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January 2020

• The Call of the Wild and Free: Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child's Education, by Ainsley Arment

December 2019

• How Children Learn, by John Holt
• Letters on Ethics: To Lucilius, by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (author), Margaret Graver (translator)
• A copyright free version is here
• A Companion to Marx's Capital, by David Harvey
• Also see David Harvey's free online lectures on Marx's Capital here

November 2019

• Midnight Son, by James Dommek Jr, Josephine Holtzman, and Isaac Kestenbaum
• Capital: Volume 1: A Critique of Political Economy, by Karl Marx (author), Ben Fowkes (translator)
• a copyright free version can be downloaded here
• The Proposed Roads to Freedom, by Bertrand Russell
• a copyright free version can be downloaded here
• The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, by Carl Sagan
• the full book is available here
• A History of South Africa, by Frank Welsh
• The Radical King, by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (author), Cornel West (Editor)

October 2019

• Syrian Dust: Reporting from the Heart of the War, by Francesca Borri (author), Anne Milano Appel (translator)
• Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War, by Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami
• How to be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi
• No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State, by Glenn Greenwald

September 2019

• Permanent Record, by Edward Snowden
• Imago (Xenogenesis #3), by Octavia E Butler
• Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, by Ibram X. Kendi

August 2019

• Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis #2), by Octavia E Butler
• Dawn (Xenogenesis #1), by Octavia E Butler
• An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
• Revolution in Rojava: Democratic Autonomy and Women's Liberation in the Syrian Kurdistan, by Michael Knapp (author), Ercan Ayboga (author), Anja Flach (author), Janet Biehl (translator)

July 2019

• Fight Club: A Novel, by Chuck Palahniuk
• Kindred, by Octavia E Butler
• Death's End (Remembrance of Earth's Past #3), by Cixin Liu

June 2019

• The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth's Past #2), by Cixin Liu
• The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past #1), by Cixin Liu

May 2019

• Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy, by Jostein Gaarder
• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo
• Discourses and Selected Writings, by Epictetus, translated by Robert Dobbin
• Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, by Yuval Noah Harari

April 2019

• Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy, by Chris Hayes
• Makers, by Cory Doctorow
• Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, by Cory Doctorow
• Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future, by Cory Doctorow
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson

March 2019

• Walkaway: A Novel, by Cory Doctorow
• The Stone Sky (Broken Earth #3), by NK Jemisin
• Me And White Supremacy: The Workbook, by Layla Saad
• The Lifelong Activist: How to Change the World without Losing Your Way, by Hillary Rettig
• The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, by Jonathan Haidt

February 2019

• Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker PhD
• Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius (author), Gregory Hays (translator)
• a copyright free version is available here
• The Obelisk Gate (Broken Earth #2), by NK Jemisin

January 2019

• Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life, by Jon Lee Anderson

December 2018

• The Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle, Harris Rackham (translator)
• The Routledge Guidebook to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, by Gerard J. Hughes.
• Letters on Ethics: To Lucilius, by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (author), Margaret Graver (translator)
• The copyright free version is available here
• Fidel Castro: My Life, A Spoken Autobiography, by Ignacio Ramonet and Fidel Castro
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X, by Alex Haley and Attallah Shabazz Malcolm X

November 2018

• How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
• The Fifth Season (Broken Earth #1), by NK Jemisin
• Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box, by the Arbinger Institute

October 2018

• To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
• Roots: The Saga of an American Family, by Alex Haley

September 2018

• Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, by Amy Cuddy
• The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle #3), by Ursula K Le Guin
• Sunstone Vol 4 and Sunstone Vol 5, written and drawn by Stjepan Sejic
• Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe

August 2018

• Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup
• The Global Diamond Industry: Economics and Development Volume I, by Roman Grynberg and Letsema Mbayi
• The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry, by Ned Sublette and Constance Sublette

July 2018

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, by Jared Diamond
• The Man in the High Castle, by Phillip K Dick

June 2018

• The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community, by Mariarossa Dalla Costa and Delma James
• a copyright free version of the entire book is available here
• Capitalist Realism: Is There no Alternative? By Mark Fisher
• a copyright free version of the entire book is available here
• Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
• Cat's Cradle: A Novel, by Kurt Vonnegut
• Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death, by Kurt Vonnegut
• Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class, by Immanuel Ness
• Neuromancer, by William Gibson
• The Telling (Hainish Cycle), by Ursula K Le Guin

