Global Issues Books

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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 55,678 ratings — published 2008
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The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 64,511 ratings — published 2019
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 29,910 ratings — published 2019
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.66 — 358,745 ratings — published 2006
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 202,238 ratings — published 2018
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 114,274 ratings — published 2016
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Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1) Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
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avg rating 4.19 — 117,561 ratings — published 2015
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 27,749 ratings — published 2014
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 624,815 ratings — published 2012
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 24,474 ratings — published 2011
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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 — 102,553 ratings — published 2005
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.60 — 42,784 ratings — published 2025
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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 — 161,935 ratings — published 2020
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 27,824 ratings — published 2019
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 101,050 ratings — published 2017
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 74,758 ratings — published 2004
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A Long Walk to Water A Long Walk to Water (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 103,873 ratings — published 2010
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.46 — 100,045 ratings — published 2009
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The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.67 — 11,175 ratings — published 2008
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 53,970 ratings — published 2007
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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 4.40 — 41,674 ratings — published 2022
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Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 5,846 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 — 119,555 ratings — published 2019
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The Age of Capital, 1848–1875 The Age of Capital, 1848–1875 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 4,669 ratings — published 1975
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The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 3.60 — 601 ratings — published 1998
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The New Liberty: Survival and Justice in a Changing World (Studies of Economic Growth in Industrialized Countries) The New Liberty: Survival and Justice in a Changing World (Studies of Economic Growth in Industrialized Countries)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 3.00 — 5 ratings — published 1975
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Politics and Economic Policy in Western Democracies Politics and Economic Policy in Western Democracies (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1980
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What's Left? What's Left? (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,004 ratings — published 2007
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The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,217 ratings — published 2016
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The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 4.03 — 9,946 ratings — published 2012
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The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations? The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 3.43 — 531 ratings — published 2010
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The Great Crash of 2008 The Great Crash of 2008 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.57 — 14 ratings — published 2009
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The Open Economy and its Enemies: Public Attitudes in East Asia and Eastern Europe The Open Economy and its Enemies: Public Attitudes in East Asia and Eastern Europe (Paperback)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2002
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The Crisis of Confidence:  Ideas, Power and Violence in America The Crisis of Confidence: Ideas, Power and Violence in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.57 — 7 ratings — published 1969
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 4.00 — 337,625 ratings — published 2019
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 4.34 — 169,517 ratings — published 2019
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We Should All Be Feminists We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 4.39 — 331,457 ratings — published 2012
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Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 4.21 — 43,164 ratings — published 2014
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Fascism: A Warning Fascism: A Warning (ebook)
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avg rating 4.25 — 21,236 ratings — published 2018
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 4.16 — 172,323 ratings — published 2018
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Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 4.17 — 8,087 ratings — published 2010
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 4.62 — 262,531 ratings — published 2014
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 79,548 ratings — published 2014
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The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 4.28 — 572 ratings — published 2002
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What Next? What Next? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.91 — 64 ratings — published 2008
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I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 24,246 ratings — published 2009
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as global-issues)
avg rating 4.19 — 69,313 ratings — published 1998
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The Post-American World The Post-American World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 12,859 ratings — published 2008
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The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 6,198 ratings — published 2012
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Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 23,504 ratings — published 2011
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