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Bad Elements Bad Elements Ian Buruma "Strange things happen when Chinese dynasties near their end. Dams break, earthquakes hit, clouds appear in the shape of weird beasts, rain falls in odd colors, and insects infest the countryside. Th… OL119117W
The Quite Contrary Man The Quite Contrary Man Patricia Rusch Hyatt In 19th century New England, Joseph Palmer flaunts the law against wearing a beard and is accused by his fellow citizens of being unpatriotic and sinful, stubbornly refusing to shave even when he is … OL15082644W
The Beauty of Humanity Movement The Beauty of Humanity Movement Camilla Gibb Searching for answers about her dissident father's disappearance, a Vietnamese-American art curator returns to her ancestral country, where she meets a venerable pho stall soup maker and a dynamic yo… OL15690939W
Nine days Nine days Fred Hiatt Ethan and Ti-Anna go to Hong Kong seeking her father, an exiled Chinese democracy activist who has disappeared, and follow his trail to Vietnam and back, also uncovering illegal activity along the wa… OL17892743W
The 1960s The 1960s Dorothy Hoobler Inspired after meeting John F. Kennedy at a 1960 campaign fundraiser hosted by the Aldrich family, Chuck defies authority at his Pennsylvania boarding school, Sojie takes part in lunch counter sit-in… OL17909982W
Blood Letters Blood Letters Lian Xi Blood Letters tells the astonishing tale of Lin Zhao, a poet and journalist arrested by the authorities in 1960 and executed eight years later, at the height of the Cultural Revolution. The only Chin… OL17948824W
Dissident democrats Dissident democrats John Kane,Benjamin Wong,Haig Patapan viii, 304 pages ; 22 cm OL18669252W
We will be heard We will be heard Ann E. Weiss Describes how dissenters have conducted their protests from the Separatists of 1620 to the current-day war protesters. OL1963031W
The Kolokol papers The Kolokol papers Larry Bograd Lev Kolokol looks back on events surrounding his dissident father's arrest by the KGB, his subsequent trial for treason, and efforts to win his release. OL1985261W
Limonov Limonov Emmanuel Carrère "This deft, timely translation of French writer and filmmaker Carrere's sparkling 2011 biography of Edward Limonov is an enthralling portrait of a man and his times. The subtitle is no exaggeration: … OL19986456W
Rules for Revolutionaries Rules for Revolutionaries Becky Bond,Zack Exley **Publisher's description**: "Rules for Revolutionaries is a bold challenge to the political establishment and the "rules" that govern campaign strategy. It tells the story of a breakthrough experime… OL20042321W
Moral minorities and the making of American democracy Moral minorities and the making of American democracy Kyle G. Volk "Should the majority always rule? If not, how should the rights of minorities be protected? In Moral Minorities and the Making of American Democracy, historian Kyle G. Volk unearths the origins of mo… OL20048179W
Unpopular Culture Unpopular Culture Sascha Pöhlmann This collection includes eighteen essays that introduce the concept of unpopular culture and explore its critical possibilities and ramifications from a large variety of perspectives. Proposing a th… OL20928711W
Suzanne Suzanne Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette,Rhonda Mullins 261 pages ; 21 cm OL21418315W
Disidencia Disidencia Ariel Hidalgo "Personal account by one of Cuba's more prominent academic dissidents of how and why he broke with the system, went to prison, and joined the community of 'civic dissidents.' Now in exile, Hidalgo pr… OL3968157W
Snowleg Snowleg Nicholas Shakespeare "A young Englishman visits Cold War Leipzig with a group of students and, during his brief excursion behind the Iron Curtain, falls for an East German girl who is only just beginning to wake up to th… OL40768W
The terminal spy The terminal spy Alan Cowell In a page-turning narrative that reads like a thriller, an award-winning journalist exposes the troubling truth behind the world's first act of nuclear terrorism.On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvin… OL4120758W
A history of communism in South Africa A history of communism in South Africa Henry R. Pike This book is a "first" in South Africa. No volume like this has ever been written! It fills a gap in a field of conservative literature that has been waiting to be filled for over half a century. A v… OL4162776W
Politique et contre-culture Politique et contre-culture Gaétan Rochon Une analyse de la contre-culture sous l'angle de la science politique. La description de la contre-culture précède le coeur même du propos de l'auteur "qui est de circonscrire la contre-culture comme… OL6601165W
Perdido Street Station Perdido Street Station China Miéville Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and arcane races live in perpetual fear of Parliament and its brutal militia. The… OL8718786W
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