8 must-read nonfiction books like La revolución chilena by Peter Winn

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La revolución chilena

By: Peter Winn

4.29

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"Diferentemente de Fidel Castro, o presidente Allende chegou ao poder através das urnas e todo o se…

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1. Island Beneath the Sea

By: Isabel Allende , Margaret Sayers Peden

4.10

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue, Zarité -- known as Tété -- is the daughter of an Afri… read more

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"الأم و الوطن لا يمكن المزاح فيهما: إنهما مقدسان."

-Isabel Allende, Island Beneath the Sea

"As Sancho said, money does not buy happiness but it does buy nearly everything else."

-Isabel Allende, Island Beneath the Sea

"Sometimes I have these premonitions and I don't forget them, so I will be prepared when they happen."

-Isabel Allende, Island Beneath the Sea

"Music is a wind that blows away the years, memories, and fear, that crouching animal I carry inside me."

-Isabel Allende, Island Beneath the Sea

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2. Queen Victoria

By: Lytton Strachey

3.78

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

This is the definitive biography of Britain’s greatest monarch, who “was hailed at once as the moth… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. The History of the Siege of Lisbon

By: José Saramago , Giovanni Pontiero

3.83

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

"If proofreaders were given their freedom and did not have their hands and feet tied by a mass of p… read more

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"Não vim de tão longe para morrer diante dos muros de Lisboa"

-José Saramago, The History of the Siege of Lisbon

"As palavras, senhor, estão por aí, no ar, qualquer as pode aprender."

-José Saramago, The History of the Siege of Lisbon

"Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it is the novel that prevents man from forgetting hims…"

-José Saramago, The History of the Siege of Lisbon

"Certaines relations harmonieuses se créent et durent grâce à un système complexe de menues contre-vérités, de renoncements, une espèce de ballet complice d'attitudes et de postures qui peut se résume…"

-José Saramago, The History of the Siege of Lisbon

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4. Ariel

By: Sylvia Plath

4.19

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Sylvia Plath's celebrated collection. When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left behind a prolifi… read more

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"I do not fear it: I have been there."

-Sylvia Plath, Ariel

"I could not run without having to run forever"

-Sylvia Plath, Ariel

"For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge"

-Sylvia Plath, Ariel

"Love is a shadow. How you lie and cry after it."

-Sylvia Plath, Ariel

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5. The Princesse de Clèves

By: Madame de La Fayette

3.00

Format: 508 pages, Paperback

This new translation of The Princesse de Clevesalso includes two shorter works also attributed to M… read more

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6. Things We Lost in the Fire

By: Mariana Enríquez , Megan McDowell

4.06

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In these wildly imaginative, devilishly daring tales of the macabre, internationally bestselling au… read more

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"El problema es que no nos creen."

-Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire

"Hace años que Lala decidió ser mujer y brasileña, pero había nacido varón y uruguayo."

-Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire

"Me acuerdo de la risa de mi madre, de lo joven que era esa tarde de verano, del olor a champú de limón de su pelo y de la carcajada de chicle de menta."

-Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire

"Apagábamos las luces y jugábamos en la oscuridad con inciensos encendidos; parecían luciérnagas y a mí me hacían llorar, me hacían acordar a una casa de tejas con parque lejos de la ciudad, una casa …"

-Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire

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7. Left-Wing Communism, an Infantile Disorder: A Popular Essay in Marxian Strategy and Tactics

By: Vladimir Lenin

3.26

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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8. A Tale of Two Cities

By: Charles Dickens , Hablot Knight Browne , Richard Maxwell

3.87

Format: 489 pages, Paperback

A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval … read more

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"We'll start to forget a place once we left it"

-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

"Tell the Wind and the Fire where to stop; not me."

-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

"A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self."

-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

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9. The Name of the Rose

By: Umberto Eco , Seán Barrett , William Weaver

4.14

Format: 552 pages, Paperback

The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother Willi… read more

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"الكتب ليست مجعولة كي نؤمن بما تقوله ولكن لكي نتحرّى فيها."

-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

"Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear."

-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

"The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body."

-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

"How peaceful life would be without Love, Adso. How Safe. How Tranquil. And how Dull."

-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

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10. The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

4.37

Format: 796 pages, Paperback

The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry… read more

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"How good life is when one does something good and just!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Forgive me... for my love - for ruining you with my love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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11. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

By: Mary Wollstonecraft , Miriam Brody , Bebi Fernández

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France,… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.25

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestio… read more

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"... “Dangerous!"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Freedom is never very safe."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Who do you think is lying to us?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Where does your soul go when you die in Hell?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

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13. Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

By: Carolina Maria de Jesus , None

4.47

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

O diário da catadora de papel Carolina Maria de Jesus deu origem à este livro, que relata o cotidia… read more

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  • history
"Why is it that the saints of June are honored with fire?"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

"A noite está tépida. O céu está salpicado de estrelas. Eu que sou exótica gostaria de recortar um pedaço do céu para fazer um vestido"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

"Eskiden unlu maddeler pahalı idi. Şimdi de pirinç ve fasulye onları gölgede bıraktı.Yeni zenginler gibi asillerin tarafına geçtiler. Demek siz de, fasulye ve pirinç, bizi terkettiniz?"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

"Skeçler yazıp sirk müdürüne götürdüm. Bana, "Ne yazık ki zencisiniz." diye cevap verdiler. Kıvırcık saçlarımla, esmer tenimi ne kadar sevdiğimi unutuyorlar halbuki. Hatta zencilerin saçlarını beyazla…"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

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14. The Hour of the Star

By: Clarice Lispector , Giovanni Pontiero

4.09

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector's consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narr… read more

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"Sou um monstro ou isso é ser uma pessoa?"

