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Civilization of the Spectacle
Mario Vargas Llosa

Civilization of the Spectacle

Mario Vargas Llosa: "Civilization of the Spectacle" (La civilización del espectáculo) is an attempt to express a feeling of concern, an anguish of sorts, on seeing what we understood by "culture" when I was young, changing
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The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture and Literature
José Ortega y Gasset

The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture and Literature

No work of Spanish philosopher and essayist José Ortega y Gasset has been more frequently cited, admired, or criticized than his defense of modernism, "The Dehumanization of Art." 
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The Constructive View
Bozhidar Yanev

The Constructive View

The Constructive View by Bozhidar Yanev is the second, greatly expanded edition of his comprehensive book Constructive View (2018).
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My Stories (1973 – 2023). Volume 1
Georgy Borisov

My Stories (1973 – 2023). Volume 1

In this impressive literary work in terms of volume and time span, which the author has called “My Stories”, and some would define it as a kind of “writer’s diary”, Georgi Borisov presents his unpublished poems, th
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My Stories (1973 – 2023). Volume 2
Georgy Borisov

My Stories (1973 – 2023). Volume 2

There are few servants of the Word in our country today who are able to resist vanity and not deviate from the path on which their talent has led them. And on this path, if you remain true to your nature and indifferent to the tempta
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The Conspiracy of the Dead
Marin Georgiev

The Conspiracy of the Dead

"The Conspiracy of the Dead" by Marin Georgiev is a story about the "intermediate Bulgarian time". For a time that supposedly no longer exists, but which must be witnessed if we want to understand what and how it was. The stories and testimonies
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Job and Jobbery
Alexander Kiossev
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Job and Jobbery

The book covers short journalistic texts written on various occasions in the period 2000-2024. The style is sometimes serious and sad, other times - cheerful, playfully intellectual. Some of the texts are longer and reflective, others are shorter
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Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal
Juan José Millás

Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal

Prehistory is all around us. We just need to know where to look. Juan José Millás has always felt like he doesn’t quite fit into human society. Sometimes he wonders if he is even a Homo sapiens at all, or s
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The Death of the White Fox
Anna Zarkova

The Death of the White Fox

On October 2, 1996, Andrey Lukanov was shot in front of his home - a prominent politician of the Bulgarian transition to democracy, prime minister in two governments, deputy. By whom and why? To this day, none of the versions have
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A Grand Tour of the Roman Empire
Jerry Toner
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A Grand Tour of the Roman Empire

"Toner again spins a tale that is enjoyable and informative." The Times Tour the Roman Empire at its height with Marcus Sidonius Falx and his amanuensis, Dr Jerry Toner. Travelling east, Falx explores the great cultural centre of Athens before tre
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Sketches of Sofia: 24 hours
Ivan Shishiev

Sketches of Sofia: 24 hours

“Sketches of Sofia” is a photography project by Ivan Shishiev, which since its inception in 2015 has undergone great development and accumulated thousands of fans/followers. Initially started as a Facebook page, “Sketches of Sof
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt's definitive work on totalitarianism — an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history. The Origins of Totalitarianism begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 180
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Kurban
Edi Rama

Kurban

Disappointed by his loss at the local elections in 2011, Edi Rama decided to analyze what was achieved in Tirana in the context of the situation in the country and present his vision for the future of the capital and of Albania. Thus
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The Triumph of the Masses
Nikolay Tsenkov

The Triumph of the Masses

The book summarizes the main anthropological and axiological concepts of the masses. At the same time, the modern social incarnations of the mass person (economic agent, figure of power and deformer of the informational and cultural enviro
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Next Steps in English

Next Steps in English

After children have taken their first tentative steps in learning English, Next Steps in English reinforces and builds on what they have learned so far. Next Steps in English explains the rules in the 5th grade English curriculum in an ac
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Cleopatra: The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity
Alberto Angela

Cleopatra: The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity

“The political machinations, betrayal, and battles may appeal to those fans of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series interested in a real-world game of thrones.” - Booklist One of Italy’s most
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Half a Century of Bulgaria 1878-1928. Illustrated anniversary album. Phototype edition

Half a Century of Bulgaria 1878-1928. Illustrated anniversary album. Phototype edition

