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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 42,289 ratings — published 2022
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 162,926 ratings — published 2020
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How to Be an Antiracist How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 119,767 ratings — published 2019
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Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 7,380 ratings — published 2017
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 102,594 ratings — published 2005
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From Beirut to Jerusalem From Beirut to Jerusalem (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 13,169 ratings — published 1989
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Shah of Shahs Shah of Shahs (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 8,267 ratings — published 1982
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The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books V-VII The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books V-VII (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.54 — 2,650 ratings — published 1973
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The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books III-IV The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books III-IV (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.48 — 3,546 ratings — published 1973
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Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,246 ratings — published 2022
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Basti & Durbar Delhi-New Delhi: A City in Stories: A City in Stories Basti & Durbar Delhi-New Delhi: A City in Stories: A City in Stories (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.40 — 5 ratings — published
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Curating America: Journeys through Storyscapes of the American Past Curating America: Journeys through Storyscapes of the American Past (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.30 — 20 ratings — published
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The World After Gaza: A Short History The World After Gaza: A Short History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 1,244 ratings — published 2025
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Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.96 — 376 ratings — published
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A History of the Sikhs: From the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej A History of the Sikhs: From the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 44 ratings — published 1994
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Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews, and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews, and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 41 ratings — published 2010
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Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 22,646 ratings — published 1997
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Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.91 — 913 ratings — published 2023
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Nakba: The Struggle to Decolonise Israel Nakba: The Struggle to Decolonise Israel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published
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The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 7,549 ratings — published 2025
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Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.72 — 21,049 ratings — published 2025
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The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America (Audiobook)
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avg rating 4.35 — 1,870 ratings — published 2021
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Beyond Dharma: Dissent in the Ancient Indian Sciences of Sex and Politics Beyond Dharma: Dissent in the Ancient Indian Sciences of Sex and Politics (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 2.95 — 20 ratings — published 2018
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Northeast India: A Political History Northeast India: A Political History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 38 ratings — published
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Being Muslim in Hindu India: A Critical View Being Muslim in Hindu India: A Critical View (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.21 — 19 ratings — published
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Flying Lies? Flying Lies? (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.30 — 10 ratings — published
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The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 1,120 ratings — published 2024
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The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.28 — 2,149 ratings — published 2016
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The New Icon: Savarkar and the Facts The New Icon: Savarkar and the Facts (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.73 — 30 ratings — published
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Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.96 — 1,175 ratings — published 2024
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The Snares The Snares (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.60 — 200 ratings — published 2025
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Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 1,210 ratings — published 2025
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Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 9,860 ratings — published 2024
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Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 169 ratings — published 2008
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The Great Game in the Buddhist Himalayas: India and China’s Quest for Strategic Dominance The Great Game in the Buddhist Himalayas: India and China’s Quest for Strategic Dominance (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.10 — 70 ratings — published
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God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America (A Council on Foreign Relations Book) God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America (A Council on Foreign Relations Book)
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avg rating 4.27 — 211 ratings — published 2024
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Directionality of Humankind's Development. History Directionality of Humankind's Development. History (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.80 — 54 ratings — published
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Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers’ Letters, 1914–18 Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers’ Letters, 1914–18 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 19 ratings — published 1999
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The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 3,317 ratings — published 2024
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 47,523 ratings — published 2024
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God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 7,020 ratings — published 2018
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Primates of Park Avenue Primates of Park Avenue (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.17 — 17,042 ratings — published 2015
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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 187,799 ratings — published 2024
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The Age of AI and Our Human Future The Age of AI and Our Human Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.43 — 5,449 ratings — published
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The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,967 ratings — published 1377
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Human Acts Human Acts (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 77,953 ratings — published 2014
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Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
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avg rating 3.73 — 120 ratings — published 2014
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The Great Reset: And the War for the World The Great Reset: And the War for the World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 1,222 ratings — published
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Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 1,110 ratings — published 2019
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How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.92 — 682 ratings — published 2024
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History, too, has a penchant for giving birth to itself over and over again, and
“History, too, has a penchant for giving birth
to itself over and over again, and those whom it
appoints agents of change and progress
do not always accept their destinies willingly.”
Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays