dissenters

Contains entries that provide biographical information about twenty-four men and women who were influential in bringing about social change in countries throughout the world; and features profiles of one organization also engaged in the struggle. Arranged alphabetically from G-to-M.

Contains entries that provide biographical information about twenty-three men and women who were influential in bringing about social change in countries throughout the world; and features profiles of two organizations also engaged in the struggle. Arranged alphabetically from N-to-Z.

"An account of how some of China's most important writers, filmmakers, and artists have overcome crackdowns and censorship to challenge the Chinese Communist Party on its most sacred ground--its monopoly on history . . . Challenges stereotypes of a China where the state has quashed all free thought, revealing instead a land engaged in one of humanity's greatest struggles of memory against forgetting--a battle that will shape the China that emerges in the mid-twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher.

"Alexei Navalny began writing 'Patriot' shortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020. It is the full story of his life: his youth, his call to activism, his marriage and family, his commitment to challenging a superpower determined to silence him, and his total conviction that change cannot be resisted--and will come. Navalny recounts, among other things, his political career, the many attempts on his life, and the lives of the people closest to him, and the relentless campaign he and his team waged against an increasingly dictatorial regime"--Provided by publisher.

When she?s incarcerated under the authority of a shadowy new defense act, Riley is sent to one of a growing number of American Renewal Centers (ARCs)?institutions modeled after psychiatric facilities?for mandatory reeducation. Forced therapy, involuntary medication, solitary confinement, restricted rations, and more are all in the ARC program?s bag of dirty tricks designed to break down dissidents. Give in, and you go free. Resist, and.

"In his ... memoir, Ai Weiwei-one of the world's most famous artists and activists-tells a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own extraordinary life and the legacy of his father, Ai Qing, the nation's most celebrated poet. Hailed as "the most important artist working today" by the Financial Times and as "an eloquent and unsilenceable voice of freedom" by The New York Times, Ai Weiwei has written a sweeping memoir that presents a remarkable history of China over the last 100 years while illuminating his artistic process. Once an intimate of Mao Zedong, Ai Weiwei's father was branded a rightist during the Cultural Revolution, and he and his family were banished to a desolate place known as "Little Siberia," where Ai Qing was sentenced to hard labor cleaning public toilets"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of brief looks at notable rebels told through the format of interviews of their animated corpses.

A collection of brief looks at notable rebels told through the format of interviews of their animated corpses.

"The Yavar are attacking from every front, tracking down Kunal and Reha in the remote mountains, kidnapping Harun, in search of legendary artifacts that will give them the power to break the precarious janma bond and release the destructive magic back into the lands. Now that the race is on to find the missing artifacts, Esha must put aside her rage and work with Kunal again, but can she find the strength to forgive him, or will the Viper have her revenge at any cost?"--Provided by publisher.

In Bobville, everyone is named Bob and everything is exactly the same--until one day when one Bob decides to be a Bruce.