Will's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:04:33 -0700 60 Will's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Red Star Over China: The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism]]> 400393 544 Edgar Snow 0802150934 Will 0 to-read 4.10 1937 Red Star Over China: The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism
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]]> Think and Grow Rich 30186948 233 Napoleon Hill Will 0 currently-reading 4.19 1937 Think and Grow Rich
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]]> Man’s Search for Meaning 4069 Man's Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.]]> 165 Viktor E. Frankl 080701429X Will 0 currently-reading 4.39 1946 Man’s Search for Meaning
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]]> Walden 16902 352 Henry David Thoreau Will 0 3.77 1854 Walden
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]]> The Prince 28862
1. So it is that to know the nature of a people, one need be a Prince; to know the nature of a Prince, one need to be of the people.
2. If a Prince is not given to vices that make him hated, it is unsusal for his subjects to show their affection for him.
3. Opportunity made Moses, Cyrus, Romulus, Theseus, and others; their virtue domi-nated the opportunity, making their homelands noble and happy. Armed prophets win; the disarmed lose.
4. Without faith and religion, man achieves power but not glory.
5. Prominent citizens want to command and oppress; the populace only wants to be free of oppression.
6. A Prince needs a friendly populace; otherwise in diversity there is no hope.
7. A Prince, who rules as a man of valor, avoids disasters,
8. Nations based on mercenary forces will never be solid or secure.
9. Mercenaries are dangerous because of their cowardice
10. There are two ways to fight: one with laws, the other with force. The first is rightly man’s way; the second, the way of beasts.]]> 144 Niccolò Machiavelli 0937832383 Will 5 favorites 3.85 1513 The Prince
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]]> Modern Money Mechanics 13183987 44 1105038319 Will 3 3.96 2009 Modern Money Mechanics
author: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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]]> <![CDATA[On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)]]> 97412 106 Seneca 0143036327 Will 0 to-read 4.20 49 On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)
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]]> <![CDATA[Black Slaveowners: Free Black Slave Masters in South Carolina, 1790-1860]]> 13785099 300 Larry Koger 0786469315 Will 0 to-read 4.32 1985 Black Slaveowners: Free Black Slave Masters in South Carolina, 1790-1860
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]]> The Revolt of the Angels 2251777
Anatole France's 1914 satire of war, government, and religion offers an ever-resonant protest against violence and tyranny.]]> 282 Anatole France 1399719238 Will 0 to-read 4.05 1914 The Revolt of the Angels
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]]> <![CDATA[How the Grinch Stole Christmas!]]> 113946 "The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason."

Dr. Seuss's small-hearted Grinch ranks right up there with Scrooge when it comes to the crankiest, scowling holiday grumps of all time.

For 53 years, the Grinch has lived in a cave on the side of a mountain, looming above the Whos in Whoville. The noisy holiday preparations and infernal singing of the happy little citizens below annoy him to no end. The Grinch decides this frivolous merriment must stop. His "wonderful, awful" idea is to don a Santa outfit, strap heavy antlers on his poor, quivering dog Max, construct a makeshift sleigh, head down to Whoville, and strip the chafingly cheerful Whos of their Yuletide glee once and for all.

Looking quite out of place and very disturbing in his makeshift Santa get-up, the Grinch slithers down chimneys with empty bags and stealing the Whos' presents, their food, even the logs from their humble Who-fires. He takes the ramshackle sleigh to Mt. Crumpit to dump it and waits to hear the sobs of the Whos when they wake up and discover the trappings of Christmas have disappeared. Imagine the Whos' dismay when they discover the evil-doings of Grinch in his anti-Santa guise. But what is that sound? It's not sobbing, but singing! Children simultaneously adore and fear this triumphant, twisted Seussian testimonial to the undaunted cheerfulness of the Whos, the transcendent nature of joy, and of course, the growth potential of a heart that's two sizes too small.

This holiday classic is perfect for reading aloud to your favorite little Whos.]]> 64 Dr. Seuss 0007173040 Will 3 4.38 1957 How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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average rating: 4.38
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Capitalism: A Journey through Recent History across Five Continents]]> 41841150 256 Rainer Zitelmann 191255500X Will 0 to-read 4.23 The Power of Capitalism: A Journey through Recent History across Five Continents
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]]> Swastika Night 28812216 1984, Swastika Night projects a totally male-controlled fascist world that has eliminated women as we know them. Women are breeders, kept as cattle, while men in this post-Hitlerian world are embittered automatons, fearful of all feelings, having abolished all history, education, creativity, books, and art. The plot centers on a “misfit� who asks, “How could this have happened?”]]> 196 Murray Constantine 1473214661 Will 0 to-read 3.46 1937 Swastika Night
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]]> Common Sense 161744 Pennsylvania Magazine. On January 10, 1776, he published his pamphlet Common Sense, a persuasive argument for the colonies' political and economic separation from Britain.

Common Sense cites the evils of monarchy, accuses the British government of inflicting economic and social injustices upon the colonies, and points to the absurdity of an island attempting to rule a continent. Credited by George Washington as having changed the minds of many of his countrymen, the document sold over 500,000 copies within a few months.

Today, Common Sense remains a landmark document in the struggle for freedom, distinguished not only by Paine's ideas but also by its clear and passionate presentation. Designed to ignite public opinion against autocratic rule, the pamphlet offered a careful balance between imagination and judgment, and appropriate language and expression to fit the subject. It immediately found a receptive audience, heartened Washington's despondent army, and foreshadowed much of the phrasing and substance of the Declaration of Independence.]]> 104 Thomas Paine 0143036254 Will 0 3.96 1776 Common Sense
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]]> <![CDATA[Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"]]> 2590136
In 1931, Hurston returned to Plateau, the African-centric community three miles from Mobile founded by Cudjo and other former slaves from his ship. Spending more than three months there, she talked in depth with Cudjo about the details of his life. During those weeks, the young writer and the elderly formerly enslaved man ate peaches and watermelon that grew in the backyard and talked about Cudjo's past--memories from his childhood in Africa, the horrors of being captured and held in a barracoon for selection by American slavers, the harrowing experience of the Middle Passage packed with more than 100 other souls aboard the Clotilda, and the years he spent in slavery until the end of the Civil War.

Based on those interviews, featuring Cudjo's unique vernacular, and written from Hurston's perspective with the compassion and singular style that have made her one of the preeminent American authors of the twentieth-century, Barracoon masterfully illustrates the tragedy of slavery and of one life forever defined by it. Offering insight into the pernicious legacy that continues to haunt us all, black and white, this poignant and powerful work is an invaluable contribution to our shared history and culture.]]> 193 Zora Neale Hurston 0060921706 Will 4 4.03 2018 Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> The Leopard's Spots 53192785 506 Thomas Dixon Jr. Will 1
One quote that did point to its racism that is quoted throughout the book is:
"You can not build in a Democracy a nation inside a nation of two antagonistic races. The future American must be an Anglo-Saxon or a Mulatto."
It portrays a very insecure culture in the South. Very low quality culture that shuts itself off from the world like a hermit.

What is probably the strangest is that the people that make the same or similar arguments today are those that claim to be "anti-racist".
i.e. It was the Progressives that claimed Senator Elizabeth Warren is an American Indian due to a DNA test that says she was 1/1024th American Indian. And that she is due to the "1 blood drop rule" which is even used in the book by the white supremacists against black people or anyone that has any black ancestry. Not only that, she even claimed that she was American Indian due to her high cheek bones. Just as in the book the "niggers" were "flat nosed" and had "kinked hair". It is an acknowledgement of people being completely different creatures, not just people from different corners of the world having different traits. Same shit different package.