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

"Don't forget that for now it's strawberry season"

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

"Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing."

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

"Όσο για το γράψιμο, περισσότερο αξίζει ένα ζωντανό σκυλί."

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

15. Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the inf… read more

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16. Felicidade Clandestina

By: Clarice Lispector

3.69

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

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17. Il seme dell'intolleranza. Ebrei, eretici, selvaggi: Granada 1492

By: Adriano Prosperi

3.46

Format: None pages, ebook

I libri del Festival della Mente L'anno 1492 segna tradizionalmente una cesura epocale importante: … read more

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18. Happening

By: Annie Ernaux

4.32

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plag… read more

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  • nonfiction
"There is no such thing as a lesser truth."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"I was intoxicated, wrapped up in wordless intelligence."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"People judged according to the law, they didn't judge the law."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"love children are the most beautiful of all.' What a terrible statement."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

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19. Tudo é Rio

By: Carla Madeira

4.26

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Por este livro passa um rio. Em sua correnteza, a obsessão de três personagens que não sabem desist… read more

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"Deus não é um lugar de certeza, é só um pouco de esperança."

-Carla Madeira, Tudo é Rio

"Um dia feliz tem mais poder que a tristeza de uma vida inteira"

-Carla Madeira, Tudo é Rio

"Quem vê de fora faz arranjos melhores, mas é dentro, bem no lugar que a gente não vê, que o não dar conta ocupa tudo."

-Carla Madeira, Tudo é Rio

"Não sabia se livrar daquele sentir, e do sentir para o consentir é só um tombinho de nada, basta um descuido para quem está andando tropeçar."

-Carla Madeira, Tudo é Rio

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20. La mala costumbre

By: Alana S. Portero

4.55

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Narrada desde una singular y desgarradora voz en primera persona, La mala costumbre recorre la adol… read more

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"Cuando reímos con ganas no tenemos edad, lo hacemos igual durante toda nuestra vida y puede adivinarse en nuestra mueca la niña que fuimos o la anciana que seremos."

-Alana S. Portero, La mala costumbre

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21. When We Cease to Understand the World

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.14

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

One of The New York Times Book Review ’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 Internat… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Como la luna en el budismo, una partícula no existe; el acto de medición la vuelve un objeto real"

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Reality, they said to those present, does not exist as something separate from the act of observation."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Una de las cosas que siempre me han sorprendido de Chile es la aversión que sentimos por la cordillera. No habitamos las montañas."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Solo una visione di insieme, come quella di un santo, di un pazzo o di un mistico, ci permetterà di decifrare la forma in cui è organizzato l’universo."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

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22. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

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23. The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

By: Mariana Enríquez

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Following the "propulsive and mesmerizing" (New York Times Book Review) Things We Lost in the Fire … read more

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"A friend of ours was arrested because he painted a slogan that said, 'Tourists, you're the terrorists."

-Mariana Enríquez, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

"Ahora tampoco se puede fumar en los bares. Sí, ya sé que eso pasa en todo el mundo, pero un bar no es un lugar sano, santa Madre de Dios. Es para conspirar, para relajarse, para ponerse en pedo."

-Mariana Enríquez, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

"esa edad suena música en la cabeza, todo el tiempo, como si transmitiera una radio en la nuca, bajo el cráneo. Esa música un día empieza a bajar de volumen o sencillamente se detiene. Cuando eso pasa…"

-Mariana Enríquez, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

"Julieta finì di bere il caffè e abbassò la voce. «Non bisogna fare figli a Barcellona. Hai sentito quello che ci ha raccontato Manuel ieri sera? Qui non bisogna fare figli.» «Che cosa?» «Dammi retta.…"

-Mariana Enríquez, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

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24. Salvador Allende: La izquierda chilena y la Unidad Popular

By: Daniel Mansuy

4.46

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

Daniel Mansuy analiza el legado político de Salvador Allende y la izquierda chilena desde la década… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. La Unidad Popular: Los mil días de Salvador Allende y la vía chilena al socialismo (Spanish Edition)

By: Alfredo Sepúlveda

4.44

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

A 50 años del gobierno de la Unidad Popular, este es un relato historiográfico y periodístico. En … read more

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  • history
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26. Impresiones de China: Europa y el englobamiento del mundo (siglos XVI-XVII)

By: Antonella Romano

3.17

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

La llegada a China de los misioneros europeos en la segunda mitad del siglo xvI es un hito esencial… read more

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27. Bárbara y guerrera: La historia de Tomiris, reina de los masagetas

By: Nicolás Kwiatkowski

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

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28. La revolución chilena

By: Peter Winn

4.29

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"Diferentemente de Fidel Castro, o presidente Allende chegou ao poder através das urnas e todo o se… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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29. Maiakovski - Poemas

By: Vladimir Mayakovsky

4.17

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Vladimir Maiakovski é um dos maiores poetas russos do período moderno, aquele que expressou de mane… read more

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30. Clase Media, un mito a la medida

By: Óscar Contardo

3.85

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

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31. A Revolução Coreana

By: Paulo G. Fagundes Visentini

4.31

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

A Coreia do Norte é comumente retratada no Ocidente de forma caricatural. Difunde-se a imagem de um… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

9 must-read history books like La revolución chilena by Peter Winn

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Lytton Strachey

3.78

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Vladimir Lenin

3.26

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Mary Wollstonecraft , Miriam Brody , Bebi Fernández

3.50

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4.47

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Samanta Schweblin , Megan McDowell , Ruth Sepp

3.72

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Ros Schwartz , Jacqueline Harpman

4.22

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Camila Sosa Villada

4.43

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Agustina Bazterrica

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