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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
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Caste

By Isabel Wilkerson ,

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The Prince
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The Prince

By Niccolò Machiavelli , Tim Parks (translator) ,

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Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
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Autocracy, Inc.

By Anne Applebaum ,

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Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
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Silencing the Past

By Michel-Rolph Trouillot ,

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The 48 Laws of Power
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The 48 Laws of Power

By Robert Greene ,

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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
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Destiny of the Republic

By Candice Millard ,

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How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future
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How to Stand Up to a Dictator

By Maria Ressa ,

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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

By John C. Maxwell ,

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Queen Emma and Queen Edith: Queenship and Women's Power in Eleventh-Century England
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Queen Emma and Queen Edith

By Pauline Stafford ,

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Wizard of the Crow
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Wizard of the Crow

By Ngugi Wa Thiong'o ,

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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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The March of Folly

By Barbara W. Tuchman ,

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7 Rules of Power: Surprising--But True--Advice on How to Get Things Done and Advance Your Career
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7 Rules of Power

By Jeffrey Pfeffer ,

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Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy
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Underground Empire

By Henry Farrell , Abraham Newman ,

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Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference
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Empires in World History

By Jane Burbank , Frederick Cooper ,

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The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
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The Gay Science

By Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann (translator) ,

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The Wicked King
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The Wicked King

By Holly Black ,

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Power in Organizations
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Power in Organizations

By Jeffrey Pfeffer ,

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Putin Mystique Inside Russia's Power Cult
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Putin Mystique Inside Russia's Power Cult

By Anna Arutunyan ,

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The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
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The Dictator's Handbook

By Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (lead author) , Alastair Smith ,

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Urban Space and Aristocratic Power in Late Antique Rome: Ad 270-535
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Urban Space and Aristocratic Power in Late Antique Rome

By Carlos Machado ,

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Power, Pleasure, and Profit: Insatiable Appetites from Machiavelli to Madison
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Power, Pleasure, and Profit

By David Wootton ,

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Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia
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Weak Strongman

By Timothy Frye ,

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Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids
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Rule by Secrecy

By Jim Marrs ,

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The Silent Coup: A History of India's Deep State
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The Silent Coup

By Josy Joseph ,

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States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control
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States and Power in Africa

By Jeffrey Herbst ,

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Clothing the Clergy: Virtue and Power in Medieval Europe, C. 800 1200
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Clothing the Clergy

By Maureen C. Miller ,

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The Formation of a Persecuting Society: Authority and Deviance in Western Europe 950-1250
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The Formation of a Persecuting Society

By Robert I. Moore ,

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Crowds and Power
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Crowds and Power

By Elias Canetti ,

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Data Feminism
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Data Feminism

By Catherine D'Ignazio , Lauren F. Klein ,

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The Peace War
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The Peace War

By Vernor Vinge ,

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The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin
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The New Tsar

By Steven Lee Myers ,

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Power and Eroticism in Imperial Rome
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Power and Eroticism in Imperial Rome

By Caroline Vout ,

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No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think about Power
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No Excuses

By Gloria Feldt ,

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The Roman Predicament: How the Rules of International Order Create the Politics of Empire
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The Roman Predicament

By Harold James ,

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The American Deep State: Wall Street, Big Oil, and the Attack on U.S. Democracy
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The American Deep State

By Peter Dale Scott ,

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Jade Legacy
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Jade Legacy

By Fonda Lee ,

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Power: A Radical View
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Power

By Steven Lukes ,

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The Sources of Social Power: Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760
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The Sources of Social Power

By Michael Mann ,

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Power: Why Some People Have It-and Others Don't
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Power

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Forging Nations: Currency, Power, and Nationality in Britain and Ireland since 1603
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Forging Nations

By David Blaazer ,

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The Man in My Basement
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The Man in My Basement

By Walter Mosley ,

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Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
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Corruptible

By Brian Klaas ,

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The Gates Foundation's Rise to Power: Private Authority in Global Politics
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The Gates Foundation's Rise to Power

By Adam Moe Fejerskov ,

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The Power Elite
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The Power Elite

By C. Wright Mills ,

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Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change
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Power and Love

By Adam Kahane ,

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