Reading list: Freedom & Future Library: Democracy/Democratic Process v. Totalitarianism/Abuse of Power

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Books: 144

Revolutionary Writings, 1755-1775 - John Adams, Gordon S. Wood

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The Portable Hannah Arendt

by Hannah Arendt, Peter Baehr

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Thinking Without a Banister: Essays in Understandi... - Hannah Arendt, Jerome Kohn

Thinking Without a Banister: Essays in Understanding, 1953-1975

by Hannah Arendt, Jerome Kohn

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The Birds and Other Plays

by Aristophanes, David B. Barrett, Alan Sommerstein

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13.

Clouds

by Aristophanes, Peter Meineck

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14.

The Complete Plays

by Aristophanes, Moses Hadas

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15.

The Politics

by Aristotle, T.A. Sinclair, Trevor J. Saunders

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16.

The People Speak: Voices That Changed Britain

by Colin Firth, Anthony Arnove, David Horspool

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17.

The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends O... - Ed Asner, Ed Weinberger

The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs

by Ed Asner, Ed Weinberger

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18.

Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen

by Assemblee constituante

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19.

Projet des premiers articles de la Constitution, l... - Jean Joseph Mounier, Assemblée nationale

Projet des premiers articles de la Constitution, lu dans la séance du 28 juillet 1789

by Jean Joseph Mounier, Assemblée nationale

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20.

La Constitution Françoise, proclamée le 18 septemb... - Assemblée nationale

La Constitution Françoise, proclamée le 18 septembre 1791 et jours suivants

by Assemblée nationale

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21.

Debate on the Constitution 2-volume boxed set

by Bernard Bailyn

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22.

All the President's Men

by Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward

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23.

My Life in Politics

by Willy Brandt

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24.

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

by Bertolt Brecht

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25.

Selected Works

by Cicero, Michael Grant

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26.

A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

by James Comey

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27.

The Manchurian Candidate

by Richard Condon

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28.

Intercept: The Secret History of Computers and Spi... - Gordon Corera

Intercept: The Secret History of Computers and Spies

by Gordon Corera

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29.

Constitution française du 4 octobre 1958

by Michel Debré, Comité Consultatif Constitutionnel

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30.

The Visit

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Patrick Bowles

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31.

Physicists

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, James Kirkup

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32.

Zeit der Zauberer: Das große Jahrzehnt der Philoso... - Wolfram Eilenberger

Zeit der Zauberer: Das große Jahrzehnt der Philosophie 1919 - 1929

by Wolfram Eilenberger

Note: ("The Time of the Magicians")

33.

Murder in the Cathedral

by T.S. Eliot

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34.

American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the F... - Joseph J. Ellis

American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic

by Joseph J. Ellis

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35.

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

by Joseph J. Ellis

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36.

War on Peace

by Ronan Farrow

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37.

Hitler

by Joachim Fest

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38.

The Oppermanns

by Lion Feuchtwanger, Ruth Gruber, James Cleugh

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39.

'Tis Folly to Be Wise

by Lion Feuchtwanger

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40.

The Diary of a Young Girl

by B.M. Mooyaart, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anne Frank

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41.

Writings

by Benjamin Franklin, J.A. Leo Lemay

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42.

The Firebugs: A Morality Without a Moral

by Max Frisch, Michael Bullock

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43.

The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Time... - Francis Fukuyama

The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

by Francis Fukuyama

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44.

Winter im Sommer - Frühling im Herbst: Erinnerunge... - Joachim Gauck

Winter im Sommer - Frühling im Herbst: Erinnerungen

by Joachim Gauck

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45.

Memoirs

by Mikhail Gorbachev

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46.

Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the ... - Mikhail S. Gorbachev

Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World

by Mikhail S. Gorbachev

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47.

The Assault on Reason: How the Politics of Blind F... - Al Gore

The Assault on Reason: How the Politics of Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision-making

by Al Gore

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48.

The American Patriot's Handbook: The Writings, His... - George Grant

The American Patriot's Handbook: The Writings, History, and Spirit of a Free Nation

by George Grant

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49.

The American Mind, Vols 1-3

by Allen C. Guelzo

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50.

The Federalist Papers

by Alexander Hamilton, Clinton Rossiter, Charles Kessler, Charles R. Kessler

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51.

Writings

by Alexander Hamilton, Joanne B. Freeman

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52.

Das Leben der anderen. Geschwärzte Ausgabe

by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

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53.

Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey T... - Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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54.

The Deputy

by Rolf Hochhuth, Richard Winston, Clara Winston

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55.

Juristen: Drei Akte für sieben Spieler

by Rolf Hochhuth

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56.

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

by Tom Holland

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57.

Limits of State Action, The

by Wilhelm von Humboldt, J. W. Burrow

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58.

Essays: Moral, Political and Literary

by David Hume

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59.

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

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60.

Russian Roulette

by Michael Isikoff, David Corn

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61.

Writings (Library of America #17)

by Thomas Jefferson, Merrill D. Peterson

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62.

The Declaration of Independence and The Constituti... - Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Founding Fathers

The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States

by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Founding Fathers

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63.

The View from Flyover Country

by Sarah Kendzior

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64.

Let the Word Go Forth: The Speeches, Statements, a... - Theodore C. Sorensen

Let the Word Go Forth: The Speeches, Statements, and Writings of John F. Kennedy 1947 to 1963

by Theodore C. Sorensen

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65.

Profiles in Courage: Deluxe Modern Classic

by John F. Kennedy

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66.

State of Emergency: Travels in a Troubled World

by Navid Kermani

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67.

Vergesst Deutschland!: Eine patriotische Rede

by Navid Kermani

Note: Translation of the title: "Forget Germany!: A Patriotic Speech"

68.

Hitler: A Biography

by Ian Kershaw

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69.

No Is Not Enough

by Naomi Klein

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70.

Darkness at Noon

by Arthur Koestler, Daphne Hardy

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71.

The Theory and Practice of Hell

by Eugen Kogon

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72.

Freedom from Fear

by Aung San Suu Kyi

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73.

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

by John le Carré

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74.

It Can't Happen Here

by Sinclair Lewis, Michael Meyer

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75.

The Gettysburg Address

by Abraham Lincoln

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76.

Selected Speeches and Writings

by Abraham Lincoln, Gore Vidal

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77.

Second Treatise of Government

by John Locke, C.B. MacPherson

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78.

Political Writings

by John Locke, David Wootton

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79.

The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli, George Bull, Anthony Grafton

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80.

Writings (Library of America #109)

by James Madison, Jack N. Rakove

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81.

The Constitution of the United States of America

by James Madison, Founding Fathers

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82.

Origins and Ideologies of the American Revolution ... - Peter C. Mancall

Origins and Ideologies of the American Revolution (The Great Courses Series)

by Peter C. Mancall

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83.

Long Walk to Freedom

by Nelson Mandela

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84.

Judgment At Nuremberg

by Abby Mann

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85.

Man of Straw (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

by Heinrich Mann

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86.

Mephisto (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

by Klaus Mann

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87.

Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man

by Thomas Mann

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88.

Listen, Germany!: Twenty-five radio messages to th... - Thomas Mann

Listen, Germany!: Twenty-five radio messages to the German people over BBC

by Thomas Mann

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89.

They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45

by Milton Sanford Mayer

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90.

Speeches That Changed the World

by Simon Sebag Montefiore

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91.

The Spirit of the Laws (Cambridge Texts in the His... - Montesquieu, Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller, Harold Samuel Stone

The Spirit of the Laws (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

by Montesquieu, Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller, Harold Samuel Stone

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92.

Utopia

by Thomas More, Paul Turner

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93.

Animal Farm & 1984

by George Orwell, Christopher Hitchens

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94.

The Orwell Reader: Fiction, Essays, and Reportage

by Richard H. Rovere, George Orwell

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95.

Marketing the Third Reich: Persuasion, Packaging a... - Nicholas O'Shaughnessy

Marketing the Third Reich: Persuasion, Packaging and Propaganda

by Nicholas O'Shaughnessy

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96.

The Stolen Republic: Selected Writings

by Carl von Ossietzky

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97.

