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c2012., Doubleday Call No: 321.8 D63d Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: We are witnessing an incredible moment in the war between dictators and democracywaves of protests are sweeping Syria and Yemen, and despots have fallen in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya. But the Arab Spring is only the latest front in a worldwide battle between freedom and repression, a battle that also rages in a dozen other countries from Venezuela to China, Russia to Malaysia. It is a struggle that, until recently, dictators have been winning hands-down. The reason is that todayœs authoritarian regimes are nothing like the frozen-in-time government of North Korea. They are ever-morphing, technologically savvy, and internationally connected, and they have replaced more brutal forms of intimidation with seemingly free· elections and talk of human rights. Facing off against modern dictators is an unlikely army of democracy advocatesstudents, bloggers, environmentalists, lawyers, activists, and millionaireswho are growing increasingly savvy themselves. The result is a global game of cat-and-mouse, where the future of freedom hangs in the balance. Dobson takes us behind the scenes in both camps, and reveals how each side is honing its strategies for the war that will define our age.
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2014., Novalis Call No: QWF Bio FR L128m Edition: ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: De 1965 à 1986, Claude Lacaille a été le témoin privilégié dœune époque troublée dans trois pays marqués par lœoppression et la pauvreté (Haïti, Équateur et Chili). Il sœest notamment engagé dans la résistance contre la dictature militaire chilienne. Aujourdœhui, il raconte son expérience dans les bidonvilles au contact des autochtones et des plus démunis.II a commencé la rédaction de ce livre sur cette terre où des milliers de personnes ont versé leur sang pour prendre la défense des victimes de la guerre, pour sœopposer à des politiques assassines et à une économie prédatrice, pour consoler les affligés, redonner courage à un peuple à bout de souffle. Ces femmes et ces hommes demeurent une inspiration pour quiconque croit encore quœun autre monde est possible. Ce livre montre le parcours de la théologie et de la spiritualité de la libération incarnée dans la vie dœun Québécois.
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2005, p2003., Adult, Universal Pictures Call No: DVD Fic Imagining Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: An extraordinary story of love, compassion, and danger. This political thriller is about one family who had the courage to fight for justice in a country ruled by fear. Based on the novel by Lawrence Thornton.
![Imagining Argentina [DVD] (2005). Directed by Christopher Hampton](/Library/images/~imageCT73633.JPG "Imagining Argentina [DVD] (2005). Directed by Christopher Hampton")
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2023., Hanover Square Press Call No: MYS Fic Mar Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society's ills--the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the norm, punishing those who choose to remain single. But four couples are about to discover just how impossible relationships can be when the government is monitoring every aspect of our personal lives--monitoring every word, every minor disagreement ... and will use every tool in its arsenal to ensure everyone will love, honor and obey.
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2017., General, Tim Duggan Books Call No: 321.909 S675o Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin and the execution of their catastrophic policies. With Twenty Lessons, Snyder draws from the darkest hours of the twentieth century to provide hope for the twenty-first. As he writes, "Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism and communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience."--Provided by publisher.
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2023., Atlantic Monthly Press Call No: Fic Lyn Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning toward tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new, unraveling country. How far will she go to save her family? And what--or who--is she willing to leave behind?
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c2012., General, Ecco Call No: Fic Mur Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in war-torn Kabul, a harrowing yet tender novel--think "Bend It Like Beckham" in a burka--about one woman's courage and guile in the face of terror and tyranny.
