The Communist Manifesto was first published in London in 1848, by two young men in their late twenties. Its impact reverberated across the globe and throughout the next century, and it has come to be
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History does not repeat,
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In modern capitali
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‘It couldn’t happen here’
Ece Temelkuran heard reasonable people in Britain say it the night of the Brexit vote.
She heard reasonable people in America say it the night Trump’s election was sou
Brilliant and disturbing' Yuval Noah Harari
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“She was our conscience. Our seer. Our truth-teller. She was a magician with language, who understood the power of words.” - Oprah Winfrey
A vital non-fiction collection from one of the most celeb
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored i
The CEO of Disney, one of Time’s most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring t
In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.
How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technolog
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war.
It could start in as little as 26 minutes and 40 seconds from now…
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: 'The most important book I have read in quite some time' Daniel Kahneman; 'A must-read' Max Tegmark; 'The book we've all been waiting for' Sam Harris
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, God Save Texas is a journey th
The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them. It’s easier to cop
A deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays from #1 bestselling author John Green, adapted from his critically acclaimed podcast.
The Anthropocene is the current geological age, i
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A modern classic, The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America is the book Buffett autographs most and likes best. Its popularity and longevity over three decades attest to the widespr
Nie sposób go z nikim pomylić, choć jest podobny i zarazem niepodobny do reszty ludzkości. Ma własny słownik i doskonale wie, co jest dobre, a co złe. Paszport radziecki przechowuje jako najcenniejsz
The second volume of Michel Foucault's pioneering analysis of the changing nature of desire explores how sexuality was perceived in classical Greek culture.
From the stranger byways of Greek medic
Ojczyzny wyobrażone są mistrzowski zbiorem głębokich, żarliwych i przenikliwych esejów i tekstów krytycznych jednego z największych współczesnych pisarzy.
Czerpiąc z dwóch politycznych i kilku liter
Thomas Paine (1737–1809) to jedna z najznaczniejszych i najbardziej oryginalnych postaci światowej myśli politycznej. Choć był Anglikiem, położył wielkie zasługi na rzecz oderwania Ameryki od opresyj
„Moja nowa ulubiona książka wszech czasów”.
Bill Gates
Każdy, kto sądzi, że świat się kończy, powinien na nowo przemyśleć sprawę: ludzie żyją dłużej, są coraz zdrowsi, bardziej wolni i szczęśliwi,
'A very captivating book. Wang Xiaobo's unique blend of rationality, serenity, candor, and sense of humour serves as an embodiment of the liberalism he ardently believes in' Ai Weiwei
The dazzling