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Šiandienos opiausios problemos — nuo ekonominės nelygybės ir kibernetinio karo iki politinių skilimų ir finansinių krizių — reikalauja aiškios analizės ir pagrįstų požiūrių. Aktualijų knygos nagrinėja jėgas, pertvarkančias mūsų pasaulį, ir siūlo ekspertines įžvalgas apie sistemas, politikas ir galios dinamiką, apibrėžiančias šiuolaikinį gyvenimą.

Aktualijos knygų santraukos

The End of Reality

parašė Jonathan Taplin • 2023

Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?

3.92

500+

Politika

Technologijos

Verslas

Įtraukiantys

The End of Reality

Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?

parašė Jonathan Taplin 2023 336 puslapiai

3.92

500+ įvertinimai

Politika

Technologijos

Verslas

Autocracy, Inc.

parašė Anne Applebaum • 2024

A global network of dictators runs autocracies like for-profit firms. Democracies bankroll them.

4.16

18 000+

Politika

Istorija

Ekonomika

Autocracy, Inc.

A global network of dictators runs autocracies like for-profit firms. Democracies bankroll them.

parašė Anne Applebaum 2024 224 puslapiai

4.16

18 000+ įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

Ekonomika

The Winner-Take-All Society

parašė Robert H. Frank • 1995

Why a narrow edge now pays millions across every profession, and what we can do about it.

3.70

257

Ekonomika

Sociologija

Verslas

The Winner-Take-All Society

Why a narrow edge now pays millions across every profession, and what we can do about it.

parašė Robert H. Frank 1995 288 puslapiai

3.70

257 įvertinimai

Ekonomika

Sociologija

Verslas

The Post-American World

parašė Fareed Zakaria • 2008

American power isn't eroding. A dozen new powers are simply rising alongside it.

3.86

12 000+

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Istorija

Ekonomika

The Post-American World

American power isn't eroding. A dozen new powers are simply rising alongside it.

parašė Fareed Zakaria 2008 336 puslapiai

3.86

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Politika

Istorija

Ekonomika

The Great Taking

parašė David Rogers Webb • 2023

Your stocks aren't yours. They're collateral for a derivatives bet you never made.

4.13

157

Ekonomika

Finansai

Pinigai

The Great Taking

Your stocks aren't yours. They're collateral for a derivatives bet you never made.

parašė David Rogers Webb 2023 133 puslapiai

4.13

157 įvertinimai

Ekonomika

Finansai

Pinigai

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

parašė Paul Craig Roberts • 2000

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

4.06

127

Politika

Teisė

Istorija

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

parašė Paul Craig Roberts 2000 186 puslapiai

4.06

127 įvertinimai

Politika

Teisė

Istorija

Waste Land

parašė Robert D. Kaplan • 2025

When crises travel instantly but solutions stall at borders, we get one unending emergency.

3.60

500+

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Politika

International

Waste Land

When crises travel instantly but solutions stall at borders, we get one unending emergency.

parašė Robert D. Kaplan 2025 224 puslapiai

3.60

500+ įvertinimai

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Politika

International

Crisis Economics

parašė Nouriel Roubini • 2010

Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.

3.84

2 000+

Ekonomika

Finansai

Verslas

Crisis Economics

Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.

parašė Nouriel Roubini 2010 368 puslapiai

3.84

2 000+ įvertinimai

Ekonomika

Finansai

Verslas

The Dying Citizen

parašė Victor Davis Hanson • 2021

The four forces dismantling American citizenship are one crisis, each speeding the others.

4.35

1 000+

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Istorija

Amerikietiška

The Dying Citizen

The four forces dismantling American citizenship are one crisis, each speeding the others.

parašė Victor Davis Hanson 2021 448 puslapiai

4.35

1 000+ įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

Amerikietiška

How to Stop Fascism

parašė Paul Mason • 2021

The antifascist playbook, updated for an era of online radicalization and cascading global crises.

4.05

390

Politika

Istorija

Sociologija

How to Stop Fascism

The antifascist playbook, updated for an era of online radicalization and cascading global crises.

parašė Paul Mason 2021 320 puslapiai

4.05

390 įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

Sociologija

How Tyrants Fall

parašė Marcel Dirsus • 2024

The trap of power: why most dictators meet exile, prison, or a violent end.

3.92

500+

Politika

Istorija

Karas

How Tyrants Fall

The trap of power: why most dictators meet exile, prison, or a violent end.

parašė Marcel Dirsus 2024 274 puslapiai

3.92

500+ įvertinimai

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Istorija

Karas

The Assault on Truth

parašė Peter Oborne • 2021

Two leaders, one playbook: turn truth into a loyalty test, and watch democracy erode.

3.98

1 000+

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Istorija

Democracy

The Assault on Truth

Two leaders, one playbook: turn truth into a loyalty test, and watch democracy erode.

parašė Peter Oborne 2021 251 puslapiai

3.98

1 000+ įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

Democracy

National Populism

parašė Roger Eatwell • 2018

National populism isn't a passing fury. It's a lasting demand for voice from a forgotten majority.

3.80

1 000+

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Istorija

Sociologija

National Populism

National populism isn't a passing fury. It's a lasting demand for voice from a forgotten majority.

parašė Roger Eatwell 2018 374 puslapiai

3.80

1 000+ įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

Sociologija

Shattered Nation

parašė Danny Dorling • 2023

Beneath every British crisis lies a map of inequality decades in the making.

3.97

119

Politika

Sociologija

Ekonomika

Shattered Nation

Beneath every British crisis lies a map of inequality decades in the making.

parašė Danny Dorling 2023 288 puslapiai

3.97

119 įvertinimai

Politika

Sociologija

Ekonomika

The Invention of Russia

parašė Arkady Ostrovsky • 2015

Television became the new Kremlin: how post-Soviet Russia was built on air, not on law.

4.01

1 000+

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Rusija

Politika

The Invention of Russia

Television became the new Kremlin: how post-Soviet Russia was built on air, not on law.

parašė Arkady Ostrovsky 2015 378 puslapiai

4.01

1 000+ įvertinimai

Istorija

Rusija

Politika

Heroic Failure

parašė Fintan O'Toole • 2018

Brexit wasn't about economics. It was a culture of glorified defeat and shared self-harm.

4.11

2 000+

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Istorija

Sociologija

Heroic Failure

Brexit wasn't about economics. It was a culture of glorified defeat and shared self-harm.

parašė Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 puslapiai

4.11

2 000+ įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

Sociologija

Wildland

parašė Evan Osnos • 2021

Cashflow beats capital gains: the simple formula for separating good real estate deals from bad.

4.22

2 000+

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Finansai

Pinigai

Wildland

Cashflow beats capital gains: the simple formula for separating good real estate deals from bad.

parašė Evan Osnos 2021 465 puslapiai

4.22

2 000+ įvertinimai

Verslas

Finansai

Pinigai

Winter Is Coming

parašė Garry Kasparov • 2015

Western money and misplaced goodwill built Putin's war machine: a warning from the front lines.

4.04

3 000+

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Rusija

Istorija

Winter Is Coming

Western money and misplaced goodwill built Putin's war machine: a warning from the front lines.

parašė Garry Kasparov 2015 290 puslapiai

4.04

3 000+ įvertinimai

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Rusija

Istorija

Eastward to Tartary

parašė Robert D. Kaplan • 2001

From Budapest to the Caspian, a journey through lands where history refuses to end.

4.05

1 000+

Kelionės

Istorija

Politika

Eastward to Tartary

From Budapest to the Caspian, a journey through lands where history refuses to end.

parašė Robert D. Kaplan 2001 385 puslapiai

4.05

1 000+ įvertinimai

Kelionės

Istorija

Politika

House of Trump, House of Putin

parašė Craig Unger • 2018

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

4.02

1 000+

Politika

Istorija

Rusija

House of Trump, House of Putin

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

parašė Craig Unger 2018 382 puslapiai

4.02

1 000+ įvertinimai

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Istorija

Rusija

Un-Trumping America

parašė Dan Pfeiffer • 2020

The GOP was built for Trump long before he came down the escalator.

4.20

2 000+

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Istorija

Amerikietiška

Un-Trumping America

The GOP was built for Trump long before he came down the escalator.

parašė Dan Pfeiffer 2020 273 puslapiai

4.20

2 000+ įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

Amerikietiška

The Fall of the House of Bush

parašė Craig Unger • 2007

An alliance of faith and force corrupted intelligence to start a war that broke American power.

204

Politika

Istorija

Biografija

The Fall of the House of Bush

An alliance of faith and force corrupted intelligence to start a war that broke American power.

parašė Craig Unger 2007 448 puslapiai

204 įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

Biografija

How Britain Ends

parašė Gavin Esler • 2021

Brexit did not crack the union; it exposed cracks English nationalism had been opening for decades.

4.09

500+

Politika

Istorija

How Britain Ends

Brexit did not crack the union; it exposed cracks English nationalism had been opening for decades.

parašė Gavin Esler 2021 320 puslapiai

4.09

500+ įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

The Silenced Majority

parašė Amy Goodman • 2012

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

4.06

251

Politika

Žurnalistika

Aktyvizmas

The Silenced Majority

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

parašė Amy Goodman 2012 380 puslapiai

4.06

251 įvertinimai

Politika

Žurnalistika

Aktyvizmas

When the Money Runs Out

parašė Stephen D. King • 2013

Western prosperity was a loan, not a promise. The stagnation now is structural, not a phase.

3.63

206

Ekonomika

Finansai

Politika

When the Money Runs Out

Western prosperity was a loan, not a promise. The stagnation now is structural, not a phase.

parašė Stephen D. King 2013 304 puslapiai

3.63

206 įvertinimai

Ekonomika

Finansai

Politika

Reckless Endangerment

parašė Gretchen Morgenson • 2011

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

3.96

1 000+

Ekonomika

Verslas

Finansai

Reckless Endangerment

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

parašė Gretchen Morgenson 2011 331 puslapiai

3.96

1 000+ įvertinimai

Ekonomika

Verslas

Finansai

The Growth Map

parašė Jim O'Neill • 2011

Four giant economies already power a third of global growth, and the next wave is bigger.

3.59

288

Ekonomika

Verslas

Finansai

The Growth Map

Four giant economies already power a third of global growth, and the next wave is bigger.

parašė Jim O'Neill 2011 256 puslapiai

3.59

288 įvertinimai

Ekonomika

Verslas

Finansai

Moveable Feasts

parašė Sarah Murray • 2007

Rome needed grain ships. Cities need container ports. How moving food built the modern world.

3.55

205

Maistas

Istorija

Verslas

Moveable Feasts

Rome needed grain ships. Cities need container ports. How moving food built the modern world.

parašė Sarah Murray 2007 272 puslapiai

3.55

205 įvertinimai

Maistas

Istorija

Verslas

Facts and Other Lies

parašė Ed Coper • 2022

The internet runs on outrage, our brains are built for bias, and facts never stood a chance.

4.16

242

Politika

Sociologija

Psichologija

Facts and Other Lies

The internet runs on outrage, our brains are built for bias, and facts never stood a chance.

parašė Ed Coper 2022 394 puslapiai

4.16

242 įvertinimai

Politika

Sociologija

Psichologija

Giving Up Is Unforgivable

parašė Joyce Vance • 2025

Spotting the slow dismantling of democracy, and the citizen playbook for stopping it.

4.28

1 000+

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Istorija

Valdžia

Giving Up Is Unforgivable

Spotting the slow dismantling of democracy, and the citizen playbook for stopping it.

parašė Joyce Vance 2025 208 puslapiai

4.28

1 000+ įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

Valdžia

Rebellion

parašė Robert Kagan • 2024

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

4.39

500+

Politika

Istorija

Rasė

Rebellion

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

parašė Robert Kagan 2024 258 puslapiai

4.39

500+ įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

Rasė

Londonistan

parašė Melanie Phillips • 2006

Islamist terror's nerve center was London, built with British law and left-wing alliances.

