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Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
5 stars
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America is a 2016 non-fiction book about race in …
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Capitalism without capital by Haskel, Jonathan, Sitan Westlake
5 stars
"Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest …
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White Malice by Susan Williams
5 stars
A revelatory history of how postcolonial African Independence movements were systematically undermined by one nation above all: the US.
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The Dawn of Everything by David Wengrow, David Graeber
4 stars
The renowned activist and public intellectual David Graeber teams up with the professor of comparative archaeology David Wengrow to deliver …
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Why nations fail by Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
5 stars
Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine?
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Bernoulli's Fallacy by Aubrey Clayton, Tim H. Dixon
5 stars
There is a logical flaw in the statistical methods used across experimental science. This fault is not a minor academic …
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Library by Arthur der Weduwen, Andrew Pettegree
5 stars
Perfect for book lovers, this is a fascinating exploration of the history of libraries and the people who built them, …
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Coffeeland by Augustine Sedgewick
5 stars
Coffee is an indispensable part of daily life for billions of people around the world--one of the most valuable commodities …
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Born in Blackness by Howard W. French
5 stars
Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the …
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The Language Game by Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater
5 stars
Forget the language instinct—this is the story of how we make up language as we go
Language is …
