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The botany of desire by Michael Pollan

Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make …

The Modern Classics Encyclopedia of the Dead by Danilo Kiš

The houses of Belgrade by Borislav Pekić (New York Review Books classics)

"Building can be seen as a master metaphor for modernity, which some great irresistible force, be it fascism or communism …

Death and the Dervish by Meša Selimović (Writings from an Unbound Europe)

The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić

A vivid depiction of the suffering history has imposed upon the people of Bosnia from the late sixteenth century to …

Chronicle in Stone by Ismail Kadare

Premières secousses by Les Soulèvements de la terre

Au fil des saisons, nous avons formé des cortèges bigarrés, muni·es de bêches, de mégaphones et de meuleuses, vêtu·es de …

Possibilities by David Graeber

The twelve essays cover a lot of ground, including the origins of capitalism, the history of European table manners, love …

The origins of totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

The Origins of Totalitarianism, published in 1951, was Hannah Arendt's first major work, wherein she describes and analyzes Nazism and …

Let This Radicalize You by Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, Kelly E. Hayes

What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is …

Ready For Anything by David Allen, David Allen, Jeffrey Siger, and 1 other

Ready For Anything by David Allen, David Allen, Jeffrey Siger, and 1 other

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

Felicity by Mary Oliver

"If I have any secret stash of poems, anywhere, it might be about love, not anger," Mary Oliver once said …

Hope Without Hope by Matt Broomfield

Drawing on three years living and working in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan), journalist Matt Broomfield argues the militant Kurdish movement can …