21-ви век

Нашият бързо променящ се свят на социални медии, популистка политика и технологични сътресения оживява чрез проницателни анализи и завладяващи лични разкази. Тези книги осветляват определящите въпроси на нашето време — от демокрацията и истината до образованието и идентичността — предлагайки свежи перспективи за начина, по който живеем, мислим и се адаптираме в тази трансформираща ера.

21-ви век Резюмета на книги

Господарите на лесните пари

от Кристофър Леонард • 2022

The Fed printed trillions and gave them to Wall Street first, calling the inequality an accident.

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🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Federal Reserve 🫧 Asset Bubbles ⚖️ Economic Inequality ⚠️ Systemic Risk

Потапящи

Господарите на лесните пари

The Fed printed trillions and gave them to Wall Street first, calling the inequality an accident.

от Кристофър Леонард 2022 362 страници

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3000+ оценки

🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Federal Reserve 🫧 Asset Bubbles ⚖️ Economic Inequality ⚠️ Systemic Risk

The Big Short

от Michael Lewis • 2010

Wall Street bet housing never falls. A few misfits read the fine print and won billions.

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🏦 Financial Crises 🏠 Housing Bubble 💰 Wall Street 📰 Narrative Journalism 📉 Short Selling

Потапящи

The Big Short

Wall Street bet housing never falls. A few misfits read the fine print and won billions.

от Michael Lewis 2010 287 страници

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100 000+ оценки

🏦 Financial Crises 🏠 Housing Bubble 💰 Wall Street 📰 Narrative Journalism 📉 Short Selling

Проектът Феникс

от Джин Ким • 2013

An IT manager's sudden promotion comes with crashing payroll systems and a flagship project on fire.

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🏢 Business Parable 💻 Tech Industry 🧠 Systems Thinking 🗣️ Socratic Mentor 📋 Workplace Fiction

Проектът Феникс

An IT manager's sudden promotion comes with crashing payroll systems and a flagship project on fire.

от Джин Ким 2013 450 страници

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50 000+ оценки

🏢 Business Parable 💻 Tech Industry 🧠 Systems Thinking 🗣️ Socratic Mentor 📋 Workplace Fiction

Ground Zero

от Alan Gratz • 2021

A suspended boy follows his father to work at the World Trade Center on September 11.

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📖 9/11 Fiction 🏔️ War-Torn Afghanistan 👁️ War Through Child's Eyes 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bond 🧒 Child Survivor

Ground Zero

A suspended boy follows his father to work at the World Trade Center on September 11.

от Alan Gratz 2021 336 страници

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27 000+ оценки

📖 9/11 Fiction 🏔️ War-Torn Afghanistan 👁️ War Through Child's Eyes 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bond 🧒 Child Survivor

Behold the Dreamers

от Imbolo Mbue • 2016

A Cameroonian family's American dream rests on a Wall Street job, until the 2008 collapse.

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🌍 Immigrant Experience 🏚️ American Dream Myth 💸 Class Disparity 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 🏠 Family Sacrifice

Behold the Dreamers

A Cameroonian family's American dream rests on a Wall Street job, until the 2008 collapse.

от Imbolo Mbue 2016 400 страници

3.94

86 000+ оценки

🌍 Immigrant Experience 🏚️ American Dream Myth 💸 Class Disparity 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 🏠 Family Sacrifice

Хиляда блестящи слънца

от Халед Хосейни • 2007

Trapped as co-wives to a brutal man, two Afghan women forge a bond that defies their world.

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👭 Found Sisterhood 💔 Domestic Abuse 🕊️ Maternal Sacrifice 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 📜 Taliban Era

Хиляда блестящи слънца

Trapped as co-wives to a brutal man, two Afghan women forge a bond that defies their world.

от Халед Хосейни 2007 372 страници

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1 000 000+ оценки

👭 Found Sisterhood 💔 Domestic Abuse 🕊️ Maternal Sacrifice 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 📜 Taliban Era

Убийствата на свраката

от Антъни Хоровиц • 2016

To find her author's killer, an editor must solve the murder in his unfinished manuscript.

