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1984
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1984

By George Orwell ,

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Prophet Song
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Prophet Song

By Paul Lynch ,

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How Democracies Die
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How Democracies Die

By Steven Levitsky , Daniel Ziblatt ,

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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
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On Tyranny

By Timothy Snyder ,

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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
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Seeing Like a State

By James C. Scott ,

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Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
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Democracy Awakening

By Heather Cox Richardson ,

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Games People Play
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Games People Play

By Eric Berne ,

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The Wind Knows My Name
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The Wind Knows My Name

By Isabel Allende , Frances Riddle (translator) ,

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The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know about Raising Confident, Capable Kids
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The Danish Way of Parenting

By Jessica Joelle Alexander , Iben Dissing Sandahl ,

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Cultural Backlash: Trump, Brexit, and Authoritarian Populism
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Cultural Backlash

By Pippa Norris , Ronald Inglehart ,

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Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism
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Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism

By Richard Rorty , Eduardo Mendieta (editor) ,

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Map: Collected and Last Poems
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Map

By Wislawa Szymborska , Clare Cavanagh (translator) , Stanislaw Baranczak (translator)

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On Freedom
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On Freedom

By Timothy Snyder ,

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The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
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The Dictator's Handbook

By Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (lead author) , Alastair Smith ,

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The Anatomy of Fascism
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The Anatomy of Fascism

By Robert O. Paxton ,

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Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes
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Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes

By Juan J. Linz ,

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Democratic Transitions: Conversations with World Leaders
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Democratic Transitions

By Sergio Bitar , Abraham F. Lowenthal ,

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Practicing Democracy: Elections and Political Culture in Imperial Germany
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Practicing Democracy

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The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran
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The Ayatollah Begs to Differ

By Hooman Majd ,

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In Other Words: 40 Years of Writing on Indonesia
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In Other Words

By Goenawan Mohamad , Jennifer Lindsay (translator) ,

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Policing the Crisis: Mugging, the State and Law and Order
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Policing the Crisis

By Stuart Hall , Chas Critcher , Tony Jefferson , John Clarke , Brian Roberts

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Don't Cross the Line!
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Don't Cross the Line!

By Isabel Minhos Martins , Bernardo Carvalho (illustrator) ,

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The New Dare to Discipline
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The New Dare to Discipline

By James C. Dobson ,

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Memed, My Hawk
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Memed, My Hawk

By Yashar Kemal , Edouard Roditi (translator) ,

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The Sane Society
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The Sane Society

By Erich Fromm ,

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Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
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Age of Ambition

By Evan Osnos ,

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Living Speech: Resisting the Empire of Force
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Living Speech

By James Boyd White ,

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Counterpoints: Selected Essays on Authoritarianism and Democratization
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Counterpoints

By Guillermo O'Donnell ,

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Minority Report
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Minority Report

By Philip K. Dick ,

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Ruling But Not Governing: The Military and Political Development in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey
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Ruling But Not Governing

By Steven A. Cook ,

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Dictators and Dictatorships: Understanding Authoritarian Regimes and Their Leaders
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Dictators and Dictatorships

By Natasha Lindstaedt , Erica Frantz ,

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A Mountain of Crumbs
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A Mountain of Crumbs

By Elena Gorokhova ,

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Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over
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Escaping Utopia

By Janja Lalich , Karla McLaren ,

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Authoritarianism Goes Global: The Challenge to Democracy
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Authoritarianism Goes Global

By Larry Diamond (editor) , Marc F. Plattner (editor) , Christopher Walker (editor)

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How to Save a Constitutional Democracy
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How to Save a Constitutional Democracy

By Tom Ginsburg , Aziz Z Huq ,

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The Authoritarians
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The Authoritarians

By Bob Altemeyer ,

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Tiamat's Wrath
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Tiamat's Wrath

By James S. A. Corey ,

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A Sky Beyond the Storm
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A Sky Beyond the Storm

By Sabaa Tahir ,

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Crosshairs
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Crosshairs

By Catherine Hernandez ,

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The China Fantasy: Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China
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The China Fantasy

By James Mann ,

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The Principle of Reason
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The Principle of Reason

By Martin Heidegger , Reginald Lilly (translator) ,

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Hotel Splendide
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Hotel Splendide

By Ludwig Bemelmans ,

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Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity--And Why This Harms Everybody
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Cynical Theories

By Helen Pluckrose , James Lindsay ,

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Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
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Midnight in Washington

By Adam Schiff ,

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Areopagitica and Other Writings
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Areopagitica and Other Writings

By John Milton ,

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Island on the Edge: Taiwan New Cinema and After
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Island on the Edge

By Chris Berry (editor) , Feii Lu (editor) ,

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Total State: Totalitarianism and how we can resist it
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Total State

By Paul O'Brien ,

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The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
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The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born

By Ayi Kwei Armah ,

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Rhinoceros and Other Plays
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Rhinoceros and Other Plays

By Eugène Ionesco , Derek Prouse (translator) ,

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The Authoritarian Dynamic
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The Authoritarian Dynamic

By Karen Stenner ,

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Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
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Hiding in Plain Sight

By Sarah Kendzior ,

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Keeper Academy
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Keeper Academy

By M.E. Garrett ,

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Authoritarian Practices in a Global Age
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Authoritarian Practices in a Global Age

By Marlies Glasius ,

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