An Appeal to the Toiling, Oppressed & Exhausted Peoples of Europe
8 best books like An Appeal to the Toiling, Oppressed & Exhausted Peoples of Europe (Leon Trotsky): Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster, To Be Taught, If Fortunate, Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, On Suicide, The Kites, Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto, Estado y revolución, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Author | Svetlana Alexievich |
ISBN | 0312425848 |
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl and contaminated as much as three quarters of Europe. Voices from Chernobyl is the first book to present personal accounts of the tragedy. Journalist Svetlana Alexievich...
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Author | Becky Chambers |
ISBN | 0062936018 |
In her new novella, Sunday Times best-selling author Becky Chambers imagines a future in which, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the solar system instead transform themselves.
Ariadne is one such explorer. As an astronaut on an extrasolar research vessel,...
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Author | Hergé |
ISBN | 0867199032 |
In his debut adventure, Tintin is pursued by Bolshevik agents trying to prevent him from exposing the new Soviet regime. Punctuated by slapstick and political revelations, this story is based on the writings of an anticommunist Belgian ex-consul to the Ukraine. Herge's early style revealed strong...
Author | David Hume |
ISBN | 0141023953 |
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings...
Author | Romain Gary |
ISBN | 0811226549 |
On a small farm in Normandy, as Hitler rises to power in Germany, young Ludo comes of age in the care of his Uncle Ambrose, an eccentric mailman, kite-maker, and pacifist. Ludo’s quiet existence changes the day he meets Lila, a girl from the aristocratic Polish family who own the estate next door. In...
Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto
Author | Cinzia Arruzza |
ISBN | 1788734424 |
From three of the organisers of the International Women's Strike US: a manifesto for when 'leaning in' is not enough.
Recent years have seen the emergence of massive feminist mobilizations around the world, offering an alternative to the liberal feminism that has become the handmaiden of...
If you happen to get the version which has a forward by Richard Pipes, I strongly suggest reading the text of Vladimir Lenin first, maybe Google or Wikipedia some of the historical references, and draw your own conclusion. Richard Pipes is your classical establishment propaganda clerk who's job is...
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice of a generation, including her historic address to the United Nations
In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day in order to protest...