Some books that changed my life

A Listmania! list by "nick___b_____"
 
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
1.  Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John Gray
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  "Great Insight, Only Time will Tell"
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Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
2.  Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder
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  "Excellent journalism about the paranoya in the GDR"
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The Consolations of Philosophy
3.  The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
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  "I wish I was an optimist"
£7.22   Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)

Age of Extremes : The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991
4.  Age of Extremes : The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991 by E.J. Hobsbawm
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  "Great History of the 20th Century. Easy to read"
£9.09   Used & New from: £1.25
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

Rethinking the Russian Revolution (Reading History series)
5.  Rethinking the Russian Revolution (Reading History series) by Edward Acton
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  "The best book for studying the Russian revolution"
£20.89   Used & New from: £2.00
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Crime and Punishment (Wordsworth Classics)
6.  Crime and Punishment (Wordsworth Classics) by F.M. Dostoevsky
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  "Probably his best novel"
£1.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (210 customer reviews) | 4 customer discussions

Devils (Oxford World's Classics)
7.  Devils (Oxford World's Classics) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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  "Sickeningly Brilliant"
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No Logo: No Space. No Choice. No Jobs
8.  No Logo: No Space. No Choice. No Jobs by Naomi Klein
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  "Makes me think the price of our cheap clothes is too great"
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Hegemony or Survival : America's Quest for Global Dominance
9.  Hegemony or Survival : America's Quest for Global Dominance by Noam Chomsky
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  "Reveals some of the USAs crimes"
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3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

Orientalism
10.  Orientalism by Edward W. Said
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  "The book that started post-colonial studies"
£6.59   Used & New from: £4.00
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)

Homage to Catalonia (Penguin Modern Classics)
11.  Homage to Catalonia (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
The list author says:
  "Orwells War journal, How he kept the asbitistra flying in the Spanish Civil War"
£6.79   Used & New from: £2.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)

Penguin Great Ideas : Why I Write
12.  Penguin Great Ideas : Why I Write by George Orwell
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  "Contains the Lion and the unicorn"
£3.74   Used & New from: £0.43
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

What's it All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life
13.  What's it All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life by Julian Baggini
The list author says:
  "Just read it"
£5.59   Used & New from: £1.97
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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