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    The Best Books on Henry Kissinger and the Kissingerian World View, recommended by Elan Kluger

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    Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography
    by Thomas A. Schwartz

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    Kissinger: Portrait of a Mind
    by Stephen R. Graubard

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    Diplomacy (Touchstone Book)
    by Henry Kissinger

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    Henry Kissinger and the American Century
    by Jeremi Suri

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    The Inevitability of Tragedy: Henry Kissinger and His World
    by Barry Gewen

The Best Books on Henry Kissinger and the Kissingerian World View

by Elan Kluger

     

    The Best Books on Decadent Economics, recommended by econpwr

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    The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success
    by Ross Douthat

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    Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
    by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters

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    3

    Capital in the Twenty-First Century
    by Thomas Piketty & Arthur Goldhammer

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    The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Wil
    by Tyler Cowen

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    5

    The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton
    by Robert J. Gordon & Robert J. Gordon

The Best Books on Decadent Economics

by econpwr

     

    The Best Books on Energy, recommended by econpwr

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    1

    Energy: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
    by Vaclav Smil

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    Power Trip: The Story of Energy
    by Michael E. Webber

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    3

    Energy: A Human History
    by Richard Rhodes

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    4

    A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations
    by Robert Bryce

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    5

    Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities (The MIT Press)
    by Vaclav Smil

The Best Books on Energy

by econpwr

     

    The Best Books About Mothers, recommended by TheAnnaGat

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    Beloved
    by Toni Morrison

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    2

    The Caucasian Chalk Circle
    by Bertolt Brecht & Eric Bentley

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    3

    Two Women
    by Alberto Moravia, Ann McGarrell & Angus Davidson

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    4

    Medea and Her Children
    by Ludmila Ulitskaya

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    5

    Anna Karenina (Everyman's Library)
    by Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude & John Bayley

The Best Books About Mothers

by TheAnnaGat

     

    Best books on Wartime Paris, recommended by annesebba

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    A Train in Winter: A Story of Resistance, Friendship and Survival in Auschwitz
    by Caroline Moorehead

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    Between Silk and Cyanide
    by Leo Marks

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    Suite Francaise
    by Irene Nemirovsky

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    And The Show Went On
    by Alan Riding

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    Eleven Days in August: The Liberation of Paris in 1944
    by Matthew Cobb

Best books on Wartime Paris

by annesebba

     

    Lockdown reads, recommended by Christopher Dixon

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    Viruses, Plagues, and History: Past, Present and Future
    by Michael B. A. Oldstone M.D.

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    The Meaning of Travel: Philosophers Abroad
    by Emily Thomas

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    False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism
    by John Gray

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    The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
    by Shoshana Zuboff

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    High-Rise: A Novel
    by J. G. Ballard

Lockdown reads

by Christopher Dixon

     

    5 Books to Help Survive Stressful Times, recommended by Zolotareva_N

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    Spiritual Ninja: A Guidebook for Energetic Self-Defense, Protection, and Connection in the Modern Wo
    by Janelle Christa

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    2

    Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times: Powerful Tools to Cultivate Calm, Clarity, and Courage
    by Philip Goldberg

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    3

    The Universe Speaks, Are You Listening?: 111 High-Vibrational Messages on Love, Healing, and Existen
    by Cassady Cayne

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    4

    The Upside of Being Down: How Mental Health Struggles Led to My Greatest Successes in Work and Life
    by Jen Gotch

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    Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You
    by Jen Hatmaker

5 Books to Help Survive Stressful Times

by Zolotareva_N

     

    Treasured myths and legends from around the world, recommended by Jodie Bond

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    Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, 75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition
    by Edith Hamilton & Jim Tierney

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    The Mabinogion (Oxford World's Classics)
    by Sioned Davies

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    3

    Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Leather-bound Classics)
    by Thomas Malory & Stephanie Lynn Budin PhD

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    Norse Mythology
    by Neil Gaiman

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    5

    The Epic of Gilgamesh
    by Anonymous & N. K. Sandars

Treasured myths and legends from around the world

by Jodie Bond

     

    Mrs. Silver’s Top Psych Picks, recommended by Jennifer Silver

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    1

    NeuroLogic: The Brain's Hidden Rationale Behind Our Irrational Behavior
    by Eliezer Sternberg

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    2

    Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
    by Leonard Mlodinow

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    3

    Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
    by Lori Gottlieb

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    4

    The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
    by Jon Ronson

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    5

    A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness
    by Nassir Ghaemi

Mrs. Silver’s Top Psych Picks

by Jennifer Silver

     

    A Selection of My Favourite Poetry Books, recommended by Martin Mares

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    1

    An African Elegy
    by Ben Okri

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    2

    The Gift
    by Hafiz

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    3

    Pushkin Poems: A Russian Dual Language Book
    by Alexander Pushkin, Sean Harrison & Sergei Shatskiy

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    4

    José de Espronceda : Poesía, Romances y Sonetos ( Clásicos de la literatura ) ( A to Z classics)
    by José de Espronceda

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    5

    The Works of Wilfred Owen (Wordsworth Poetry Library)
    by Wilfred Owen

A Selection of My Favourite Poetry Books

by Martin Mares

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