Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human Being
By: Paul Mason
3.59
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A passionate defence of humanity and a work of radical optimism from the international bestselling …
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1. Johnny Got His Gun
By: Dalton Trumbo
4.20
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
This was no ordinary war. This was a war to make the world safe for democracy. And if democracy was… read more
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"See how I sing even though my mouth is choked with worms?"-Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun
"Thank you mister. You fight for liberty. Me I don't care for some."-Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun
"There are plenty of laws to protect guys' money even in war time but there's nothing on the books says a man's life's his own."-Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun
"Now I lay me down to sleep my bomb proof cellar's good and deep but if I'm killed before I wake remember god it's for your sake amen."-Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun
2. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
By: David Fromkin
4.21
Format: 635 pages, Paperback
The critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling account of how the modern Middle East came into… read more
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"Reginald Wingate… wrote that “Moslems in general have hitherto regarded the Hejaz revolt, and our share in it, with suspicion or dislike"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
"Clayton and his colleagues believed French colonial administration to be incapable of allowing a country to retain its own character. What the French termed their “civilizing mission"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
"[T]he sheer magnitude of Britain’s commitment and loss at Gallipoli made it seem vital years later that she should play a major role in the postwar Middle East to give some sort of meaning to so grea…"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
"Fear of Russian expansionism was at the heart of the Porte’s policy. The Turkish ambassador told Deedes that if the Allies won the war, they would cause or allow the Ottoman Empire to be partitioned,…"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
3. The Wall
By: Shaun Whiteside , Marlen Haushofer
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
First published to acclaim in Germany, The Wall chronicles the life of the last surviving human on … read more
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"Even now I’m nothing but a thin skin covering a mountain of memories."-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall
"My only teacher is as ignorant and untrained as I am, for my only teacher is myself."-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall
"Never again shall I sit above the alpine roses in the midday sun, listening to the great silence."-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall
"External freedom has probably never existed, but neither have I ever known anyone who knew inner freedom."-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall
4. Vanity Fair
By: William Makepeace Thackeray , John Carey
4.28
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Edited by John Carey. Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray… read more
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5. The New York Trilogy
By: Paul Auster , Art Spiegelman
4.36
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of … read more
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6. Der Thron der Sieben Königreiche (Das Lied von Eis und Feuer, #3)
By: George R.R. Martin , Andreas Helweg
3.60
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
Nach dem Tod seines Vaters ist es an dem erst funfzehnjahrigen Robb Stark, die Herrschaft uber Wint… read more
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7. Accabadora
By: Michela Murgia
4.07
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
La Sardegna degli anni Cinquanta è un mondo antico sull’orlo del precipizio. Maria ha sei anni ed è… read more
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"Quan es té prou temps, fins i tot la ràbia s'organitza."-Michela Murgia, Accabadora
"En la hora de la debilidad algunos prefieren hacerse creyentes que fuertes"-Michela Murgia, Accabadora
"-¿Quieres juzgar el cómo sin entender el porqué? Siempre tienes prisa por dictar sentencias, Maria. (Bonaria Urria)"-Michela Murgia, Accabadora
"Come gli occhi della civetta, ci sono pensieri che non sopportano la luce piena. Non possono nascere che di notte, dove la loro funzione è la stessa della luna, necessaria a smuovere maree di senso i…"-Michela Murgia, Accabadora
8. The Rum Diary
By: Hunter S. Thompson
3.65
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Alternate Cover Edition can be found . Made into a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp,The … read more
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9. QualityLand
By: Marc-Uwe Kling
4.38
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
Willkommen in QualityLand! In der Zukunft lauft alles rund: Arbeit, Freizeit und Beziehungen sind v… read more
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10. Lessico famigliare
By: Natalia Ginzburg , Cesare Garboli
5.00
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Lessico famigliaree la storia di una famiglia ebrea, quella della stessa scrittrice, che si svolge … read more
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11. The Door
By: Magda Szabó , Len Rix
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
A busy young writer struggling to cope with domestic chores, hires a housekeeper recommended by a f… read more
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12. Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
By: Nick Srnicek , Alex Williams
3.46
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A major new manifesto for a high-tech future free from work Neoliberalism isn't working. Austerity … read more
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13. Super Imperialism - New Edition: The Origin and Fundamentals of U.S. World Dominance
By: Michael Hudson
3.46
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Leading Marxist thinkers re-evaluate Trotsky's key theories -- an ideal introduction for students. read more
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14. It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
By: Bernie Sanders
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A progressive takedown of the uber-capitalist status quo that has enriched millionaires and billion… read more
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- politics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- economics
- sociology
- audiobook
"The goal of any democratic, moral, and rational nation must be to create a society where people are healthy, happy and able to live long and productive lives. Not just the rich and the powerful, but …"-Bernie Sanders, It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
15. Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
By: Édouard Louis
4.13
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Pendant une grande partie de sa vie ma mère a vécu dans la pauvreté et la nécessité, à l'écart de t… read more
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- nonfiction
"Why do I feel as though I'm writing a sad story, when my aim was to tell the story of a liberation?"-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
"I'd gotten so used to seeing her unhappy at home that the joy on her face seemed scandalous to me, a deceit, a lie that had to be exposed as soon as possible."-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
"I started this book wanting to tell the story of a woman, but I've realized that yours is the story of a human being who fought for the right to exist as a woman, as opposed to the nonexistence impos…"-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
"A final memory. A few months ago, in the garden of a teahouse where I’d suggested we meet, she told me how she had once been called to the school by my teacher when I was six years old. The teacher w…"-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
16. Study for Obedience
By: Sarah Bernstein
3.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A haunting, compressed masterwork from an extraordinary new voice in Canadian fiction. A young w… read more