The best thing about this book it is a perfect time capsule of the southern state of mind of that era. But of course, this was the whole reason for reading the book in the first place.]]> 1.00 1902 The Leopard's Spots
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This book is essentially a love story but with a side story of white supremacy. All of its most racist characterizations of black people by white people are caricatures by today's standards. It would be much easier to see these arguments made in a parody than a real conversation or taken seriously. (Think Django Unchained) Ngl, I was expecting it to go much further or be even darker than it was. It wasn't overly shocking, just extremely dated. The white supremacy is almost second place to a love story. Even the lynching that does occur feels like it was just put in there just because and has nothing to do with the plot.

One quote that did point to its racism that is quoted throughout the book is:
"You can not build in a Democracy a nation inside a nation of two antagonistic races. The future American must be an Anglo-Saxon or a Mulatto."
It portrays a very insecure culture in the South. Very low quality culture that shuts itself off from the world like a hermit.

What is probably the strangest is that the people that make the same or similar arguments today are those that claim to be "anti-racist".
i.e. It was the Progressives that claimed Senator Elizabeth Warren is an American Indian due to a DNA test that says she was 1/1024th American Indian. And that she is due to the "1 blood drop rule" which is even used in the book by the white supremacists against black people or anyone that has any black ancestry. Not only that, she even claimed that she was American Indian due to her high cheek bones. Just as in the book the "niggers" were "flat nosed" and had "kinked hair". It is an acknowledgement of people being completely different creatures, not just people from different corners of the world having different traits. Same shit different package.

The best thing about this book it is a perfect time capsule of the southern state of mind of that era. But of course, this was the whole reason for reading the book in the first place.
]]> <![CDATA[Androphilia: Rejecting the Gay Identity, Reclaiming Masculinity]]> 989364 144 Jack Donovan 0976403587 Will 3 3.42 2007 Androphilia: Rejecting the Gay Identity, Reclaiming Masculinity
author: Jack Donovan
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average rating: 3.42
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> The Carnal Prayer Mat 1690630 336 Li Yu 0824817982 Will 0 possible-interest 3.78 1634 The Carnal Prayer Mat
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ego and His Own: The Case of the Individual Against Authority]]> 257903 Stirner begins with a study of the individual ego and then traces its subjugation from ancient times to the nineteenth century. Nothing escapes his indictment: the ancient philosophers, Christianity, monarchism, the bourgeois state; all have fettered individuals with laws, morality, and obligations. Revolutions expunge one evil only to replace it with another, and Stirner predicted � years before the publication of Marx's Manifesto � that socialism would climax in the ultimate totalitarian state.
For students of political science and philosophy, this book is essential reading. For those concerned about the encroachment of authority upon individual liberty, Stirner articulates a philosophy that remains unsurpassed in its scope.]]> 366 Max Stirner 048644581X Will 4 3.98 1844 The Ego and His Own: The Case of the Individual Against Authority
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average rating: 3.98
book published: 1844
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]]> <![CDATA[The Secrets of the Federal Reserve]]> 1742455 Eustace Clarence Mullins 0965649210 Will 0 possible-interest 4.29 1952 The Secrets of the Federal Reserve
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average rating: 4.29
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]]> <![CDATA[After the Revolution?: Authority in a Good Society]]> 923241 168 Robert A. Dahl 0300049641 Will 2
This felt so annoying and out dated. Maybe because the book was originally written in 1970, 51 years before I am now reading it. But the arguments that he makes for democracy are the same argument I remember hearing in school and made by every old person that acts like it was the greatest idea man has ever come up with. Maybe these were revolutionary thoughts for its time but outdated, at best, today. It was even annoying reading his thoughts on cons of democracy because it felt like he would start to just address one and then that was it. He would just walk away all together. Like he didn't want you to analyze it too long.

The only reason I give this 2 stars instead of one is that it does show a possible foundation or elude to where a foundation may come from for so many pro-democracy and pro-socialism advocates today. It may be a bread crumb along the trail but this can be useful.]]> 3.94 After the Revolution?: Authority in a Good Society
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This was horrible.

This felt so annoying and out dated. Maybe because the book was originally written in 1970, 51 years before I am now reading it. But the arguments that he makes for democracy are the same argument I remember hearing in school and made by every old person that acts like it was the greatest idea man has ever come up with. Maybe these were revolutionary thoughts for its time but outdated, at best, today. It was even annoying reading his thoughts on cons of democracy because it felt like he would start to just address one and then that was it. He would just walk away all together. Like he didn't want you to analyze it too long.

The only reason I give this 2 stars instead of one is that it does show a possible foundation or elude to where a foundation may come from for so many pro-democracy and pro-socialism advocates today. It may be a bread crumb along the trail but this can be useful.
]]> <![CDATA[Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother]]> 9160695
"This is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. This was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead, it's about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste of glory, and how I was humbled by a thirteen-year-old." —Amy Chua

All decent parents want to do what's best for their children. What Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother reveals is that the Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that. Western parents try to respect their children's individuality, encouraging them to pursue their true passions and providing a nurturing environment. The Chinese believe that the best way to protect your children is by preparing them for the future and arming them with skills, strong work habits, and inner confidence. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother chronicles Chua's iron-willed decision to raise her daughters, Sophia and Lulu, her way—the Chinese way—and the remarkable results her choice inspires.

Here are some things Amy Chua would never allow her daughters to do:

- have a playdate
- be in a school play
- complain about not being in a school play
- not be the #1 student in every subject except gym and drama
- play any instrument other than the piano or violin
- not play the piano or violin

The truth is Lulu and Sophia would never have had time for a playdate. They were too busy practicing their instruments (two to three hours a day and double sessions on the weekend) and perfecting their Mandarin.

Of course no one is perfect, including Chua herself. Witness this scene:

"According to Sophia, here are three things I actually said to her at the piano as I supervised her practicing:

- Oh my God, you're just getting worse and worse.
- I'm going to count to three, then I want musicality.
- If the next time's not PERFECT, I'm going to take all your stuffed animals and burn them!"

But Chua demands as much of herself as she does of her daughters. And in her sacrifices—the exacting attention spent studying her daughters' performances, the office hours lost shuttling the girls to lessons—the depth of her love for her children becomes clear. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is an eye-opening exploration of the differences in Eastern and Western parenting—and the lessons parents and children everywhere teach one another.]]> 237 Amy Chua 1594202842 Will 2 3.64 2011 Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
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]]> <![CDATA[Capital, A Critique of Political Economy: The Process of Capitalist Production]]> 33279388 Capital, one of Marx's major and most influential works, was the product of thirty years close study of the capitalist mode of production in England, the most advanced industrial society of his day. This new translation of Volume One, the only volume to be completed and edited by Marx himself, avoids some of the mistakes that have marred earlier versions and seeks to do justice to the literary qualities of the work. The introduction is by Ernest Mandel, author of Late Capitalism, one of the only comprehensive attempts to develop the theoretical legacy of Capital.]]> 869 Karl Marx Will 0 to-read 4.25 1887 Capital, A Critique of Political Economy: The Process of Capitalist Production
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]]> The Call of Cthulhu 15730101 The Call of Cthulhu is a harrowing tale of the weakness of the human mind when confronted by powers and intelligences from beyond our world.]]> 43 H.P. Lovecraft Will 3 3.97 1928 The Call of Cthulhu
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]]> In Praise of Shadows 18688885 Librarian note: This is an alternative cover edition for 9780099283577

This is an enchanting essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. Tanizaki's eye ranges over architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. The result is a classic description of the collision between the shadows of traditional Japanese interiors and the dazzling light of the modern age.]]> 73 Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Will 4 3.80 1933 In Praise of Shadows
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average rating: 3.80
book published: 1933
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy]]> 867247 - Miyamoto Musashi, Book of Five Rings

