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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
A Dystopian Novel on the Perils of State Control & New Technology
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To Rescue the American Spirit
Bret Baier
Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower
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Warhead
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How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain
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Authoritarianism
James Loxton
A Very Short Introduction
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House of Huawei
House of Huawei
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The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company
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Conspiracy
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Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
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Why Nations Fail
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The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
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Rogue States
Rogue States
Noam Chomsky
The Rule of Force in World Affairs
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No Logo!
No Logo!
Naomi Klein
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Der Weg zur Knechtschaft
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Planwirtschaft vs. individuelle Freiheit
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Das Ende der Armut
Jeffrey D. Sachs
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Zur Krise in Griechenland
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Edward S. Herman & Noam Chomsky
The Political Economy of the Mass Media
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The Bottom Billion
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Bedtime Biography: An Autobiography
Bedtime Biography: An Autobiography
M.K. Gandhi
The Story of My Experiments With Truth
30 min4.5
Bloodlands
Bloodlands
Timothy Snyder
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
27 min4.4
Original Sin
Original Sin
Jake Tapper
President Biden’s Decline and His Disastrous Second Run
20 min4.5
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World
Edward Shepherd Creasy
From Marathon to Waterloo
27 min4.2
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela
The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
26 min4.5
War and Peace
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
A Historical Novel on the Irrationality of Human Behavior in War
17 min4.2
Economic Facts and Fallacies
Economic Facts and Fallacies
Thomas Sowell
Uncovering popular fallacies in economics
19 min3.5
A Passage to India
A Passage to India
E. M. Forster
Discover Cultural Divide in Colonial India
13 min3.8
The New Map
The New Map
Daniel Yergin
Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
18 min4.3
The Cold War
The Cold War
Robert J. McMahon
A Very Short Introduction
25 min4.5
Mutiny
Mutiny
Noam Scheiber
The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class
20 min2.8
Revolutionary Iran
Revolutionary Iran
Michael Axworthy
A History of the Islamic Republic
27 min4.0
The Sleepwalkers
The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark
How Europe Went To War in 1914
22 min4.5
Fight Oligarchy
Fight Oligarchy
Bernie Sanders
Where We Go From Here
21 min4.2
The Origins of Victory
The Origins of Victory
Andrew F. Krepinevich
How Disruptive Military Innovation Seals the Fate of Nations
21 min4.1
History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
A Chronicle of Power, Conflict, and the Fall of Ancient Greece
18 min4.6
Socialism
Socialism
Michael Newman
A Very Short Introduction
23 min4.4
A Conflict of Visions
A Conflict of Visions
Thomas Sowell
Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
22 min4.5
A History of Iran
A History of Iran
Michael Axworthy
Empire of the Mind
22 min4.3
Comandante
Comandante
Rory Carroll
Inside Hugo Chávez's Venezuela
22 min4.1
Iran's Grand Strategy
Iran's Grand Strategy
Vali Nasr
A Political History
21 min4.1
I Never Thought of It That Way
I Never Thought of It That Way
Mónica Guzmán
How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times
17 min4.2
The Origin of Wealth
The Origin of Wealth
Eric D. Beinhocker
The Radical Remaking of Economics and What It Means for Business And Society
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The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
The secret methods to getting what you want
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