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On Tyranny

Feb

5

2026

Bestseller Spotlight: Timely titles

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Two of these books were on our bestseller list in 2021, too. Nevertheless, we persist. Lessons from …

Oct

14

2021

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Bestseller Spotlight: Doubles

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. Several authors managed to make the bestseller list for more than one book! Double down on a great author at your favorite bookstore. Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr (Hardcover Fiction …

Jan

13

2021

On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

Historian Timothy Snyder has succinctly yet vigorously broken down in twenty short lessons the detailed steps we must take to resist the abuse of power by those claiming to be the majority voice. This is not merely in regard to the current political tone, but historically includes the misuse of authority to keep and marginalize …

Jul

19

2018

On Tyranny

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

The lessons that can be learned from our past struggles for democracy are unending, but consider this pocket-sized book a concentrated primer.  Holocaust scholar Snyder’s 20 prescriptions bring into focus a better understanding of inequality, offer warnings against fascist ideologies and patterns, and create priorities for resistance: Investigate. Listen for dangerous words. Be calm when the …

Jun

28

2018

Road to Unfreedom

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder

Perhaps you read Snyder’s bracing pamphlet, On Tyranny (or the Facebook post it was based on)—from its title, I had imagined this new, much larger book as an expansion of those ideas, but, while it’s written in the same level-headed-but-urgent tone (which Snyder’s voice for the audiobook perfectly represents), it’s doing something related but different, focusing less …

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