Shortly before his death in 1645, the undefeated swordsman Miyamoto Musashi retreated to a cave to live as a hermit. There he wrote five scrolls describing the "true principles" required for victory in the martial arts and on the battlefield. Instead of relying on religion or theory, Musashi based his writings on his own experience, observation, and reason.]]> 192 Miyamoto Musashi 0517415283 Will 0 4.02 1645 A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
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]]> Casca: The War Lord #3 35340833 Book 182 Barry Sadler 0441092101 Will 3 3.79 1980 Casca: The War Lord #3
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]]> Guerilla Warfare 6739402 171 Ernesto Che Guevara 8187496843 Will 0 possible-interest 3.81 1961 Guerilla Warfare
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]]> <![CDATA[Fry The Brain: The Art of Urban Sniping and its Role in Modern Guerrilla Warfare]]> 6464088 448 John West 0971413398 Will 0 possible-interest 4.10 2008 Fry The Brain: The Art of Urban Sniping and its Role in Modern Guerrilla Warfare
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]]> Terrorists' Target Selection 4133182 285 C.J.M. Drake 031221197X Will 0 possible-interest 3.50 1998 Terrorists' Target Selection
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]]> <![CDATA[Qabusnama: A Mirror for Princes]]> 30825702 265 عنصر المعالی کیکاووس Will 0 possible-interest 4.11 1080 Qabusnama: A Mirror for Princes
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]]> <![CDATA[Principia Discordia � Or � How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her: The Magnum Opiate of Malaclypse the Younger]]> 89937 95 Malaclypse 1559500409 Will 0 4.27 1965 Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her: The Magnum Opiate of Malaclypse the Younger
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average rating: 4.27
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]]> A Discourse on the Method 3745735
A detailed section of notes explain Descartes' philosophical terminology and ideas, as well as historical references and allusions. Any reader can feel comfortable diving into this classic work of Renaissance philosophical thought.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.]]> 160 René Descartes 0199540071 Will 0 to-read 3.55 1637 A Discourse on the Method
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]]> Areopagitica 421280 85 John Milton 0543959856 Will 0 possible-interest 3.86 1644 Areopagitica
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West]]> 394535 Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into a nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving.]]> 351 Cormac McCarthy Will 0 4.18 1985 Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
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average rating: 4.18
book published: 1985
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]]> Kropotkin 1946420 342 Martin A. Miller 0226525937 Will 0 possible-interest 3.71 1976 Kropotkin
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]]> The Necronomicon 58973
The book was originally released in 1977 by Schlangekraft, Inc. in a limited edition hardback printing, followed by a paperback release by Avon Books, and a subsequent paperback release by Bantam Books.

Levenda did acknowledge working on the book with Simon. Ian Punnett made a reference to interviewing "Simon" and mentioned similarities with Peter Levenda and asked Peter to "say hello to Simon for him, next time he saw him", to which Peter laughed and said that he would.]]> 288 Simon 0380751925 Will 3 3.20 1977 The Necronomicon
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average rating: 3.20
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rating: 3
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]]> The Urantia Book 612765 The Urantia Book harmonizes history, science, and religion into a philosophy of living that brings new meaning and hope into your life. If you are searching for answers, read The Urantia Book!

The world needs new spiritual truth that provides modern men and women with an intellectual pathway into a personal relationship with God. Building on the world's religious heritage, The Urantia Book describes an endless destiny for humankind, teaching that living faith is the key to personal spiritual progress and eternal survival. These teachings provide new truths powerful enough to uplift and advance human thinking and believing for the next 1000 years.

A third of The Urantia Book is the inspiring story of Jesus' entire life and a revelation of his original teachings. This panoramic narrative includes his birth, childhood, teenage years, adult travels and adventures, public ministry, crucifixion, and 19 resurrection appearances. This inspiring story recasts Jesus from the leading figure of Christianity into the guide for seekers of all faiths and all walks of life.]]> 2097 Urantia Foundation Will 0 possible-interest 4.04 1955 The Urantia Book
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> Philosophy in the Boudoir 152113 Philosophy of the Boudoir follows three aristocrats as they indoctrinate the fifteen-year-old Eugénie de Mistival in “the principles of the most outrageous libertinism.� 200 years after de Sade’s death, readers will continue to find shock and delight in this most joyous of his erotic works, now with a new introduction by Francine du Plessix-Gray.]]> 192 Marquis de Sade 0143039016 Will 0 3.50 1795 Philosophy in the Boudoir
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average rating: 3.50
book published: 1795
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]]> <![CDATA[THE PLUTONIUM HOAX NUCLEAR SCARE PROVEN by Galen Winsor]]> 31437281
The information you're about to read will forever change the way you look at government and "nuclear" power.]]> 27 Mike Grimmel Will 0 possible-interest 5.00 THE PLUTONIUM HOAX NUCLEAR SCARE PROVEN by Galen Winsor
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]]> <![CDATA[Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds]]> 41721428 New York Times Best SellerOver 5 million copies soldFor David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare -- poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring Outside magazine to name him "The Fittest (Real) Man in America."In Can't Hurt Me, he shares his astonishing life story and reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities. Goggins calls this The 40% Rule, and his story illuminates a path that anyone can follow to push past pain, demolish fear, and reach their full potential.]]> 366 David Goggins 1544512260 Will 0 possible-interest 4.30 2018 Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
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]]> <![CDATA[The Red Decade: The Stalinist Penetration of America]]> 6275715 423 Eugene Lyons 1931541078 Will 0 to-read 4.05 1941 The Red Decade: The Stalinist Penetration of America
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]]> <![CDATA[Eleven Years In Soviet Prison Camps]]> 4580259
“IN THIS BOOK I have described my personal experiences only to the extent that they were the characteristic experiences of a prisoner in the Soviet Union. For my concern is not primarily with the foreigners in Soviet camps; it is rather with the fate of all the peoples who have been subjugated by the Soviet regime, who were born in a Soviet Republic and cannot escape from it.

The events I describe are the daily experiences of thousands or people in the Soviet Union. They are the findings of an involuntary expedition into an unknown the land of Soviet prisoners, of the guiltless damned. From that region I have brought back with me the silence of the Siberian graveyards, the deathly silence of those who have frozen, starved, or been beaten to death. This book is an attempt to make that silence speak.�-from the Author’s Preface.]]> 329 Elinor Lipper Will 4 4.20 1971 Eleven Years In Soviet Prison Camps
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]]> <![CDATA[Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology)]]> 26889596 The groundbreaking Kinsey Report study on female sexuality from “one of the most influential figures in American intellectual history� (The New York Times). Originally published in 1953, the material presented in Sexual Behavior in the Human Female was derived from personal interviews with nearly 6,000 women; from studies in sexual anatomy, physiology, psychology, and endocrinology. The study revealed the incidence and frequency with which women participate in various types of sexual activity and how such factors as age, decade of birth, and religious adherence are reflected in patterns of sexual behavior. The authors make comparisons of female and male sexual activities and investigate the factors which account for the similarities and differences between female and male patterns of behavior and provide some measure of the social significance of the various types of sexual behavior. “[It] shocked the world in 1953 with its explicit revelations. Countries banned it. Churches berated it. Some scholars scoffed . . . but it was an instant success, selling 270,000 copies in less than a month . . . [Kinsey] made headlines around the globe with his findings on such things as masturbation, sex before marriage and adultery.”—CBSNews.com]]> 1416 Alfred C. Kinsey 0253019249 Will 0 to-read 4.00 1953 Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
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]]> <![CDATA[Becoming Your Own Banker: Unlock the Infinite Banking Concept]]> 18938905
If you are reading these words you should be angry. Very, very angry! So-called financial experts have kept certain principles from you for years.

Secrets. Important secrets that, had you known them, would have made your life much simpler and much more profitable.

Becoming Your Own Banker reveals secrets kept from you all these years because of the mindset that is predominant in the entire financial world.

Written originally as a textbook designed to accompany a 10-hour course, Becoming Your Own Banker is designed for the layman, not the financial professional.

Learn how to put these secrets to work in everyday terms...not financial double-speak.

Here is some of what is revealed to you:
How To Create Your Own Banking System
Five Methods of Financing Automobiles
How To Design an Insurance Plan that Solves the Banking Function
Potential Sources of Capital
Playing The "Cash Flow" Game
The Cost of Acquisition

The Retirement Trap...and so much more! There are 84 jam-packed pages containing financial blueprints that, if applied, can open up a whole new world for you and those you care about.