"And precisely in these conditions, when everyone seeks salvation for himself and as he sees it possible, a woman, already in adulthood, performs a work with the spirit of Vazov's presence, evoking the memory of the great patriotic gestures
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Darwin at the Supermarket
Mark Nelissen

Darwin at the Supermarket

What is the function of pain? Is everybody homosexual? Do we discriminate against our children? Why are young prostitutes more successful than older ones? Why do appreciative audiences all over the world clap their hands? And were we once
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An Elemental Thing
Eliot Weinberger

An Elemental Thing

With An Elemental Thing, Eliot Weinberger turns from his celebrated political chronicles to the timelessness of the subjects of his literary essays. With the wisdom of a literary archaeologist-astronomer-anthropologist-zookeeper, he leads us
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Humour: A Very Short Introduction
Noël Carroll

Humour: A Very Short Introduction

Humour has been discovered in every known human culture and thinkers have discussed it for over two thousand years. Humour can serve many functions; it can be used to relieve stress, to promote goodwill among strangers, to dissipate tens
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Figuring
Maria Popova

Figuring

Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries—beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the
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The Transition. Bulgaria 30 Years Later
Collective

The Transition. Bulgaria 30 Years Later

This book is a brief account of what has been achieved and not achieved in various areas of public life in Bulgaria over the last thirty years, defined by some as a completed, by others as an incomplete, or even as a permanent trans
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Love: a Very Short Introduction, First Edition
Ronald de Sousa

Love: a Very Short Introduction, First Edition

Although there are many kinds of love, erotic love has been celebrated in art and poetry as life's most rewarding and exalting experience, worth living and dying for and bringing out the best in ourselves. And yet it has excused, and eve
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The Meaning of Life
Terry Eagleton

The Meaning of Life

The phrase "the meaning of life" for many seems a quaint notion fit for satirical mauling by Monty Python or Douglas Adams. But in this spirited Very Short Introduction titled The Meaning of Life, famed critic Terry Eagleton takes a serio
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Europe and the Nation Idea
José Ortega y Gasset

Europe and the Nation Idea

"One of the immanent characteristics of European culture is that it is periodically experiencing crises. This, however, means that, unlike other great historical cultures, it is not closed, it is not forever crystallized culture. There
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The changing nature of work. World Development Report 2019
Collective

The changing nature of work. World Development Report 2019

The World Development Report (WDR) 2019: The Changing Nature of Work studies how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology today. Fears that robots will take away jobs from people have dominated the disc
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The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics
Marc Lilla

The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics

European history of the past century is full of examples of philosophers, writers, and jurists who, whether they lived in democratic, communist, or fascist societies, supported and defended totalitarian principles and horrific regimes. But
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Time and Style. An Outline of the History of Fashion in the 20th Century
Mariela Gemisheva

Time and Style. An Outline of the History of Fashion in the 20th Century

"With its classic status in the context of modernity, fashion is not just a social system with established rules. Rather, it tends to modify its own rules because of its RIGHT OF NEGLIGENCE OR "BETRAYAL". We follow fashion, as its v
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Thinking the twentieth century
Tony Judt

Thinking the twentieth century

"Ideas crackle" in this triumphant final book of Tony Judt, taking readers on "a wild ride through the ideological currents and shoals of 20th century thought.” (Los Angeles Times) One of our most brilliant historians, Tony Judt brings th
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Europe's Growth Challenge
Anders Aslund

Europe's Growth Challenge

Europe is in a serious crisis but that it can face up to these challenges. In Europe's Growth Challenge Anders Aslund and Simeon Djankov argue that the European Union can only be successful if it carries out substantial changes in the Europea
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The Universe, the Gods, and Men. Ancient Greek Myths
Jean Pierre Vernant

The Universe, the Gods, and Men. Ancient Greek Myths

In this enchanting retelling of Greek myth, Jean-Pierre Vernant combines his deep knowledge of the subject with an original storytelling style. Beginning with the creation of Earth out of Chaos, Vernant continues with the castration of
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Fire and Fury
Michael Wolff

Fire and Fury

With extraordinary access to the West Wing, Michael Wolff reveals what happened behind-the-scenes in the first nine months of the most controversial presidency of our time in Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. Since
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Moon Dreamers
Cédric Villani