May 2018

• The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle #2), by Ursula K Le Guin
• Woken Furies (Takeshi Kovacs #3), by Richard K Morgan
• Burn Down the American Plantation, Call for Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement
• The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the 21st Century, by Carne Ross
• Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline
• Four Ways to Forgiveness (Hainish Cycle), by Ursula K Le Guin
• Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, by George Orwell
• 1984, by George Orwell
• Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy, and the Common Ground Collective, by scott crow
• Broken Angels (Takeshi Kovacs #2), by Richard K Morgan
• On Earthquakes (Book VI of Natural Questions), by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (author), John Davie (translator)
• the copyright free version of the entire book is available here

April 2018

• Homage to Catalonia, by George Orwell
• a copy of the book is available here
• Days of War, Nights of Love: Crimethink for Beginners, by Crimethink Workers Collective
• Peter, Paul and Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend, by Bart D Ehrman
• Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible, by Bart D Ehrman
• The Rule of Law, by Tom Bingham
• Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs #1), by Richard K Morgan
• On Mercy, by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (author), John Davie (translator)
• the copyright free version is available here
• Consolation to Helvia, by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (author), John Davie (translator)
• the copyright free version is available here
• On the Shortness of Life, by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (author), John Davie (translator)
• the copyright free version is available here

March 2018

• Looking Backward: 2000 to 1887, by Edward Bellamy
• the copyright free version is available here
• A Defense of Abortion, by Judith Jarvis Thomson
• The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle), by Ursula K Le Guin
• Basic Income: The Material Conditions of Freedom, by Daniel Raventos
• City of Illusions (Hainish Cycle), by Ursula K Le Guin
• A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle #1), by Ursula K Le Guin
• Planet of Exile (Hainish Cycle), by Ursula K Le Guin
• On the Tranquility of the Mind, by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (author), John Davie (translator)
• the copyright free version is available here
• On the Happy Life, by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (author), John Davie (translator)
• the copyright free version is available here

February 2018

• Rocannon's World (Hainish Cycle), by Ursula K Le Guin
• Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman
• The Word for World is Forest (Hainish Cycle), by Ursula K Le Guin
• The Dispossessed (Hainish Cycle), by Ursula K Le Guin
• Consolation to Helvia, by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (author), John Davie (translator)
• the copyright free version is available here
• On Anger: Book 3, by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (author), John Davie (translator)
• the copyright free version is available here

January 2018

• The Black Stork: Eugenics and the Death of "Defective Babies", by Martin Pernick
• Bitcoin and Crypocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction, by Arvind Narayanan
• A Peoples History of the United States, by Howard Zinn
• On Providence, by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (author), John Davie (translator)
• the copyright free version is available here

December 2017

• Orientalism, by Edward Said
• The Internet of Money: A Collection of Talks, by Andreas Antonopoulos

November 2017

• Transhumanity's Fate: The Fate Conversion Guide for Eclipse Phase, by Posthuman Studios
• Eclipse Phase: Roleplaying Game of Transhuman Conspiracy and Horror, by Posthuman Studios
• Creative commons free copies of the entire Eclipse Phase game is available here from the author
• Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Failed States: the Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy, by Noam Chomsky
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, by Robert Pirsig
• Organise … for Revolutionary Anarchism: Issue 82

October 2017

• Motorcycle Diaries, by Erensto “Che” Guevara
• Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
• The Road, by Cormac Mc Carthy
• The Greek Myths, by Robert Graves
• On Palestine, by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe
• Organise … for Revolutionary Anarchism: Issue 83

September 2017

• God and the State, by Mikhail Bakunin
• The copyright free book can be downloaded here
• The copyright free audiobook can be downloaded here
• Anarchy in Action, by Colin Ward
• Debt, the First 5000 Years, by David Graeber
• Hegemony or Survival, by Noam Chomsky

August 2017

• A History of the Cuban Revolution, by Aviva Chomsky
• Anarchism and Other Essays, by Emma Goldman
• The copyright free book can be downloaded here
• The copyright free audiobook can be downloaded here
• Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution, by Peter Kropotkin
• The copyright free book can be downloaded here
• The copyright free audiobook can be downloaded here
• This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate, by Naomi Klein

July 2017

• How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life, by Massimo Pigliucci
• The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, by Naomi Klein
• Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, by Mark Blyth
• The Conquest of Bread, by Peter Kropotkin
• The copyright free book can be downloaded here
• The copyright free audiobook can be downloaded here

June 2017

• Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians, by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe
• The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future, by Joseph Stiglitz
• ABC Of Anarchism, by Alexander Berkman
• The copyright free book can be downloaded here
• The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes, by Mark Skousen
• Are Prisons Obsolete, by Angela Y Davis
• Organise … for Revolutionary Anarchism: Issue 87

