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Euthyphro, Apologia Socratis, Crito, Phaedo, Cratylus, Sophista, Politicus, Theaetetus by Plato
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis long awaited new edition contains seven of the dialogues of Plato, and is the first in the five-volume complete edition of Plato's works in the Oxford Classical Texts series. The result of many years of painstaking scholarship, the new volume will replace the now nearly one hundred-year-old original edition, and is destined to become just as long lasting a classic... -
![Unreported Truths About Covid-19 and Lockdowns: Part 3: Masks by Alex Berenson]()
Unreported Truths About Covid-19 and Lockdowns: Part 3: Masks by Alex Berenson
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![The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer]()
The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life... -
![The White Pill: A Tale of Good and Evil by Michael Malice]()
The White Pill: A Tale of Good and Evil by Michael Malice
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Russian Revolution was as red as blood. The Bolsheviks promised that they were building a new society, a workers’ paradise that would change the nature of mankind itself. What they ended up constructing was the largest prison that the world had ever seen, a Union of Soviet Socialist Republics that spanned half the globe... -
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![One Day at a Time in Al-Anon by Al-Anon Family Groups]()
One Day at a Time in Al-Anon by Al-Anon Family Groups
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne Day at a Time in Al-AnonAl-Anon Family Group... -
![Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape by Henry Dimbleby, Jemima Lewis]()
Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape by Henry Dimbleby, Jemima Lewis
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Brilliant - a must read' Tim SpectorYou may not be aware of this - not consciously, at least - but you do not control what you eat. Every mouthful you take is informed by the subtle tweaking and nudging of a vast, complex, global one so intimately woven into everyday life that you hardly even know it's there.The food system is no longer simply a means of sustenance... -
![Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today by The School of Life]()
Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today by The School of Life
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is a collection of some of the most important ideas of Eastern and Western culture — drawn from the works of those philosophers, political theorists, sociologists, artists and novelists whom we believe have the most to offer to us today... -
![Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking by Matthew Syed]()
Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking by Matthew Syed
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRebel Ideas examines the power of 'cognitive diversity' - the ability to think differently about the world around us. It explains how to harness our unique perspectives, pool our collective intelligence and tackle the greatest challenges of our age - from climate change to terrorism... -
![I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World by Milan Kordestani]()
I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World by Milan Kordestani
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA straightforward look at the history and the art of maintaining courteous communication in an increasingly divided world.Have you ever been in a conversation that, after volleying back and forth, ended with the words, “I’m just saying . . -
![How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner]()
How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space exploration—by the world’s leading expert on megaprojects “This book is important, timely, instructive, and entertaining. What more could you ask for?”—Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize–winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow “Over-budget and over-schedule is an inevitability... -
![Wir sind doch alle längst gleichberechtigt by Alexandra Zykunov]()
Wir sind doch alle längst gleichberechtigt by Alexandra Zykunov
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings»Wenn das Patriarchat kommt dann sagt es nicht ›Achtung, ich werde Dich unterdrücken‹, sondern es sagt: ›Toll, wie viel dein Mann dir zuhause hilft.‹ Alexandra Zykunov hat gesammelt, was wir uns nicht mehr anhören sollten. «Lara Fritzsche »Wütend, lustig und prägnant. Alexandra Zykunov erklärt patriarchale Muster so, dass sie alle verstehen und danach sofort abschaffen wollen... -
![Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives by Anne Michaud]()
Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives by Anne Michaud
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Why They Stay" explores the reasoning and motivation of wives who stay with their politician-husbands after they cheat.Hillary Clinton couldn't have known in 1998 how her husband's high-profile philandering would play out. Would he be rehabilitated in the public eye? She couldn't be sure, but she took the gamble... -
![The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel]()
The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThese are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the promise that "you can make it if you try"... -
![Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World by Srdja Popovic, Matthew Miller]()
Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World by Srdja Popovic, Matthew Miller
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn urgent and accessible handbook for peaceful protesters, activists, and community organizers—anyone trying to defend their rights, hold their government accountable, or change the worldBlueprint for Revolution will teach you how to• make oppression backfire by playing your opponents’ strongest card against them• identify the “almighty pillars of power” in order to shift the balance of control•...Categorized as:
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![Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures by Mark Fisher]()
Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures by Mark Fisher
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEdited and with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this collection of lecture notes and transcriptions reveals acclaimed writer and blogger Mark Fisher in his element — the classroom — outlining a project that Fisher’s death left so bittersweetly unfinished...Categorized as:
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![Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life by Theodor W. Adorno]()
Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life by Theodor W. Adorno
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAdorno's literary and philosophical masterpiece, built from aphorisms and reflections.A reflection on everyday existence in the 'sphere of consumption of late Capitalism', this work is Adorno's literary and philosophical masterpiece. Built from aphorisms and reflections, he shifts in register from personal experience to the most general theoretical problems... -
![Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds by Michael J. Knowles]()
Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds by Michael J. Knowles
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“Every single American needs to read Michael Knowles’s Speechless. I don’t mean ‘read it eventually.’ I stop what you’re doing and pick up this book.” —CANDACE OWENS "The most important book on free speech in decades—read it!” —SENATOR TED CRUZ A New We Win, They Lose The Culture War is over, and the culture lost... -
![The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More by Jefferson Fisher]()
The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More by Jefferson Fisher
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom communication expert Jefferson Fisher, the definitive book on making your next conversation the one that changes everythingNo matter who you’re talking to, The Next Conversation gives you immediately actionable strategies and phrases that will forever change how you communicate... -
![Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media: The Companion Book to the Award-Winning Film by Mark Achbar]()
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media: The Companion Book to the Award-Winning Film by Mark Achbar
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWinner of more than a dozen festival awards, the film has played to packed houses in more than two hundred cities worldwide... -
![Dramaqueen: Frauen zwischen Beurteilung und Verurteilung by Tara-Louise Wittwer]()
Dramaqueen: Frauen zwischen Beurteilung und Verurteilung by Tara-Louise Wittwer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLaut zu sein ist immer auch ein bisschen unangenehm, vor allem als Frau. Da wird man schnell mal als »hysterisch« oder »dramatisch« abgestempelt... -
![The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations by Robert Livingston]()
The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations by Robert Livingston
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn essential tool for individuals, organizations, and communities of all sizes to jump-start dialogue on racism and bias and to transform well-intentioned statements on diversity into concrete actions--from a leading Harvard social psychologist."Livingston has made the important and challenging task of addressing systemic racism within an organization approachable and achievable... -
![Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire by Victor Sebestyen]()
Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire by Victor Sebestyen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJournalist Victor Sebestyen witnessed much of the 1989 fall of the Soviet empire at first hand, and in this book, he reassesses this decisive moment in modern history...Categorized as:
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![Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change by Victor Papanek]()
Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change by Victor Papanek
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDesign for the Real World has, since its first appearance twenty-five years ago, become a classic. Translated into twenty-three languages, it is one of the world's most widely read books on design... -
![The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism by Friedrich A. Hayek]()
The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism by Friedrich A. Hayek
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHayek gives the main arguments for the free-market case and presents his manifesto on the "errors of socialism." Hayek argues that socialism has, from its origins, been mistaken on factual, and even on logical, grounds and that its repeated failures in the many different practical applications of socialist ideas that this century has witnessed were the direct outcome of these errors... -
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![America: The Farewell Tour by Chris Hedges]()
America: The Farewell Tour by Chris Hedges
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsChris Hedges’s profound and provocative examination of America in crisis is “an exceedingly…provocative book, certain to arouse controversy, but offering a point of view that needs to be heard” ( Booklist ), about how bitter hopelessness and malaise have resulted in a culture of sadism and hate...Categorized as:
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![Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by Peter Kropotkin, Iain Mckay]()
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by Peter Kropotkin, Iain Mckay
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHis most influential work. A challenge to classical Darwinism, Kropotkin argues that in nature, co-operation is as important as competition...Categorized as:
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![The Sane Society by Erich Fromm]()
The Sane Society by Erich Fromm
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSocial psychologist Erich Fromm’s seminal exploration of the profound ills of modern society, and how best to overcome themOne of Fromm’s main interests was to analyze social systems and their impact on the mental health of the individual...Categorized as:
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![Війна за реальність. Як перемагати у світі фейків, правд і спільнот by Dmytro Kuleba, Дмитро Кулеба]()
Війна за реальність. Як перемагати у світі фейків, правд і спільнот by Dmytro Kuleba, Дмитро Кулеба
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsДипломат Дмитро Кулеба написав книжку про комунікацію та інформаційну самооборону Постійний представник України в Раді Європи Дмитро Кулеба написав книжку про поведінку в інформаційному просторі та роботу з комунікаціями в Україні... -
![Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People by Thomas Frank]()
Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People by Thomas Frank
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWith his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, New York Times-bestselling author Thomas Frank exposes how, in the last few decades, the American Left has made an unprecedented shift away from its working-class roots...Categorized as:
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![Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health by Marty Makary]()
Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health by Marty Makary
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom Johns Hopkins medical expert Dr. Marty Makary, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Price We Pay-an eye-opening expose of the conventional medical “wisdom” that has led the public to harm, and how we can correct this. One in thirteen children in the United States today has a peanut allergy...
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