Discover for yourself, these important secrets and make your life much simpler and much more profitable.]]> 170 R. Nelson Nash 0972631631 Will 0 to-read 4.26 2000 Becoming Your Own Banker: Unlock the Infinite Banking Concept
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]]> The German Ideology 52964795 711 Karl Marx Will 1 2.50 1846 The German Ideology
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]]> <![CDATA[Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings: Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age]]> 564770 316 Charles H. Hapgood 0932813429 Will 0 to-read 4.06 1965 Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings: Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age
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]]> Black Like Me 42603 John Howard Griffin decided to cross the color line. Using medication that darkened his skin to deep brown, he exchanged his privileged life as a Southern white man for the disenfranchised world of an unemployed black man. His audacious, still chillingly relevant eyewitness history is a work about race and humanity-that in this new millennium still has something important to say to every American.]]> 208 John Howard Griffin 0451208641 Will 0 to-read 4.10 1961 Black Like Me
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]]> <![CDATA[The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)]]> 6101718
Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A senior in high school, he’s still secretly preoccupied with a series of fantasy novels he read as a child, set in a magical land called Fillory. Imagine his surprise when he finds himself unexpectedly admitted to a very secret, very exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, where he receives a thorough and rigorous education in the craft of modern sorcery.

He also discovers all the other things people learn in college: friendship, love, sex, booze, and boredom. Something is missing, though. Magic doesn’t bring Quentin the happiness and adventure he dreamed it would. After graduation he and his friends make a stunning discovery: Fillory is real. But the land of Quentin’s fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he could have imagined. His childhood dream becomes a nightmare with a shocking truth at its heart.

At once psychologically piercing and magnificently absorbing, The Magicians boldly moves into uncharted literary territory, imagining magic as practiced by real people, with their capricious desires and volatile emotions. Lev Grossman creates an utterly original world in which good and evil aren’t black and white, love and sex aren’t simple or innocent, and power comes at a terrible price.]]> 402 Lev Grossman 0670020559 Will 0 3.53 2009 The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant]]> 4898 240 W. Chan Kim 1591396190 Will 0 to-read 4.01 2004 Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
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]]> The Populist Delusion 60832788
This book explodes that delusion. Beginning with the Italian elite school, Parvini shows the top-down and elite driven nature of politics by explicating one thinker per chapter: Mosca, Pareto, Michels, Schmitt, Jouvenel, Burnham, Francis, and Gottfried. The sobering picture that emerges is that the interests of the people have only ever been advanced by a tightly organized minority. Just as fire drives out fire, so an elite is only ever driven out by another elite.

The Populist Delusion is the remedy for a self-defeating folk politics that has done the people a great disservice.]]> 174 Neema Parvini 1922602442 Will 0 to-read 4.32 The Populist Delusion
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]]> The Ultimate Resource 1729898 Julian L. Simon 0691003696 Will 0 to-read 4.15 1981 The Ultimate Resource
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]]> <![CDATA[Sexual Behavior in the Human Male]]> 47380 Acknowledgments
Publisher's Foreword
1 History & method: Historical introduction
Interviewing
Statistical problems
Validity of the data
2 Factors affecting sexual outlet: Early sexual growth & activity
Total sexual outlet
Age & sexual outlet
Marital status & sexual outlet
Age of adolescence & sexual outlet
Social level & sexual outlet
Stability of sexual patterns
Rural-urban background & sexual outlet
Religious background & sexual outlet
3 Sources of sexual outlet: Masturbation
Nocturnal emissions
Heterosexual petting
Pre-marital intercourse
Marital intercourse
Extra-marital intercourse
Intercourse with prostitutes
Homosexual outlet
Animal contacts
Clinical tables
Appendix
Bibliography
Index]]> 820 Alfred C. Kinsey 0721654452 Will 0 to-read 3.65 1948 Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
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]]> The King in Yellow 36423133 I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon... I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with the beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth - a world which now trembles before the King in Yellow.

The four uncanny and terrifying tales contained between these covers are all linked by their reference to a certain notorious play, a cursed, forbidden play that has spread like a contagion across the world, a play in which the second act reveals truths so terrible, and so beautiful, that it drives all who read it to lunatic despair: The King in Yellow.

These stories are some of the most thrilling ever written in the field of weird fiction. Since their first publication in 1895 they have become cult classics, influencing many writers from the renowned master of cosmic horror H. P. Lovecraft to the creators of HBO's True Detective.

Contains: ‘The Repairer of Reputations�, ‘The Mask�, ‘In the Court of the Dragon�, ‘The Yellow Sign’]]> 160 Robert W. Chambers 178227376X Will 3 3.78 1895 The King in Yellow
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I heard very good things about this book and was very excited to read it. It wasn't what I was expecting. I felt the first 3 stories, even though were interesting that they all connected in very odd ways, did not pull me in and make me want to go further. I labored through the 3rd story. The last story just happened to be my favorite of the whole book. The ending was amazing.
]]> <![CDATA[The Middle of the Road Leads to Socialism]]> 54388808
Included as a chapter in Planning for Freedom and Sixteen Other Essays and Addresses, and published by Libertarian Press, 1952.

Reprinted in 2018 by the Mises Institute and published under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License.]]> 18 Ludwig von Mises Will 3 4.32 The Middle of the Road Leads to Socialism
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]]> <![CDATA[The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion]]> 1419286
"Although it's a pernicious fraud, The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion has unfortunately had a widespread influence--all of it evil--on the history of the 20th century. It was exposed as a hoax in 1921, yet it has been used as a justification for the Holocaust and for innumerable pogroms in Russia and the Soviet Union.

The Protocols was supposedly written in 1897 from the minutes of 24 secret meetings between Jews and Freemasons in which they conspired to bring down Western civilization and jointly rule the world. In reality, it is nothing of the sort. In 1921, Philip Graves of the London Times revealed The Protocols to be a fraud, showing it to be based on a French satire aimed at Napoleon III. In a series of side-by-side extracts printed in the Times, Graves demonstrated that the forgers took long portions of the original text, titled Dialogues in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu, and simply replaced "France" with "Zion" and "The Emperor" with "We the Jews." Further investigations by the Russian historian Vladimir Burtsev revealed other sources for The Protocols, including a fantasy novel by Hermann Goedsche and, more darkly, the hand of the Russian secret police.

Sadly, despite its clearly fraudulent nature, The Protocols continues today to feed the fears of the credulous and to fan the flames of fanaticism and hate." --Perry M. Atterberry (Amazon Review)]]> 312 Matvei Vasilyevich Golovinski 159364020X Will 0 possible-interest 3.03 1903 The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion
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]]> The Wretched of the Earth 66933 Orientalism or The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and it is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of readers.

The Wretched of the Earth is a brilliant analysis of the psychology of the colonized and their path to liberation. Bearing singular insight into the rage and frustration of colonized peoples, and the role of violence in effecting historical change, the book incisively attacks the twin perils of post-independence colonial politics: the disenfranchisement of the masses by the elites on the one hand, and intertribal and interfaith animosities on the other.

Fanon's analysis, a veritable handbook of social reorganization for leaders of emerging nations, has been reflected all too clearly in the corruption and violence that has plagued present-day Africa. The Wretched of the Earth has had a major impact on civil rights, anticolonialism, and black consciousness movements around the world, and this bold new translation by Richard Philcox reaffirms it as a landmark.]]> 251 Frantz Fanon 0802141323 Will 0 to-read 4.35 1961 The Wretched of the Earth
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]]> Armed Joy 2611445
Hurry to say No, before the new repression convinces you that saying no is pointless, mad, and that you should accept the hospitality of the mental asylum.

Hurry to attack capital before a new ideology makes it sacred to you.

Hurry to refuse work before some new sophist tells you yet again that �'work makes you free'.

