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On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Par Timothy Snyder. 2021
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Littérature générale (romans)Politique et gouvernement
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Note: The ebook of this graphic edition combines a hand-lettered font with richly detailed images. Due to the nature of…
the design, readers will be required to zoom in on each page. For the best experience, please use a larger, full-color screen.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder&’s bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting America&’s arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the visual storytelling talents of renowned illustrator Nora Krug&“Nora Krug has visualized and rendered some of the most valuable lessons of the twentieth century, which will serve all citizens as we shape the future.&”—Shepard Fairey, artist and activistTimothy Snyder&’s New York Times bestseller On Tyranny uses the darkest moments in twentieth-century history, from Nazism to Communism, to teach twenty lessons on resisting modern-day authoritarianism. Among the twenty include a warning to be aware of how symbols used today could affect tomorrow (&“4: Take responsibility for the face of the world&”), an urgent reminder to research everything for yourself and to the fullest extent (&“11: Investigate&”), a point to use personalized and individualized speech rather than clichéd phrases for the sake of mass appeal (&“9: Be kind to our language&”), and more.In this graphic edition, Nora Krug draws from her highly inventive art style in Belonging—at once a graphic memoir, collage-style scrapbook, historical narrative, and trove of memories—to breathe new life, color, and power into Snyder&’s riveting historical references, turning a quick-read pocket guide of lessons into a visually striking rumination. In a time of great uncertainty and instability, this edition of On Tyranny emphasizes the importance of being active, conscious, and deliberate participants in resistance.News from Nowhere and Other Writings
Par William Morris. 2004
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Littérature générale (romans)Politique et gouvernement
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Poet, pattern-designer, environmentalist and maker of fine books, William Morris (1834-96) was also a committed socialist and visionary writer, obsessively…
concerned with the struggle to achieve a perfect society on earth. News From Nowhere, one of the most significant English works on the theme of utopia, is the tale of William Guest, a Victorian who wakes one morning to find himself in the year 2102 and discovers a society that has changed beyond recognition into a pastoral paradise, in which all people live in blissful equality and contentment. A socialist masterpiece, News From Nowhere is a vision of a future free from capitalism, isolation and industrialisation. This volume also contains a wide selection of Morris's writings, lectures, journalism and letters, which expand upon the key themes of News From Nowhere.