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Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The global icon is an omnipresent but poorly understood element of mass culture. This book asks why audiences around the world have embraced particular iconic figures, how perceptions of these figures have changed, and what this tells us about transnational relations since the Cold War era. Prestholdt addresses these questions by examining one type of icon: the anti-establishment figure. As symbols that represent sentiments, ideals, or something else...
Author
Series
Tiger at midnight volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Romantic intrigue and electric action fill the gripping sequel to The Tiger at Midnight A stolen throne. A lost princess. A rescue mission to take back what's theirs. For Kunal and Esha, finally working together as rebels, the upcoming Sun Mela provides the perfect guise for infiltrating King Vardaan's vicious court. Kunal returns to his role as dedicated soldier, while Esha uses her new role as adviser to Prince Harun to seek allies for their rebel...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The tectonic plates that form China have left it a checkerboard of mountains and rivers and memories. From the south, the Indian plate pushes up into the Eurasian, creating the Himalayas and the vast Tibetan plateau that almost cuts the country off fromthe rest of the continent. Rippling outward are smaller mountain ranges that ebb and flow toward the Pacific Ocean, like deep swells heaving through the land"--
"The tectonic plates that form China...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"In his widely anticipated memoir, Ai Weiwei-one of the world's most famous artists and activists-tells a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own extraordinary life and the legacy of his father, Ai Qing, the nation's most celebrated poet. Hailed as "the most important artist working today" by the Financial Times and as "an eloquent and unsilenceable voice of freedom" by The New York Times, Ai Weiwei has written a sweeping memoir...
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Corpse Talk, the chat show with a difference - all of the guests are dead! Meet your host, comic book artist Adam Murphy, as he interviews eighteen show-stopping rebels. Want to read the inside story of Sitting Bull, the last chief of the great Sioux nation? Or wondered what led to Martin Luther King Jr becoming such an iconic freedom-fighter? This graphic novel answers all of your questions about the lives of these rancorous rebels with...
12) Henni
Author
Publisher
Z2 Comics
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In a village governed by strict religious dogma lives a girl named Henni. Unlike most, Henni is special as she dares to question the way of things and instead relies on reason. Dissastified with her lot in life, Henni strikes out on her own in a search for truth, adventure, and more.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The long-awaited memoir by Fang Lizhi, one of the most prominent scientists of the People's Republic of China and the celebrated physicist whose clashes with the Chinese regime helped inspire the Tiananmen Square protests.
14) If this be treason: the American rogues and rebels who walked the line between dissent and betrayal
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
If This Be Treason tackles the complicated question of where dissent ends and betrayal begins. Jeremy Duda covers the gamut of American history, from the earliest days of the republic, when George Logan’s act of unauthorized diplomacy kept his fledgling country out of war with France but so outraged his enemies that Congress passed a law to prevent it from ever happening again, to today as Edward Snowden remains an international fugitive for exposing...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katniss realizes the stakes are no longer just for survival; they are for the future. With the nation of Panem in a full-scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends, including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta, Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to liberate the citizens of Panem, and stage an assassination attempt on President Snow, who has...
16) Havel: a life
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Václav Havel was one of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century: iconoclast and intellectual, renowned playwright turned political dissident, president of a united then divided nation, and dedicated human rights activist. Written by Michael Zantovsky, Havel's former press secretary, advisor, and longtime friend, Havel: A Life presents a revelatory portrait of this giant among men and the turbulent times through which he prevailed.
17) Light perpetual
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From the globally bestselling author of The Witcher comes the final book in the rich historical epic, the Hussite trilogy. Join Reynevan—scoundrel, magician, possibly a fool—as he embarks on a last great adventure across the war-riddled landscape of 15th century Bohemia. After his adventures in The Tower of Fools and Warriors of God, Reynevan is on the run again, harried by enemies—some human, and some mystical—at every turn. These are cruel...
18) Warriors of God
Author
Series
Hussite trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Forced to come out of hiding, Reynevan, while on a dangerous secret mission for the Hussite leaders, uses this opportunity to avenge the death of his brother and discover the whereabouts of his beloved.
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A news-driven biography of Vladimir Putin's nemesis Alexey Navalny— lawyer, blogger, anti-corruption crusader, protest organizer, political opposition leader, mayoral and presidential candidate, campaign strategist, provocateur, poisoning victim, dissident, and now, prisoner of conscience and anti-war crusader. THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and criminality of the Russian political system, mounted...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed author of India After Gandhi: a group biography of seven remarkable men and women who arrived in India during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in order to join the freedom movement and struggle for a country and people other than their own. This book tells their stories, each renegade motivated by idealism and genuine sacrifice; each connected to Gandhi, though some as acolytes where others found endless infuriation...
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