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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 39,527 ratings — published 2022
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 159,584 ratings — published 2020
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How to Be an Antiracist How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 119,034 ratings — published 2019
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Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 7,219 ratings — published 2017
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 102,455 ratings — published
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From Beirut to Jerusalem From Beirut to Jerusalem (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 13,054 ratings — published 1989
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Shah of Shahs Shah of Shahs (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 7,975 ratings — published 1982
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Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 21,711 ratings — published 1997
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Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.91 — 868 ratings — published 2023
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Nakba: The Struggle to Decolonise Israel Nakba: The Struggle to Decolonise Israel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published
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The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 4,003 ratings — published 2025
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Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.73 — 19,022 ratings — published 2025
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The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America (Audiobook)
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avg rating 4.36 — 1,823 ratings — published 2021
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Beyond Dharma: Dissent in the Ancient Indian Sciences of Sex and Politics Beyond Dharma: Dissent in the Ancient Indian Sciences of Sex and Politics (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 2.95 — 20 ratings — published 2018
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Northeast India: A Political History Northeast India: A Political History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 35 ratings — published
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Being Muslim in Hindu India: A Critical View Being Muslim in Hindu India: A Critical View (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.21 — 19 ratings — published
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Flying Lies? Flying Lies? (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.33 — 9 ratings — published
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The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 920 ratings — published 2024
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The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.28 — 2,116 ratings — published 2016
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The New Icon: Savarkar and the Facts The New Icon: Savarkar and the Facts (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.60 — 25 ratings — published
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Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.98 — 1,076 ratings — published 2024
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The Snares The Snares (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.60 — 182 ratings — published 2025
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Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 965 ratings — published 2025
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Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 8,607 ratings — published 2024
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Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 169 ratings — published 2008
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The Great Game in the Buddhist Himalayas: India and China’s Quest for Strategic Dominance The Great Game in the Buddhist Himalayas: India and China’s Quest for Strategic Dominance (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.10 — 70 ratings — published
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God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America (A Council on Foreign Relations Book) God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America (A Council on Foreign Relations Book)
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avg rating 4.29 — 198 ratings — published 2024
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Directionality of Humankind's Development. History Directionality of Humankind's Development. History (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.82 — 51 ratings — published
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Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers’ Letters, 1914–18 Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers’ Letters, 1914–18 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 19 ratings — published 1999
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The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 3,013 ratings — published 2024
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 42,285 ratings — published 2024
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God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 6,957 ratings — published 2018
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Primates of Park Avenue Primates of Park Avenue (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.16 — 16,952 ratings — published 2015
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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.32 — 164,339 ratings — published 2024
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The Age of AI and Our Human Future The Age of AI and Our Human Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.44 — 5,244 ratings — published
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The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 4,808 ratings — published 1377
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Human Acts Human Acts (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 70,891 ratings — published 2014
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Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
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avg rating 3.74 — 117 ratings — published 2014
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The Great Reset: And the War for the World The Great Reset: And the War for the World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 1,187 ratings — published
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Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 1,100 ratings — published 2019
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How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.94 — 562 ratings — published 2024
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Battleground Ukraine: From Independence to the War with Russia Battleground Ukraine: From Independence to the War with Russia (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 33 ratings — published 2024
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Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 2,618 ratings — published 2024
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Autocracy, Inc. Autocracy, Inc. (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 15,072 ratings — published 2024
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The Guns of August The Guns of August (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 83,993 ratings — published 1962
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When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 4,254 ratings — published 2024
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The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 9,629 ratings — published 1965
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This Is Not that Dawn This Is Not that Dawn (Paperback)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
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Behind Crimmigration: ICE, Law Enforcement, and Resistance in America Behind Crimmigration: ICE, Law Enforcement, and Resistance in America (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published 2023
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A Treatise On Government Or The Politics Of Aristotle A Treatise On Government Or The Politics Of Aristotle (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
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History, too, has a penchant for giving birth to itself over and over again, and
“History, too, has a penchant for giving birth
to itself over and over again, and those whom it
appoints agents of change and progress
do not always accept their destinies willingly.”
Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays