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Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
From charity to deceit, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator embodies the best and the worst of human nature. Gabriel Garcia Marquez vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictatorship.
2) Total recall
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Language
English
Description
In 2084, a happily married man is confronted with the stunning realization that his life is a manufactured fantasy world, complete with a gorgeous but deadly wife who suddenly turns against him.
3) Quito 2023
Publisher
Filmhub
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Quito, 2023. Ponce, a military dictator, walled the city. A group of young revolutionaries want to gain control and are ready to strike, but one of their leaders is unsure they understand what they are doing.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Bambara
Description
An historical allegory by Cheick Oumar Sissoko tells the tale of a tyrant overthrown. Winner of the most prestigious award in African cinema, the Grand Prize at FESPACO '95, Guimba has been acclaimed as one of the most visually ravishing African films ever made. This epic allegory contrasts Africa's tremendous wealth and potential with its present poverty and plunder. Director Cheick Oumar Sissoko comments, "Guimba is a political film, a fable about...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition
Language
English
Description
Do you crave the power to shape the world in your image? Can you tell lies without blinking an eye? Do you see enemies all around you? If you answered yes to all of the above, then this is the job for you! And if becoming a dictator sounds intriguing, well, you've just stumbled upon the playbook that will guide you step by step towards making your big lie a reality. Join Gaslit Nation co-hosts Sarah Kendzior and Andrea Chalupa, with artist Kasia Babis,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
In Murnau's playful espionage thriller reminiscent of Ernst Lubitsch (who had recently left Germany for Hollywood), Harry Liedtke stars as a benevolent dictator who must preserve the tiny nation of Abacco by fending off creditors, wooing a wealthy Russian princess, and evading a band of demonic conspirators.
Author
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Khaim, The Blue City, is the last remaining city in a crumbled empire that overly relied upon magic until it became toxic. It is run by a tyrant known as The Jolly Mayor and his devious right hand, the last archmage in the world. Together they try to collect all the magic for themselves so they can control the citizens of the city. But when their decadence reaches new heights and begins to destroy the environment, the people stage an uprising to stop...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
What modern authoritarian leaders have in common (and how they can be stopped). Ours is the age of authoritarian rulers: self-proclaimed saviors of the nation who evade accountability while robbing their people of resources and corroding or destroying democracy. Their mutual-admiration club also draws on models from the past. Vladimir Putin rehabilitates Soviet tyrant Joseph Stalin, Donald Trump praises Libyan despot Muammar Gaddafi, Jair Bolsonaro...
12) Blood of tyrants
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Naomi Novik's beloved Temeraire series, a brilliant combination of fantasy and history that reimagines the Napoleonic wars as fought with the aid of intelligent dragons, is a twenty-first-century classic. From the first volume, His Majesty's Dragon, readers have been entranced by the globe-spanning adventures of the resolute Capt. William Laurence and his brave but impulsive dragon, Temeraire. Now, in Blood of Tyrants, the penultimate volume of the...
13) Duck soup
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
After being appointed the dictator of Freedonia, Rufus T. Firefly proceeds to bring the mythical nation to a halt by showing up late and insulting everyone at his inauguration. Hoping to oust the unfit new leader, two spies are sent from the neighboring Sylvania. Soon enough, war is declared between the two nations with outrageous results. Including Groucho's famous mirror scene and final battle scene, it remains as entertaining and relevant today...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Language
English
Description
Vivid and alive, Cristina García’s new novel transports readers to Cuba, to Miami, and into the heads of two larger-than-life men—a fictionalized Fidel Castro and an octogenarian Cuban exile obsessed with seeking revenge against the dictator. In King of Cuba, the National Book Award finalist and author of Dreaming in Cuban, writing at the top of her form with humor and humanity, returns to the territory of her homeland. El Comandante, an aging...
15) I, the Supreme
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Second Vintage Books edition.
Language
English
Description
"I the Supreme imagines a dialogue between the nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictator known as Dr. Francia and Policarpo Patiño, his secretary and only companion. The opening pages present a sign that they had found nailed to the wall of a cathedral, purportedly written by Dr. Francia himself and ordering the execution of all of his servants upon his death. This sign is quickly revealed to be a forgery, which takes leader and secretary into a larger...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"By early 1945, the destruction of the German Nazi State seems certain. The Allied forces, led by American generals George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower, are gaining control of Europe, leaving German leaders scrambling. Facing defeat, Adolf Hitler flees to a secret bunker with his new wife, Eva Braun, and his beloved dog, Blondi. It is there that all three would meet their end, thus ending the Third Reich and one of the darkest chapters of history....
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Relates events in the childhood of architect Secundino Fernandez, who left his beloved Havana, Cuba, with his parents, first to spend a year in Spain, and later to move to New York City.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Special ed.
Language
English
Description
The Allied forces, led by American Generals George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower, are gaining control of Europe, leaving German leaders scrambling. Facing defeat, Adolf Hitler flees to a secret bunker with his wife, Eva Braun, and his beloved dog, Blondi. It is there that all three will meet their fate, thus ending the Third Reich and one of the darkest chapters in modern history.
20) Freelance
Publisher
Relativity Media Llc
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Ex-special forces operative Mason Pettis is stuck in a dead-end desk job when he reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for washed-up journalist Claire Wellington as she interviews the ruthless but impeccably dressed dictator, Juan Venegas. When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle AND each other to make it out alive!
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