Infinite Thought
7 best books like Infinite Thought (Alain Badiou): Clotel: or, The President's Daughter, Ethics, On the Genealogy of Morals, Final Analysis: The Untold Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case, Jack the Ripper, This Is for the Mara Salvatrucha: Inside the MS-13, America's Most Violent Gang, Comandante: Myth and Reality in Hugo Chavez's Venezuela
| Author | William Wells Brown |
| ISBN | 0142437727 |
First published in December 1853, Clotel was written amid then unconfirmed rumors that Thomas Jefferson had fathered children with one of his slaves. The story begins with the auction of his mistress, here called Currer, and their two daughters, Clotel and Althesa. The Virginian who buys Clotel falls...
| Author | Baruch Spinoza |
| ISBN | 0140435719 |
Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work - an elegant, fully cohesive cosmology derived from first principles, providing a coherent picture of reality, and a guide to the meaning of an ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines...
On the Genealogy of Morals
| Author | Friedrich Nietzsche |
On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about the history of ethics and about interpretation. Nietzsche rewrites the former as a history of cruelty, exposing the central values of the Judaeo-Christian and liberal traditions - compassion, equality, justice - as the product of a brutal process of...
Final Analysis: The Untold Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case
In October 2002, Susan Polk, a housewife and mother of three, was arrested for the murder of her husband, Felix. The arrest in her sleepy northern California town kicked off what would become one of the most captivating murder trials in recent memory, as police, local attorneys, and the national media...
| Author | Mark Whitehead |
| ISBN | 1904048692 |
Jack the ripper This was a book I picked up at my local library that I've wanted to read it for some time. But never got around to it, so I put it down for reserve. There's a whole mystery to jack the Ripper. If your a cockney or from London it's likely you will know the case inside out. As it was one of those...
This Is for the Mara Salvatrucha: Inside the MS-13, America's Most Violent Gang
| Author | Samuel Logan |
| ISBN | 1401323243 |
Like any American teenager, Brenda Paz spent much of her time with her friends. They would go to parties, listen to music, and show off their cars late into the night. But Brenda and her friends belonged to the Mara Salvatrucha--the MS-13--the most violent gang in America, and in addition to enjoying...
Comandante: Myth and Reality in Hugo Chavez's Venezuela
| Author | Rory Carroll |
| ISBN | 1594204578 |
The inside story of Hugo Chavez’s rule and complex legacy.
Few leaders in our time have been as divisive and enigmatic as the late Hugo Chavez. In Comandante, acclaimed journalist Rory Carroll tells the inside story of Chavez’s life, his time as Venezuela’s president, and his legacy....
