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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The tyrant's novel	Thomas Keneally	Thomas Keneally's literary achievements have been inspired by some of history's most intriguing events and characters, but in a rare reversal of time his brilliantly imagined new novel takes us into …	OL103685W
Tyrants	David Wallechinsky	Today more than ever, international headlines are dominated by dispatches from the many dictatorships that still dot the globe. Although Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been deposed, North Korea's …	OL104528W
Die kollektive Erinnerung von Staatsverbrechen	Jürgen Schraten	The book reconstructs the parliamentary discourse on the German unification that took place between 1992 and 1998. Its main question is: Why accepted the German parliament Deutscher Bundestag the a…	OL11924344W
Shatter Me	Tahereh Mafi	Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as…	OL16014245W
Dictatorship	Connolly, Sean	"Describes what a dictator is, how he or she takes over a country, and what it is like to live under such a regime. The history of how dictatorships have evolved, the rise and fall of dictators, and …	OL16318915W
The dictator's learning curve	William J. Dobson	Its not easy being a dictator these days. Since the end of the Cold War, dictatorships worldwide have been on the decline and those that survive have changed dramatically. This book offers insight in…	OL16415954W
Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy	Daron Acemoglu	"This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political p…	OL16936895W
Para sentencia	Omar Prego	"Esta novela examina los comportamientos humanos provocados por el clima de terror impuestos a los habitantes de una sociedad sometida a un régimen dictatorial. Es una obra bien lograda que conmueve…	OL1754813W
His own man	Edgard Telles Ribeiro	Set against the backdrop of ruthless embassy machinations, glittering parties, covert spy activities, and revealing intimate encounters, HIS OWN MAN offers an extraordinary and seductive protagonist,…	OL17868559W
Truth and fear	Peter Higgins	The city of Mirgorod is losing the war against the Archipelago when Investigator Lom returns, but his attention is focused on being chased by the police and the appearance of the otherworldly Polland…	OL17924671W
Restore me	Tahereh Mafi	Juliette Ferrars thought she d won. She took over Sector 45, was named the new Supreme Commander of North America, and now has Warner by her side. But when tragedy strikes, she must confront the dark…	OL19737574W
Unravel me	Tahereh Mafi	"Juliette has escaped to Omega Point, the headquarters of the rebel resistance and a safe haven for people with abilities like hers. She is finally free from The Reestablishment and their plans to us…	OL19963111W
Gaddafi's harem	Annick Cojean	Soraya was just fifteen, a schoolgirl in the coastal town of Sirte, when she was given the honor of presenting a bouquet of flowers to Colonel Gaddafi, “the Guide,” on a visit he was making to her sc…	OL19967855W
The little green book of Chairman Rahma	Brian Herbert	"A revolution has taken over the government of the United States and the environment has been saved. All pollution has been banned and reversed. It's a bright, green new world. But this new world com…	OL19980397W
The revolutionaries try again	Mauro Javier Cardenas	"Extravagant, absurd, and self-aware, The Revolutionaries Try Again plays out against the lost decade of Ecuador's austerity and the stymied idealism of three childhood friends-an expat, a bureaucrat…	OL20039646W
Taduno's song	Odafe Atogun	"A stunning debut from a fresh Nigerian literary voice: a mesmerizing, deceptively simple, Kafkaesque narrative, resonant of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and lightly informed by the life of Niger…	OL20049989W
Cuba's revolutionary world	Brown, Jonathan C.	On January 2, 1959, Fidel Castro, the rebel comandante who had just overthrown Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, addressed a crowd of jubilant supporters. Recalling the failed popular uprisings of pa…	OL20050314W
City in common	James Scorer	Scope and content: "Addresses ways that cultural imaginaries point toward alternative urban futures. In this book James Scorer argues that culture remains a force for imagining inclusive urban future…	OL20058078W
Verbrannte Erde	Jörg Baberowski	x, 500 pages ; 24 cm	OL20275624W
Iberian Military Politics	José Javier Olivas Osuna	xiii, 296 pages ; 23 cm	OL20708501W