Collected Writings: Common Sense/The Crisis/Rights... - Thomas Paine, Eric Foner

Collected Writings: Common Sense/The Crisis/Rights of Man/The Age of Reason/Pamphlets/Articles & Letters (Library of America #76)

by Thomas Paine, Eric Foner

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98.

Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland

by Parlamentarischer Rat

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99.

The Dream Of Scipio

by Iain Pears

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100.

Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the Wh... - Valerie Plame Wilson

Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House

by Valerie Plame Wilson

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101.

Republic

by C.D. C. Reeve, G.M.A. Grube, Plato

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102.

What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism

by Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner

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103.

The Elephant in the Room

by Jon Ronson

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104.

What I Saw: Reports from Berlin 1920-1933

by Joseph Roth, Michael Hofmann, Michael Bienert

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105.

The Plot Against America

by Philip Roth

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106.

The Social Contract

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston

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107.

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Yea... - Carl Sandburg

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years

by Carl Sandburg

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108.

Sechs Reden

by Helmut Schmidt

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109.

The White Rose

by Inge Scholl, Dorothee Sölle

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110.

Tyrant: Shakespeare on Power

by Stephen Greenblatt

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111.

Uneasy Lies The Head: William Shakespeare on Power... - William Shakespeare

Uneasy Lies The Head: William Shakespeare on Power (Penguin Great Ideas)

by William Shakespeare

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112.

Home Fire

by Kamila Shamsie

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113.

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of... - William L. Shirer

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

by William L. Shirer

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114.

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Cent... - Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

by Timothy Snyder

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115.

The Gulag Archipelago Abridged An Experiment in Li... - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The Gulag Archipelago Abridged An Experiment in Literary Investigation

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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116.

The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writing... - Edward E. Ericson Jr., Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Daniel J. Mahoney

The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings, 1947-2005

by Edward E. Ericson Jr., Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Daniel J. Mahoney

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117.

Bug Jack Barron

by Norman Spinrad

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118.

Great American Speeches

by Gregory Suriano

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119.

Petals of Blood

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

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120.

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau

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121.

Democracy in America (Library of America #147)

by Alexis de Tocqueville, Olivier Zunz, Arthur Goldhammer

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122.

Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the I... - United Nations

Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice

by United Nations

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123.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

by United Nations

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124.

Conversacion en la Catedral

by Mario Vargas Llosa

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125.

The Feast of the Goat

by Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman

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126.

Making Waves: Essays

by Mario Vargas Llosa, John King

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127.

Notes on the Death of Culture: Essays on Spectacle and Society

by Mario Vargas Llosa, John King

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128.

The American Revolution: Writings from the Pamphle... - Various

The American Revolution: Writings from the Pamphlet Debate 1764-1776 (Library of America)

by Various

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129.

Z

by Vassilis Vassilikos

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130.

Look Who's Back

by Timur Vermes, Jamie Bulloch

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131.

George Washington's Farewell Address

by George Washington

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132.

Writings (Library of America #91)

by George Washington, John H. Rhodehamel, John Rhodehamel

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133.

Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny

by Edward J. Watts

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134.

Richard Von Weizsacker Im Gesprach Mit Ulrich Wick... - Richard von Weizsäcker

Richard Von Weizsacker Im Gesprach Mit Ulrich Wickert: In Der Freiheit Bestehen (German Edition)

by Richard von Weizsäcker

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135.

Vier Zeiten: Erinnerungen

by Richard von Weizsäcker

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136.

American Speeches: Political Oratory from Patrick ... - Ted Widmer

American Speeches: Political Oratory from Patrick Henry to Barack Obama

by Ted Widmer

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137.

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House

by Michael Wolff

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138.

Gustav Stresemann: Weimar's Greatest Statesman

by Jonathan Wright

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139.

We

by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Clarence Brown

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140.

Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining Amer... - Howard Zinn

Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology

by Howard Zinn

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141.

A People's History of American Empire

by Howard Zinn, Paul Buhle, Mike Konopacki

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142.

A People's History of the United States: 1492 to P... - Howard Zinn

A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present

by Howard Zinn

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143.

A Power Governments Cannot Suppress

by Howard Zinn

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144.

The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Demo... - Howard Zinn

The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy

by Howard Zinn

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