The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches
By: Brian MacArthur
3.90
Format: 672 pages, Paperback
*FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED* Whether it was Churchill rousing the British to take up arms or the …
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1. Orientalism
By: None , Edward W. Said
4.12
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the W… read more
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- history
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"Toda época y toda sociedad recrea sus «otros»."-None, Orientalism
"الإستشرق في جوهره مذهب سياسي فُرِضَ فَرْضاً على الشرق لأن الشرق كان أضعف من الغرب، وإنه تجاهل اختلاف الشرق الراجع إلى ضعفه."-None, Orientalism
"It seems a common human failing to prefer the schematic authority of a text to the disorientations of direct encounters with the human."-None, Orientalism
"إن مناقشات الشرق كانت تتسم بالغياب الكامل للشرق، لكن المرء يحس بأن المستشرق ومايقوله حاضران، ومع ذلك فيجب ألا ننسى أن الذي يمكِّن المستشرق من الحضور هو الغياب الفعلي للشرق."-None, Orientalism
2. Munich
By: Robert Harris
4.00
Format: None pages, ebook
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FATHERLAND, CONCLAVEAND AN OFFICER AND A SPY. September 1938 Hitler … read more
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- historical
3. Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw
By: Henry James
4.33
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, … read more
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- literature
- classics
4. Invisible Cities
By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver
4.11
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities v… read more
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- literature
5. As You Like It
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
As You Like Itis a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or … read more
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- literature
- classics
6. Hangover Square
By: Patrick Hamilton
3.89
Format: 704 pages, Paperback
Hamilton (1904-1962) captures the edgy, obsessive and eventually murderous mindset of a romanticall… read more
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7. Hold Your Own
By: Kae Tempest
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
Kate Tempest, winner of the Ted Hughes Prize for Brand New Ancients and widely regarded as the UK's… read more
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8. Why It's Still Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions
By: Paul Mason
4.50
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
Originally published in 2012 to wide acclaim, this updated edition, Why It's Still Kicking Off Ever… read more
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9. Hogfather (Discworld, #20; Death, #4)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.00
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Susan had never hung up a stocking . She'd never put a tooth under her pillow in the serious expect… read more
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10. The Tempest
By: William Shakespeare
4.27
Format: 127 pages,
In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare's most lyrical plays, Prospero--a magician on an… read more
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11. Planet of the Apes
By: Pierre Boulle , Xan Fielding
3.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Em pouco tempo, os desbravadores do espaco descobrem a terrivel verdade: nesse mundo, seus pares hu… read more
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12. 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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13. White Noise
By: Don DeLillo
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of Underworld and Libra, now a Netflix film… read more
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- literature
- classics
"The vast and terrible depth." “Of course,"-Don DeLillo, White Noise
"You are the happy one. I am the doomed fool."-Don DeLillo, White Noise
"Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level."-Don DeLillo, White Noise
"The family is the cradle of the world's misinformation."-Don DeLillo, White Noise
14. The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union
By: Serhii Plokhy
3.46
Format: 272 pages,
On Christmas Day 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union. By the next day … read more
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15. 3001: The Final Odyssey
By: Arthur C. Clarke
3.58
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The mysteries of the monoliths are revealed in this inspired conclusion to the Hugo Award–winning S… read more
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"Didn’t somebody once say ‘Politics is the art of the possible’?"-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey
"Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence"-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey
"Excessive interest in pathological behavior was itself pathological"-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey
"My favourite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence. [ Sources and Acknowledgements : Chapter 19]"-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey
16. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
By: Adam Hochschild
4.18
Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europe…"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
"Today we are less likely to speak of humanitarianism, with its overtones of paternalistic generosity, and more likely to speak of human rights. The basic freedoms in life are not seen as gifts to be …"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and, above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europ…"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
17. Notes on Nationalism
By: George Orwell
4.01
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
In this essay, Orwell discusses the notion of nationalism, and argues that it causes people to disr… read more
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"Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism."-George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
"For those who feel deeply about contemporary politics, certain topics have become so infected by considerations of prestige that a genuinely rational approach to them is almost impossible."-George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of…"-George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
"By ‘nationalism’ I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled…"-George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
18. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire
By: Michael Palin
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more
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19. Der Nahostkonflikt
By: Muriel Asseburg
4.06
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Der Konflikt zwischen Israel und den Palästinensern steht seit Jahrzehnten im Fokus der Weltöffentl… read more
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20. Today We Die a Little!: The Inimitable Emil Zátopek, the Greatest Olympic Runner of All Time
By: Richard Askwith
4.29
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
"We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to enjoy something, run 100 meters. If y… read more
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21. The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches
By: Brian MacArthur
3.90
Format: 672 pages, Paperback
*FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED* Whether it was Churchill rousing the British to take up arms or the … read more
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