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The Digital Republic On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century


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English | July 5, 2022 | ISBN: 1643139010 | 304 pages | PDF | 2.78 Mb
From one of the leading intellectuals of the digital age, The Digital Republic is the definitive guide to the great political question of our time: how can freedom and democracy survive in a world of powerful digital technologies?

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The Rogue Republic How Would-Be Patriots Waged the Shortest Revolution in American History [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0BBJXZK5C | 2023 | 13 hours and 46 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 372 MB
Author: William C. Davis
Narrator: Grover Gardner

The story of how American settlers led a rebellion in 1810 against Spanish rule and created the Republic of West Florida, which was shortly annexed by the United States just 78 days later. When Britain ceded the territory of West Florida- what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida-to Spain in 1783, America was still too young to confidently fight in one of Europe’s endless territorial contests. So it was left to the settlers, bristling at Spanish misrule, to establish a foothold in the area. Enter the Kemper brothers, whose vigilante justice culminated in a small band of American residents drafting a constitution and establishing a new government.

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Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, 1999-2021


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English | ISBN: 1032228938 | 2022 | 196 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This book reflects on Nigeria’s fourth republic, the country’s longest democratic period since it gained independence from Great Britain. It argues that although constitutional or political democracy has lasted for over two decades in Nigeria and seen three successful democratic changes of power, Nigeria’s democracy remains largely militarised.

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The Origin of Empire Rome from the Republic to Hadrian (264 BC – AD 138)


Free Download The Origin of Empire: Rome from the Republic to Hadrian (264 BC – AD 138) (The Profile History of the Ancient World) by David Potter
English | April 18, 2019 | ISBN: 1846683874, 1846683882 | True PDF | 448 pages | 198 MB
In 264 BC, a Roman army was poised to cross from southern Italy into Sicily. They couldn’t know that this crossing would be Rome’s first step on its journey from local republic to vast and powerful empire.

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