Books tagged with Politics[11 found]
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by Ernest Bywater
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Categories: Fiction » Politics » Action
The daughter of a close friend and neighbour is murdered by political activists at a protest march. the activist go on to riot and take control of part of the city near where he lives. The local authorities side with the activists as they cause damage to the properties in the area. Both families decide to fight back.
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In the Mail
by Ernest Bywater
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Categories: Fiction » Politics
What can happen with universal postal voting systems, especially when implemented at short notice. Like many ideas, how it goes depends more on how it's implemented than the idea itself.
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Areopagitica
by John Milton
Categories: Fiction » Politics
A fiery defense of free speech unfolds as a scholar passionately argues against censorship in 17th-century England. Addressing Parliament, he champions the power of ideas, urging that truth emerges through open debate, not suppression. Blending eloquence and conviction, this timeless plea celebrates the human spirit’s quest for knowledge and the role of unfettered expression in a free society
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Candide
by Voltaire
Categories: Fiction » Politics
A naive young man, raised on optimism, embarks on a chaotic odyssey across a world rife with war, greed, and disaster. From shipwrecks to earthquakes, his misadventures with a colorful cast expose human folly and hypocrisy. This sharp satire, laced with wit, probes the absurdity of blind hope, revealing resilience and reason in a flawed, tumultuous 18th-century world.
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The Lake Gun
by James Fenimore Cooper
Categories: Fiction » Politics
On a still night at Seneca Lake, a student and his professor hear the thunderous “Lake Gun” and glimpse a ghostly, rootless tree drifting against wind and current. Local lore says it’s a cursed demagogue, doomed to wander for mocking sacred law. As science hunts causes and story hunts truth, a parable of ambition, superstition, and the uneasy bargain between democracy and nature unfolds.
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The Iron Heel
by Jack London
Categories: Fiction » Politics
Told as a found manuscript, a socialist orator and his fierce partner rise against a ruthless corporate oligarchy that crushes strikes, rigs elections, and builds a secret police state. Street battles, underground cells, and betrayals trace the birth of a long tyranny—and the stubborn hope of a future revolt that might one day break the boot on humanity’s neck.
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When William Came
by Hector H. Munro
Categories: Fiction » Politics
The novel is set in Edwardian England and explores the social, cultural, and psychological effects of foreign occupation.
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The Westminster Alice
by Hector H. Munro
Categories: Fiction » Politics
A political satire in the form of a parody of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
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Hard Times
by Charles Dickens
Categories: Fiction » Politics
In an industrial town dominated by facts and rigid logic, lives intertwine with struggle, ambition, and heartache. This powerful story exposes the human cost of utilitarian thinking, showing how compassion, imagination, and resilience are essential to survive and thrive.
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The Trial
by Franz Kafka
Categories: Fiction » Politics
On his thirtieth birthday, a bank clerk is arrested without being told the crime. Drawn through airless attics and shadowed offices, he meets a wheedling lawyer, a weary painter, and judges no one can face. Pride curdles to dread as the machinery of accusation grinds on, forcing him to question guilt, freedom, and the sentence already closing in.
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Secession!
by Ernest Bywater
Categories: Fiction » Politics » Action
A look at one way for the USA to legally allow for Secession, and what is likely to happen if it is allowed in the modern US political scene.
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