The Russian Economy: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: Richard Connolly
3.54
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Russia today is as prominent in international affairs as it was at the height of the Cold War. Yet …
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1. World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction
By: Immanuel Wallerstein
3.91
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
In World-Systems Analysis , Immanuel Wallerstein provides a concise and accessible introduction to … read more
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"The capitalist world-economy needs the states, needs the interstate system, and needs the periodic appearance of hegemonic powers. But the priority of capitalists is never the maintenance, much less …"-Immanuel Wallerstein, World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction
2. The Adventures of Augie March
By: Christopher Hitchens , Saul Bellow
3.84
Format: 586 pages, Paperback
Augie comes on stage with one of literature’s most famous opening lines. “I am an American, Chicago… read more
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"God may save all, but human rescue is only for a few."-Christopher Hitchens, The Adventures of Augie March
"Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities."-Christopher Hitchens, The Adventures of Augie March
"Many common lies and hypocrisies are like that, just out of the harmony of the moment."-Christopher Hitchens, The Adventures of Augie March
"The lesson of an American life like my father's... is that achievements are compatible with decency (112)."-Christopher Hitchens, The Adventures of Augie March
3. The Twelve Caesars
By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more
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- history
4. Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
By: bell hooks
3.91
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking work of feminist history and theory analyzing the complex relations between variou… read more
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- politics
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5. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
By: Sylvia Plath , Karen V. Kukil
3.31
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
First U.S. Publication A major literary event--the complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath, p… read more
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6. The Mystery of the Yellow Room
By: Gaston Leroux
3.64
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
The young lady had just retired to her room when sounds of a struggle ensue, and cries of "Murder!"… read more
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7. The Internet of Things
By: Samuel Greengard
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
We turn on the lights in our house from a desk in an office miles away. Our refrigerator alerts us … read more
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8. The Art of Seduction
By: Robert Greene , Робърт Грийн
4.00
Format: 139 pages, Paperback
The season's most talked-about all-purpose personal strategy guide and philosophical compendium," s… read more
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9. The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
By: Angus Deaton
3.57
Format: 160 pages, ebook
The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Y… read more
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10. The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
By: Timothy Ferriss
3.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Thinner, bigger, faster, stronger... which 150 pages will you read? Is it possible to: Reach your g… read more
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11. On Bullshit
By: Harry G. Frankfurt
3.77
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A #1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is s… read more
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12. On Liberty
By: John Stuart Mill
3.97
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077 Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty p… read more
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"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
13. Quidditch Through the Ages
By: J.K. Rowling , None
4.89
Format: 78 pages, Hardcover
Did you know that: there are 700 ways of committing a foul in Quidditch? The game first began to ev… read more
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14. An Issue of Justice: Origins of the Israel/Palestine Conflict
By: Norman G. Finkelstein
3.62
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Finkelstein lays out the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict with clarity and passion, arguing… read more
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15. Dubliners
By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more
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16. Populism: A Very Short Introduction
By: Cas Mudde , None
3.75
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
Populism is a central concept in the current media debates about politics and elections. However, l… read more
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17. A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun (Brief History of Asia Series)
By: Jonathan Clements
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens… read more
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18. Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.21
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
Una suggestiva indagine dei meccanismi profondi che regolano la nostra esistenza, le decisioni che … read more
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"Reasoning can take you wherever you want to go."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
19. The Trading Game: A Confession
By: Gary Stevenson
4.26
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the tradin… read more
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20. The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World's Imagination
By: Jens Andersen
3.82
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary inside story of LEGO, based on unprecedented access to the company's archives and… read more
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21. Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
By: Greg McKeown
4.03
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Essentialism takes on the holy grail of human performance:… read more
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"What job have I hired this grudge to do?"-Greg McKeown, Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
"There is no mastery without mistakes, and there is no learning later without the courage to be rubbish."-Greg McKeown, Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
"Life doesn't have to be as hard and complicated as we make it. Each of us has -- as Robert Frost wrote -- "Promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep." No matter what challenges, obstacles or ha…"-Greg McKeown, Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
22. Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
By: Sebastian Junger
4.02
Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition
Sebastian Junger, the bestselling author of War and The Perfect Storm, takes a critical look at pos… read more
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"Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"Today's veterans often come home to find that, although they're willing to die for their country, they're not sure how to live for it."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain," one of the survivors wrote. "The equality of all men"."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"Disasters, he proposed, create a "community of sufferers" that allow individuals to experience an immensely reassuring connection to others"-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
23. Bronze Age Mindset
By: Bronze Age Pervert
3.84
Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition
Some say that this book, found in a safebox in the port area of Kowloon, was dictated, because Bron… read more
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"You idolize peasants. You look up to island savages living “at one with Nature,"-Bronze Age Pervert, Bronze Age Mindset
"Well as rare as beautiful bodies are, the mind in the same condition is even more rare. Let us strive, in our decrepit, cancerous and fetid world, for what is concrete and what we can try to attain. …"-Bronze Age Pervert, Bronze Age Mindset
"Animals walk around in a state of permanent religious intoxication. This is the natural condition of the mind and intellect, the moment-to-moment perception, of man as well. I heard some computer foo…"-Bronze Age Pervert, Bronze Age Mindset
24. The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
By: Carlo M. Cipolla
3.86
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
"A masterly book" --Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan"A classic" --Simon Kuper, Finan… read more
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"A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person."-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"احتمالية أن يكون شخص ما غبيا، مستقلة عن أي سمة أخرى يتصف بها هذا الشخص"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"The Second law of human stupidity: The probability that a certain person be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"If you lose we will be equals and stay friends forever, and if you win you'll take my precious blue flower as a prize and we stay friends forever. How lucky you are!"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
25. The Industrial Revolution
By: Patrick N. Allitt
4.25
Format: 19 pages, Audible Audio
From electric lights to automobiles to the appliances that make our lives easier at work and at hom… read more
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26. The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations
By: Philippe Aghion
4.13
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An Economist Best Book of the YearA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year From one of the wo… read more
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"The United States incarnates a more cutthroat form of capitalism, while the Scandinavian countries, and to a lesser extent Germany, are the representatives of a more cuddly capitalism. According to t…"-Philippe Aghion, The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations
"It may seem paradoxical that innovation should increase both the share of income of the richest 1 percent (top income inequality) and social mobility. Yet the comparison among different American stat…"-Philippe Aghion, The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations
27. Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know
By: Serhy Yekelchyk
3.89
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
Conventional wisdom dictates that Ukraine's political crises can be traced to the linguistic differ… read more
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28. The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings: A medieval ghost story
By: Dan Jones
3.45
Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition
A chilling medieval ghost story, retold by bestselling historian Dan Jones. Published in a beautifu… read more
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29. Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto
By: Aaron Bastani
3.70
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
A different kind of politics for a new kind of society--beyond work, scarcity and capitalism In … read more
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"We have a world to win"-Aaron Bastani, Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto
30. Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made
By: Vaclav Smil
4.06
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From one of the world's leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the tra… read more
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31. The Russian Economy: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: Richard Connolly
3.54
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Russia today is as prominent in international affairs as it was at the height of the Cold War. Yet … read more
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