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Books to Understand the Modern World - Page 2

Books to understand the modern world which is to say this modern world that we live in right now, you see.
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Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism
41
Edward W. Said
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
42
William Shakespeare
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
43
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Daring Greatly (Brene Brown)
Daring Greatly
44
Brene Brown
Letters From a Stoic (Seneca)
Letters From a Stoic
45
Seneca
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Tim Marshall)
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
46
Tim Marshall
Because Internet (Gretchen McCulloch)
Because Internet
47
Gretchen McCulloch
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
48
Adam Smith
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective (Edit: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor:)
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
49
Edit: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor:
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment
50
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria (Beverly Tatum)
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria
51
Beverly Tatum
Disability Visibility (Alice Wong)
Disability Visibility
52
Alice Wong
Open Veins of Latin America (Eduardo Galeono)
Open Veins of Latin America
53
Eduardo Galeono
The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein)
The Shock Doctrine
54
Naomi Klein
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
55
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
56
Jane Austen
The Power Broker
The Power Broker
57
A History of the World in 100 Objects (Neil MacGregor)
A History of the World in 100 Objects
58
Neil MacGregor
Humankind: A Hopeful History (Rutger Bregman)
Humankind: A Hopeful History
59
Rutger Bregman
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
60
John Steinbeck
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
61
W. Somerset Maugham
The 48 Laws of Power (Robert Greene)
The 48 Laws of Power
62
Robert Greene
Decolonising the Mind (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
Decolonising the Mind
63
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Dark Emu (Bruce Pascoe)
Dark Emu
64
Bruce Pascoe
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King (Rich Cohen)
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
65
Rich Cohen
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
66
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation (Du Mez, Kristin Kobes)
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
67
Du Mez, Kristin Kobes
Pure (Linda Kay Klein)
Pure
68
Linda Kay Klein
The Black Swan (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
The Black Swan
69
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
How to Lie With Statistics
How to Lie With Statistics
70
Palestine (Joe Sacco)
Palestine
71
Joe Sacco
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (David Graeber)
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
72
David Graeber
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Walter Rodney)
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
73
Walter Rodney
The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy (Arthur Manuel)
The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy
74
Arthur Manuel
Eureka Street
Eureka Street
75
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
76
Leo Tolstoy
Straight (Hanne Blank)
Straight
77
Hanne Blank
The Arthashastra (Kautilya)
The Arthashastra
78
Kautilya
Lies My Teacher Told Me (James Loewen)
Lies My Teacher Told Me
79
James Loewen
Divergent Mind (Jenara)
Divergent Mind
80
Jenara
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