The World

The world is a common name for the whole of human civilization, or for the planet Earth and all life upon it. In terms such as world map and world climate, world is used in the sense detached from human culture or civilization, referring to the planet Earth physically.

In a philosophical context the term may refer to the whole of the physical Universe, or an ontological world, described by Martin Heidegger as world disclosure.

In a theological context, world usually refers to the material or the profane sphere, as opposed to the celestial, spiritual, transcendent or sacred. The "end of the world
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Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World
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Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy
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The Wolf Hunt
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
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The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism
How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History
Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
The Kite Runner
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
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Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
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The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
History of disease
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
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National Geographic by Leah Bendavid-ValThe Art Book by Phaidon PressAlways a Traveler, Never a Tourist by Judy BloombergAnsel Adams by Ansel AdamsPortraits by Steve McCurry
Best Coffee Table Books
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The Great War
776 books — 599 voters


It's the children the world almost breaks who grow up to save it.
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I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.
Mother Teresa

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