fosk rated Homenaje a Cataluña: 5 stars
Homenaje a Cataluña by George Orwell
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting in the Spanish Civil War for …
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fosk rated The Dispossessed: 5 stars
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
Flatland; by Edwin Abbott Abbott (University paperbacks 45)
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in …
fosk rated The People's Republic of Walmart: 4 stars
The People's Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips
For the left and the right, major multinational companies are held up as the ultimate expressions of free-market capitalism. Their …
fosk rated The Ego and Its Own: 5 stars
The Ego and Its Own by Max Stirner (Cambridge texts in the history of political thought)
The Ego and Its Own (German: Der Einzige und sein Eigentum; meaningfully translated as The Individual and his Property …
fosk rated A Psalm for the Wild-Built: 5 stars
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)
It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
fosk rated Between the World and Me: 5 stars
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns …
fosk rated Between the World and Me: 5 stars
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns …
fosk rated Batavia's Graveyard: 4 stars
Mike Dash: Batavia's Graveyard (2002, Crown)
Batavia's Graveyard by Mike Dash
From the bestselling author of Tulipomania comes Batavia's Graveyard, the spellbinding true story of mutiny, shipwreck, murder, and survival.It was …
fosk rated Are Prisons Obsolete?: 5 stars
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis
With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement …
fosk rated Are Prisons Obsolete?: 5 stars
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis
With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement …
fosk rated Caliban and the Witch: 5 stars
Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici
Caliban and the Witch is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts …
fosk rated Software and Anarchy: 4 stars
Software and Anarchy by Gnuxie Lulamoon, Hayley Patton
This book covers our interpretations of programming as it relates to social ecology, a philosophical theory that suggests many forms …
fosk rated A Psalm for the Wild-Built: 5 stars
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)
It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
fosk rated Against the Grain: 5 stars
Against the Grain by James C. Scott (Yale agrarian studies series)
Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors …