Tocqueville and the American Experiment
By: William R. Cook
4.20
Format: 12 pages, Paperback
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1. The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
By: Russell Shorto
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polygl… read more
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"If what made America great was its ingenious openness to different cultures, then the small triangle of land at the southern tip of Manhattan Island is the New World birthplace of that idea, the spot…"-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
"The first Manhattanites didn't arrive with lofty ideals. They came--whether as farmer, tanner, prostitute, wheelwright, barmaid, brewer, or trader--because there was a hope for a better life. There w…"-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
"Henry Hudson was in his forties when he stepped into the light of history, a seasoned mariner, a man with a strong and resourceful wife and three sons, a man born and raised not only to the sea but t…"-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
"Many people--whether they live in the heartland or on Fifth Avenue--like to think of New York City as so wild and extreme in its cultural fusion that it's an anomaly in the United States, almost a fo…"-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
2. Mastering Logical Fallacies: The Definitive Guide to Flawless Rhetoric and Bulletproof Logic
By: Michael Withey , Henry Zhang
4.10
Format: 271 pages,
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- philosophy
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3. The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books V-VII
By: None
4.34
Format: 345 pages, Paperback
The Gulag Archipelago is Solzhenitsyn's attempt to compile a literary-historical record of the vast… read more
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- classics
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4. Don Quixote
By: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , Roberto González Echevarría , John Rutherford
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances, that he determines to become a k… read more
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5. She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman
By: Ian Kerner
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Ian Kerner offers a radical new philosophy for pleasuring women in She Comes First--anessential gui… read more
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6. Common Sense
By: Thomas Paine , George Vafiadis
3.75
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
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7. The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
By: Arbinger Institute
4.15
Format: 333 pages, Paperback
NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Like Leadership and Self-Deception, The Arbinger Institute's first… read more
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8. The Birth Of The Modern Mind: The Intellectual History Of The 17th And 18th Centuries
By: Alan Charles Kors
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Audiobook
Course Lecture Titles IntroductionIntellectual History and Conceptual Change The Dawn of the 17th C… read more
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9. Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I)
By: David Hackett Fischer
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
This book is the first volume in a cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English… read more
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10. History of Russia: From Peter the Great to Gorbachev (The Great Courses, Course No. 8380)
By: None
3.51
Format: 235 pages, Audio CD
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11. King Arthur: History and Legend
By: Dorsey Armstrong
4.31
Format: 517 pages, Audible Audio
The saga of King Arthur and his court is the most enduringly popular mythic tradition of Western ci… read more
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12. Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.00
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
"Gaudy Nightstands out even among Miss Sayers's novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class b… read more
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13. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
By: Timothy Snyder
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
An historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authorita… read more
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14. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
By: Eric Hoffer
3.27
Format: None pages, Paperback
A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in h… read more
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15. Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
By: Manfred B. Steger
3.23
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
"Globalization" has become the buzz-word of our time. A growing number of scholars and political ac… read more
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16. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
By: David Brooks
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more
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- nonfiction
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"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
17. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)
By: Craig Johnson
4.37
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more
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18. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
By: Cal Newport
3.73
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more
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"What are we really doing here?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
19. 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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- politics
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- audiobook
"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
20. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
By: Mustafa Suleyman
3.86
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more
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21. The Peloponnesian War
By: Kenneth W. Harl
4.14
Format: 18 pages, Audio CD
Course Lecture Titles 1. Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War 2. The Greek Way of War 3. Spart… read more
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22. Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization
By: Amanda H. Podany
4.19
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
When we imagine what life might have been like thousands of years in the past, the images we often … read more
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23. How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
By: Donald J. Robertson
4.36
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The life-changing principles of Stoicism taught through the story of its most famous proponent.Roma… read more
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24. A Very Private School: A Memoir
By: Charles Spencer
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more
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25. The Real History of Secret Societies
By: Richard B. Spence
3.68
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length 12 hours and 21 minutes Welcome to The Real History of Secret Societies, a his… read more
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26. How to Boost Your Physical and Mental Energy
By: Kimberlee Bethany Bonura
3.74
Format: 7 pages, Audible Audio
Wouldn't it be great if you could wake up every morning with an unending reserve of energy? Get a s… read more
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27. The History and Achievements of the Islamic Golden Age
By: Eamonn Gearon
4.08
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
11 hours 58 mins The study of Western Civilization traditionally follows a well-known but incomp… read more
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28. Life and Writings of John Milton
By: Seth Lerer
3.88
Format: 6 pages, Audio CD
High quality, university level teaching! Course Lecture Titles (12 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) 1.… read more
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29. Books That Matter: The Federalist Papers
By: Joseph L. Hoffman
4.19
Format: 7 pages, Audiobook
It would be difficult to overstate the influence of The Federalist Papers. Despite their lack of of… read more
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30. Tocqueville and the American Experiment
By: William R. Cook
4.20
Format: 12 pages, Paperback
Tocqueville and the American Experiment (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Course No. 4863 Taught by… read more
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