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English
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It has been eighty years since the Axis won World War II, and America was divided between the victors: the Nazis in the East and Imperial Japan in the West; but now resistance is growing in the Eastern territories and sixteen-year-old Chinese American Ren Cabot, who has every reason to hate the Japanese who executed his mother, finds himself drawn into a resistance group and confronted with choices that could lead to freedom--or death.
Author
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Into the Current takes the viewer into the darkest corners of Burmas massive system of repression. The ordeal of political prisoners like Ko Bo Kyi illuminates the suppression of democracy activists through imprisonment, torture and isolation, but more importantly, the resolute commitment they embody for a people long denied their freedom. There is no better homage to the desire for a positive future for Burma than the stories this documentary presents....
Series
Bitch planet. Triple feature! volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
This anthology is set in a political patriarchy, and is a companion to the Image Comics' series Bitch planet.
7) Eragon
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
In a kingdom ravaged by darkness and tyranny, one small ray of hope emerges when a mysterious blue "stone" turns out to be the last dragon's egg in existence. An orphaned farm boy is chosen by the mystic stone as its keeper and he must become not only a Dragon Rider, but the savior of the repressed people of the kingdom.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw of hunger as the country-wide famine escalated. By the time she was eleven years old, Eunsun's father and grandparents had died of starvation, and Eunsun was in danger of the same. Finally, her mother...
11) Hooligan sparrow
Publisher
Kino Lorber Edu
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
The danger is palpable as maverick activist Ye Haiyan (a.k.a Hooligan Sparrow) and her band of colleagues travel to Hainan Province in southern China to protest the case of six elementary school girls who were sexually abused by their principal. Marked as enemies of the state, the activists are under constant government surveillance and face interrogation, harassment, and imprisonment. Sparrow, who gained notoriety with her advocacy work for sex workers'...
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Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Nils Melzer's compelling investigation shows how, through secrecy, impunity and, crucially, public indifference, unchecked power risks annihilating Western democracy and the rule of law. The case of Julian Assange could set a chilling precedent"--
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
In the long-awaited follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning "Gulag," acclaimed journalist Anne Applebaum delivers a groundbreaking history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed in frightening fashion the individuals who came under its sway.
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Simon Schwartz was born in 1982 in the GDR (East Germany). One and a half years later, he left the country with his parents, and the family resettled in West Berlin. As political dissidents, his parents experienced harassment by the Stasi and a lack of understanding from members of their own family. This striking graphic novel memoir chronicles the family's difficult journey to get to the other side of the Berlin Wall"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
Julio César Mondragón Fontes, normalista, encontró la muerte la madrugada del 27 de septiembre de 2014 en Iguala, Guerrero. Aquel día alguien robó su celular. A partir de este hecho, los periodistas Francisco Cruz, Félix Santana y Miguel Ángel Alvarado revelan cómo los registros de actividades telefónicas posteriores al asesinato abrieron una cloaca que conduce a las profundidades de un México corrupto y violento que la mayoría no nos atrevemos...
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