Animal farm

The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon. One night, all the animals at Mr. Jones' Manor Farm assemble in a barn to h…

Adventures in democracy: the turbulent world of people power

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780241609750

Collation

224 p. ; 24 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

320 BEN a

Nelson Mandela from prisoner to president

This Step 4 leveled reader about Nelson Mandela, the Nobel Prize–winning activist for racial equality in South Africa, is as spellbinding a biography as you can find. His journey from student to revolutionary to inmate to president of South Africa will inspire and engage kids of all ages. As conversations about race, prejudice, and injustice pervade classrooms and homes, teachers and pare…

On disinformation: how to fight for truth and protect democracy

The effort to destroy facts and make America ungovernable didn’t come out of nowhere. It is the culmination of 70 years of strategic denialism. In On Disinformation, Lee McIntyre shows how the war on facts began, and how ordinary citizens can fight back against the scourge of disinformation that is now threatening the very fabric of our society. Drawing on his 20 years of experience as a scho…

Indonesia out of exile: how Pramoedya's buru quartet killed a dictatorship

In 1981, a new company, Hasta Mitra, founded by three men just released from over a decade in prison, published a novel written in a prison camp by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The novel was This Earth of Mankind. It told the story of the early gestation of the Indonesian national awakening. The dictatorship eventually banned it after several months of tactical struggle by the three men, Pramoedya hi…

The power of geography: ten maps that reveal the future of our world

In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in a new age of great-power rivalry: Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Greece, Turkey, the Sahel, Ethiopia, Spain and Space. Find out why Europe’s next refugee crisis is closer than it thinks as trouble brews in the Sahel; why the Middle East must look beyond oil and sand to secure its future…

The tyranny of merit

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780141991177

Collation

272 p. ; 20 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

320 SAN t

The Jakarta method: Washington's anticommunist crusade and the mass murder pr…

In 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians—eliminating the largest Communist Party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring other copycat terror programs. In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins draws from recently declassified documents, archival research, and eyewitness testimony to reveal a shoc…

Zaman Peralihan

Zaman Peralihan adalah kumpulan tulisan Soe Hok Gie tentang kondisi Indonesia di era peralihan kekuasaan Soekarno ke Soeharto. Rangkaian sejarah yang menunjukkan pada kita bahwa zaman boleh beralih, namun akar dari semuanya tak boleh tercerabut, yaitu kemanusiaan kita sebagai bangsa. Ini akan menjadi penuntun jalan kita untuk pulang dan mengeja kembali kebangsaan kita di antara carut marut dan …

Authoritarian State: Study and Revision Guide

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9781510432369

Collation

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Series Title

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Call Number

321.9 GRA a