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The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History by Danyal Nicholson, Ibn Khaldun, Franz Rosenthal

The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History

Danyal Nicholson, Ibn Khaldun, Franz Rosenthal

480 pages • first pub 1377 (editions)

5.0chuckroberty's review
nonfiction history philosophy sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Virtual History: Alternatives And Counterfactuals by Niall Ferguson

Virtual History: Alternatives And Counterfactuals

Niall Ferguson

560 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

3.0chuckroberty's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital by Vivek Chibber

Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital

Vivek Chibber

320 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

4.0chuckroberty's review
nonfiction philosophy politics informative slow-paced
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

Politics of Place #1

Tim Marshall

256 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

3.0chuckroberty's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires by Peter Turchin

War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires

Peter Turchin

405 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0chuckroberty's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America by Laila Lalami

Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America

Laila Lalami

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

1.0chuckroberty's review
nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Shanghai Future: Modernity Remade by Anna Greenspan

Shanghai Future: Modernity Remade

Anna Greenspan

256 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

4.0chuckroberty's review
nonfiction adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
春雪 by Yukio Mishima

春雪

The Sea of Fertility #1

Yukio Mishima

475 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

5.0chuckroberty's review
fiction classics historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern Turkey by Soner Çağaptay

The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern Turkey

Soner Çağaptay

224 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

3.0chuckroberty's review
nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The New Philistines by Sohrab Ahmari

The New Philistines

Sohrab Ahmari

144 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction art politics informative reflective fast-paced