A History of Violence: Living and Dying in Central America
By: Óscar Martínez , John B. Washington
3.45
Format: 94 pages, Hardcover
This is a book about one of the deadliest places in the world El Salvador and Honduras have had the…
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1. Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields
By: Charles Bowden
3.72
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Ciudad Juárez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it … read more
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- history
- politics
- journalism
- nonfiction
- crime
"Every fact in this city soon succumbs to magical fraud."-Charles Bowden, Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields
"There are two ways to lose you sanity in Juarez. One is to believe the violence results from a cartel war. The other is to claim to understand what is behind each murder."-Charles Bowden, Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields
"Focusing on the dead women enables Americans to ignore the dead men, and ignoring the dead men enables the United States to ignore the failure of its free-trade schemes, which in Juarez are producing…"-Charles Bowden, Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields
2. The Wretched of the Earth
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Richard Philcox , Frantz Fanon , Homi K. Bhabha
4.32
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Fr… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"إن لجوءك إلى لُغة تكنيكيَّة معناه أنّك قرَّرتَ أن تَعُدَّ الجماهير جاهلة"-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
"Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand."-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
"The business of obscuring language is a mask behind which stands the much greater business of plunder."-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
"إن المناضل ليدرك في كثير من الأحيان أن عمله لا أن يقاتل القوى العدوة فحسب، بل كذلك حبات اليأس المتبلورة في جسم المستعمَر."-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
3. The Feast of the Goat
By: Mario Vargas Llosa , Edith Grossman
4.33
Format: 475 pages, Paperback
Haunted all her life by feelings of terror and emptiness, forty-nine-year-old Urania Cabral returns… read more
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- spanish literature
- politics
"باور نمی کردم که او به دوست قدیمی خودش نارو بزند. خب دیگر، سیاست یعنی همین، آدم روی جنازه دیگران جلو می رود."-Mario Vargas Llosa, The Feast of the Goat
"They had forgotten the abuses, the murders, the corruption, the spying, the isolation, the fear: horror had become myth. Everybody had jobs and there wasn't so much crime."-Mario Vargas Llosa, The Feast of the Goat
"миллионы людей, одурманенные пропагандой и отсутствием информации, отупевшие от догматизма и изоляции от внешнего мира, лишенные свободы и воли, а от страха—даже и любопытства, пришли к угодничеству …"-Mario Vargas Llosa, The Feast of the Goat
"Într-o clasificare după merite, pe primul loc se află militarii. Îşi fac datoria, se ţin foarte puţin de intrigi, nu pierd timpul. Apoi, tăranii. (…) Urmează funcţionarii, întreprinzătorii, comercian…"-Mario Vargas Llosa, The Feast of the Goat
4. Unaccompanied
By: Javier Zamora
3.89
Format: 7 pages, Paperback
This gorgeous debut speaks with heart-wrenching intimacy and first-hand experience to the hot-butto… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
5. The Line Becomes A River
By: Francisco Cantú
3.87
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Every day, a ceaseless flow of men, women and children push their way north, in scorched summer hea… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
6. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
By: Marc Levinson
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
By: Gloria E. Anzaldúa , Sonia Saldívar-Hull
4.33
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Anzaldua, a Chicana native of Texas, explores in prose and poetry the murky, precarious existence o… read more
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- nonfiction
"I preferred the world of imagination to the death of sleep"-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
"This land was Mexican once, was Indian always and is. And will be again."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
"Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war?"-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
"Nothing happens in the "real" world unless it first happens in the images in our heads"-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
8. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
By: William Kamkwamba , Bryan Mealer
4.33
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. I… read more
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- nonfiction
9. A History of Violence: Living and Dying in Central America
By: Óscar Martínez , John B. Washington
3.45
Format: 94 pages, Hardcover
This is a book about one of the deadliest places in the world El Salvador and Honduras have had the… read more
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- history
- travel
- politics
- crime
- spanish literature
- nonfiction
- journalism
10. Gaddafi's Harem: The Story of a Young Woman and the Abuses of Power in Libya
By: Marjolijn De Jager , Annick Cojean
3.98
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In 2011, Annick Cojean, senior reporter at Le Monde and special correspondent for Tripoli, wrote a … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
11. Monkeys Are Made of Chocolate: Exotic and Unseen Costa Rica
By: Daniel Quinn , None
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Discover the mysterious and fascinating ways in which animals, plants and people interact with one … read more
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12. The President
By: Miguel Ángel Asturias , Frances Partridge
3.62
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Guatemalan diplomat and writer Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974) began this award-winning work whil… read more
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13. Enrique's Journey
By: Sonia Nazario
3.88
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
A true story from award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario recounting the odyssey of a Honduran boy w… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"During that time, in between train rides, they sleep in trees or by the tracks, they drink from puddles, they beg for food."-Sonia Nazario, Enrique's Journey
"One Honduran teenager I met in southern Mexico had been deported to Guatemala twenty-seven times. He said he wouldn't give up until he reached his mother in the United States."-Sonia Nazario, Enrique's Journey
"Lourdes has decided. She will leave. She will go to the United States and make money and send it home. She will be gone for one year - less, with luck - or she will bring her children to be with her.…"-Sonia Nazario, Enrique's Journey
14. I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
By: Ann Wright , Rigoberta Menchú , None
0.00
Format: None pages,
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15. Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
By: Barbara Ehrenreich
3.95
Format: None pages,
Americans are a "positive" people--cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well… read more
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16. Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics
By: Marc Lamont Hill
4.21
Format: 227 pages, Hardcover
A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine, from … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
17. Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide (Atlas Obscura)
