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Adventures in Democracy by Erica Benner
Category: Politics
A political philosopher explores the elusive promises of popular government around the world 'There's no simple way to measure how strong a democracy is, or how weak.' Democracy is a living, breathing thing and Erica Benner has spent a lifetime thinking about the role ordinary citizens play in keeping i ...Show more
Be Like the Fox by Erica Benner
Category: Biography
One needs to be a fox to recognize snares, and a lion to frighten the wolves Niccolo Machiavelli lived in a fiercely competitive world, one where brute wealth, brazen liars and ruthless self-promoters seemed to carry off all the prizes; where the wealthy elite grew richer at the expense of their fellow ...Show more
Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli's Lifelong Quest for Freedom by Erica Benner
Category: History
GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 LONGLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN 2017 'Lively, compulsively readable, fluently written and unshowily erudite' Guardian 'A gripping portrait of a brilliant political thinker, who understood the dangers of authoritarianism and looked for ...Show more
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