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By (author) Snyder Timothy; Illustrated by Krug, Nora
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A captivating graphic edition of Timothy Snyder”s bestsellingbook of lessons for surviving and resisting the arc toward authoritarianism.
Timothy Snyder”s On Tyranny is one of the essential books of recent years, using thedarkest moments in twentieth-century history to teach twenty lessons onresisting modern-day authoritarianism. These include a warning to be aware ofhow symbols used today could affect tomorrow, an urgent reminder to researcheverything for yourself and to the fullest extent, and an encouragement touse personalised and individualised speech rather than clichéd phrases whenarguing a point
In this graphic edition, Nora Krug draws from her highly inventive style inHeimat – at once agraphic memoir, collage-style scrapbook, historical narrative and trove ofmemories – to breathe new life, colour and power into Snyder”s modernclassic, turning a quick-read pocket guide of lessons into a visuallystriking rumination and call for action.
”On Tyranny is a must read, a clear-eyed guidebook” Ken Burns
History does not repeat, but it does instruct. In a time of greatuncertainty and instability, this edition of OnTyranny emphasises the importance of being active,conscious, and deliberate participants in resistance.
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Vastly important, deeply affecting, powerful, magnificent
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A more concise, profound, or essential book on the subject does not exist
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On Tyranny is a must read, a clear-eyed guidebook… a manual for how to protect and preserve Democracy
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Nora Krug has visualized and rendered some of the most valuable lessons of the 20th century
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Her colorful images here – some drawn and some collaged, including many historical photos and artifacts – add a new layer of complexity, and make the search for understanding in images of the past part of the story
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One of the most important books of our time… This book should be read and experienced by everyone, its lessons carved into our hearts
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Krug”s illustrated edition of On Tyranny is more than an instant classic. It is an act of resistance – and a gift of love
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A chillingof how authoritarian mindsets work
Biographical note:
Timothy Snyder (Author)
Timothy Snyder is Levin Professor of History at Yale University and the author of fifteen critically acclaimed books including The Road to Unfreedom and most recently On Tyranny which was an international bestseller.
His previous books include Black Earth, which was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and won the annual prize of the Dutch Auschwitz Committee; and Bloodlands, which won the Hannah Arendt Prize, the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding, the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award in the Humanities and the literature award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
Nora Krug (Illustrator)
Nora Krug is a German-American author, illustrator and associate professor in the Illustration Program at the Parsons School of Design in New York City. Her drawings and visual narratives have appeared in publications including The New York Times, the Guardian and le Monde Diplomatique, and in a number of anthologies. A recipient of numerous prestigious fellowships, her books are included in the Library of Congress and the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University. Her illustrations have been recognized with three gold medals from the Society
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