Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
By: Jon Yates
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
How did we become so divided and what do we do about it? ‘Analytically incisive yet infectiously op…
Want to Read $ 9.49If you liked the sociology plot in Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again by Jon Yates , here is a list of 9 books like this:
1. Poverty Safari
By: Darren McGarvey
3.87
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
People from deprived communities all around Britain feel misunderstood and unheard. Darren McGarvey… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Darren McGarvey's Poverty Safari book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
- sociology
2. Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
By: Martin Laird
3.55
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Sitting in stillness, the practice of meditation, and the cultivation of awareness are commonly tho… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Martin Laird's Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
3. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Claire Dederer's Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
4. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
By: Charles Duhigg
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Charles Duhigg's Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- relationships
- nonfiction
- psychology
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
5. The List of Suspicious Things
By: Jennie Godfrey
4.29
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more
Want to Read $ 4.61Similar categories in Jennie Godfrey's The List of Suspicious Things book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
6. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Rory Stewart's Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
- society
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
7. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
By: Edmund Conway
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Edmund Conway's Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
8. Other Plans (McGarry Stateside Book #4)
By: Caimh McDonnell
4.51
Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition
Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans. How much trouble can you possibly get… read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Caimh McDonnell's Other Plans (McGarry Stateside Book #4) book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
9. Underland: A Deep Time Journey
By: Robert Macfarlane
4.22
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exi… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Robert Macfarlane's Underland: A Deep Time Journey book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
10. Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country
By: Patricia Evangelista
4.18
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
A fearless, powerfully written on-the-ground account of a nation careening into violent autocracy—t… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Patricia Evangelista's Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
11. Uncanny Valley
By: Anna Wiener
3.64
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
The prescient, page-turning account of a journey in Silicon Valley: a defining memoir of our digita… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Anna Wiener's Uncanny Valley book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
"Tech, for the most part, wasn't progress. It was just business."-Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley
"if personalised playlists were full of sad singers and song writers, I could only blame myself for getting algorithm depressed."-Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley
"The platforms designed to accommodate and harvest infinite data inspired infinite scroll...people were saying nothing and saying it all the time."-Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley
"I felt rising frustration and resentment. I was frustrated because I felt stuck, and I was resentful because I was stuck in an industry that was chipping away at so many things I cared about."-Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley
12. Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
By: Yanis Varoufakis
4.13
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
In Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, activist Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance min… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Yanis Varoufakis's Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
- society
- sociology
"The Matrix is a reflection of our times, or at least our anxieties. It reveals our fear of a mechanization so complete, of a commodification of our bodies and enslavement of our minds so successful, …"-Yanis Varoufakis, Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
"...a cynical person is someone who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. Our societies tend to make us all cynics. And no one is more cynical than the economist who sees exchange va…"-Yanis Varoufakis, Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
"Bürokrasi, Ordu ve Ruhban Sınıfı Borç, para, inanç ve devlet el ele yürür. Borç olmadan tarımsal fazlalığı yönetmenin kolay yolu yoktur. Borcun ortaya çıkışıyla paranın yıldızı parlamaya başladı. Anc…"-Yanis Varoufakis, Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
"Like any ecosystem, a modern economy cannot survive without recycling. Just as animals and plants are continually recycling the oxygen and carbon dioxide that the other provides, so too must workers …"-Yanis Varoufakis, Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
13. The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
By: Will Storr
4.14
Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition
For centuries, philosophers and scholars have described human behaviour in terms of sex, power and … read more
Want to Read $ 11.49Similar categories in Will Storr's The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
- society
- psychology
- sociology
"Whilst we play life as a game, our conscious experience of it takes the form of a story."-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
"We build an infinite variety of imaginary games. Groups of people gather together, agree what symbols they’re going to use to mean “status,"-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
"The story idealists sometimes tell of humanity says we're natural seekers of equality. This isn't true. Utopians talk of injustice whilst building new hierarchies and placing themselves at the top. W…"-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
14. Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet
By: Taylor Lorenz
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the in… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Taylor Lorenz's Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
- sociology
15. Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
By: Lisa Genova
4.19
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do … read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Lisa Genova's Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
- psychology
"You don't need memory to love or feel loved."-Lisa Genova, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
"Forgetting happens. If you stress about it, it'll happen even more."-Lisa Genova, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
"Our brains don’t remember everything, but maybe what they remember is enough."-Lisa Genova, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
"We frequently invent new information, often inaccurate, to fill in gaps in our memories so that the narrative feels more complete or pleasing."-Lisa Genova, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
