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What Does Israel Fear from Palestine? by Raja Shehadeh
When the state of Israel was formed in 1948, it precipitated the Nakba or 'disaster': the displacement of the Palestine …
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Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by Camilla Bartlett
In Putin’s People, former Moscow correspondent and investigative journalist Catherine Belton reveals the untold story of how Vladimir Putin and …
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Prisoners of geography by Tim Marshall
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All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, to understand world …
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
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The book that sparked a national conversation. Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and …
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The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and …
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The Very Hungry City by Austin Troy
"As global demand for energy grows and prices rise, a city's energy consumption becomes increasingly tied to its economic viability, …
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The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
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How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths …
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The Restless Republic by Anna Keay
On a raw January afternoon, the Stuart king, Charles I, was executed for treason. Within weeks the English monarchy had …
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Children of a Modest Star by Jonathan S. Blake, Nils Gilman
Deadly viruses, climate-changing carbon molecules, and harmful pollutants cross the globe unimpeded by national borders. While the consequences of these …
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The Price is Wrong by Brett Christophers
What if our understanding of capitalism and climate is back to front? What if the problem is not that transitioning …
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Our Fragile Moment by Michael E. Mann
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The conditions that allowed humans to live on Earth are incredibly fragile. Climate variability has at times created new niches …
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Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
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Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading …
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Free, Fair and Alive by David Bollier, Silke Helfrich
The power of the commons as a free, fair system of provisioning and governance beyond capitalism, socialism, and other -isms. …
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The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to …
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Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein
"Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has …
