (1859-1952) fought for civil and academic freedo… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- teaching
- education
5. In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century
By: Geert Mak
4.35
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
From the First World War to the waning days of the Cold War, a poignant exploration on what it mean… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
6. The Silmarillion
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Ted Nasmith
4.01
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the an… read more
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"Nightingales sang about her wherever she went."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"No ames demasiado la obra de tus manos ni las invenciones de tu corazón."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
7. War and Peace
By: Leo Tolstoy , Louise Maude , Aylmer Maude , Henry Gifford
4.16
Format: 1392 pages, Paperback
In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. War and Pe… read more
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"God is the same everywhere."-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"Kings are the slaves of history."-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"Everything depends on upbringing. "-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"We are asleep until we fall in Love!"-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
8. De Camino
By: Anya Niewierra
4.00
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
In het nieuwe boek van Hebban Thrillerprijs-winnaar Anya Niewierra komt er een duister geheim naar … read more
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9. Morele ambitie
By: Rutger Bregman
3.71
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
De grootste verspilling van onze tijd is de verspilling van talent. Iedere carrière duurt 2.000 wer… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"De geschiedenis doet niks. Mensen doen dingen."-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie
"Het doel van leiderschap is om meer leiders te produceren, niet meer volgers."-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie
"De grote advieskantoren zitten vol met toptalenten die niet weten wat ze met hun talent aan moeten, en daarom maar consultant zijn geworden."-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie
"Ja, we hebben activisten nodig die strijden tegen al het onrecht in het hier en nu, maar er is ook behoefte aan makers en bouwers van de toekomst."-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie
10. Zachtop lachen
By: Malou Holshuijsen
4.30
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Zachtop lachen van Malou Holshuijsen gaat over een jonge vrouw met galgenhumor, een dode Indische o… read more
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11. Schemerleven
By: Jaap Robben
4.44
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Wanneer de jonge, vrijgevochten Frieda Tendeloo op een late wintermiddag in 1963 de dichtgevroren W… read more
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12. Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris
By: Anjet Daanje
4.38
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
Eliza May Drayden, het hoofdpersonage van Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris, is al dood als de ro… read more
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"De berg heeft zijn duistere kant verloren, het is een vriend geworden, zijn enige, want hij durft niemand meer te vertrouwen."-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris
"Alles verliest zijn waarde als het er altijd is, alsof je langzaam blind wordt. Dat hij van Sally hield, begreep hij ook pas toen ze langer de zijne was."-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris
"Een uur is een object, zo lijkt het, waarvan ze de omvang inschat aan de hand van wat haar ogen zien, en hier is niets dan duisternis, als een nachtkaars is de tijd gedoofd."-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris
"Alleen vanaf de drempel kijkend naar onze versimpelde, geordende wereld der grote dingen, ervaren we verandering, en dus Tijd. Die Tijd is het gevolg van ons onvermogen om de wereld te zien zoals hij…"-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris
13. Is het voor een cijfer?
By: Johannes Visser
3.72
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Jongeren ervaren steeds meer stress door school. Niet zo gek, want scholen zijn cijferfabrieken gew… read more
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- nonfiction
14. Het kan ook nooit normaal
By: Lieke Hester
4.05
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Een zakkenroller aanhouden, een lichaam zoeken in een donkere woning, een slechtnieuwsgesprek voere… read more
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15. Armoede uitgelegd aan mensen met geld
By: Tim 'S Jongers
4.16
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
In een land geregeerd door welvarende, hogeropgeleide mensen wordt op een beperkte en soms zelfs sc… read more
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- nonfiction
16. Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
By: Lewis Dartnell
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our speci… read more
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"We are as utterly reliant on fire today as were our Paleolithic ancestors who huddled around a campfire; we've just hidden it behind the scenes of the modern world."-Lewis Dartnell, Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
"...the iron in your blood not only links you to the ancient stars that created it in their nuclear forge but also to the magnetic shield around our world that protects life on Earth."-Lewis Dartnell, Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
"The carbon dioxide released by the combustion of fossil fuels has been rapidly increasing its level in the atmosphere, which is now 45 per cent higher that prior to the Industrial Revolution."-Lewis Dartnell, Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
"Since the early seventeenth century we’ve been fervently digging up this buried ancient carbon that cook tens of millions of years for the Earth to slowly stockpile, and we burned a great deal of it …"-Lewis Dartnell, Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
17. Onbehagen
By: Paul Verhaeghe
3.93
Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition
Een gevoel van onbehagen maakt deel uit van ons mens-zijn. Ondanks de welvaart op alle vlakken neem… read more
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- politics
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18. A Brief History of Equality
By: Thomas Piketty
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The world's leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimist… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
"The idea that each country–or worse yet–each person in each country is individually responsible for its production and its wealth, makes little sense from a historical point of view. All wealth is co…"-Thomas Piketty, A Brief History of Equality
"The growth of wealth in the Western world, like that in Japan or China, has long been based on the international division of labor and the feverish exploitation of natural and human resources worldwi…"-Thomas Piketty, A Brief History of Equality
19. Philosophy of Education
By: Nel Noddings
3.70
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
Acclaimed as the "best overview in the field" by the Teaching Philosophy and predicted to "become t… read more
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- nonfiction
- education
20. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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- nonfiction
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
21. Beautiful Risk of Education (Interventions, Education, Philosophy, and Culture)
By: Gert J.J. Biesta
4.07
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
This is a book about what many teachers know but are increasingly being prevented from talking tha… read more
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- education