Hurry to play. Hurry to arm yourself.]]> 48 Alfredo M. Bonanno Will 0 to-read 3.98 1977 Armed Joy
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]]> <![CDATA[Volume I: Power vs Force: Muscle Testing Video]]> 42854276 David R. Hawkins 0976574233 Will 0 possible-interest 4.19 Volume I: Power vs Force: Muscle Testing Video
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]]> <![CDATA[The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America]]> 1697418 58 Founding Fathers 1882577671 Will 4 4.45 1776 The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America
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]]> <![CDATA[Iwigara: The Kinship of Plants and People: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science]]> 50158998 248 Enrique Salmón 1604698802 Will 0 to-read 4.43 2021 Iwigara: The Kinship of Plants and People: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science
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]]> <![CDATA[The Marxification of Education: Paulo Freire's Critical Marxism and the Theft of Education]]> 63689360 Their education has been stolen from them. Activists have spent the last forty to fifty years taking over education and transforming it into something not mere indoctrination but brainwashing. The transformation of education from education to neo-Marxist thought reform follows significantly from the work of a Brazilian Marxist by the name of Paulo Freire, who is little-known outside of South America and colleges of education. In this book, The Marxification of Education, James Lindsay, founder of New Discourses, breaks down the contents and impact of Freire’s disastrous work so that you can understand it and, hopefully, put a stop to it.

James Lindsay is an author, internationally recognized speaker, and the founder and president of New Discourses. He is best known for his relentless criticism of "Woke" ideology, the now-famous Grievance Studies Affair, and his bestselling books including Race Marxism and Cynical Theories, which has been translated into over a dozen languages. In addition to writing and speaking, Lindsay is the voice of the New Discourses Podcast and has been a guest on prominent media outlets including The Joe Rogan Experience, Glenn Beck, Fox News, and NPR.]]> 210 James Lindsay Will 0 to-read 4.10 2022 The Marxification of Education: Paulo Freire's Critical Marxism and the Theft of Education
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]]> The 42nd Parallel (U.S.A. #1) 7101 U.S.A. trilogy, comprising The 42nd Parallel, 1919, and The Big Money, John Dos Passos is said by many to have written the great American novel. While Fitzgerald and Hemingway were cultivating what Edmund Wilson once called their "own little corners," John Dos Passos was taking on the world. Counted as one of the best novels of the twentieth century by the Modern Library and by some of the finest writers working today, U.S.A. is a grand, kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation, buzzing with history and life on every page.

The trilogy opens with The 42nd Parallel, where we find a young country at the dawn of the twentieth century. Slowly, in stories artfully spliced together, the lives and fortunes of five characters unfold. Mac, Janey, Eleanor, Ward, and Charley are caught on the storm track of this parallel and blown New Yorkward. As their lives cross and double back again, the likes of Eugene Debs, Thomas Edison, and Andrew Carnegie make cameo appearances.]]> 325 John Dos Passos 0618056815 Will 0 to-read 3.82 1930 The 42nd Parallel (U.S.A. #1)
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]]> The Big Money (U.S.A., #3) 7103
Here we come back to America after the war and find a nation on the upswing. Industrialism booms. The stock market surges. Lindbergh takes his solo flight. Henry Ford makes automobiles. From New York to Hollywood, love affairs to business deals, it is a country taking the turns too fast, speeding toward the crash of 1929.

Ultimately, whether the novels are read together or separately, they paint a sweeping portrait of collective America and showcase the brilliance and bravery of one of its most enduring and admired writers.

“It is not simply that [Dos Passos] has a keen eye for people, but that he has a keen eye for so many different kinds of people.� � New York Times]]> 464 John Dos Passos 0618056831 Will 0 to-read 4.01 1936 The Big Money (U.S.A., #3)
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]]> 1919 (U.S.A., #2) 7104 1919, the second volume of his U.S.A. trilogy, John Dos Passos continues his "vigorous and sweeping panorama of twentieth-century America" (Forum), lauded on publication of the first volume not only for its scope, but also for its groundbreaking style. Again employing a host of experimental devices that would inspire a whole new generation of writers to follow, Dos Passos captures the many textures, flavors, and background noises of modern life with a cinematic touch and unparalleled nerve.

1919 opens to find America and the world at war, and Dos Passos's characters, many of whom we met in the first volume, are thrown into the snarl. We follow the daughter of a Chicago minister, a wide-eyed Texas girl, a young poet, a radical Jew, and we glimpse Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Unknown Soldier.]]> 382 John Dos Passos 0618056823 Will 0 to-read 3.97 1932 1919 (U.S.A., #2)
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]]> Judaism 285371 Book by 336 Arthur Hertzberg 0684852659 Will 0 possible-interest 3.66 Judaism
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]]> <![CDATA[The Economic Consequences of the Peace]]> 368293 186 John Maynard Keynes 1426489099 Will 0 interested-fantasy 4.01 1919 The Economic Consequences of the Peace
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]]> The Production of Security 7090716
Molinari was steeped in the old liberal worldview of Bastiat and hence was a dedicated champion of private property and free markets. But Molinari took matters further to argue that markets were also better at providing the service that the state claimed was its monopoly the provision of security itself.

His singular contribution, then, was to lead us away from the false assumption of Hobbes that somehow the state was necessary to keep society from devolving into chaos. On the contrary, argued Molinari, the voluntary society is the source of order that comes from freedom itself. There is no contradiction or even tension between liberty and security. If free enterprise works well in one sector, it can work well in other sectors too.

Molinari was indeed a radical but in the sense that foreshadowed the development of American libertarian a radical for capitalism in all areas of life, which is another way of saying that he was a consistent champion of the fully free society.

Perhaps there was a time when people could regard the government monopoly on police and courts as benign, part of the "night watchmen" state advocated by the old-time classical liberals. But the march of the police state has changed we are more likely to understand that the state's "security" services are the gravest threat to liberty we face.

In that sense, Molinari is the man of the hour.

[Description taken from Mises.org]]]> 64 Gustave de Molinari Will 0 to-read 3.95 1849 The Production of Security
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]]> <![CDATA[Race Marxism: The Truth About Critical Race Theory and Praxis]]> 60158480
Race Marxism exists to tell the truth about Critical Race Theory in unprecedented clarity and depth. Across its six weighty chapters, Lindsay explains what Critical Race Theory is, what it believes, where it comes from, how it operates, and what we can do about it now that we know what we're dealing with. It exposes Critical Race Theory for what it is by ranging widely across its own literature and a survey of some of the darkest philosophical currents of the last three hundred years in Western thought. Readers will come away understanding Critical Race Theory and be able to speak the truth about it with authority: Critical Race Theory is Race Marxism, and, like all Marxist Theories before it, it will not work this time.]]> 357 James Lindsay Will 0 to-read 4.23 2022 Race Marxism: The Truth About Critical Race Theory and Praxis
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]]> <![CDATA[Josiah Warren, the First American Anarchist]]> 10613695 182 William Bailie 1110297408 Will 0 to-read 4.20 1971 Josiah Warren, the First American Anarchist
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]]> An Anarchist Woman 8580697 168 Hutchins Hapgood 1409947076 Will 0 to-read 2.75 1909 An Anarchist Woman
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]]> <![CDATA[The Buccaneers of America (Dover Maritime)]]> 169961 Alexander Exquemelin, thought to be a Frenchman who enlisted with the buccaneers for a time, chronicles the bold feats of these raiders as they ravaged shipping and terrorized Caribbean settlements. Exquemelin provides fascinating details of the French presence in Hispaniola (now comprising the island nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic) describes the features of that country and its inhabitants, and comments at length on the origin of the buccaneers, vividly recounting their rules of conduct and way of life. These bold plunderers come across as shrewd strategists, crack shots, fine navigators, wild debauchers, and greedy adventurers who frequently engaged in vicious acts of cruelty. Among the figures in his rogues' gallery, none stands out more than the infamous Henry Morgan, whose exploits culminated in the seizure and burning of Panama City.
A bestseller in its own time, The Buccaneers of America will fascinate any modern reader intrigued by piracy and by the often sordid history of European conflicts in the Caribbean and on the Spanish Main.]]> 240 Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin 048640966X Will 0 possible-interest 3.93 1678 The Buccaneers of America (Dover Maritime)
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]]> The Federalist Papers 110331

Hailed by Thomas Jefferson as “the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written", The Federalist Papers is a collection of eighty-five essays published by Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay from 1787 to 1788, as a means to persuade the public to ratify the Constitution of the United States.


