Snyder, Timothy
Summary: The author argues that American society is leaning toward despotism and totalitarianism and looks back at the 20th century for examples of how totalitarianism has taken over before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 321.9 SNYMachiavelli, Niccolò
Summary: Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince is a political treatise sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. It was also in direct conflict with the dominant Catholic and scholastic doctrines of the time concerning how to consider politics and ethics. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Classics, an imprint of Penguin Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.1 MACGates, Michael
Summary: All you need to know to pass the naturalization exam free from anxiety. English and civic tests easily explained and a helpful study plan to save time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael Gates 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.623 GATComey, James B.
Summary: "James Comey, former FBI Director and New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Loyalty, uses his long career in federal law enforcement to explore issues of justice and fairness in the US justice system. James Comey might best be known as the FBI director that Donald Trump fired in 2017, but he's had a long, varied career in the law and justice system. He knows better than most just what a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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Summary: "In a series of poignant vignettes, a preeminent historian makes a compelling case for Machiavelli as an unjustly maligned figure with valuable political insights that resonate as strongly today as they did in his time. Whenever a tempestuous period in history begins, Machiavelli is summoned, because he is known as one for philosophizing in dark times. In fact, since his death in 1527, we have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO BOUHavel, Václav.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.71 HAVNiebuhr, Reinhold
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Publisher / Publication Date: Westminster John Knox Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 301 NIEMachiavelli, Niccolò
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Publisher / Publication Date: Duncan Baird Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320 MACRiemen, Rob
Summary: An international bestseller, To Fight Against This Age consists of two beautifully written, cogent, and urgent essays about the rise of fascism and the ways in which we can combat it. In “The Eternal Return of Fascism,” Rob Riemen explores the theoretical weakness of fascism, which depends on a politics of resentment, the incitement of anger and fear, xenophobia, the need for scapegoats, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.5 RIEGoodin, Robert E.
Contents: Introduction -- Modes of settling: where this is heading, settling down, settling in, settling up, settling for, settling one's affairs, settling on: the master notion -- The value of settling: settling as an aid to planning and agency, settling, commitment, trust, and confidence, settling the social fabric -- What settling is not: settling is not just compromising, settling is not just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2012
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Summary: On a quest to understand morality's place in modern culture, Eden Collinsworth taps a wide variety of impressive authorities, from authors and CEOs to scientists and pop stars. Media executive and business consultant Eden Collinsworth investigates the surprisingly complex foundations of contemporary morality. From repentant murderers to corporate whistle-blowers, from the boardroom of Ashley...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 COLSnyder, Timothy
Summary: "The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2017
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Summary: This volume includes four books written by the author: Leaves from the notebook of a tamed cynic, Moral man and immoral society, The children of light and the children of darkness, and The irony of American history. There is also a selection of lectures, sermons, essays, and prayers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1992