Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of 20th-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future, narrated here by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins. Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses

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In 1984, mechanic Julia Worthing, who works in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth, in one impulsive moment, sets in motion the devastating, unforgettable events of the classic story, in this imaginative, feminist and brilliantly relevant to-today journey through Orwell's now-iconic dystopia. London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceana. It's 1984 and Julia Worthing works as a mechanic fixing the novel-writing...

"In the months after Donald Trump's election, Hannah Arendt's seminal work, The Origins of Totalitarianism crashed onto the Amazon bestseller lists. "Never has our future been more unpredictable," she had written in the preface to the first edition in 1951, "never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest - forces that look like sheer insanity, if judged by the standards...

"Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Janelle Monáe and an incredible array of talented collaborating creators have written a collection of tales comprising the bold vision and powerful themes that have made Monáe such a compelling and celebrated storyteller. Dirty Computer introduced a world in which thoughts-as a means of self-conception-could be controlled or erased by a select few. And whether human, A.I., or other, your life...

Based on the novel by George Orwell which is the story of impossible love and tragic betrayal set in the twisted, horrific world of "1984" Winston Smith (Hurt) endures a squalid existence in totalitarian Oceania under the constant surveillance of Big Brother. But his life takes a horrifying turn when he begins a forbidden love affair and commits the crime of independent thought. Sent to the chillingly labeled 'Ministry of Love, he is placed at the...

"With evocative, immersive art from Fido Nesti, this vision of George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece provides a new perspective for longtime fans but is also an accessible entry point for young readers and adults who have yet to discover the iconic story that is still so relevant today"--

A fictional portrayal of an aging revolutionary, this novel is a powerful commentary on the nightmare politics of the troubled 20th century. Born in Hungary in 1905, a defector from the Communist Party in 1938, and then arrested in both Spain and France for his political views, Arthur Koestler writes from a wealth of personal experience. Imprisoned by the political party to which he has dedicated his life, Nicolas Rubashov paces his prison cell, examining...

Un fantasma recorre el mundo de hoy, y no es precisamente el comunismo, sino una nueva derecha que gana espacios en Europa, los Estados Unidos y América Latina y que, ya sea por rechazo o perplejidad, casi nadie entiende. El historiador Enzo Traverso, genial analista de las ideas contemporáneas, pone la lupa sobre las nuevas caras de la derecha que, atenta a las fluctuaciones de la opinión pública, jugó como nunca antes la carta de la institucionalidad...

El fascismo triunfó en España y estuvo 40 años aquí. Franco vivo juntaba un millón de personas en la Plaza de Oriente; y ese mismo millón cuando murió, haciendo colas de horas para verlo. Reunían a esa cantidad de gente porque aquí había un páramo ideológico, porque habían aniquilado a la oposición política; y un páramo intelectual, porque habían aniquilado a los intelectuales y dejaron al pueblo sin voz. Era un franquismo sociológico...