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"I try always to be good."-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"How, I wondered, might a person, a people, take root, roots and rootlessness, the preservation of what little remains of the past, such were thoughts that blew through me on any given morning, standi…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"In taking a side, I thought uneasily, perhaps I ought to take the long view, the survival of the species as a whole. That was my problem, I thought, I was always thinking at the level of the individu…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"I had hoped that here in the country I would experience the turn of the seasons differently, with less apprehension, I might come to see the form and plan of the world. Not to frame it within systems…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
17. L'acqua del lago non è mai dolce
By: Giulia Caminito
3.78
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
Odore di alghe limacciose e sabbia densa, odore di piume bagnate. È un antico cratere, ora pieno d’… read more
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"La casa è dove le cose cadono a terra."-Giulia Caminito, L'acqua del lago non è mai dolce
"È cattiva la gente che non ha provato il dolore"-Giulia Caminito, L'acqua del lago non è mai dolce
"Io sono cera e candela, rimango spenta e in bilico sul candelabro."-Giulia Caminito, L'acqua del lago non è mai dolce
"Che passo ha la gente ricca se non quello dei bardi e dei cavalieri, dei soldati."-Giulia Caminito, L'acqua del lago non è mai dolce
18. Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
By: Rutger Bregman
4.22
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- society
- economics
- sociology
- audiobook
"You can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps if you have no boots."-Rutger Bregman, Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
"Whether it’s the growth of the economy, audience shares, publications – slowly but surely, quality is being replaced by quantity. ... And driving it all is a force sometimes called “liberalism,"-Rutger Bregman, Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
"Frankly, there's almost no country on Earth where the American Dream is less likely to come true than in the U.S. of A. Anybody eager to work their way up from rags to riches is better off trying the…"-Rutger Bregman, Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
"True progress begins with something no knowledge economy can produce: wisdom about what it means to live well. We have to do what great thinkers like John Stuart Mill, Bertrand Russell, and John Mayn…"-Rutger Bregman, Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
19. The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
By: Michael J. Sandel
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds ar… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- society
- economics
- sociology
- audiobook
"A wealthy CEO could justify his or her advantages to a lower paid worker on a factory floor as: "I am not worthier then you nor morally deserving of the privileged position I hold. My generous compen…"-Michael J. Sandel, The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
20. Mrs. Caliban
By: Rachel Ingalls
3.76
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Now back in print, Mrs. Caliban is “totally unforgettable” ( The New York Times Book Review ) and “… read more
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"Drugs,"-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban
"Why do you call him a monster?"-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban
"I can’t imagine living in a different time,"-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban
"Still, people would notice a man with a green head. I guess I should get you a wig."-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban
21. No leer
By: Alejandro Zambra
3.97
Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition
La inconfundible voz de Alejandro Zambra se oye con fuerza y delicadeza en las páginas de este libr… read more
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"Fiction writers write – we write – inwardly, as if the novel were, really, the long echo of a repressed poem."-Alejandro Zambra, No leer
22. How to Blow Up a Pipeline
By: Andreas Malm
3.96
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now. Yet despite decades of appea… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
"The context for hope is radical uncertainty; anything could happen, and whether we act or not has everything to do with it."-Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
"I once asked Bill McKibben, after an energising speech to a capacity crowd, when – given that the situation is as urgent as he portrayed it and we all know it is – we escalate. He was visibly ill at …"-Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
23. Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon
By: Joe Dispenza
4.26
Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER The author of the New York Times bestseller You Are the Placebo, … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It’s not the gene that creates disease but the environment that programs our genes to create disease"-Joe Dispenza, Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon
"If you keep the same routine as yesterday, it makes sense that your tomorrow is going to be a lot like your yesterday."-Joe Dispenza, Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon
"The only way we can change our lives is to change our energy — to change the electromagnetic field we are constantly broadcasting. In other words, to change our state of being, we have to change how …"-Joe Dispenza, Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon
24. Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
By: Jason Hickel
4.51
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we mu… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- economics
- nonfiction
"Individuality is an illusion. Life on this planet is an interwoven mesh of relational becoming."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"We will find ourselves plunging into ecological collapse well before we run into the limits to growth."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"It is politically easier to rev up GDP and hope some of it trickles down to the poor than it is to distribute existing income more fairly."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"Atmospheric carbon concentration should not breach 350ppm if the climate is to remain stable (we crossed that boundary in 1990, and hit 415ppm in 2020)."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
25. Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
By: Julia Shaw
4.14
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Despite all the welcome changes that have happened in our culture and laws over the past few decade… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Rather than being 'this not that' I am this *and* that... I've felt like a blossoming flower. As I become more fully me and as I'm more comfortable with each petal of my identity, I open myself up an…"-Julia Shaw, Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
26. The Fourth Turning Is Here:
By: Neil Howe
3.96
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Twenty-five years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- economics
- sociology
- audiobook
27. New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future
By: James Bridle
4.05
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
“New Dark Age is among the most unsettling and illuminating books I’ve read about the Internet, whi… read more
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- audiobook
- politics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- technology
28. A Short History of Queer Women
By: Kirsty Loehr
3.61
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Queer women have always existed – let’s put them back in the history books No, they weren’t ‘just … read more
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- audiobook
29. Happycracia: Cómo la ciencia y la industria de la felicidad controlan nuestras vidas
By: Edgar Cabanas
3.92
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
La industria de la felicidad, que mueve miles de millones de euros, afirma que puede moldear a los … read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
30. Demirel
By: Tanıl Bora
4.38
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
Süleyman Demirel... Türkiye’nin 1960’lardan 2000’lere uzanan siyasal tarihinin en önemli figürüydü.… read more
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31. Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human Being
By: Paul Mason
3.59
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A passionate defence of humanity and a work of radical optimism from the international bestselling … read more
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- technology