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📚 Nested Narrative 🏡 English Village Mystery 🕰️ Golden Age Homage 🧩 Meta Mystery 📜 Manuscript As Clue

Убийствата на свраката

To find her author's killer, an editor must solve the murder in his unfinished manuscript.

от Антъни Хоровиц 2016 477 страници

3.94

100 000+ оценки

📚 Nested Narrative 🏡 English Village Mystery 🕰️ Golden Age Homage 🧩 Meta Mystery 📜 Manuscript As Clue

Преди да заспя

от С. Дж. Уотсън • 2011

A woman who forgets each day starts a journal, only to find her husband is lying about their past.

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300 000+

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🖤 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Impostor Husband

Преди да заспя

A woman who forgets each day starts a journal, only to find her husband is lying about their past.

от С. Дж. Уотсън 2011 359 страници

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300 000+ оценки

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🖤 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Impostor Husband

Утре, и утре, и утре

от Габриел Зевин • 2022

Sam and Sadie make brilliant video games together but keep breaking each other across thirty years.

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🎮 Video Game Fiction 🫂 Literary Friendship 💫 Platonic Soulmates 🎨 Creative Partners 🍂 Bittersweet

Потапящи

Утре, и утре, и утре

Sam and Sadie make brilliant video games together but keep breaking each other across thirty years.

от Габриел Зевин 2022 399 страници

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🎮 Video Game Fiction 🫂 Literary Friendship 💫 Platonic Soulmates 🎨 Creative Partners 🍂 Bittersweet

American Icon

от Bryce G. Hoffman • 2012

GM and Chrysler took government bailouts; Ford bet $23.6 billion on a Boeing executive instead.

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🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 🚗 Auto Industry 🚨 Crisis Leadership 📊 Data-Driven Management 🔄 Culture Change

American Icon

GM and Chrysler took government bailouts; Ford bet $23.6 billion on a Boeing executive instead.

от Bryce G. Hoffman 2012 432 страници

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🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 🚗 Auto Industry 🚨 Crisis Leadership 📊 Data-Driven Management 🔄 Culture Change

In Order to Live

от Yeonmi Park • 2015

Frozen rivers, human traffickers, and a desert crossing: a 13-year-old's escape from North Korea.

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100 000+

🏃 North Korean Defectors 🔗 Human Trafficking 🚫 Life Under Dictatorship 🌏 Cultural Assimilation 📚 Education As Liberation

In Order to Live

Frozen rivers, human traffickers, and a desert crossing: a 13-year-old's escape from North Korea.

от Yeonmi Park 2015 273 страници

4.48

100 000+ оценки

🏃 North Korean Defectors 🔗 Human Trafficking 🚫 Life Under Dictatorship 🌏 Cultural Assimilation 📚 Education As Liberation

Moneyball

от Michael Lewis • 2003

A broke baseball team won by obsessing over one stat the rest of the league ignored.

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⚾ Baseball Analytics 📊 Sabermetrics 📉 Market Inefficiencies 💎 Undervalued Assets ⚡ Disruptive Strategy

Moneyball

A broke baseball team won by obsessing over one stat the rest of the league ignored.

от Michael Lewis 2003 272 страници

4.27

100 000+ оценки

⚾ Baseball Analytics 📊 Sabermetrics 📉 Market Inefficiencies 💎 Undervalued Assets ⚡ Disruptive Strategy

Poverty, by America

от Matthew Desmond • 2023

Poverty in America persists by design, fueled by exploitation and welfare that flows to the top.

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🏚️ Housing Exploitation 🛠️ Labor Exploitation 💰 Affluent Welfare 🏘️ Residential Segregation 🚧 Opportunity Hoarding

Poverty, by America

Poverty in America persists by design, fueled by exploitation and welfare that flows to the top.

от Matthew Desmond 2023 284 страници

4.27

63 000+ оценки

🏚️ Housing Exploitation 🛠️ Labor Exploitation 💰 Affluent Welfare 🏘️ Residential Segregation 🚧 Opportunity Hoarding

The Greatest Trade Ever

от Gregory Zuckerman • 2009

Wall Street's most profitable trade was betting on its collapse. The man who saw it coming.

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🏠 Housing Bubble 📉 Financial Crisis 🔮 Contrarian Investing 💼 Hedge Fund Stories 🏢 Wall Street Narrative

The Greatest Trade Ever

Wall Street's most profitable trade was betting on its collapse. The man who saw it coming.

