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rooneymcnibnug rated Billions and billions: 4 stars
rooneymcnibnug rated Pale Blue Dot: 4 stars
Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space is a 1994 book by the astronomer Carl Sagan. …
rooneymcnibnug rated Revolution in Rojava: 4 stars
Anja Flach, Michael Knapp, Ercan Ayboga: Revolution in Rojava (2016, Pluto Press)
Revolution in Rojava by Anja Flach, Michael Knapp, Ercan Ayboga
Am 19. Juli 2012 begann in Kobanî die Revolution von Rojava. Unter der Initiative des Volksrats Westkurdistan (MGRK) vertrieb die …
rooneymcnibnug rated Leviathan (Penguin Classics): 2 stars
Thomas Hobbes, C. B. Macpherson: Leviathan (Penguin Classics) (1982, Penguin Classics)
Leviathan (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hobbes, C. B. Macpherson
Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, from 1651, is one of the first and most influential arguments towards social contract. Written in the …
rooneymcnibnug rated Carceral Capitalism: 3 stars
Carceral Capitalism by Jackie Wang
In this collection of essays in Semiotext(e)’s Intervention series, Jackie Wang examines the contemporary incarceration techniques that have emerged since …
rooneymcnibnug rated Democratic Confederalism: 4 stars
Democratic Confederalism by Abdullah Öcalan
In this brochure Öcalan's political project, the Democratic Confederalism, is developed systematically. A fundamental criticism of the nation state is …
rooneymcnibnug rated Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart: 3 stars
Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart by Harold Bloom (Blooms's modern critical interpretations)
rooneymcnibnug rated A People’s History of the United States: 4 stars
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is …
rooneymcnibnug rated The way things are: 3 stars
Titus Lucretius Carus: The way things are (1969, Indiana University Press)
The way things are by Titus Lucretius Carus (Midland Book -- MB125.)
This is regarded as a seminal text of Epicurean science and philosophy. Epicurians discarded both the idea of immortality and …
rooneymcnibnug rated Here Comes Everybody: 2 stars
Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky
A look at the wide-reaching effects of the internet.
rooneymcnibnug rated Secrets and Lies: 3 stars
Secrets and Lies by Bruce Schneier
"A primer in practical computer security aimed at those shopping, communication, or doing business online -- almost everyone, in other …
rooneymcnibnug rated Nationalism and Culture: 4 stars
rooneymcnibnug rated Failed States: 3 stars
Failed States by Noam Chomsky
The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against "failed states" around the globe. Chomsky turns the …
rooneymcnibnug rated Collected Essays: 4 stars
