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1) The Prince
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p1987
Language
English
Description
With a mix of both respectable and immoral advice, The Prince is a frank analysis on political power. Separated into four sections, The Prince is both a guide to obtain power and an explanation on the aspects that affect it. The first section discusses the types of principalities. According to Machiavelli, there are four different types-hereditary, mixed, new and ecclesiastical. While defining each type, Machiavelli also discusses the implications...
2) Politics
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Similar to Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle explores another facet of good living by outlining the best governing practices that benefit the majority, and not the minority. In The Politics, he defines various institutions and how they should operate within an established system.
The Politics provides an analysis of contemporary government as it relates to all people. Aristotle discusses the positive and negative qualities of authority and how they affect...
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Series
Everyman's library volume 134
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
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While the totalitarianism that provoked George Orwell into writing 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' seems to be passing into oblivion, his harrowing, cautionary tale of a man trapped in a political nightmare has had the opposite fate, and its relevance and power to disturb our complacency seem to grow decade by decade.
4) Common Sense
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Language
English
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Common Sense by Thomas Paine (Bauer World Press)
In his 1776 pamphlet Common Sense, Thomas Paine presents a compelling and erudite argument for the independence of the American colonies from the British Crown. With sagacious prose, Paine explicates the inherent injustices and impracticalities of the colonial system, and passionately advocates for the establishment of a new, independent nation.
Pane's incisive logic addresses the economic,...
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This . . . guide gives you the lowdown on everything from the three branches of government, to what you can actually do to make your vote count, to how our founding documents affect our daily lives. Now is the time to finallyunderstand who does what, how they do it, and the best way to get them to listen to you"--Provided by publisher.
6) We
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1993.
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
A dystopian novel completed in 1921, written in response to the author's personal experiences with the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917, his life in the Newcastle suburb of Jesmond and work in the Tyne shipyards at nearby Wallsend during the First World War. It was at Tyneside that he observed the rationalization of labour on a large scale. The book influenced Orwell's 1984 and possibly Huxley's Brave new world.
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Language
English
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The author argues that American society is leaning toward despotism and totalitarianism and looks back at the 20th century for examples of how totalitarianism has taken over before.
"Timothy Snyder's New York Times bestseller On Tyranny uses the darkest moments in twentieth-century history, from Nazism to Communism, to teach twenty lessons on resisting modern-day authoritarianism. Among the twenty include a warning to be aware of how symbols used...
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Language
English
Description
Traditional areas of civic agreement are vanishing. We can't agree on what makes America special. We can't even agree that America is special. We're coming to the point that we can't even agree what the word America itself means. "Disintegrationists" say we're stronger together, but their assault on America's history, philosophy, and culture will only tear us apart. Who are the disintegrationists? From Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United...
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Remember when it all seemed to be getting better? Before Trump happened? What went wrong, and what can we do about it? Naomi Klein -- scourge of brand bullies, disaster capitalists and climate liars -- shows us how we got to this surreal and dangerous place, how to stop it getting worse and how, if we keep our heads, we can seize the opportunity to make it better. She reveals how Trump is not a freakish aberration, but an extension of the most powerful...
Author
Series
Peter Rena and Randi Brooks volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"An intelligent and propulsive international political thriller--Peter Rena is hired by the president to investigate the bombing of an American military base overseas"--
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Language
English
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Quietly, steadily, Trump and his administration are damaging the tenets and accepted practices of American democracy. As he and his family enrich themselves, the presidency itself falls into the hands of the generals and financiers who surround him. While much of the country has been focused on Russia, David Frum has been collecting the lies, obfuscations, and flagrant disregard for the traditional limits placed on the office of the presidency. During...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The editor of Current Affairs artfully and efficiently debunks a series of common right-wing arguments. Are taxes theft? Is abortion murder? Does regulation destroy jobs? Is white privilege a lie? Conservative talking points are everywhere, and through well-funded media like Fox News, Breitbart, and YouTube's "Prager University," the right has an impressive record of packaging its views for a general audience. Clearly, the left needs to do a better...
Author
Publisher
Crooked Media Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The former Obama White House aides who launched the Pod Save America podcast deliver a guide to becoming involved and making a difference via politics without losing hope. From donating to a campaign to running for office, they suggest ways to have the most impact.
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Language
English
Description
"Framed and on the run for his life, a former Secret Service agent discovers how far some men will go to grasp the highest office in the land in this electrifying tale from the author of The Night Agent-a propulsive political thriller reminiscent of the best early Baldacci and Grisham novels"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An insightful exploration of political polling and a bold defense of its crucial role in a modern democracy. Public opinion polling is the ultimate democratic process; it gives every person an equal voice in letting elected leaders know what they need and want. But in the eyes of the public, polls today are tarnished. Recent election forecasts have routinely missed the mark and media coverage of polls has focused solely on their ability to predict...
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