от Gregory Zuckerman 2009 320 страници

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7000+ оценки

🏠 Housing Bubble 📉 Financial Crisis 🔮 Contrarian Investing 💼 Hedge Fund Stories 🏢 Wall Street Narrative

The Road to Unfreedom

от Timothy Snyder • 2018

The 2016 election was the target of a Russian authoritarian project decades in the making.

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🏛️ Modern Authoritarianism 🇷🇺 Russian Political Thought 💻 Information Warfare 🗺️ Eurasianism 📉 Democratic Backsliding

The Road to Unfreedom

The 2016 election was the target of a Russian authoritarian project decades in the making.

от Timothy Snyder 2018 359 страници

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🏛️ Modern Authoritarianism 🇷🇺 Russian Political Thought 💻 Information Warfare 🗺️ Eurasianism 📉 Democratic Backsliding

Lone Survivor

от Marcus Luttrell • 2006

Three goatherds, four SEALs, one vote. The Taliban attacks, and only one man crawls out.

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🎖️ Special Operations 🪖 Military Memoirs 🏔️ Survival Narratives ⚖️ Rules Of Engagement 🧠 Combat Trauma

Lone Survivor

Three goatherds, four SEALs, one vote. The Taliban attacks, and only one man crawls out.

от Marcus Luttrell 2006 390 страници

4.34

100 000+ оценки

🎖️ Special Operations 🪖 Military Memoirs 🏔️ Survival Narratives ⚖️ Rules Of Engagement 🧠 Combat Trauma

The God of Carnage

от Yasmina Reza • 2009

Over coffee and clafoutis, two couples discuss a child's lost teeth and lose their own civility.

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🎭 Dark Comedy Of Manners 🥂 Farce Of Civility 🛋️ Single-Room Drama 🥐 Parisian Bourgeoisie 💔 Marital Discord Exposed

The God of Carnage

Over coffee and clafoutis, two couples discuss a child's lost teeth and lose their own civility.

от Yasmina Reza 2009 80 страници

3.72

9000+ оценки

🎭 Dark Comedy Of Manners 🥂 Farce Of Civility 🛋️ Single-Room Drama 🥐 Parisian Bourgeoisie 💔 Marital Discord Exposed

One Night at the Call Center

от Chetan Bhagat • 2005

God calls a Gurgaon call center one night, challenging six workers to change their lives.

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🏢 Corporate Satire 💞 Second Chance Romance 👪 Found Family 📞 Divine Intervention ✊ Workplace Rebellion

One Night at the Call Center

God calls a Gurgaon call center one night, challenging six workers to change their lives.

от Chetan Bhagat 2005 320 страници

2.54

61 000+ оценки

🏢 Corporate Satire 💞 Second Chance Romance 👪 Found Family 📞 Divine Intervention ✊ Workplace Rebellion

Поправките

от Джонатан Франзен • 2001

Her husband fading, her children scattered, a mother stakes everything on one last family Christmas.

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100 000+

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Dysfunctional Family 👴 Aging Parents 😰 Domestic Anxiety 🌽 American Midwest

Поправките

Her husband fading, her children scattered, a mother stakes everything on one last family Christmas.

от Джонатан Франзен 2001 653 страници

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100 000+ оценки

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Dysfunctional Family 👴 Aging Parents 😰 Domestic Anxiety 🌽 American Midwest

Fight

от Jonathan Allen • 2025

Inside the Democratic implosion: a debate disaster, a party revolt, and the scramble that failed.

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🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🐴 Democratic Party 🏛️ Insider Politics 📉 Campaign Disasters 🎭 Political Polarization

Fight

Inside the Democratic implosion: a debate disaster, a party revolt, and the scramble that failed.

от Jonathan Allen 2025 352 страници

3.93

4000+ оценки

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🐴 Democratic Party 🏛️ Insider Politics 📉 Campaign Disasters 🎭 Political Polarization

Target Tehran

от Yonah Jeremy Bob • 2023

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

4.07

450

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations 💻 Cyber Warfare 🌍 Middle East Politics

Target Tehran

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

от Yonah Jeremy Bob 2023 432 страници

4.07

450 оценки

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations 💻 Cyber Warfare 🌍 Middle East Politics

Serpent of Light

от Drunvalo Melchizedek • 2008

A 13,000-year cycle shifts Earth’s kundalini to the Andes, closing the male era, opening feminine.

