Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century (Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity)
By: Kathryn Sikkink
4.13
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
A history of the successes of the human rights movement and a case for why human rights work Evi…
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1. We Should All Be Feminists
By: None , Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.40
Format: 65 pages, Kindle Edition
What does “feminism” mean today? That is the question at the heart of We Should All Be Feminists, a… read more
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"I am just as human as the man."-None, We Should All Be Feminists
"I often wear clothes that men don’t like or don’t “understand."-None, We Should All Be Feminists
"Both men and women will say: “I did it for peace in my marriage."-None, We Should All Be Feminists
"It is one thing to know something intellectually and quite another to feel it emotionally"-None, We Should All Be Feminists
2. La libertà degli antichi, paragonata a quella dei moderni
By: Benjamin Constant , Dino Cofrancesco , Govanni Paoletti
3.83
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
Per quanto grande sia la fama dei suoi scritti, ancora oggi il nome di Constant è legato soprattutt… read more
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3. Between the World and Me
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.40
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
“This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live wi… read more
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"Soft or hard, love was an act of heroism."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
"My work is to give you what I know of my own particular path while allowing you to walk your own."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
"I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
"You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
4. Leviathan
By: Thomas Hobbes , Crawford Brough Macpherson
3.71
Format: 736 pages, Paperback
'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short' Written during the chaos of the En… read more
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"Hell is truth seen too late."-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
"LET THE GAY BEGI- I MEAN GAMES BEGIN!"-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
"The Conscience is a thousand witnesses."-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
" Scientia potentia est. Knowledge is power."-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
5. The Social Contract
By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Maurice Cranston
3.78
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
"Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains." These are the famous opening words of a trea… read more
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"The truth brings no man a fortune"-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers."-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered." (Bk2:8)"-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"Renunciar a la libertad es renunciar a la condición de hombre."-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
6. Capital in the Twenty-First Century
By: Thomas Piketty , Arthur Goldhammer
4.61
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions abou… read more
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8. The Souls of Black Folk
By: W.E.B. Du Bois , None , None
3.62
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) is the greatest of African American intellectuals--a s… read more
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9. The Night Watchman
By: Louise Erdrich
4.10
Format: 464 pages, ebook
Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather … read more
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"But every so often the government remembered about Indians and when they did they always tried to solve Indians, thought Thomas. They solve us by getting rid of us. And do they tell us when they plan…"-Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman
10. How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
By: Steven Levitsky
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is ou… read more
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- nonfiction
"Authoritarian politicians cast their rivals as criminal, subversive, unpatriotic, or a threat to national security or the existing way of life."-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"The drift into authoritarianism doesn’t always set off alarm bells. Citizens are often slow to realize that their democracy is being dismantled even as it happens before their eyes."-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"Institutions become political weapons, wielded forcefully by those who control them against those who do not. This is how elected autocrats subvert democracy—packing and “weaponizing"-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"But when faced with a would-be authoritarian, establishment politicians must unambiguously reject him or her and do everything possible to defend democratic institutions—even if that means temporaril…"-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
11. Chisungu: A Girl's Initiation Ceremony Among the Bemba of Zambia (Routledge Classics)
By: Audrey I. Richards
3.27
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
While there have been a number of descriptions and interpretations of boys' initiation rituals, Aud… read more
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12. Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century (Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity)
By: Kathryn Sikkink
4.13
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
A history of the successes of the human rights movement and a case for why human rights work Evi… read more
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- law
13. Towards A Westphalia for the Middle East
By: Patrick Milton
3.63
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
It was the original forever war, which went on interminably, fuelled by religious fanaticism, perso… read more
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14. Schools and Styles of Anthropological Theory
By: Matei Candea
3.33
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
This book presents an overview of important currents of thought in social and cultural anthropology… read more
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15. Democracy: The Unfinished Journey, 508 BC to AD 1993
By: John Dunn
3.52
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The form of democracy first introduced 2,500 years ago by Kleisthenes--introduced, some scholars sa… read more
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16. Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future (Canto original series)
By: John Dunn
3.54
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
John Dunn's Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future demonstrates that the major traditio… read more
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