18 books like On Tyranny

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Prince Niccolò Machiavelli · 1998 · ★ 3.8 · 131p · ≈ 4h · Moderate "The Prince" is the most controversial book about winning power - and holding on to it - ever written. Machiavelli's tough-minded, pragmatic argument that sometimes it is necessary to abandon ethics to succeed made his name notorious. Yet his book has been read by strategists, politicians and business people ever since as the ultimate guide to realpolitik. How can a leader be strong and decisive,… Shares Political ethics, Political science

Genocide since 1945 Philip Spencer · 2012 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "In 1948 the United Nations passed the Genocide Convention. The international community was now obligated to prevent or halt what had hitherto, in Winston Churchill's words, been a "crime without a name", and to punish the perpetrators. Since then, however, genocide has recurred repeatedly. Millions of people have been murdered by sovereign nation states, confident in their ability to act with… Shares Modern, 20th Century, History

The Prince Niccolò Machiavelli · 1515 · ★ 3.8 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Challenging The Prince (Italian: Il Principe [il ˈprintʃipe]; Latin: De Principatibus) is a 16th-century political treatise written by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli as an instruction guide for new princes and royals. The general theme of The Prince is of accepting that the aims of princes – such as glory and survival – can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those… Shares Political ethics, Political science, Essays, History

Illustrations of universal progress Herbert Spencer · 1864 · 451p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares Political science, Essays with this book.

De la démocratie en Amérique Alexis de Tocqueville · 1835 · ★ 4.1 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Challenging A contemporary study of the early American nation and its evolving democracy, from a French aristocrat and sociologist. In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. The result was Democracy in America, a subtle and prescient analysis of… Shares Democracy, Essays, History

Hovels to Highrise Anne Power · 1993 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate This takes the historical, political and social changes relating to housing in five European countries, and considers the housing history and traditions which have lead to growing tensions within their most disadvantaged communities. Shares Social Science, Political science

The Awful Secret

The Awful Secret Bernard Knight · 2006 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares History with this book.

The thread of gold Arthur Christopher Benson · 1905 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Essays with this book.

Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A mysterious one-eyed stranger, a midnight meeting at a lonely spot on the Scottish border, the secret password "Panama", and a corpse This is the situation Hugh Moneylaws, a young law clerk finds himself facing. Who murdered the man he was sent to meet, and why? With the only two men who knew the purpose of the meeting dead, it would seem a puzzle that would never be solved. Yet to save himself… Shares History

Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion George Bernard Shaw · 1900 · 58p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Essays with this book.

Hausblätter

Hausblätter F. W. Hackländer · 1855 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Shares Essays with this book.

Yet again Sir Max Beerbohm · 1909 · 86p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Shares Essays with this book.

The Lady of the Rivers

The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 · ★ 4.0 The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house­hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's… Shares History

Escape, and other essays Arthur Christopher Benson · 1915 · ★ 5.0 · 302p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Essays with this book.

And Even Now Sir Max Beerbohm · 1920 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Essays with this book.

By the Fire We Carry Rebecca Nagle · 2024 · ★ 4.4 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Social Science, History with this book.

Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization

Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization William Case · 2014 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate "Southeast Asia offers unique opportunities for the comparative analysis of democratization. The Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization provides a comprehensive overview of the development of democracy in the region and shows that political and structural factors differ strikingly across countries. Combining theory and case studies, it is structured in three major sections: Social… Shares Democracy, Political science, Essays

Social Sciences Kath Woodward · 2003 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Social Science, Political science, Essays with this book.

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