3.60

500+

Politika

Islamas

Religija

Londonistan

Islamist terror's nerve center was London, built with British law and left-wing alliances.

parašė Melanie Phillips 2006 200 puslapiai

3.60

500+ įvertinimai

Politika

Islamas

Religija

A Necessary Evil

parašė Garry Wills • 1999

The Constitution was built for action, not gridlock. How Americans came to believe otherwise.

3.78

196

Istorija

Politika

America

A Necessary Evil

The Constitution was built for action, not gridlock. How Americans came to believe otherwise.

parašė Garry Wills 1999 368 puslapiai

3.78

196 įvertinimai

Istorija

Politika

America

Winner-Take-All Politics

parašė Jacob S. Hacker • 2010

The top 1% took 36% of income gains over decades. That's not economics; it's politics.

4.04

2 000+

Politika

Ekonomika

Istorija

Winner-Take-All Politics

The top 1% took 36% of income gains over decades. That's not economics; it's politics.

parašė Jacob S. Hacker 2010 368 puslapiai

4.04

2 000+ įvertinimai

Politika

Ekonomika

Istorija

Laboratories of Autocracy

parašė David Pepper • 2021

How statehouses became the most dangerous threat to American democracy, and why nobody noticed.

4.48

338

Politika

Istorija

Amerikietiška

Laboratories of Autocracy

How statehouses became the most dangerous threat to American democracy, and why nobody noticed.

parašė David Pepper 2021 452 puslapiai

4.48

338 įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

Amerikietiška

Iran's Grand Strategy

parašė Vali Nasr • 2025

Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.

4.21

500+

Istorija

Politika

Iranas

Iran's Grand Strategy

Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.

parašė Vali Nasr 2025 408 puslapiai

4.21

500+ įvertinimai

Istorija

Politika

Iranas

Ill Winds

parašė Larry Diamond • 2019

Democracy is being dismantled not by tanks but through courts, captured media, and laundered money.

3.99

274

Politika

Istorija

Kinija

Ill Winds

Democracy is being dismantled not by tanks but through courts, captured media, and laundered money.

parašė Larry Diamond 2019 368 puslapiai

3.99

274 įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

Kinija

The Destructionists

parašė Dana Milbank • 2022

Gingrich lit the match in 1993. Twenty-five years of arson later, Trump walked through the ashes.

4.21

1 000+

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Istorija

Žurnalistika

The Destructionists

Gingrich lit the match in 1993. Twenty-five years of arson later, Trump walked through the ashes.

parašė Dana Milbank 2022 416 puslapiai

4.21

1 000+ įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

Žurnalistika

Beyond Outrage

parašė Robert B. Reich • 2012

The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.

4.06

2 000+

Politika

Ekonomika

Socialinis teisingumas

Beyond Outrage

The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.

parašė Robert B. Reich 2012 72 puslapiai

4.06

2 000+ įvertinimai

Politika

Ekonomika

Socialinis teisingumas

Dangerous Charisma

parašė Jerrold M. Post • 2019

A CIA profiler diagnosed malignant narcissism. The surprise was how perfectly it fit his followers.

3.56

186

Psichologija

Politika

Biografija

Dangerous Charisma

A CIA profiler diagnosed malignant narcissism. The surprise was how perfectly it fit his followers.

parašė Jerrold M. Post 2019 352 puslapiai

3.56

186 įvertinimai

Psichologija

Politika

Biografija

The New Rulers of the World

parašė John Pilger • 2002

The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.

4.14

1 000+

Politika

Istorija

Ekonomika

The New Rulers of the World

The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.

parašė John Pilger 2002 192 puslapiai

4.14

1 000+ įvertinimai

Politika

Istorija

Ekonomika

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