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Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said

400 pages • paperback • 1978

5.0amonum's review
nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
An Enemy We Created: The Myth of the Taliban-Al Qaeda Merger in Afghanistan, 1970-2010 by Alex Strick van Linschoten, Felix Kuehn

An Enemy We Created: The Myth of the Taliban-Al Qaeda Merger in Afghanistan, 1970-2010

Alex Strick van Linschoten, Felix Kuehn

538 pages • digital • 2011

5.0amonum's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Pakistan: Beyond the "crisis State" by Maleeha Lodhi

Pakistan: Beyond the "crisis State"

Maleeha Lodhi

391 pages • hardcover • 2011

5.0amonum's review
nonfiction politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 by Paul Kennedy

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000

Paul Kennedy

704 pages • paperback • 1987

5.0amonum's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Lessons of History by Will Durant, Ariel Durant

The Lessons of History

Will Durant, Ariel Durant

119 pages • hardcover • 1968

5.0amonum's review
nonfiction history politics adventurous slow-paced
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Jeffrey Keeten, Yuval Noah Harari, Vasanti Phadke

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

A Brief History Series #1

Jeffrey Keeten, Yuval Noah Harari, Vasanti Phadke

512 pages • paperback • 2011

5.0amonum's review
nonfiction history science informative reflective medium-paced
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invas Ion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invas Ion to September 10, 2001

Steve Coll

729 pages • paperback • 2004

5.0amonum's review
nonfiction history politics informative tense slow-paced
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

265 pages • paperback • 1988

5.0amonum's review
nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
The Pakistan Garrison State: Origins, Evolution, Consequences by Ishtiaq Ahmed

The Pakistan Garrison State: Origins, Evolution, Consequences

Ishtiaq Ahmed

508 pages • hardcover • 2013

5.0amonum's review
nonfiction history politics emotional informative medium-paced
Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven

Pakistan: A Hard Country

Anatol Lieven

592 pages • hardcover • 2011

5.0amonum's review
nonfiction history politics emotional slow-paced