Political books from Germany
Recommended political books (3)
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If you are into political here are some political books from Germany for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Die Konsultative : Mehr Demokratie durch Bürgerbeteiligung by Claus Leggewie, Patritzia Nanz DE
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Buch über Bürgerbeteiligung und Ansätze wie es zu mehr Bürgerbeteiligung in einer Demokratie kommen kann
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Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada EN
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"Based on a true story, this sweeping saga tells the tale of a working class couple in Berlin who decide to take a stand against the Nazis. More than an edge-of-your-seat thriller, more than a moving romance, even more than literature of the highest order, it's a deeply moving story of two people who stand up for what's right, and for each other. Hans Fallada wrote Every Man Dies Alone in a feverish twenty-four days, soon after the end of World War II and his release from a Nazi insane asylum. He did not live to see his its publication"--Page 4 of cover.
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The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels EN
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A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of the 1848 European revolutions, The Communist Manifesto is a condensed and incisive account of the worldview Marx and Engels developed during their hectic intellectual and political collaboration. Formulating the principles of dialectical materialism, they believed that labor creates wealth, hence capitalism is exploitive and antithetical to freedom. This new edition includes an extensive introduction by Gareth Stedman Jones, Britain's leading expert on Marx and Marxism, providing a complete course for... continue