On the Edge of the New Century
By: Eric J. Hobsbawm
3.71
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
On the Edge of the New Century is the sequel to Eric Hobsbawm's The Age of Extremes , a book of ser…
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1. Doctor Zhivago
By: Boris Pasternak , John Bayley , Manya Harari , Max Hayward
4.01
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
This epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath on a bourgeois family … read more
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"Only the superfluous is sordid"-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
"Only the familiar transformed by genius is truly great."-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
"The last moments slipped by, one by one, irretrievable."-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
"And the strong are dominated by the weak and the ignoble."-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
2. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
By: Hannah Arendt
4.20
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Originally appearing as a series of articles in The New Yorker, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and s… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it—the quality of temptation."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"During the war, the lie most effective with the whole of the German people was the slogan of “the battle of destiny for the German people"-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"In the Third Reich evil lost its distinctive characteristic by which most people had until then recognized it. The Nazis redefined it as a civil norm."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
3. Waiting for the Barbarians
By: J.M. Coetzee
3.93
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny fr… read more
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"Nothing is worse than what we can imagine"-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
"Schmerz ist Wahrheit; alles andere wird angezweifelt."-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
"A fool in love is laughed at but in the end always forgiven"-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
"I am now no more than a pile of blood, bone and meat that is unhappy."-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
4. The Global Minotaur: America, the True Origins of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy
By: Yanis Varoufakis
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
In this remarkable and provocative book, Yanis Varoufakis explores the myth that financialisation, … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
5. Existentialism Is a Humanism
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre , Annie Cohen-Solal , None
4.25
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
It was to correct common misconceptions about his thought that Sartre accepted an invitation to spe… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
6. The Insulted and Humiliated
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Insulted & Injured, published soon after Dostoevsky's political imprisonment, clearly foreshado… read more
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7. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
By: Patricia Highsmith
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing co… read more
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8. Faust: First Part
By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more
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9. African History: A Very Short Introduction
By: John Parker , Richard Rathbone
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
This Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been i… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- world history
10. Fathers and Sons
By: Ivan Turgenev , None , None
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Bazarov—a gifted, impatient, and caustic young man—has journeyed from school to the home of his fri… read more
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- philosophy
"He has no faith in principles, only in frogs."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"Death's an old story, but new for each person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"However, I know myself as a very unhappy person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
11. Discourse on Colonialism
By: Robin D.G. Kelley , Aimé Césaire , Joan Pinkham
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Cesaire's essay stands as an important document in the development of third world consciousness--a… read more
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12. A Brief History of Neoliberalism
By: David Harvey
3.76
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
Neoliberalism--the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guid… read more
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13. The Burnout Society
By: Byung-Chul Han
5.00
Format: 172 pages,
Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather… read more
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14. 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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15. Season of Migration to the North
By: Tayeb Salih , Denys Johnson-Davies
3.72
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
After years of study in Europe, the young narrator of Season of Migration to the North returns to h… read more
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"شفق المغيب ليس دماً ، ولكنه حناء في قدم المرأة"-Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North
"لا يعنيني أن كان للحياة معنى أو لم يكن لها معنى."-Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North
"You are entitled to wonder and to doubt - you're free."-Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North
"أشباح الليل تتبخر مع الفجر ، وحمى النهار تبرد مع نسيم الليل"-Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North
16. Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
By: Yanis Varoufakis
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The #1 bestselling economist shows how capitalism has been replaced by a more exploitative system, … read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Il profitto è vulnerabile alla competizione di mercato, mentre la rendita non lo è."-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"Se non è un mercato capitalista, in cosa entriamo, buon Dio, quando andiamo su amazon.com ?"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"Oltre ad avvertirci che ogni nuova epoca forgiata da qualche tecnologia rivoluzionaria produce una generazione che “mai passerà un giorno immune da fatica e dolore, struggendosi anche di notte"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"La rivoluzione digitale potrebbe consistere nel trasformare i lavoratori salariati in proletari del cloud, che vivono una vita sempre più precaria e stressante sotto il controllo invisibile di capi a…"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
17. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
18. Tiamat
By: İhsan Oktay Anar
3.64
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
“Başlangıçta her şey soğuk, boş ve anlamsızdı. Kutsal Rüzgâr sular üzerinde okşar gibi anaforlarla … read more
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19. Bunu Herkes Bilir: Tarihteki Yanlış Sorulara Doğru Cevaplar
By: Emrah Safa Gürkan
4.09
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
BİLGİ, MİZAH VE ZEKÂ TARİHLE BİRLEŞİYOR. Elinizdeki kitap size tarihin şifrelerini, El Dorado’nu… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
20. Il fascismo eterno
By: Umberto Eco
4.33
Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition
“Ritengo sia possibile indicare una lista di caratteristiche tipiche di quello che vorrei chiamare … read more
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- philosophy
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"L’Ur-Fascismo si basa su un “populismo qualitativo"-Umberto Eco, Il fascismo eterno
"Libertà e liberazione sono un compito che non finisce mai."-Umberto Eco, Il fascismo eterno
"It would be so much easier for us, if there appeared on the world scene somebody saying "I want to reopen Auschwitz, I want the Black Shirts to parade again in the Italian squares". Life is not that …"-Umberto Eco, Il fascismo eterno
"Fu il fascismo italiano a convincere molti leader liberali europei che il nuovo regime stesse attuando interessanti riforme sociali in grado di fornire un’alternativa moderatamente rivoluzionaria all…"-Umberto Eco, Il fascismo eterno
21. Considerations on Western Marxism
By: Perry Anderson
4.01
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
This synoptic essay considers the nature and evolution of the Marxist theory that developed in West… read more
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22. On the Edge of the New Century
By: Eric J. Hobsbawm
3.71
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
On the Edge of the New Century is the sequel to Eric Hobsbawm's The Age of Extremes , a book of ser… read more
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23. Demokrat Parti: Tarihi ve İdeolojisi
By: Cem Eroğul
4.09
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Kimine göre, Demokrat Parti, Atatürk devrimlerini yok etmeyi amaç edinen ve bugün bu ereğine iyice … read more
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