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Autocracy, Inc.

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in the 21st century, that cartoon bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, auto…

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Zuzana Čaputová: Nestratiť sa sama sebe

Dialóg Zuzany Čaputovej a šéfredaktora týždenníka Respekt Erika Taberyho trval viac ako dva roky. Aké je byť ženou vo vrcholnej politike a matkou dcér, na ktoré útočia politici? S čím sa musí vyrovnať…

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On Freedom

A brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only chance for survival—by the acclaimed Yale historian and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On …

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The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir

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Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart – Again

A chilling and clear-eyed warning about the threats to our democracy posed by the increasing radicalization of the Republican Party, from a leading historian and intellectual

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Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World

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In November of 2022, a webpage was posted online with a simple text box. It was an AI chatbot called ChatGPT, and was unlike any app people had used before. It was more human …

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Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything

In his punchy follow-up to Moneyland, Oliver Bullough's Butler to the World unravels the dark secret of how Britain placed itself at the centre of the global offshore economy and at the service of the…

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How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is our democracy in danger? Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than twe…

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Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom

In the vein of The Shock Doctrine and Evil Geniuses, this timely manifesto from an acclaimed journalist illustrates how corporate and political elites have used planned capitalism to advance their own…

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I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country

An unprecedented and intimate portrait of Russia and a fearless cri de coeur for journalism in opposition to the global authoritarian turn

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War

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three wars—Ukraine, the Middle East and the struggle for the American Presidency.

War is an intimate and sw…

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Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century

How a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracy

Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new breed of media-…

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The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

From the chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, a magnificent reckoning with how and why the marriage between democracy and capitalism is coming undone, and what can be done to reverse th…

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How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them

Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book shows us why they happen, and how to avoid them.

Most of us don't know it, but we are living in the world's greatest era of civil wars…

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Kaput: The End of the German Miracle

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The Light that Failed: A Reckoning

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Money: A Story of Humanity

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Whether we like it or not, our world revolves around money, but we rarely stop to think about it…

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Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire

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Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive story.

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For Profit: A History of Corporations

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How Economics Explains the World: A Short History of Humanity

“If you read just one book about economics, make it Andrew Leigh's clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work.” —Claudia Goldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee Pr…

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Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

An investigation into the rise of the Christian right over the last half-century that lays out the grim vision Evangelicals are enforcing on our democracy.

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