With nearly two-thirds of the essays written by Hamilton, this enduring classic is perfect for modern audiences passionate about his work or seeking a deeper understanding of one of the most important documents in US history.

]]> 688 Alexander Hamilton Will 0 4.05 1788 The Federalist Papers
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]]> <![CDATA[Ruhnama: The Book of the Soul (Annotated Version)]]> 25127775 289 Saparmyrat Nyýazow Will 0 possible-interest 2.78 2001 Ruhnama: The Book of the Soul (Annotated Version)
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]]> <![CDATA[The White Pill: A Tale of Good and Evil]]> 68005389 371 Michael Malice Will 5
This book reminds me very clearly of the adage. When one is traveling through hell, the quickest way out is to keep going. There is no turning back. Just always remember, regardless of how bad things get, that your opponents are not as impressive as you think and that all will be well.]]> 4.46 2022 The White Pill: A Tale of Good and Evil
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This book was amazing. This is a book that really tears at the heart strings as you read it. There were multiple quotes that stuck out that really added weight to the emotional toll of the book. This book doesn't leave you guessing as to what evils transpired. Make no mistake what took place in those jails, prison camps, school houses, etc - it's all dark. With quotes like, "The darkness will always outnumber the stars." (P.206). You are taken straight to the basement of depravity with all its grit on full display. Even when the evil is so depraved it attempts to reconcile and legitimize its horror through rhetoric yet the author doesn't let up so easily by saying, "Rhetorical questions are perhaps of use rhetorically, but they do not affect reality in the slightest." (P.157)

This book reminds me very clearly of the adage. When one is traveling through hell, the quickest way out is to keep going. There is no turning back. Just always remember, regardless of how bad things get, that your opponents are not as impressive as you think and that all will be well.
]]> <![CDATA[Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire]]> 6648331 600 Victor Sebestyen 029785223X Will 0 to-read 4.34 2009 Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire
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]]> Let History Judge 744407
Let History Judge contains new material on purges in 1929-1931 and terror against the peasantry; the Kirov assasination and show trials; the "great terror" from 1936-1938, which caused irreparable damage to the Soviet Union and left it vulnerable for Hilter's attack in 1941; the trial of Bukharin; Trotsky's revolutionary activity and Stalin's involvement with his murder in Mexico; Stalin's miscalculations and errors during the war, which cost the Soviet Union nearly 25 million in casualties; new purges from 1946-1953; and the actual vote of the Seventeenth Congress, which decided Stalin's candidacy.

Since the first edition was finished by the author in 1969 and published in 1971, dozens of new informants have come forward to give their evidence to Roy Medvedev. Distinguished Soviet literary, cultural, and political figures like the late Alexander Twardovsky, Ilja Ehrenburg, Konstantin Simonov, Yuri Trifono, Mikhail Romm and many others have accumulated documentary records of Stalinism in anticipation of an expanded version.]]> 891 Рой Медведев 0231063512 Will 0 possible-interest 4.08 1969 Let History Judge
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]]> <![CDATA[Lies My Gov't Told Me: And the Better Future Coming]]> 60317267 A WALL STREET JOURNALNATIONAL BESTSELLER

*AS SEEN ON TUCKER CARLSON TODAYAND THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE*

A guide for the times—breaking down the lies aboutCOVID-19 andshedding light on why we came to believe them.

When he invented the original mRNA vaccine technology as a medical and graduatestudent in the late 1980s, Robert Malone could not have imagined that he would become a leader in a movement to expose the dangers of mRNA vaccines that billions of people have received—too often without being informed of the risks.

For voicing opposition to the “mainstream� narrative, Dr.RobertMalonewascensored by Big Tech and vilified by the media. But he continues to speak out and alert the world to the web of lies that wehave all experienced. From vaccine safety and effectiveness to early treatments like ivermectin, to lockdowns, masks, and more, Dr. Malone is the signature dissident voice telling the other side of the story about COVID, the role of corporate media, censorship, propaganda, and the brave new world of transhumanism promoted by the World Economic Forum and its acolytes.

What effect did the COVID policies have on lives, livelihoods, and democracies? How is it possible that the lies spread by governments would persist, and that our institutions would fail to correct them?Lies My Gov’t Told Metakes a hard look at these questions and illustrates how data, information, and psychology have been distorted during the pandemic.

Governments intentionally weaponized fear to mold behavior. The media smeared anyone who objected to the narrative. And Big Pharma—aligned with larger globalist interests exemplified by the likes of Bill Gates and the World Economic Forum—had captured the agencies that are supposed to regulate it long before the pandemic began.Dr. Malone explores these perverse connections between Pharma, government, and media, and tells us what can be done about it.

With contributed chapters from other leading thinkers, such as Dr. Paul Marik and Professor Mattias Desmet, and drawingupon history, psychology, and economics,Lies My Gov’t Told Melooks at COVID from numerous angles. Never satisfied with a simple answer or easy solution, Dr. Malone proposes multiple action plans for a better future.

Dr. Malone calls on each of us to find our own solutions, our own ways to resist the control of fascist, corporatist, and totalitarian overlords. If we are to step out of the darkness—toward a world that defends the principles of the Constitution, upholds individual rights, and honors free speech—we all must play a part in the transition.

]]> 573 Robert W. Malone Will 0 possible-interest 4.56 Lies My Gov't Told Me: And the Better Future Coming
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]]> <![CDATA[Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side]]> 15791099 Book of Sith. Over the centuries, the texts were passed among Force users who left handwritten notes and annotations in the margins, including Darth Vader, Yoda, Mace Windu, and Luke Skywalker, among others. Collected by acclaimed Star Wars writer Daniel Wallace and embellished by numerous esteemed Star Wars illustrators, this volume introduces new characters and history, and delves deeper into understanding the philosophies and methods behind the dark side of the Force.]]> 160 Daniel Wallace 1452118159 Will 0 4.08 2012 Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
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]]> <![CDATA[Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again]]> 29434
A journalist's provocative, spellbinding account of her eighteen months spent undercover will transform the way we think about what it means to be a man

Following in the tradition of John Howard Griffin (Black Like Me) and Barbara Ehrenreich (Nickel and Dimed), Norah Vincent absorbed a cultural experience and reported back on what she observed incognito. For more than a year and a half she ventured into the world as Ned, with an ever-present five o'clock shadow, a crew cut, wire-rim glasses, and her own size 11 1/2 shoes—a perfect disguise that enabled her to observe the world of men as an insider. The result is a sympathetic, shrewd, and thrilling tour de force of immersion journalism that's destined to challenge preconceptions and attract enormous attention.

With her buddies on the bowling league she enjoyed the rough and rewarding embrace of male camaraderie undetectable to an outsider. A stint in a high-octane sales job taught her the gut-wrenching pressures endured by men who would do anything to succeed. She frequented sex clubs, dated women hungry for love but bitter about men, and infiltrated all-male communities as hermetically sealed as a men's therapy group, and even a monastery. Narrated in her utterly captivating prose style and with exquisite insight, humor, empathy, nuance, and at great personal cost, Norah uses her intimate firsthand experience to explore the many remarkable mysteries of gender identity as well as who men are apart from and in relation to women. Far from becoming bitter or outraged, Vincent ended her journey astounded—and exhausted—by the rigid codes and rituals of masculinity. Having gone where no woman (who wasn't an aspiring or actual transsexual) has gone for any significant length of time, let alone eighteen months, Norah Vincent's surprising account is an enthralling reading experience and a revelatory piece of anecdotally based gender analysis that is sure to spark fierce and fascinating conversation.]]> 290 Norah Vincent 0670034665 Will 0 to-read 3.39 2006 Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again
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]]> <![CDATA[She Went to War: The Rhonda Cornum Story]]> 1139529 240 Rhonda Cornum 0891415076 Will 0 to-read 3.84 1992 She Went to War: The Rhonda Cornum Story
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]]> Utopia 865930 Utopia, by Sir Thomas More, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classicsseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:

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Comments by other famous authors
Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
Bibliographies for further reading
Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.