Moon Dreamers

Four geniuses that changed the history: Werner Heisenberg, the unsure of himself. Alan Turing, the unrestrained. Leo Szilard, the traveling prophet. Hugh Dowding, the heavenly knight. Physicists, a mathematician and a military m
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The Transhumanist Revolution
Luc Ferry

The Transhumanist Revolution

Transhumanism is a movement whose purpose is to contribute to the unlimited improvement of man's physical and intellectual abilities by all means - genetic, chemical, mechanical, informational. In its ultimate form, it popularizes the physic
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The Three Days of Pompeii
Alberto Angela

The Three Days of Pompeii

“The Three Days of Pompeii” narrates the biggest tragedy of antiquity by following the last hours of some of Pompeii’s inhabitants who really existed. Alberto Angela, the Italian paleontologist, science promoter and documentary
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The Creativity
Luis Bassat

The Creativity

How many are the discoveries that contribute to the quality of our lives? Inventions such as the phonograph and the record-player (1877) the incandescent bulb by Thomas Edison (1879) the shaving blades, invented by Gillette (1901) in order to subs
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Love and Sex in Ancient Rome
Alberto Angela

Love and Sex in Ancient Rome

How did ancient Romans dressed themselves? How did they kiss? Did they arrive with red roses when meeting someone for the first time? What happened in the wedding night? What tricks did women use in order to seduce men? And how did they cheat?
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The Great Rebirth: Lessons from the Victory of Capitalism over Communism
Anders Aslund

The Great Rebirth: Lessons from the Victory of Capitalism over Communism

The fall of communism 25 years ago transformed the political and economic landscape in more than two dozen countries across Europe and Asia. In this volume, political leaders, scholars, and policymakers assess the lessons learned from the "great reb
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Etherial Songs and Secret Services
Kristin Dimitrova

Etherial Songs and Secret Services

What do the foreigners think of us? What have we become famous for all over the world? Whether they treat us as the country of roses, people with heroic history, the homeland of Orpheus, technical nation or paradise? No, not for the tim
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Mamma Mia!: Berlusconi Explained For Posterity And Friends Abroad
Beppe Severgnini

Mamma Mia!: Berlusconi Explained For Posterity And Friends Abroad

What is it in the operatic Italian psyche that allows-indeed, forgives, even applauds-Italy's premier for conducting a lifestyle as decadent as a Fellini extravaganza, while organizing an ongoing string of questionable behaviors and politicall
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The Reach of Rome: A Journey Through the Lands of the Ancient Empire, Following a Coin
Alberto Angela

The Reach of Rome: A Journey Through the Lands of the Ancient Empire, Following a Coin

In this unconventional and accessible history, Italian best-seller Alberto Angela literally follows the money to map the reach and power of the Roman Empire. To see a map of the Roman Empire at the height of its territorial expansion is to be struck
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Let’s Declare Peace!
Dalai Lama

Let’s Declare Peace!

As Hessel admits, this text differs from his essays, because through it he turned to the spirit for the first time. Conversely, what is striking in the words of the Dalai Lama, is his will to emphasize the importance of "secular ethics", the on
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Is Capitalism Moral?
André Comte-Sponville

Is Capitalism Moral?

Is capitalism moral? Nobody can escape that question because we are all subjects both of morality and capitalism. As we work, we save and consume, we participate in the economic system of capitalism that some of us justify and condemn others, led by
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America and Americans
John Steinbeck

America and Americans

There is no writer more quintessentially American than John Steinbeck. More than forty years after his death, he remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. Yet his nonfiction-the writings in which he spoke directly about hi
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Time for Outrage
Stéphane Hessel

Time for Outrage

After 93 years, it is almost the final act. The end for me is not very far off any more. But it still leaves me a chance to be able to remind others of what acted as the basis of my political engagement. It was the years of resistance to th
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La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind
Beppe Severgnini

La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind

Join the bestselling author of Ciao, America! on a lively tour of modern Italy that sees behind the seductive face it puts on for visitors (la bella figura) to its maddening, paradoxical true self. You won't need luggage for this
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My Political Biography
Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev

My Political Biography

This is the second edition of the autobiography of Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgaria's first democratically elected president after the fall of communism.
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A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome
Alberto Angela

A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome

Many books, documentaries and movies claim to chronicle daily life in Ancient Rome, but it's rare to find a narrative so encrusted in detail as this lively offering from an Italian author and television host. Adopting a first person plural voice, A

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