By: Cecily Wong
4.28
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
Wonder is around every corner, and on every plate. The curious minds behind Atlas Obscura now turn … read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
"Adventures don’t always require a plane ticket."-Cecily Wong, Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide (Atlas Obscura)
"Wonder can be found wherever you are open to searching for it."-Cecily Wong, Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide (Atlas Obscura)
"Eating may be the most immersive, visceral travel experience. It requires an engagement of every sense... Humans around the world are bound by the necessity and pleasure of eating, and there is no fa…"-Cecily Wong, Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide (Atlas Obscura)
18. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
By: Nathan Thrall
4.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION Named a Best Book of the Year by The N… read more
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- journalism
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- nonfiction
19. Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
By: Kim Ghattas
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Black Wave is a paradigm-shifting recasting of the modern history of the Middle East, telling the l… read more
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- politics
- journalism
- history
- nonfiction
"Beyond the headlines about war and death, the region is alive with music, art, books, theater, social entrepreneurship, advocacy, libraries, cafes, bookshops, poetry, and so much more, as old and you…"-Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
"If Beirut was the supermarket of the left in the 1970s, where Marxists, communists, Egyptians, Iraqis, and all the Palestinian factions debated and theorized, published and drank in bars arguing over…"-Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
"Every king had tried to put his imprint on the city and the mosque; some were worse than others. King Faisal had been a parsimonious man and the expansion works reflected as much—measured and reasona…"-Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
"Although our countries have been changed by the hegemonizing influences of both Iran and Saudi Arabia, the headlines in the Western media have always reduced matters of extraordinary depth and comple…"-Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
20. Burma Sahib
By: Paul Theroux
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of The Mosquito Coast and The Bad Angel Brothers comes a riveting new… read more
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- travel
21. The Barbell Prescription: Strength Training for Life After 40
By: Jonathon M. Sullivan
4.37
Format: 736 pages, Kindle Edition
The Barbell Strength Training for Life After 40 directly addresses the most pervasive problem face… read more
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- nonfiction
22. Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food
By: Fuchsia Dunlop
4.26
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The world’s most sophisticated gastronomic culture, brilliantly presented through a banquet of thir… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"In cooking as with love, it's not easy to ensure that both ingredients reach their climaxes of perfection simultaneously."-Fuchsia Dunlop, Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food
"Appetite for food and sex is human nature, shi se xing ye ,' as the philosopher Gaozi said. Or, as the popular saying derived from the Book of Rites puts it: 'Eat, drink, man, woman' ( yin shi nan nü…"-Fuchsia Dunlop, Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food
"A successful dish, as my cooking school teachers always used to say, must hit all the targets of se, xiang, wei, xing – colour, fragrance, flavour and form. It should first delight the eyes with its …"-Fuchsia Dunlop, Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food
"Trying to categorize Chinese regional cuisines makes me dizzy. You can travel and travel and travel around China and taste new foods every single day, which is pretty much what I have been doing for …"-Fuchsia Dunlop, Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food
23. Pandora’s Box: The Greed, Lust, and Lies that Broke Television
By: Peter Biskind
3.54
Format: None pages, Hardcover
We are now lucky enough to be living through the era of so-called Peak TV, in which television, in … read more
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- nonfiction
- journalism
- history
24. Work: A History of How we spend our Time
By: James Suzman
3.85
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"The equation of taxation and theft is as old as extortion"-James Suzman, Work: A History of How we spend our Time
25. Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela
By: William Neuman
4.13
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Named Foreign Affairs Best Books of 2022 and the National Endowment for Democracy Notable Books of … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
26. Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay
By: Liz Fosslien
4.22
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the duo behind the bestselling book No Hard Feelings and the wildly popular @LizandMollie Inst… read more
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- nonfiction
27. No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work
By: Liz Fosslien
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Wall Street Journal Bestseller!Next Big Idea Club selection―chosen by Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain,… read more
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- nonfiction
28. Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
By: Aviva Chomsky
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Restores the region's fraught history of repression and resistance to popular consciousness and con… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Very few US Americans can name a single political leader in Central America. We have the privilege of “forgetting"-Aviva Chomsky, Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
"Paradoxically, they needed Indians to be Indians at the same time they needed to define all that was Indian as inferior and in need of Spanish domination."-Aviva Chomsky, Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
"For intellectuals and elites, invisibilizing and forgetting are a way of creating blissful ignorance that allows them to enjoy their privilege without acknowledging its basis in exploitation. Forgett…"-Aviva Chomsky, Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
"Large-scale Central American migration to the United States dates to the civil wars of the 1980s and came primarily from El Salvador and Guatemala. Most came fleeing political violence, and their pre…"-Aviva Chomsky, Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
29. One Man's Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA
By: Daniel Finn
3.94
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
A history of “the Troubles”: the radical politics of RepublicanismThe conflict in Northern Ireland … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
30. Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and the Revolution in the Americas
By: Roberto Lovato
4.28
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
A timely and no-holds-barred tale of gang life, guerilla warfare, immigration, and intergenerationa… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Forgetting begets forgetting begets ongoing mass murder."-Roberto Lovato, Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and the Revolution in the Americas
