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24 alternatives to The Buried Giant
Why history repeats itself.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Buried Giant launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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The Lady Vanishes: The past deserves a second chance
2016 · pushkin.fm · its alternatives →
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The origins of power, prosperity, and poverty
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The strange phenomenon of being the “token”
2016 · pushkin.fm · its alternatives →
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Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Where the big ideas of the modern era came from
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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From the debt tablets of Mesopotamia to cryptocurrencies
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Why so many predictions fail - but some don't
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The impact of the themes and symbols of ancient narratives
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A major book about the future of the world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Information, networks, complexity to understand Economics
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Profound study on how WW1 created our ironic, modern world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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How to effectively champion a new idea.
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