4.13

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🌐 Earth Energy Grids 🌙 Divine Feminine 🏹 Indigenous Prophecies 💀 Crystal Skulls 🗿 Mayan Calendar

Serpent of Light

A 13,000-year cycle shifts Earth’s kundalini to the Andes, closing the male era, opening feminine.

от Drunvalo Melchizedek 2008 270 страници

4.13

1000+ оценки

🌐 Earth Energy Grids 🌙 Divine Feminine 🏹 Indigenous Prophecies 💀 Crystal Skulls 🗿 Mayan Calendar

The Post-American World

от Fareed Zakaria • 2008

American power isn't eroding. A dozen new powers are simply rising alongside it.

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🌍 Multipolarity 🇺🇸 American Power 📈 Emerging Economies 🇨🇳 China's Rise 🇮🇳 Indian Democracy

The Post-American World

American power isn't eroding. A dozen new powers are simply rising alongside it.

от Fareed Zakaria 2008 336 страници

3.86

12 000+ оценки

🌍 Multipolarity 🇺🇸 American Power 📈 Emerging Economies 🇨🇳 China's Rise 🇮🇳 Indian Democracy

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ

от Hooman Majd • 2008

Iran's paradoxes are a platform, not a bug, built from Shia ritual and Persian pride.

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🇮🇷 Iranian Politics 🕌 Shia Islam 🏡 Persian Culture 🧭 Anti-Orientalism 🩸 Shia Identity

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ

Iran's paradoxes are a platform, not a bug, built from Shia ritual and Persian pride.

от Hooman Majd 2008 272 страници

3.76

2000+ оценки

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics 🕌 Shia Islam 🏡 Persian Culture 🧭 Anti-Orientalism 🩸 Shia Identity

The Situation Room

от George Stephanopoulos • 2024

Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.

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🏛️ Presidential History 🏠 White House History ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🌍 American Foreign Policy 🔒 National Security

The Situation Room

Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.

от George Stephanopoulos 2024 466 страници

4.33

11 000+ оценки

🏛️ Presidential History 🏠 White House History ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🌍 American Foreign Policy 🔒 National Security

College Girl, Missing

от Shawn Cohen • 2024

She vanished after a night of partying, barefoot on the security footage. The witnesses went silent.

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🔍 Unsolved Disappearances 🎓 College Campus Crime 📺 Media And Crime 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Advocates 🤫 Silence And Obstruction

College Girl, Missing

She vanished after a night of partying, barefoot on the security footage. The witnesses went silent.

от Shawn Cohen 2024 272 страници

3.54

17 000+ оценки

🔍 Unsolved Disappearances 🎓 College Campus Crime 📺 Media And Crime 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Advocates 🤫 Silence And Obstruction

War on Peace

от Ronan Farrow • 2018

Before Trump, before forever war, Washington gutted the one tool that could prevent them: diplomacy.

4.14

8000+

📜 Us Foreign Policy 🕊️ American Diplomacy 🛡️ National Security State 🌐 Liberal Internationalism 💬 Soft Power

War on Peace

Before Trump, before forever war, Washington gutted the one tool that could prevent them: diplomacy.

от Ronan Farrow 2018 392 страници

4.14

8000+ оценки

📜 Us Foreign Policy 🕊️ American Diplomacy 🛡️ National Security State 🌐 Liberal Internationalism 💬 Soft Power

Fiasco

от Thomas E. Ricks • 2006

A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.

4.09

7000+

🇮🇶 Iraq War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🔍 Intelligence Failures 🏛️ Civil-Military Relations

Fiasco

A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.

от Thomas E. Ricks 2006 482 страници

4.09

7000+ оценки

🇮🇶 Iraq War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🔍 Intelligence Failures 🏛️ Civil-Military Relations

Proof of Conspiracy

от Seth Abramson • 2019

While America voted, Trump's circle negotiated a new Middle East with Saudi Arabia and Russia.

