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Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code—Socialism with a Human Face: A New World Order Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code—Socialism with a Human Face: A New World Order (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.28 — 16,684 ratings — published 2017
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 12,019 ratings — published 1917
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To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 897 ratings — published 2024
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The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,456 ratings — published 2024
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Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 19,276 ratings — published 2020
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The Naked Communist The Naked Communist (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 1,825 ratings — published 1960
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Gulag: A History Gulag: A History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 14,470 ratings — published 2003
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Why Socialism Works Why Socialism Works (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 695 ratings — published 2017
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The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,574 ratings — published 1956
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What Is to Be Done? What Is to Be Done? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 6,103 ratings — published 1902
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The Law The Law (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 14,685 ratings — published 1849
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Utopia Utopia (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.55 — 86,272 ratings — published 1516
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 25,788 ratings — published 1988
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The Communist Manifesto The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 211,417 ratings — published 1848
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 6,168,989 ratings — published 1925
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,035,239 ratings — published 1813
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as scholarly)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,010,468 ratings — published 1963
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The Gulag Archipelago The Gulag Archipelago (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.35 — 14,810 ratings — published 1973
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The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,296 ratings — published 2024
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 7,150,534 ratings — published 1960
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The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 26,819 ratings — published 1976
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as scholarly)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,967,386 ratings — published 1937
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,426,706 ratings — published 1847
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 31,650 ratings — published 1978
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 31,269 ratings — published 1962
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 192,020 ratings — published 2013
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,802,442 ratings — published 1949
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 67,795 ratings — published 2012
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 475,067 ratings — published 1997
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 120,826 ratings — published 2010
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Frankenstein Frankenstein (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 2,021,602 ratings — published 1818
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 4,841,893 ratings — published 1945
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.44 — 944,914 ratings — published 1850
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The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 9,806 ratings — published 1966
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A Room of One’s Own A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 284,829 ratings — published 1929
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The Prince The Prince (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 403,145 ratings — published 1513
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 487,107 ratings — published 2012
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The Origins of Totalitarianism The Origins of Totalitarianism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 15,992 ratings — published 1951
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 2,898,970 ratings — published 1590
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 3,330,175 ratings — published 1954
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,544,426 ratings — published 1942
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The Odyssey The Odyssey (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 1,296,382 ratings — published -800
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Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex" Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex" (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,860 ratings — published 1993
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The Giver (Giver, #1) The Giver (Giver, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 2,914,816 ratings — published 1993
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 83,571 ratings — published 1995
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Tristes Tropiques Tristes Tropiques (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 4,356 ratings — published 1955
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The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,214 ratings — published 1979
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We Have Never Been Modern We Have Never Been Modern (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 2,770 ratings — published 1991
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.23 — 38,668 ratings — published 1975
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The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,670 ratings — published 1961
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

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