Books that are not to be Missed

Books have played an important part in the development of the individual and thus the society at large. There are several lists on the web with titles like 10 must-read books of all time, but these books are generally already in public conscious.

Books are important to understanding the history, society, language, politics and power of any given region or country.

Here's a list of books that should be read by everyone that is not as famous as they should be.

1) How The World Works

This book is written by an American Professor and Linguist 'Noam Chomsky'.
The books provide an appealing account of the US meddling in other nation's domestic affairs. These meddling can be a form of 'propaganda', 'media buy out', 'buying of opposition politicians' and various other ways.

This book is a big surprise for those who are not yet aware of the constant presence and influence of the United States in global warfare & corporate world. The detailed explanations and opinions that are based on evidence and facts presented by Chomsky in this extensive series of interviews are impressive.

Left / anarchist views critical of capitalism and current social status and the state of modern humans. For those interested in concepts such as class struggle, the world economy, wars in third world countries, and the roots of racism, this is a good place to read first. This isn't a book for people looking for an answer, but it's a lot of free questions that everyone should consider. The author knows this.

2) 21 Lessons For the 21st century

This book is relatively recent phenomenon. It's an excellent forecast  of social, political and economial and moral dilemmas that will happen as a result of changes and innovations in industries that are happening today. It's probably the easiest and least boring book on this list.

Harari breaks down complex technical and political issues and makes them easier to understand. This book will be a great reading for anyone interested in better understanding not only contemporary history and politics, but also our inner workings as individuals and as societies.

This book also has a "Philosophical",
"Social", and "Moral" problems and provide answers to these problems.

3) Sophie's World

This book might be not for everyone but it's a good read nonetheless. This book provides with a summary of entire history of western phillosophy while giving overviews of complex topics and explain them briefly.

It's a good read and gives a valuably readable easy to digest historical context of important ideas that have given progress in the history of ideas.

The philosophical issue that plays the greatest role in Sophie's world is the issue of free will. The main characters learn that their existence is due to second character Albert's imagination. Until then, Sophie believed that she was an independent and free being. When they discuss Berkeley's philosophy, it becomes clear that their freedom is really just what the author made them to believe. But while they are conceited, Sophie and Alberto find an escape route. They cannot achieve what we call real beings, but they gain the freedom to act in their own unity. Author does not claim that all of our actions have been determined, but it is not clear how much we can exercise our free will. Perhaps everything is uncertain and our own thoughts are not always what we want them to be. It is clear that the concept of free will is very important and very complicated to clarify but regardless the author does a good job.

 4) The Silk Roads - A New History of the World

This books tells the entire story of the ancient silk route, its history, its importance, the empire and trade that arose because of it and its future. Book might be long read to some but to fill up those gaps it has many stories that are exciting, interesting and are ever told in such a good way.

The New Silk routes are revisiting the relationships that's being formed today along the length and width of ancient trade routes. The world is changing dramatically, which has resulted in political and social  polarisation in every region of the world.
The problems of isolation and fragmentation that permeate the western world contrast with the events along the Silk Road, where links are strengthened and mutual cooperation is being built. It is a threat to western hegemony.

New Silk Roads wants us to rethink who we are and where we are in the world and shed light on the issues on which all our lives and livelihoods depend. The books gives us understanding of how coming geopolitics is being already shaped by world powers and the region that where the Silk Road exist plays a important strategic and geopolitical goal for world powers.

5) The Secular Cycles 

This book is a masterpiece for anyone remotely interested in the social sciences.
A groundbreaking resource for a wide range of social scientists, Secular Cycles is interested in 3conomic history, historical sociology, complexity research, and demography.

This books takes deep look on various empires and concludes that many historical processes show repeating patterns of change. Centuries of population growth precede long-term stagnation and decline. Dynamics and change in price of goods reflect changes in the population. And the empire/state experiences a period of  strong expansion, followed by periods of failed states, inherent socio-political instability, and loss of territory. 

Author of this book examine the dynamics and relationships between such demographic, economic and political variables in agrarian societies and elaborate on these long-term fluctuations.

As previously mentioned this book takes a deep look at historical empires to extract data and test theories. These historical empires are range from the middle ages to the early modern period, the author have studied the medival societies of England, France and Russia, and looked back on the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

This book can be felt as a dry academic read but once you understand and come across authors point and grasp them, you'll be hooked to this book till the end.