About man and society
- Vida e Morte no Biafra (Eduardo dos Santos, 1970) (note: out of circulation; sold here, in Portuguese)
- Historia del Principo y Progresso de la Compañía de Jesus en las Indias Orientales (1542-64)"("History of the Beginnings and Progress of the Society of Jesus in the East Indies (1542-64)")
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong, XIV Century)
- Taur Matan Ruak (Maria Ângela Carrascalão, 2012)
- Sapiens, A Brief History of Humankind(Yuval Hariri, 2011)
- The Story of the Jews Volume One: Finding the Words (Simon Schama, 2014) - volume 1 and 2.
- Breve História da Europa (Portuguese Edition)(Raquel Varela, 2018)
- Bakunin: Statism and Anarchy (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)(Mickhael Bukanin, 1873)
- Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World -and Why Things Are Better Than You Think(Hans Rosling, 2018)
- O Grande Livro da Maçonaria (Claudio Blanc, 2013)
- The Communist Manifesto (Marx and Engels, 1848)
- Whatis to be done (Lenine, 1901)
- Abundance : The Future Is Better Than You Think (Peter Diamandis, Steven Kotler, 2012)
- The Decisive Moment (John Lerner, 2009)
- Collapse (Jared Diamond, 2005)
- Guns,Germs and Steel (Jared Diamond, 1997)
- Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Daron Acemoglu, James Robinson, 2013)
About the spoken and written word
- A History of the Bible: The Story of the World's Most Influential Book (John Barton, 2019)
- A History of Reading (Alberto Manguel, 1996)
- Books:A Living History (Martyn Lyons, de 2011)
- Culture,language and personality (Edward Sapir, 1949)
- Serpent Symbols and Salvation in the Ancient Near East and the Book of Mormon (Andrew Skinner, 2001)
- A Psicanalise dos contos de fadas (Bruno Bettelheim, 2018)
- Howto do things with words (JL Austin, 1955)
- TheArt of Memory (Frances Yates, 1966)
About linguistic and languages
- World Englishes and Culture Wars (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact) (Braj Kachru, 2019)
- Asian Englishes: Beyond the Canon (Asian Englishes Today) (Braj Kachru, 2005)
- The Handbook of World Englishes (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics) (Cecil L. Nelson (Editor), Zoya G. Proshina (Editor), Daniel R. Davis (Editor)
- Adinfinitum – a biography of latin and the world it created (Nicholas Ostler, 2007)
- Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World (Nicholas Ostler, 2005)
- The Last Lingua franca (Nicholas Ostler, 2011).
How our brain works
- The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker, 2011)
- Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Steven Pinker. 2018)
- The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human (Jonathan Gottschall, 2012)
- The Brain: The Story of You (David Eagleman, 2015)
- Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain (António Damásio, 1994)
- Mapping the Mind (Rita Carter, 1998)
- A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future (Daniel Pink, 2008)
Online sources
- Brandon Gaille's webpage
- Press release, "President Xi Jinping signed a presidential decree to award national medals and national honorary titles to those who have made outstanding contributions in the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic"
- Full Fact webpage
- National Gang Center webpage
- Publication, "The Phylogeny of Little Red Riding Hood"
- Publication, "The Third Revision of the Aarne-Thompson Tale Type Index (FFC 184)"
- Publication, "Comparative phylogenetic analyses uncover the ancient roots of Indo-European folktales" Report, "Most-Watched Television Networks: Ranking 2017’s Winners and Losers"
- Publication, 12 of the Most Popular Movie Genres By Country
- Report, Global Games Market Report
- TED Dialogues - Yuval Noah Harari, Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide
- Infopedia
- Publication, A Story Behind the Name of “Mazda”
- News report, Penalty or 11-metre foot kick? North and South Korea work on unified dictionary
- Press release, Eurobarometer: 98% say language learning is good for their children, but tests highlight skills gap
- Internet Live Stats Website
- Publication, How Superheroes Made Movie Stars Expendable
- CIA's World Factbook
- Video, Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything
- PopulStat website
- Publication, Digital trends 2019: Every single stat you need to know about the internet
- Publication, Top languages in global information production
- Report, 'My parents say hurry up and find a girl': China's millions of lonely 'leftover men'
- Article, A Surplus of Men, A Deficit of Peace
- Statista website
- Report, South Korea’s population paradox
- NATO Terminology Database Website Uppsala Conflict Data Program Website Our World in Data website
- Population Matters website
- TED Talks, Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu. A mouse, A Laser beam. And a manipulated memory.
- The Phelps Lab's website
- Eurobarometer's website ~
- Publication, The Phylogeny of Little Red Riding Hood