By Angela Merkel (2024)
Pages: 720 , Final verdict: Great-read
Angela Merkel is the longest-serving leader of a democratic nation in the 21st century, holding office for 16 years, from 2005 to 2021. In Freedom, her memoir, she reflects on her journey from an unlikely political outsider to one of the...
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By Nuno Palma (2023)
Pages: 405, Final verdict: Must-read
Why do some countries become richer, and others don't? That is the question that economic historians—and not too many other people—obsess about.
Nuno Palma is one of those people. A Professor of Economics at the University of...
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By Hein de Haas (2023)
Pages: 464, Final verdict: Must-read
Migration is at the center of political discussions and public opinion. We hear about it constantly in the news, in political debates, and across social media feeds. But beneath the shouting matches and clickbait headlines, how much do we actually...
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By Pedro Latoeiro, Filipe Domingues (2020)
Pages: 530 , Final verdict: Great-read
I have to admit, despite being a Portuguese citizen, I didn't know much about António Guterres' life before reading this book. He was elected Prime Minister before I knew how to read (in 1995), and by...
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By Kofi Annan (2013)
Pages: 416, Final verdict: Great-read
Kofi Annan is one of the most renowned figures in diplomacy over the past 50 years. During his 45-year tenure at the UN, he led its peacekeeping operations, served as the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006, and...
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