16. But What Can I Do?
By: Alastair Campbell
3.87
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.'Our politics is a mess. Leaders wh… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Alastair Campbell's But What Can I Do? book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
- society
17. How to Stand Up to a Dictator
By: Maria Ressa
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
What will you sacrifice for the truth? Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. Bu… read more
Want to Read $ 15.99Similar categories in Maria Ressa's How to Stand Up to a Dictator book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
18. brother. do. you. love. me.
By: Manni Coe
4.39
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
brother. do. you. love. me. is the story of two brothers and their extraordinary journey of resilie… read more
Want to Read $ 21.55Similar categories in Manni Coe's brother. do. you. love. me. book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
19. Manifesto: On Never Giving Up
By: Bernardine Evaristo
3.98
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling and Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo's m… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Bernardine Evaristo's Manifesto: On Never Giving Up book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
"Alle pogingen om cultuur terug te brengen tot opvattingen over authenticiteit kunnen alleen het omgekeerde bewerkstelligen en de onderlinge verbondenheid van onze culturen openbaren."-Bernardine Evaristo, Manifesto: On Never Giving Up
20. Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
By: Kieran Setiya
3.58
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2022" Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for challeng… read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Kieran Setiya's Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
- psychology
21. Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon
By: Rahul Jandial
4.10
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
For years Dr. Rahul Jandial has transformed the lives of his neurosurgery patients by putting them … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Rahul Jandial's Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
- psychology
22. When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster
By: Lucy Easthope
4.31
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Professor Lucy Easthope is the UK's leading authority on recovering from disaster. She's the one th… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Lucy Easthope's When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
- society
- sociology
23. What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society
By: Minouche Shafik
3.87
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From one of the leading policy experts of our time, an urgent rethinking of how we can better suppo… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Minouche Shafik's What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
- society
- sociology
24. The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World
By: Joe Keohane
3.93
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
A “meticulously researched and buoyantly written” ( Esquire ) look at what happens when we talk to … read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Joe Keohane's The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
- society
- psychology
- sociology
25. Somebody Told Me: One Man’s Unexpected Journey Down the Rabbit Hole of Lies, Trolls and Conspiracies
By: Danny Wallace
4.22
Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition
Have you been keeping your eye on your grandma lately? Have you been calling her enough? You sure s… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Danny Wallace's Somebody Told Me: One Man’s Unexpected Journey Down the Rabbit Hole of Lies, Trolls and Conspiracies book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
26. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)
By: Juno Dawson
3.76
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Juno Dawson's Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
27. Hello, Stranger: How We Find Connection in a Disconnected World
By: Will Buckingham
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When philosopher and traveller Will Buckingham’s partner died, he sought solace in throwing open th… read more
Want to Read $ 15.99Similar categories in Will Buckingham's Hello, Stranger: How We Find Connection in a Disconnected World book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- relationships
- psychology
- nonfiction
- society
- sociology
28. The Wood at Midwinter
By: Susanna Clarke
3.73
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr… read more
Want to Read $ 8.44Similar categories in Susanna Clarke's The Wood at Midwinter book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
29. An Eye for an Eye (William Warwick #7)
By: Jeffrey Archer
4.11
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
In one of the most luxurious cities on earth, a billion-dollar deal is about to go badly wrong. A l… read more
Want to Read $ 19.99Similar categories in Jeffrey Archer's An Eye for an Eye (William Warwick #7) book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
30. Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
By: Jon Yates
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
How did we become so divided and what do we do about it? ‘Analytically incisive yet infectiously op… read more
Want to Read $ 9.49Similar categories in Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- relationships
- psychology
- nonfiction
- society
- sociology
31. The Captured Economy: How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality
By: Brink Lindsey
3.89
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
For years, America has been plagued by slow economic growth and increasing inequality. In The Captu… read more
Want to Read $ 6.99Similar categories in Brink Lindsey's The Captured Economy: How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality book and Jon Yates's Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again
- nonfiction
