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Does power corrupt, or are corrupt people drawn to power? Are entrepreneurs who embezzle and cops who kill the result of poorly designed systems or are they just bad people? Are tyrants made or born? If you were suddenly thrust into a position of power, would you be able to resist the temptation to line your pockets or seek revenge against your enemies? To answer these questions, Corruptible draws on over 500 interviews with some of the world's top...
2) The jump
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The stress of an oil refinery being built in their backyard, threatening their families' livelihood, prompts four working-class teens to join a dangerous scavenger hunt where the reward of power could change their families' fates and save the city they love so much.
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"It is 1937, and Laura Ann Langston lives in an America divided--between those who work the mystical arts and those who do not. Ever since the Great Rust, a catastrophic event that blighted the arcane force called the Dynamism and threw America into disarray, the country has been rebuilding for a better future. And everyone knows the future is industry and technology--otherwise known as Mechomancy--not the traditional mystical arts. Laura disagrees....
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"This work is based on Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, copyright © 2020 by Isabel Wilkerson. Originally published in hardcover by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC"--
In this young adult adaptation of the Oprah Book Club selection and New York Times bestselling nonfiction work, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson explores the unspoken hierarchies that divide us across lines of race and class. Revealing...
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In a world where magic can be bottled and power sipped, seventeen-year-old Ingrid Ellis tries to rise in society on the arm of Lindon Holt, but when she agrees to spy on his father's political opposition in exchange for his approval, she begins to question where her true allegiances lie.
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World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright's insight into bad (and often mad) rulers. As an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social causes, the psychological roots, and the twisted consequences of tyranny. In exploring the psyche (and psychoses) of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, Coriolanus, and the societies they rule over, Stephen Greenblatt illuminates the...
9) The prince
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Need to seize a country? Have enemies you must destroy? In this handbook for despots and tyrants, the Renaissance statesman Machiavelli sets forth how to accomplish this and more, while avoiding the awkwardness of becoming generally hated and despised. "Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be...
10) A brutal justice
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"Protect the weak. Safety for all. Power without virtue is tyranny. Nedé has a new Apprentice, and now Reina Pierce must come to grips with what she sacrificed to secure Matriarch Teera's favor. As secrets unfold and danger mounts, Reina will test the bounds of trust and be forced to answer the question that has haunted her since her first night in the jungle: Which is better--Gentle or Brute? And how far will she go to ensure tyranny is eradicated...
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A novel reflecting the prejudices of Americans at the dawn of the 20th century. Cotton, the silver fleece, could be the answer to Zora and Bles' prayers for overcoming poverty. While attending school in rural Alabama, they lovingly nurture their crop. But the white aristocracy is determined to control the price of cotton and monopolize the market. Can these two lovers prevail despite the daunting obstacles before them?
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"What do you want to change in the world? This must-have empowering guide by inspirational Laura Coryton, leader of the incredible international campaign against tampon tax, give you the tools to find your voice and stand up for what you believe in so that YOU can make a difference. Channel Laura's campaigning superpowers with her step-by-step toolkit and create your own successful campaign. Laura's experience will give you the confidence to deal...
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A poetry collection that "explores the fire that lies within every soul, weaving words around ideas of feeling at home in your own skin, allowing yourself to heal, and learning to embrace your uniqueness with love from the universe. Featuring rewritten fairytale heroines, goddess wisdom, and poetry that burns with revolution, this collection is an explosion of femininity, empowerment, and personal growth"--Back cover.
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"Planetologist Padot Kynes arrives on Arrakis and goes on a sandworm hunt; the Bene Gesserit discuss a secret hope about the Kwizatz Haderach; Duncan Idaho tries to escape from the Harkonnens; Leto Atreides can't wait to explore Ix but he is left stranded on a strange planet"--
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This is an excellent book for young ladies ages 10 to 18, as it provides a very powerful list of guidelines to help young ladies become empowered women. It talks about Peer Pressure, Money, Relationships, Education, Leadship, etc....Author Laura Simmons and friends share the true path to leadership, and provide insight into how to apply themselves through application of timeless information by their own life experiences. The Author hopes everyone...
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Provides background on the life of English novelist George Orwell and his influences, features eleven articles that explore the abuse of power in his novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four, " and examines issues of the abuse of power in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.