One of the most influential books in the Western philosophical and literary tradition, Sir Thomas More’s Utopia appeared in 1516. The formidable Henry VIII had recently assumed the throne in England, and conflicting ideas about religion were fueling the Reformation throughout Europe. A scathing satire, Utopia was hugely successful and vaulted More to the forefront of the growing humanist movement.

The story of Utopia is told by a mysterious sailor named Raphael Hythloday, who travels to the New World with the Italian explorer Vespucci and remains at a fort built at the farthest point reached. From there, he discovers a strange island kingdom named Utopia, a pagan and communist city-state in which language, social customs, dress, architecture, and education are identical throughout the country’s fifty-four cities. The Utopians have eliminated wealth, the nobility, and currency. Labor and goods are distributed equally and property is held in common. And there are no monasteries, alehouses, or academies to tempt a person to withdraw from society.

Given More’s satiric leanings and eventual execution, is Utopia simply an attack on Europe’s wickedness? Or is it a philosophical tract extolling the ideal way to live? Ultimately, Utopia navigates a course between the desire to create perfection and the pragmatic understanding that perfection, given the fallibility of mankind, is impossible.

Wayne A. Rebhorn is Celanese Centennial Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He has written extensively on Renaissance literature in English, Italian, French, Spanish, and Latin, on authors from Boccaccio through More and Shakespeare down to Milton.]]> 215 Thomas More 1593082444 Will 1 3.12 1516 Utopia
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]]> <![CDATA[The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich]]> 9278897 A new, updated and expanded edition of this New York Times bestseller on how to reconstruct your life so it's not all about work

Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan - there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.

This step-by step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches:

* How Tim went from $40,000 dollars per year and 80 hours per week to $40,000 per MONTH and 4 hours per week
* How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want
* How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs
* How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist
* How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and frequent 'mini-retirements'.

This new updated and expanded edition includes:

More than 50 practical tips and case studies from readers (including families) who have doubled their income, overcome common sticking points, and reinvented themselves using the original book as a starting point
* Real-world templates you can copy for eliminating email, negotiating with bosses and clients, or getting a private chef for less than £5 a meal
* How lifestyle design principles can be suited to unpredictable economic times
* The latest tools and tricks, as well as high-tech shortcuts, for living like a diplomat or millionaire without being either.]]> 396 Timothy Ferriss 0091929113 Will 0 3.69 2007 The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich
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]]> Cinema Speculation 55922488 The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino.

In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with Cinema Speculation, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans—and all movie lovers—could have hoped for. Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he first saw as a young moviegoer at the time, this book is as intellectually rigorous and insightful as it is rollicking and entertaining. At once film criticism, film theory, a feat of reporting, and wonderful personal history, it is all written in the singular voice recognizable immediately as QT’s and with the rare perspective about cinema possible only from one of the greatest practitioners of the artform ever.]]> 391 Quentin Tarantino 0063112582 Will 0 to-read 4.04 2022 Cinema Speculation
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]]> The Mars Project 508904
Today von Braun is recognized as the person most responsible for laying the groundwork for public acceptance of America's space program. When President Bush directed NASA in 1989 to prepare plans for an orbiting space station, lunar research bases, and human exploration of Mars, he was largely echoing what von Braun proposed in The Mars Project.
]]> 112 Wernher von Braun 0252062272 Will 0 to-read 3.88 1953 The Mars Project
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]]> <![CDATA[Come and Take It: The Gun Printer's Guide to Thinking Free]]> 29430844
Reminiscent of the classic Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman, Cody Wilson has written a unique, critical, and philosophical guide through the digital revolution. Deflecting interference from the State Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the story of Defense Distributed—where Wilson’s employees work against all odds to defend liberty and the right to access arms through the production of 3D printed firearms—takes us across continents, into dusty warehouses and high rise condominiums, through television studios, to the Texas desert, and beyond.

Harkening to both Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and The Anarchist Cookbook , Come and Take It follows a group of digital radicals as they navigate political subterfuge to create a technological miracle, against all odds. Combining elements of a modern-day thriller with a fascinating philosophical treatise, Wilson paints a scathing and timely portrait of an ideologically polarized America and his own struggle in the fight for liberty.]]> 320 Cody Wilson 1476778264 Will 0 possible-interest 3.69 Come and Take It: The Gun Printer's Guide to Thinking Free
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]]> Space Relations 2986183
When all the galaxies are colonized, John Craig, a young space diplomat, is captured by interplanetary pirates and sold into slavery.

On Kossr, where boredom and absolute power have driven the rulers to a special kind of madness, Craig is auctioned off to the exquisite Lady Morgan Sidney, a beautiful, sensual woman. He soon makes his way from the hellish slave mines into her bed in the tower of her castle. And it is here, under the strange castle, that he finds the secret that may bring about the end of man in the galaxy.]]> 248 Donald Barr 0860000249 Will 0 possible-interest 3.42 1973 Space Relations
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]]> Sartor Resartus 52998 Sartor Resartus (The Tailor Retailored) is ostensibly an introduction to a strange history of clothing by the German Professor of Things in General, Diogenes Teufelsdrockh; its deeper concerns are social injustice, the right way of living in the world, and the large questions of faith and understanding.

This is the first edition to present the novel as it originally appeared, with indications of the changes Carlyle made to later editions.]]> 320 Thomas Carlyle 0192836730 Will 0 possible-interest 3.65 1834 Sartor Resartus
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]]> The Secret History 29044 559 Donna Tartt 1400031702 Will 4 4.17 1992 The Secret History
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]]> <![CDATA[The Political Philosophy of Thomas Paine (The Political Philosophy of the American Founders)]]> 6165668 224 Jack Fruchtman Jr. 0801892848 Will 2 3.60 2009 The Political Philosophy of Thomas Paine (The Political Philosophy of the American Founders)
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]]> The People, the Sovereigns 12091731 Book by James Monroe 130 James Monroe 0940973022 Will 2 2.00 1987 The People, the Sovereigns
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]]> <![CDATA[The Nine Nations of North America]]> 147099
Consider, instead, the way North America really works. It is Nine Nations. Each has its capital and its distinctive web of power and influence. Some are still close to being raw frontiers; others have four centuries of history. Each has a peculiar economy; each commands an emotional allegiance from its citizens. Some are made topographically distinct by mountains, deserts, rivers. Others are defined by attitudes, ways of making a living, music, and language. Few are contained by lines that now describe "Canada," "Mexico," "the United States." Each of these Nine Nations has its own desires. Most important, each nation has a distinct prism through which it views the rest of the world.]]> 427 Joel Garreau 0380578859 Will 0 possible-interest 4.01 1981 The Nine Nations of North America
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]]> The Clansman 22924551 374 Thomas Dixon Jr. Will 1
It all starts with Lincoln being a "friend of the South" and then assassinated. Historically, speaking, the South did condemn the assassination because Boothe shot him in the back of the head. Which the South was about honor and to shoot a man in the back is not honorable at all. As the story continues the relationships don't do what is expected. By the end of the book the protagonist loses the girl because he would rather stay loyal to the KKK than her. He then wrongfully murders a man due to a doctor using "science" to find the killer of two white women. The idea was that the killer would be imprinted on the eyes of the victim like a polaroid. That is the basis for the protagonist to murder someone.

