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Imago by Octavia E. Butler (Lilith's Brood, #3)

Child of two species, but part of neither, a new being must find his way. Human and Oankali have been …

Dawn by Octavia E. Butler (Lilith's Brood, #1)

Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth—the last stage of the planet’s final …

Orientalism by Edward Said (Vintage)

In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated …

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

Dune by Frank Herbert

Ain't I a Woman by bell hooks

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley

In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley prophesied a capitalist civilization, which had been reconstituted through scientific and psychological engineering, …

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New …

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) by Empty Author

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from …

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice …

Death's End by Liu Cixin (Remembrance of Earth's Past #3)

State and Revolution by Lenin

On the Russian Revolution, 1917-1921.

Capital by Karl Marx (Cosimo classics economics)

Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth century. From Kapital sprung …

The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin

Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named “New Tahiti” on a tree-covered planet …

Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert