 | 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.84 Dystopia is the opposite of utopia. This is the masterpiece about human degradation by a totalitarian government.
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 | Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.01 Orwell's important and powerful metaphor for the abuse of power. Vital for understanding the rise of totalitarianism.
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 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Little Books of Wisdom) by Eleanor Roosevelt
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $9.94 Just search for it. These are your human rights if your country signed up to it and if not then it is being pressured to do so. The rights have been developed so make sure you check what is current.
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 | Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers by Will Durant
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.28 Essential to understanding the progress of human thought.
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 | Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex by John Gray
Buy new: $10.79 / Used from: $3.18 There are two sexes and they are different and this is how to deal with each.
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 | How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.39 This is the result of psychological salesmanship. It is the essential self-help book. This is how to deal with other people outside of being yourself.
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 | The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $0.01 The original classic strategy book that introduced the world to game theory and is the foundation for all government, political, human affairs, war and game theory strategy that followed in its wake.
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 | The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer
Buy new: $21.59 / Used from: $3.95 This is Shirer's historical masterpiece account of World War II that gives incredible insight into everything that went on.
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 | Civilisation by Kenneth Clark
Buy new: $13.09 / Used from: $8.25 This is Clark's Civilisation. A historical coverage of civilisations throughout the ages. You can watch the 13 episode DVD series also.
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 | The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Modern Library Classics) by Edward Gibbon
Buy new: $11.18 / Used from: $2.26 Gibbon's work spans several volumes but this is all about the fall of Rome.
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 | The Republic (Penguin Classics) by Plato
Buy used from: $0.73 The Republic begins here.
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 | The Prince (Bantam Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli
Buy new: $4.50 / Used from: $0.01 This is the work that shows a Prince how to rule his nation with reference to previous historical events and how they unfolded.
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 | The Road Ahead: Completely Revised and Up-to-Date by Bill Gates
Buy used from: $0.01 Bill Gates introduces the future of life on the internet.
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 | Introducing American Politics (Introducing...(Totem)) by Patrick Brogan
Buy new: $8.76 / Used from: $0.01 A quick and very good rundown on how American politics actually works.
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 | The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $1.97 Capitalism running out of control. A frightening look at how a business can bring a country to its knees. You can watch the DVD documentary also.
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