4.28

469

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🗳️ Election Interference 🌍 Middle East Geopolitics 🤝 Covert Diplomacy 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Proof of Conspiracy

While America voted, Trump's circle negotiated a new Middle East with Saudi Arabia and Russia.

от Seth Abramson 2019 592 страници

4.28

469 оценки

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🗳️ Election Interference 🌍 Middle East Geopolitics 🤝 Covert Diplomacy 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Original Sin

от Jake Tapper • 2025

A tight inner circle hid the president's decline until one debate shattered the illusion.

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🏛️ Presidential Politics 📰 Political Journalism 🏠 White House 🔍 Political Coverups ⚠️ Institutional Failure

Original Sin

A tight inner circle hid the president's decline until one debate shattered the illusion.

от Jake Tapper 2025 352 страници

3.72

22 000+ оценки

🏛️ Presidential Politics 📰 Political Journalism 🏠 White House 🔍 Political Coverups ⚠️ Institutional Failure

Winners Take All

от Anand Giridharadas • 2018

Elites promise to fix society. Their real project is keeping power exactly where it is.

4.13

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🏛️ Elite Philanthropy 🎭 Elite Capture ⚙️ Technocratic Reform 📉 Market Critique 🗳️ Civic Engagement

Winners Take All

Elites promise to fix society. Their real project is keeping power exactly where it is.

от Anand Giridharadas 2018 288 страници

4.13

17 000+ оценки

🏛️ Elite Philanthropy 🎭 Elite Capture ⚙️ Technocratic Reform 📉 Market Critique 🗳️ Civic Engagement

The Undocumented Americans

от Karla Cornejo Villavicencio • 2020

After 9/11, undocumented workers cleaned the rubble. Then they were forgotten and the poison stayed.

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🗽 Undocumented Immigration ✍️ Immigrant Memoir 🏥 Healthcare Inequality 🏭 Environmental Racism ⛓️ Labor Exploitation

The Undocumented Americans

After 9/11, undocumented workers cleaned the rubble. Then they were forgotten and the poison stayed.

от Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 2020 208 страници

4.37

27 000+ оценки

🗽 Undocumented Immigration ✍️ Immigrant Memoir 🏥 Healthcare Inequality 🏭 Environmental Racism ⛓️ Labor Exploitation

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

от Amy B. Zegart • 2022

James Bond and Jack Ryan are America's spy professors, and the curriculum is dangerously wrong.

3.95

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🕵️ American Intelligence 🛡️ National Security 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Cyber Warfare 🛰️ Open Source Intelligence

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

James Bond and Jack Ryan are America's spy professors, and the curriculum is dangerously wrong.

от Amy B. Zegart 2022 360 страници

3.95

1000+ оценки

🕵️ American Intelligence 🛡️ National Security 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Cyber Warfare 🛰️ Open Source Intelligence

Fire and Fury

от Michael Wolff • 2018

Bannon versus the family. Cable news versus the briefings. The West Wing as it actually ran.

3.44

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🏛️ White House Insider 🇺🇸 Trump Presidency ⚔️ Political Infighting 💥 White House Dysfunction 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Fire and Fury

Bannon versus the family. Cable news versus the briefings. The West Wing as it actually ran.

от Michael Wolff 2018 336 страници

3.44

77 000+ оценки

🏛️ White House Insider 🇺🇸 Trump Presidency ⚔️ Political Infighting 💥 White House Dysfunction 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

от Martin Wolf • 2023

The system that delivered freedom and prosperity is devouring itself from the inside.

3.91

1000+

🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 💰 Rent-Seeking 📉 Inequality 🗣️ Populism

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

The system that delivered freedom and prosperity is devouring itself from the inside.

от Martin Wolf 2023 496 страници

3.91

1000+ оценки

🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 💰 Rent-Seeking 📉 Inequality 🗣️ Populism

Dark Territory

от Fred Kaplan • 2016

Reagan asked if 'WarGames' was real. The answer launched a covert digital war still raging today.

3.90

3000+

🖥️ Cyber Warfare 🕵️ Digital Espionage 🏛️ Cybersecurity Policy 👁️ Government Surveillance 📡 Information Warfare

Dark Territory

Reagan asked if 'WarGames' was real. The answer launched a covert digital war still raging today.