May 2017

• Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order, by Noam Chomsky
• Discourses and Selected Writings, by Epictetus, translated by Robert Dobbin
• Anarchism: A Beginner's Guide, by Ruth Kinna
• Understanding Power, by Noam Chomsky

April 2017

• Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction, by Colin Ward
• The Essential Chomsky, by Noam Chomsky
• Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals, by Saul D Alinsky
• The copyright free book can be downloaded here
• My own Liberator: A Memoir, by Dikgang Moseneke
• No Logo, by Naomi Klein
• Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician, by Anthony Everitt

March 2017

• The Daily Stoic, by Ryan Holiday
• Letters on Ethics: To Lucilius, by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (author), Margaret Graver (translator) (letters 94 – 124)
• The copyright free version is available here
• God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction, by Dan Barker
• A History of Western Philosophy, by Bertrand Russell

February 2017

• The Bible: Book of Numbers; Book of Deuteronomy
• Letters on Ethics: To Lucilius, by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (author), Margaret Graver (translator) (letters 63 – 93)
• The copyright free version is available here
• 1177 B.C: The Year Civilization Collapsed, by Eric H. Cline
• Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller Sr, by Ron Chernow
• A Brief History of the Celts, by Peter Berresford Ellis

January 2017

• Letters to a Young Contrarian, by Christopher Hitchens
• Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, by Nelson Mandela
• The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values, by Sam Harris
• Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue, by Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz
• The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, by Sam Harris
• The Bible: Book of Leviticus
• God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens
• The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics, by Elaine Pagels
• Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic, by Tom Holland

December 2016

• The Bible: Book of Genesis; and Book of Exodus
• Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, by Bart D. Ehrman
• Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl
• God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question – Why We Suffer, by Bart D. Ehrman
• Stoicism and the Art of Happiness, by Donald Robertson
• Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior, by Bart D. Ehrman
• The Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius
• The Iliad, by Homer

November 2016

• A New Stoicism, by Lawrence C. Becker
• Aristotle for Everybody: Difficult Thought Made Easy, by Mortimer J. Adler
• Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, by Reza Aslan
• Cleopatra: A Life, by Stacy Schiff
• So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love, by Cal Newport

October 2016

• A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, by Karen Armstrong
• The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions, by Huston Smith
• Writing to Learn, by William Zinsser
• Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization, by Richard Miles

September 2016

• The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome, by Susan Wise Bauer
• On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Non-fiction, by William Zinsser
• Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference, by William Mac Askill
• Emperors of Rome, by Garrett G. Fagan, Ph.D. (a lecture series by the Great Courses)

August 2016

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond
• Discourses, by Epictetus, translated by Hayward B Morse
• Enchiridion, by Epictetus, translated by George Long
• Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium): Volume 1, by Seneca, translated by Richard Mott Gummere (free audio version)

July 2016

• SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, by Mary Beard
• A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, by William B. Irvine
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari

June 2016

• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• The collected works of H.P Lovecraft

May 2016

• Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman
• Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

April 2016

• Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long, by David Rock
• Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture, by David Kushner
• Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture, by Lawrence Lessig

March 2016

• Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, by Neil deGrasse Tyson
• ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell
• Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character, by Richard P Feynman

February 2016

• ISIS: The State of Terror, by Jessica Stern and JM Berger
• The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins

January 2016

• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S Dweck PhD
• The Road to Character, by David Brooks

December 2015

• A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking
• Second Foundation, by Isaac Asimov
• The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins

November 2015

• Economics: The User's Guide, by Ha-Joon Chang
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that can't Stop Talking, by Susan Cain

October 2015

• The Making of Modern Economics: The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers, by Mark Skousen
• Career Distinction: Stand Out by Building Your Band, by William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson

September 2015

• iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It, by Steve Wozniak and Gina Smith
• The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, by Walter Isaacson
• Be Your Own Brand, by David McNally and Karl D Speak

August 2015

• Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson
• The Rise of Global Corporate Social Responsibility: Mining and the Spread of Global Norms, by Hevina Dashwood
• Foundation and Empire, by Isaac Asimov
• Capital and Freedom, by Milton Friedman

July 2015

• Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely
• Foundation, by Isaac Asimov
• The Undercover Economist, by Tim Harford

June 2015

• Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley
• Fight Club, a Novel, by Chuck Palahniuk
• Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott

May 2015

• Dracula, by Bram Stoker
• Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig
• Living with Water Scarcity, by David Zetland

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