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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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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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Map: Collected and Last Poems
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Map

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

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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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Democratic Transitions: Conversations with World Leaders
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Democratic Transitions

By Sergio Bitar , Abraham F. Lowenthal ,

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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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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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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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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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Tiamat's Wrath
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Tiamat's Wrath

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Areopagitica and Other Writings
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Areopagitica and Other Writings

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