от Fred Kaplan 2016 339 страници

3.90

3000+ оценки

🖥️ Cyber Warfare 🕵️ Digital Espionage 🏛️ Cybersecurity Policy 👁️ Government Surveillance 📡 Information Warfare

The Geopolitics of Emotion

от Dominique Moïsi • 2008

Oil and armies are not what drive nations. The real forces: fear, hope, and humiliation.

3.65

500+

🗺️ Geopolitics 🧠 Political Psychology ❤️ Emotion And Politics 🌐 Cultural Psychology 🐉 Asian Century

The Geopolitics of Emotion

Oil and armies are not what drive nations. The real forces: fear, hope, and humiliation.

от Dominique Moïsi 2008 176 страници

3.65

500+ оценки

🗺️ Geopolitics 🧠 Political Psychology ❤️ Emotion And Politics 🌐 Cultural Psychology 🐉 Asian Century

A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict

от Ilan Pappé • 2024

Not two equal claims to one land, but one population replacing another, the removal never stopped.

4.37

5000+

🌍 Middle East Conflict 📜 Palestinian History 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🕯️ Nakba ⚖️ Apartheid Analysis

A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict

Not two equal claims to one land, but one population replacing another, the removal never stopped.

от Ilan Pappé 2024 160 страници

4.37

5000+ оценки

🌍 Middle East Conflict 📜 Palestinian History 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🕯️ Nakba ⚖️ Apartheid Analysis

Tyranny of the Minority

от Steven Levitsky • 2023

Electoral College, Senate bias, filibuster: three 18th-century relics now delivering minority rule.

4.39

4000+

🏚️ Democratic Backsliding 🗳️ Electoral Reform 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🚫 Voter Suppression 🐍 Authoritarian Creep

Tyranny of the Minority

Electoral College, Senate bias, filibuster: three 18th-century relics now delivering minority rule.

от Steven Levitsky 2023 369 страници

4.39

4000+ оценки

🏚️ Democratic Backsliding 🗳️ Electoral Reform 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🚫 Voter Suppression 🐍 Authoritarian Creep

Between Barack and a Hard Place

от Tim Wise • 2009

Obama's election didn't end racism; it adapted it to look like respect.

4.14

500+

🧱 Structural Racism ⚪ White Privilege 💰 Racial Wealth Gap 👁️ Colorblind Ideology 🙈 White Denial

Between Barack and a Hard Place

Obama's election didn't end racism; it adapted it to look like respect.

от Tim Wise 2009 159 страници

4.14

500+ оценки

🧱 Structural Racism ⚪ White Privilege 💰 Racial Wealth Gap 👁️ Colorblind Ideology 🙈 White Denial

The End of Alchemy

от Mervyn A. King • 2016

Your bank lends your deposit out for decades. You can demand it back this afternoon.

4.07

2000+

🏦 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ❓ Unknowable Futures 🔧 Banking Reform

The End of Alchemy

Your bank lends your deposit out for decades. You can demand it back this afternoon.

от Mervyn A. King 2016 464 страници

4.07

2000+ оценки

🏦 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ❓ Unknowable Futures 🔧 Banking Reform

The Divider

от Peter Baker • 2022

Trump's presidency was built on division. The Capitol attack was where that architecture led.

4.45

3000+

🏛️ Presidential History 🟠 Trump Presidency ⚔️ Political Division 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📺 Media And Politics

The Divider

Trump's presidency was built on division. The Capitol attack was where that architecture led.

от Peter Baker 2022 725 страници

4.45

3000+ оценки

🏛️ Presidential History 🟠 Trump Presidency ⚔️ Political Division 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📺 Media And Politics

The Diversity Illusion

от Ed West • 2012

Three million newcomers, zero economic gain. The real cost: a society that stopped trusting.

4.04

226

🏛️ Immigration Policy 🇬🇧 British Politics 🤝 Social Capital 🧐 Multiculturalism Critique 📊 Demographic Change

The Diversity Illusion

Three million newcomers, zero economic gain. The real cost: a society that stopped trusting.

