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Blindness: Book 2
Seeing
by José Saramago
On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. What's going on? Should they reschedule the elections for another day? Around three o'clock, the rain finally stops. Promptly at four, voters rush to the polling stations, as if they had been ordered to appear. But when the ballots are counted, more than 70 percent are blank.... (more)
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O Principe
by Maquiavel
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O povo brasileiro: A formação e o sentido do Brasil
Estudos de antropologia da civilização
by Darcy Ribeiro
Text: Portugese
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V for Vendetta
by Alan Moore, David Lloyd
V for Vendetta is, like its author's later Watchmen, a landmark in comic-book writing. Alan Moore has led the field in intelligent, politically astute (if slightly paranoid), complex adult comic-book writing since the early 1980s. He began V back in 1981 and it constituted one of his first attempts (along with the criminally neglected but equally superb Miracleman) at writing an ongoing series. It is 1998 (which... (more)
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Operación Masacre
by Rodolfo J. Walsh
Text: Spanish
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1984
by George Orwell
Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, 1984 is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life — the ubiquity of television, the... (more)
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Animal Farm
by George Orwell
The satirical, allegorical fable of a revolution being corrupted by a wicked, greedy dictator and the blind faith of ignorant citizens, destroying the possibility of a democracy. Written during the rise of the USSR in the WWII, this book is hailed as a classic due to its powerful message and simple storytelling.
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt
Generally regarded as the definitive work on totalitarianism, this book is an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political movements. Arendt was one of the first to recognize that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were two sides of the same coin rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. "With the Origins of Totalitarianism Hannah Arendt emerges as the most original and... (more)
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The Autumn of the Patriarch
by Gabriel García Márquez
One of Gabriel García Márquez's most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power. From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator of The Autumn of the Patriarch embodies the best and the worst of human nature. Gabriel García Márquez, the renowned master of magical realism, vividly... (more)
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The Feast of the Goat
by Mario Vargas Llosa
Haunted all her life by feelings of terror and emptiness, 49-year-old Urania Cabral returns to her native Dominican Republicand finds herself reliving the events of 1961, when the capital was still called Trujillo City and one old man terrorized a nation of three million. Rafael Trujillo, the depraved ailing dictator whom Dominicans call the Goat, controls his inner circle with a combination of violence and... (more)
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3.000 Dias No Bunker: Um Plano Na Cabeca E Um Pais Na M~ao
by Guilherme Fiuza
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El País de las Mujeres
by Gioconda Belli
El Premio Hispanoamericano de Novela La otra orilla 2010 fue otorgado por unanimidad al manuscrito titulado Cronicas de la Izquierda Erotica presentado bajo el seudonimo Viviana Sanson y que resulto ser Gioconda Belli. Despues del proceso de edicion y de largas deliberaciones el libro se llama ahora El pais de las mujeres. Es una divertida novela dirigida especialmente a las mujeres en la que esta reconocida... (more)
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Fuerte Es El Silencio / Silence is Strong (Biblioteca Era. Serie Crónicas)
by Elena Poniatowska
Text: Spanish
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Soma e O Resto: Um Olhar Sobre A Vida Aos 80 Anos (Em Portugues do Brasil)
by Fernando Henrique Cardoso
A SOMA E O RESTO: UM OLHAR SOBRE A VIDA AOS 80 ANOS e uma oportunidade para o leitor conhecer a visao de Fernando Henrique Cardoso sobre as incriveis mudancas pelas quais passam o Brasil e o mundo. E tambem a oportunidade de ouvir a voz interior de Fernando Henrique, rememorando raizes, influencias e pontos de virada de sua trajetoria, e refletindo sobre questoes para as quais ninguem tem resposta, como o sentido... (more)
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El pais de uno (My country) (Spanish Edition)
by Denise Dresser
Distinguished political scientist and journalist Denise Dressers accurate and uncompromising diagnosis of our national reality outlines the path to a just, competitive, and democratic nation. Here, she points out our rulers most common and serious errors and the risks well face before economic disparity, corruption, and impunity. El pais de uno is a courageous work that condemns Mexicos darkest areas, but also... (more)
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Bestiario del Poder
by Plaza Pública
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Los enemigos íntimos de la democracia
by Tzvetan' 'Todorov
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Cruz de Olvido
by CARLOS CORTÉS
Después de diez años en la revolución sandinista, Martín Amador regresa a Costa Rica para aclarar la noticia del asesinato su hijo, junto a otros seis jóvenes, en la Cruz de la Alajuelita. Allí se reencuentra con sus compañeros de generación: políticos, jueces, figuras clave de los medios de comunicación, que han alcanzado las más altas esferas de la llamada Suiza centroamericana; país en el que, según se afirma,... (more)
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Pasado y futuro de Bilbao
by Indalecio Prieto
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Fourth Realm: Book 1
El viajero
by John Twelve Hawks

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