"'We are rapidly ripening for fascism. This American writer leaves us with no illusions about ourselves.' -- Svetlana Alexievich, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism,...

"Yunus Turabi, a bus driver in Tehran, leads an unremarkable life. A solitary man since the unexpected deaths of his father and mother years ago, he is decidedly apolitical -- even during the driver's strike and its bloody end. But everyone has their breaking point, and Yunus has reached his. Handcuffed and blindfolded, he is taken to the infamous Evin prison for political dissidents. Inside this stark, strangely ordered world, his fate becomes entwined...

"The refugees from the Empire have established a thriving city called Haven with the help of the Tayledras and their allies. But the Tayledras have begun a slow withdrawal to the dangerous lands known as the Pelagirs, leaving the humans of Haven to find their own way. But even with Haven settled, the lands around Haven are not without danger. Most of the danger comes in the form of magicians: magicians taking advantage of the abundant magical energy...

"A former chief Republican strategist and best-selling author examines the five driving forces on the Right-financers, propagandists, party support, legal theories to legitimize and shock troops-and makes clear how they are working in concert to end our democracy as we know it."--

"Si en Leyendas de Guatemala se produjo la toma de conciencia de Miguel Angel Asturias de la identidad nacional de su pais, en El Senor Presidente se produce una denuncia de la dictadura en Guatemala. La importancia de esta novela es enorme como modelo directo o indirecto para los autores de narraciones que tratan tambien el tema de la dictadura: Carpentier, Garcia Marquez o Roa Bastos. Encarna ademas el patron de la nueva novela y el realismo magico."...

Possessive mother ruins lives of children.

The fast-paced sequel to "There will be dragons" is a rollicking adventure above and below the high seas with dragons, orcas, beautiful mermaids - and the irrepressible Base the Wood Elf, a cross between Legolas and Mae West.