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The day of the Jackal is a fantastic book, but apart from the beginning the rest in the book is fictional. But it sounds true if you dont know anything about it. :D
 
ExcuseMeFrench said:
can anyone suggest me some books that have literary/intellectual value?
something controversial or pivotal to certain fields

i'm mainly interested in history, international relations/government related books
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War Against People by Noam Chomsky. I liked it.

Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man by John Perkins was interesting as well!
 
I enjoyed Freakonomics as well as, The Undercover Economist.

Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm are borh great reads.

I am reading Schindler's Ark presently which is really good (so far).
 
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes - necessary read for government/international relations

The Social Contract - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Two Treatises on Government - John Locke

The Prince and Discourses on Livy - Niccolo Machiavelli

The Republic and The Laws - Plato

The Politics and Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle

The Metaphysics of Morals - Immanuel Kant

Utilitarianism - John Staurt Mill

Political Theology - Carl Schmitt

Law, Politics and Morality - St. Thomas Aquinas

Ethics - Spinoza

Should keep you going for a while :D
 
It might not fit the description but one of my favourite novels ever has to be:

'His Dark Materials' by Phillip Pullman.

Northern Lights
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass

These books are truly amazing, I have read them over and over again yet they never get boring.
 
ExcuseMeFrench said:
can anyone suggest me some books that have literary/intellectual value?
something controversial or pivotal to certain fields

i'm mainly interested in history, international relations/government related books
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recently read "better than well: american medicine meets the american dream" by carl elliott. really changed the way i look at the world, which is not something that happens very often. a truly important work, imo.

http://www.amazon.com/Better-Than-Well-American-Medicine/dp/039305201X
 
T2000 said:
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.

Ive just read it and its fantastic. Ten times better than The Da Vinci Code.
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Agreed with Angels and Demons, they're making a film of it sometime. Deception point was good as well, and I started reading Digital Fortress, still haven't finished it though.
 
ExcuseMeFrench said:
can anyone suggest me some books that have literary/intellectual value?
something controversial or pivotal to certain fields

i'm mainly interested in history, international relations/government related books
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I recommend authors:
1. Hannah Arendt

http://www.hannaharendt.org/books/books.html

2.ʻAbd al-Majīd Shar
Islam Between Divine Message and History
you can read it on google books

3. Ira Marvin Lapidus
A history of Islamic Societies

4. Written in flesh: a history of desire
Edward Shorter
 
Frosty said:
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes - necessary read for government/international relations

The Social Contract - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Two Treatises on Government - John Locke

The Prince and Discourses on Livy - Niccolo Machiavelli

The Republic and The Laws - Plato

The Politics and Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle

The Metaphysics of Morals - Immanuel Kant

Utilitarianism - John Staurt Mill

Political Theology - Carl Schmitt

Law, Politics and Morality - St. Thomas Aquinas

Ethics - Spinoza

Should keep you going for a while :D
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i've read articles by kant...
that shit was hard :(

T2000 said:
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.

Ive just read it and its fantastic. Ten times better than The Da Vinci Code.
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dan brown books are shite
they use teh same formula over and over again, and it's only readable for the first 100 or so pages when the reader learns of the "facts"
 
T2000 said:
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.

Ive just read it and its fantastic. Ten times better than The Da Vinci Code.
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I'd agree with that.

If you like history, you'll love this.

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.

!000+ pages - great stuff.
 
Frosty said:
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes - necessary read for government/international relations

The Social Contract - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Two Treatises on Government - John Locke

The Prince and Discourses on Livy - Niccolo Machiavelli

The Republic and The Laws - Plato

The Politics and Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle

The Metaphysics of Morals - Immanuel Kant

Utilitarianism - John Staurt Mill

Political Theology - Carl Schmitt

Law, Politics and Morality - St. Thomas Aquinas

Ethics - Spinoza

Should keep you going for a while :D
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Do you go to Lancaster Uni by any chance? This was pretty much my reading list for Politics 101. And anyone who says Hobbes' 'Leviathan' is an enjoyable read is LYING.
 
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