liberty

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liberty

Capitalism and freedom

2002
Presents a fortieth-anniversary edition of economist Milton Friedman's discussion of the various virtues and responsibilities of private enterprise.

A Vindication of the rights of men

1996
Eighteenth-century author and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft challenges Edmund Burke's argument published in his "Reflections on the Revolution in France" where he supported hereditary succession, the alliance of church and state in order to maintain social order, and the notion that only men of property be in ultimate authority.

The kingdom on the waves

2009
Octavian, a young African-American, is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years prior to and during the American Revolution.

Pride of Baghdad

2006
A pride of lions escapes from the Baghdad Zoo during the Iraq War and question the meaning of freedom. Presented in graphic novel format.

On liberty

1978

Red, white, and blue

2002
A young girl reflects on the power and beauty of the American flag, explaining what the flag represents and the ideals that make America great.

Liberty and freedom

2005
Presents a history of American ideals of liberty and freedom from the colonial period through the twenty-first century and examines how those ideals have evolved over two hundred plus years.

A room on Lorelei Street

2005
To escape a miserable existence taking care of her alcoholic mother, seventeen-year-old Zoe rents a room from an eccentric woman, but her earnings as a waitress after school are minimal and she must go to extremes to cover expenses.

Battlefield earth

a saga of the year 3000
2000
Jonnie Tyler ventures out of the dwindling community of humans in a Rocky Mountain retreat in the year 3000. Soon he will challenge the oppressive alien race of the Psychlos who have held the Earth captive for 1,000 years.

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