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ONE DAY, EVERYONE

WILL HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN AGAINST THIS

by Omar El-Akkad

“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”

ON THE BEACH


by Nevil Shute

The setting is Australia. In the previous year, a short nuclear war had erupted, devastating most of the populated world, polluting the atmosphere with nuclear fallout, and killing all human and animal life in the Northern Hemisphere. Global air currents are slowly carrying the lethal nuclear fallout to the Southern Hemisphere.

MARLEY & ME


by John Grogan

John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wriggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same.

WHITE ROSE


by Kip Wilson

A gorgeous and timely novel based on the incredible story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college student who challenged the Nazi regime during World War II as part of The White Rose, a non-violent resistance group.
    “A searing indictment of silent complicity. A timely call to resistance.”

THE MONKEY'S PAW
Short Stories for English Language Learners

by W.W. Jacobs

"I only just thought of it," she said, hysterically. "Why didn't I think of it before? Why didn't you think of it?" "Think of what?" he questioned. "The other two wishes," she replied, rapidly. "Go down and get it quickly, and wish our boy alive again."

The classic Halloween tale .


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★  'Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world?'

'America is not the greatest country in the world anymore'


ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN NOVELS:
various genres that explore themes of authoritarianism, resistance, and individual freedom.

1984
by George Orwell

Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley

The Lost Cause
by Cory Doctorow

The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood

Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury

No Kings Day
Saturday 18 October

“No man is above the law, and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man’s permission when we require him to obey it. When we say we have no kings in this country, that’s what we’re talking about.”
-Jack Smith

PREQUEL
American Fight Against Fascism
by Rachel Maddow

The Iron Heel
by Jack London

Night Soldiers
by Alan Furst

The Wave
by Todd Strasser

The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth

Animal Farm
by George Orwell

Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow

It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis

Alone in Berlin
by Hans Fallada

 

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