Paul Chemla

9 books

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Frans de Waal

352 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative reflective medium-paced
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber

Debt: The First 5,000 Years

David Graeber

542 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction economics history challenging informative slow-paced
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Ilan Pappé

320 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad slow-paced
Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault

Fire from Heaven

Alexander the Great #1

Mary Renault

448 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
The Persian Boy by Mary Renault

The Persian Boy

Alexander the Great #2

Mary Renault

496 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional informative slow-paced
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future by Joseph E. Stiglitz

The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future

Joseph E. Stiglitz

560 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics sociology challenging informative slow-paced
23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism

Ha-Joon Chang

288 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction business economics politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World by Jeremy Rifkin

The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World

Jeremy Rifkin

291 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction business economics technology informative slow-paced
The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber

The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

David Graeber

261 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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