It's not easy to recall now how lonely a position both men once occupied. Together, to an extent not sufficiently appreciated, they kept the West's compass set toward freedom as its due north. In a crucial moment, they responded first by seeking the facts of the matter, seeing through the lies and obfuscations, and then they acted on their beliefs. No one would have predicted that by the end of the 20th century they would be considered two of the most important people in British history for having the vision and courage to campaign tirelessly, in words and in deeds, against the totalitarian threat from both the left and the right. Orwell was a mildly successful novelist, to put it generously. At the time, Churchill was a politician on the outs, his loyalty to his class and party suspect. If they'd died then, history would scarcely remember them. Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's-Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War, and Churchill struck by a car in New York City. A fierce argument for why we must act now to ensure the survival of the ideals that enable us to live freely, Five Ideas to Fight For is a revealing account of what we need to protect our hard-won rights and freedoms.Ī New York Times bestseller! A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017 A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and right alike. The internet leaves our privacy in jeopardy in myriad ways, our efforts to combat extremism curtail free speech, and cuts to legal aid and interference with access to justice endanger the rule of law. From Snowden’s revelations about the power and reach of our own intelligence agencies to the treatment of British Muslims, our civil liberties are under threat as never before. Today, however, our society is at risk of becoming less equal. The battle to establish them in law was long and difficult, and Anthony Lester was at the heart of the thirty-year campaign that resulted in the Human Rights Act, as well as the struggle for race and gender equality that culminated in the Equality Act of 2010. ― Human Rights ― Equality ― Free Speech ― Privacy ― The Rule of Law These five ideas are vitally important to the way of life we enjoy today. He will get his beloved starship battle-ready. After all, she's only a tourist attraction. Within hours, they devastate Earth's military. Creatures of claws, fangs, and endless malice. Then, on Christmas day, the aliens attack. Right after Christmas, he plans to retire. He never imagined himself running a tourist trap. Back when the Freedom was a real warship.
James King commands the starship Freedom. The Changing of the Guard, the starfighter aerobatics, the starboard cannon salute. The starship Freedom was once a mighty warship. Until the aliens attack! Battlestar Galactica meets Starship Troopers in this sci-fi adventure from Daniel Arenson, the USA Today bestselling author of Earthrise. The starship Freedom is just a museum ship.
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