With all this said, this was still a very bad book. As in it was not fun or very interesting. This felt like it was not written by an intellectual but rather an early work of an aspiring writer. But even if I were asked if there was potential in this writer, due to this work or the rest of the trilogy, my answer would be potentially.]]> 2.50 1905 The Clansman
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This book is a lot. The majority of this book is not extremely racist and less racist than the previous book (which was surprising to me). Don't get me wrong, there is still white supremacist sentiments made but it is not as much as the previous book. The last section of the book is where the KKK is actually menacing. And even then it's hard to believe this book is meant to be pro-KKK. If you know any of the stories about this book series and the movie - The Birth of a Nation - you would be surprised by this book. It's made out to be as if the KKK is riding around lynching black people left and right in a noble crusade for the South and that is not the case at all.

It all starts with Lincoln being a "friend of the South" and then assassinated. Historically, speaking, the South did condemn the assassination because Boothe shot him in the back of the head. Which the South was about honor and to shoot a man in the back is not honorable at all. As the story continues the relationships don't do what is expected. By the end of the book the protagonist loses the girl because he would rather stay loyal to the KKK than her. He then wrongfully murders a man due to a doctor using "science" to find the killer of two white women. The idea was that the killer would be imprinted on the eyes of the victim like a polaroid. That is the basis for the protagonist to murder someone.

With all this said, this was still a very bad book. As in it was not fun or very interesting. This felt like it was not written by an intellectual but rather an early work of an aspiring writer. But even if I were asked if there was potential in this writer, due to this work or the rest of the trilogy, my answer would be potentially.
]]> The Bomb 996921 Frank Harris� novel comes from the point-of-view of the uncaught bomb-thrower, a German immigrant in love with the extreme political tactics of the notorious anarchist Louis Lingg.

The Feral House edition of The Bomb contains an afterword by anarchist thinker John Zerzan, and an anti-anarchist introduction by novelist John Dos Passos.

“This book is, in truth, a masterpiece; so intense is the impression that one almost asks, ‘Is this a novel or confession? Did not Frank Harris perhaps throw the bomb?� At least he has thrown one now� the best novel I have ever read.�
� Aleister Crowley, occultist]]> 213 Frank Harris 0922915377 Will 0 to-read 3.78 1908 The Bomb
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]]> Penpal 14578407 Penpal began as a series of short and interconnected stories posted on an online horror forum. Before long, it was adapted into illustrations, audio recordings, and short films; and that was before it was revised and expanded into a novel!

How much do you remember about your childhood?

In Penpal, a man investigates the seemingly unrelated bizarre, tragic, and horrific occurrences of his childhood in an attempt to finally understand them. Beginning with only fragments of his earliest years, you'll follow the narrator as he discovers that these strange and horrible events are actually part of a single terrifying story that has shaped the entirety of his life and the lives of those around him. If you've ever stayed in the woods just a little too long after dark, if you've ever had the feeling that someone or something was trying to hurt you, if you remember the first friend you ever made and how strong that bond was, then Penpal is a story that you won't soon forget, despite how you might try.]]> 243 Dathan Auerbach 098554550X Will 4 3.84 2012 Penpal
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]]> Corpus Hermeticum 2482704 72 Hermes Trismegistus 1905217412 Will 1 4.14 1998 Corpus Hermeticum
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]]> <![CDATA[Confessions of an Economic Hitman]]> 514964
Perkins writes that his economic projections cooked the books Enron-style to convince foreign governments to accept billions of dollars of loans from the World Bank and other institutions to build dams, airports, electric grids, and other infrastructure he knew they couldn't afford. The loans were given on condition that construction and engineering contracts went to U.S. companies. Often, the money would simply be transferred from one bank account in Washington, D.C., to another one in New York or San Francisco. The deals were smoothed over with bribes for foreign officials, but it was the taxpayers in the foreign countries who had to pay back the loans. When their governments couldn't do so, as was often the case, the U.S. or its henchmen at the World Bank or International Monetary Fund would step in and essentially place the country in trusteeship, dictating everything from its spending budget to security agreements and even its United Nations votes. It was, Perkins writes, a clever way for the U.S. to expand its "empire" at the expense of Third World citizens.]]> 303 John Perkins Will 3 3.89 2004 Confessions of an Economic Hitman
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]]> Thus Spoke Zarathustra 692152 Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classicsseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:

New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
Biographies of the authors
Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
Footnotes and endnotes
Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
Comments by other famous authors
Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
Bibliographies for further reading
Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.
Considered by many to be the most important philosopher of modern times, Friedrich Nietzsche influenced twentieth-century ideas and culture more than almost any other thinker. His best-known book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra—published in four parts in the last two decades of the nineteenth century—is also his masterpiece, and represents the fullest expression of his ideas up to that time.

A unique combination of biblical oratory and playfulness, Thus Spoke Zarathustra chronicles the wanderings and teachings of the prophet Zarathustra, who descends from his mountain retreat to awaken the world to its new salvation. Do not accept, he counsels, what almost two thousand years of history have taught you to call evil. The Greeks knew better: Goodness for them was nobility, pride, and victory, not the Christian virtues of humility, meekness, poverty, and altruism. The existence of the human race is justified only by the exceptional among us—the “superman,� whose self-mastery and strong “will to power� frees him from the common prejudices and assumptions of the day.

These and other concepts in Zarathustra were later perverted by Nazi propagandists, but Nietzsche, a despiser of mass movements both political and religious, did not ask his readers for faith and obedience, but rather for critical reflection, courage, and independence.


Kathleen M. Higgins and Robert C. Solomon are both professors of philosophy at the University Texas at Austin. Together, they have written What Nietzsche Really Said and A Short History of Philosophy and co-edited Reading Nietzsche.]]> 315 Friedrich Nietzsche 159308384X Will 0 to-read 3.95 1883 Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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]]> Communism in Our World 58892909 126 John C. Caldwell Will 0
Maybe this book was eye opening at the time it originally released in the mid 50s. But today this is nothing new at all. The worst part about it was it didn't even seem legit due to very few sources to claims made in the book. Idk if I would recommend this book at all.]]> 0.0 Communism in Our World
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This book doesn't provide a new perspective in the 21st century. I wasn't sure what to expect with this but I thought it would have a bit more substance. This book just felt like the boomer perspective.

Maybe this book was eye opening at the time it originally released in the mid 50s. But today this is nothing new at all. The worst part about it was it didn't even seem legit due to very few sources to claims made in the book. Idk if I would recommend this book at all.
]]> The Souls of Black Folk 318742 Publication of The Souls of Black Folk was a dramatic event that helped to polarize black leaders into two groups: the more conservative followers of Washington and the more radical supporters of aggressive protest. Its influence cannot be overstated. It is essential reading for everyone interested in African-American history and the struggle for civil rights in America.]]> 288 W.E.B. Du Bois Will 1 4.30 1903 The Souls of Black Folk
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]]> <![CDATA[The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion]]> 11324722 An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780307377906 can be found here.

Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.

His starting point is moral intuition—the nearly instantaneous perceptions we all have about other people and the things they do. These intuitions feel like self-evident truths, making us righteously certain that those who see things differently are wrong. Haidt shows us how these intuitions differ across cultures, including the cultures of the political left and right. He blends his own research findings with those of anthropologists, historians, and other psychologists to draw a map of the moral domain. He then examines the origins of morality, overturning the view that evolution made us fundamentally selfish creatures. But rather than arguing that we are innately altruistic, he makes a more subtle claim—that we are fundamentally groupish. It is our groupishness, he explains, that leads to our greatest joys, our religious divisions, and our political affiliations. In a stunning final chapter on ideology and civility, Haidt shows what each side is right about, and why we need the insights of liberals, conservatives, and libertarians to flourish as a nation.]]> 419 Jonathan Haidt Will 0 to-read 4.18 2012 The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
author: Jonathan Haidt
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