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Some books that changed my life
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other AnimalsStraw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John Gray
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Great Insight, Only Time will Tell
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin WallStasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder
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Excellent journalism about the paranoya in the GDR
The Consolations of PhilosophyThe Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
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I wish I was an optimist
Age of Extremes : The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991Age of Extremes : The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991 by E.J. Hobsbawm
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Great History of the 20th Century. Easy to read
Rethinking the Russian Revolution (Reading History series)Rethinking the Russian Revolution (Reading History series) by Edward Acton
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The best book for studying the Russian revolution
Crime and Punishment (Wordsworth Classics)Crime and Punishment (Wordsworth Classics) by F.M. Dostoevsky
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Probably his best novel
Devils (Oxford World's Classics)Devils (Oxford World's Classics) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Sickeningly Brilliant
No Logo: No Space. No Choice. No JobsNo Logo: No Space. No Choice. No Jobs by Naomi Klein
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Makes me think the price of our cheap clothes is too great
Hegemony or Survival : America's Quest for Global DominanceHegemony or Survival : America's Quest for Global Dominance by Noam Chomsky
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Reveals some of the USAs crimes
Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient (Penguin Modern Classics)Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient (Penguin Modern Classics) by Edward W. Said
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The book that started post-colonial studies
Homage to Catalonia (Penguin Modern Classics)Homage to Catalonia (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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Orwells War journal, How he kept the asbitistra flying in the Spanish Civil War
Penguin Great Ideas : Why I WritePenguin Great Ideas : Why I Write by George Orwell
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Contains the Lion and the unicorn
What's it All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of LifeWhat's it All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life by Julian Baggini
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Just read it