12 must-read nonfiction books like By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest Is Changing the World by Elizabeth C. Economy

By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest Is Changing the World

By: None , Elizabeth C. Economy

4.37

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the past thirty years, China has transformed from an impoverished country where peasants compris…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest Is Changing the World by None, Elizabeth C. Economy , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven

1. Pakistan: A Hard Country

By: Anatol Lieven

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the past decade Pakistan has become a country of immense importance to its region, the United St… read more

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  • asia
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. 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

3. By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest Is Changing the World

By: None , Elizabeth C. Economy

4.37

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the past thirty years, China has transformed from an impoverished country where peasants compris… read more

Similar categories in None's By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest Is Changing the World book and None's By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest Is Changing the World

  • cultural
  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • economics
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4. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

By: Steve Coll

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The news-breaking book that has sent shockwaves through the Bush White House, Ghost Warsis the most… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Suzanne Toren

4.28

Format: 916 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school."

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

"And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing."

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

"(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in the world,"

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

"I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

6. The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers

By: Richard McGregor

3.78

Format: 584 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening investigation into china's communist party and its integral role in the country's ri… read more

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7. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?

By: Graham Allison

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES ARE HEADING TOWARD A WAR NEITHER WANTS. The reason is Thucydides's Trap… read more

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8. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • economics
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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9. Calypso

By: David Sedaris

4.11

Format: 272 pages, ebook

David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever la… read more

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  • nonfiction
"In France the most often used word is “connerie,"

-David Sedaris, Calypso

"A young couple strolls by, the adoration of one bouncing off the tolerance of the other."

-David Sedaris, Calypso

"We’re like a pair of bad trapeze artists, reaching for each other’s hands and missing every time"

-David Sedaris, Calypso

"We're not pessimists, exactly, but in late middle age, when you envision your life ten years down the line, you're more likely to see a bedpan than a Tony Award."

-David Sedaris, Calypso

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10. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

By: Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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11. Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016

By: Steve Coll

4.21

Format: 779 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • Nominated for the National Book A… read more

Similar categories in Steve Coll's Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016 book and None's By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest Is Changing the World

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

By: Sebastian Mallaby

4.43

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year  Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Ec… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
"The first notable spinout was Kathy Xu, another woman who managed to flourish in China's venture industry. Rather than studying in the United States, Xu had experienced U.S. instruction at Nanjing Un…"

-Sebastian Mallaby, The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

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13. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.11

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on t… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"On the whole, I don't fear death. Instead, I fear a life where I could have accomplished more."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

"If you travel beyond the cave door, you may just discover things that help solve your cave problems."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

"We are more likely to be swayed by a single person who testifies with passion than by a bar chart containing data compiled from thousands of people."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

"While there, I came to resent labels of all kinds. What are they, if not intellectually lazy ways of asserting you know everything about a person you've never met?"

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

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14. Surveillance State: China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control

By: Josh Chin

4.16

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Where is the line between digital utopia and digital police state? Surveillance State tells the gr… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
Cover of The Emperor's New Road: China and the Project of the Century by Jonathan E. Hillman

15. The Emperor's New Road: China and the Project of the Century

By: Jonathan E. Hillman

3.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is the world’s most ambitious and misunderstood geoeconomic vision… read more

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  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • economics

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