{"product_id":"on-tyranny-graphic-edition-twenty-lessons-from-the-twentieth-century-9781984860392","title":"On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder's lessons for surviving and resisting America's arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the visual storytelling talents of renowned illustrator Nora Krug\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nora Krug has visualized and rendered some of the most valuable lessons of the twentieth century, which will serve all citizens as we shape the future.\"--Shepard Fairey, artist and activist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTimothy Snyder's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eOn Tyranny\u003c\/i\u003e uses the darkest moments in twentieth-century history, from Nazism to Communism, to teach twenty lessons on resisting modern-day authoritarianism. Among the twenty include a warning to be aware of how symbols used today could affect tomorrow (\"4: Take responsibility for the face of the world\"), an urgent reminder to research everything for yourself and to the fullest extent (\"11: Investigate\"), a point to use personalized and individualized speech rather than clichéd phrases for the sake of mass appeal (\"9: Be kind to our language\"), and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this graphic edition, Nora Krug draws from her highly inventive art style in\u003ci\u003e Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e--at once a graphic memoir, collage-style scrapbook, historical narrative, and trove of memories--to breathe new life, color, and power into Snyder's riveting historical references, turning a quick-read pocket guide of lessons into a visually striking rumination. In a time of great uncertainty and instability, this edition of \u003ci\u003eOn Tyranny\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes the importance of being active, conscious, and deliberate participants in resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e is the Housum Professor of History at Yale University and a member of the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is the author of the bestselling books \u003ci\u003eBloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has received the literature award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Hannah Arendt Prize, and the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding. Snyder is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and a former contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNora Krug \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the graphic memoir \u003ci\u003eBelonging \u003c\/i\u003eand an associate professor at Parsons School of Design in New York. Her drawings and visual narratives have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLe Monde diplomatique\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short-form graphic biography, \u003ci\u003eKamikaze\u003c\/i\u003e, about a surviving Japanese World War II pilot, was included in editions of \u003ci\u003eBest American Comics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest American Nonrequired Reading\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Maurice Sendak Foundation, Fulbright, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and of medals from the Society of Illustrators and the New York Art Directors Club.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ten Speed Graphic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626143584530,"sku":"9781984860392","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2b217c74-4e10-48f5-8ccb-2aaa45e78f72.jpg?v=1732649924","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-tyranny-graphic-edition-twenty-lessons-from-the-twentieth-century-9781984860392","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}