Paul Chemla

10 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

340 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

534 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction economics history challenging informative slow-paced
Doctrines and Visions by Noam Chomsky

Doctrines and Visions

Noam Chomsky

55 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Ilan Pappé

331 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
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 Price of Inequality by Joseph E. Stiglitz

The Price of Inequality

Joseph E. Stiglitz

523 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics sociology challenging 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