от Ed West 2012 288 страници

4.04

226 оценки

🏛️ Immigration Policy 🇬🇧 British Politics 🤝 Social Capital 🧐 Multiculturalism Critique 📊 Demographic Change

The Next Decade

от George Friedman • 2011

America stumbled into empire. Holding it requires a playbook its founders would have despised.

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2000+

🗺️ Grand Strategy 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🔮 Geopolitical Forecasting 🎭 Machiavellian Statecraft ⚖️ Balance Of Power

The Next Decade

America stumbled into empire. Holding it requires a playbook its founders would have despised.

от George Friedman 2011 243 страници

3.84

2000+ оценки

🗺️ Grand Strategy 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🔮 Geopolitical Forecasting 🎭 Machiavellian Statecraft ⚖️ Balance Of Power

The Twilight Struggle

от Hal Brands • 2022

How America's Cold War playbook for long-haul rivalry can be updated for China and Russia.

3.98

248

🥶 Cold War History 🗺️ Grand Strategy 🌍 Great Power Rivalry 🚧 Containment Strategy ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

The Twilight Struggle

How America's Cold War playbook for long-haul rivalry can be updated for China and Russia.

от Hal Brands 2022 318 страници

3.98

248 оценки

🥶 Cold War History 🗺️ Grand Strategy 🌍 Great Power Rivalry 🚧 Containment Strategy ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

The Price of Civilization

от Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2010

What broke the American economy wasn't policy. It was a moral collapse at the top.

3.84

2000+

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 American Decline 🗽 Civic Decline 🏢 Corporate Influence ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Price of Civilization

What broke the American economy wasn't policy. It was a moral collapse at the top.

от Jeffrey D. Sachs 2010 352 страници

3.84

2000+ оценки

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 American Decline 🗽 Civic Decline 🏢 Corporate Influence ⚖️ Economic Inequality

Unmasked

от Andy Ngo • 2021

The black-clad rioters aren't random. They have a century-old playbook, and democracy is the target.

4.17

2000+

🔥 Political Extremism 🏴 Anarchist Movements 💥 Political Violence 💻 Internet Vigilantism 📚 Critical Theory

Unmasked

The black-clad rioters aren't random. They have a century-old playbook, and democracy is the target.

от Andy Ngo 2021 239 страници

4.17

2000+ оценки

🔥 Political Extremism 🏴 Anarchist Movements 💥 Political Violence 💻 Internet Vigilantism 📚 Critical Theory

Pillars of Creation

от Richard Panek • 2024

A ten-billion-dollar telescope with 344 ways to fail, and the universe it found in one morning.

4.02

500+

🔭 Space Telescopes 🌌 Astrophysics 💥 Cosmic Origins 🪐 Exoplanets 🌠 Galactic Evolution

Pillars of Creation

A ten-billion-dollar telescope with 344 ways to fail, and the universe it found in one morning.

от Richard Panek 2024 256 страници

4.02

500+ оценки

🔭 Space Telescopes 🌌 Astrophysics 💥 Cosmic Origins 🪐 Exoplanets 🌠 Galactic Evolution

Wild Faith

от Talia Lavin • 2024

A parallel America of home schools and prophets: the Christian Right wants dominion, not votes.

4.19

2000+

✝️ Christian Nationalism 🏛️ Theocracy And Democracy ⚕️ Reproductive Rights 🏠 Homeschooling Movement 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories

Wild Faith

A parallel America of home schools and prophets: the Christian Right wants dominion, not votes.

от Talia Lavin 2024 304 страници

4.19

2000+ оценки

✝️ Christian Nationalism 🏛️ Theocracy And Democracy ⚕️ Reproductive Rights 🏠 Homeschooling Movement 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories

Enemy of the People

от Marvin Kalb • 2018

Trump's war on the press follows a 1950s script. The democracy-saving ending is not guaranteed.

4.13

137

🇺🇸 American Democracy 📰 Press Freedom 🕵️ Mccarthyism 📡 Media Manipulation 🧠 Disinformation

Enemy of the People

Trump's war on the press follows a 1950s script. The democracy-saving ending is not guaranteed.

от Marvin Kalb 2018 200 страници

4.13

137 оценки

🇺🇸 American Democracy 📰 Press Freedom 🕵️ Mccarthyism 📡 Media Manipulation 🧠 Disinformation

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