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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 — 16,671 ratings — published 2017
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.28 — 11,827 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 — 877 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)
by (shelved 16 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,439 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 — 19,053 ratings — published 2020
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The Naked Communist The Naked Communist (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,810 ratings — published 1960
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Gulag: A History Gulag: A History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 14,372 ratings — published 2003
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Why Socialism Works Why Socialism Works (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.21 — 686 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 — 1,552 ratings — published 1956
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What Is to Be Done? What Is to Be Done? (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,999 ratings — published 1902
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The Law The Law (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 14,631 ratings — published 1849
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Utopia Utopia (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.55 — 85,742 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 — 25,571 ratings — published 1988
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The Communist Manifesto The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 209,228 ratings — published 1848
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 6,132,505 ratings — published 1925
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,000,556 ratings — published 1813
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as scholarly)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,983,394 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 — 14,711 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 4.42 — 2,247 ratings — published 2024
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,112,315 ratings — published 1960
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The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.02 — 26,631 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 — 2,946,043 ratings — published 1937
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,410,024 ratings — published 1847
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 31,341 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 — 31,048 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)
by (shelved 5 times as scholarly)
avg rating 4.50 — 188,972 ratings — published 2013
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,749,886 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 — 67,046 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 — 472,187 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 — 120,361 ratings — published 2010
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 1,997,519 ratings — published 1818
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 4,796,961 ratings — published 1945
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.44 — 941,052 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 — 9,770 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 — 280,354 ratings — published 1929
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The Prince The Prince (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 399,987 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 — 485,134 ratings — published 2012
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The Origins of Totalitarianism The Origins of Totalitarianism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 15,787 ratings — published 1951
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 2,888,019 ratings — published 1590
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 3,310,507 ratings — published 1954
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,519,788 ratings — published 1942
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The Odyssey The Odyssey (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 1,280,311 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 — 3,845 ratings — published 1993
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The Giver (Giver, #1) The Giver (Giver, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 2,899,996 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 — 83,013 ratings — published 1995
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Tristes Tropiques Tristes Tropiques (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 4,329 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 — 4,198 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 — 2,744 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 — 38,335 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 — 3,664 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

Emma Theriault
“She was heading to the Palais-Royal, armed with the piecemeal knowledge she had collected from travelers through Aveyon who told her Philippe, the duc d'Orléans, had opened the gardens to the public some years before. Belle had heard tell of the exchange of ideas that occurred there, and of the bookshops and cafés tucked into the covered arcades that surrounded the gardens. She had spent long nights imagining herself there, attending salons and taking part in lively debates with a more open-minded crowd than she could find in Aveyon. Each step she took was like walking through both a memory and a dream.”
Emma Theriault, Rebel Rose

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