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21) The dictator
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1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The creators and star of Borat bring you the hilarious comedy about what happens when the world's worst dictator comes to America. Stuck in New York and stripped of his power, Aladeen is finally forced to live his ultimate nightmare, the American dream. Featuring never-before-seen footage, that's outrageous and shamefully funny!
22) The in-laws
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Criterion collection volume 823
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
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English
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A mild-mannered dentist becomes involved with his daughter's father-in-law's bizarre life with the CIA, which may or may not even be true.
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English
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"It Can't Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis's later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler's aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president...
24) The interpreter
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1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"In one of the hidden corridors of power at United Nations headquarters, translator Silvia Broome (Kidman) overhears a potentially explosive secret about a planned assassination attempt. But when federal agent Tobin Keller (Penn) investigates her claim and digs deeper into Silvia's dangerous past, he begins to question whether she is a victim - or a suspect"--Container.
26) Freelance
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Ex-special forces operative Mason Pettis is stuck in a dead-end desk job when he reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for washed-up journalist Claire Wellington as she interviews the ruthless but impeccably dressed dictator, Juan Venegas. When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle AND each other to make it out alive!
Series
Criterion collection volume 565
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2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
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English
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In Chaplin's first talkie, he plays the duel role of dictator Adenoid Hynkel and a Jewish barber who is a dead-ringer look-alike for der Fooey ... and who thwarts his plans for world domination.
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Criterion collection volume 153
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A dark documentary of the self-styled dictator of Uganda providing a disturbing portrait of one of the 20th century's most notorious figures.
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773 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"An epic historical novel that chronicles the birth and rise of fascism in Italy, witnessed through the eyes of its founder, the terrifyingly charismatic figure who would become one of the most notorious dictators of the twentieth century, Benito Mussolini"--
1919: The Great War that has ravaged Europe is over. In Italy, the people are tired of the political class, of vague promises, inept moderates, and the agonizing machinations of a democracy...
30) Total recall
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1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
In the year 2084 a worker leaves Earth for the mind-bending nightmarish reality of a Martian mining colony ruled over by a dictator who can alter reality to suit his whims.
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English
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"As an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social causes, the psychological roots, and the twisted consequences of tyranny. In exploring the psyche (and psychoses) of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, Coriolanus, and the societies they rule over, Stephen Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the catastrophic consequences of its execution."--...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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"Imagine you're married to the worst bad guy from your favorite sci-fi movie. An alien dictator feared throughout the universe, who will kill you if you leave, but you need to escape for the sake of your three children. All you have are your wits, your bodyguard, and three guns. Welcome to EMPRESS, your new favorite comic"--Amazon.com.
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"North Korea is poised at the crossroads of history. Which direction will its leader take? The answer concerns the whole world. Throughout the world, oppressive regimes are being uprooted and replaced by budding democracies, but one exception remains: The People's Republic of North Korea. The Kim family has clung to power for three generations by silencing dissidents, ruling with an iron fist, and holding its neighbors hostage with threats of war....
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"Moscow. September 17th. 1904. In front of the palace of the Governor General of Moscow, the assembled masses protest against widespread poverty. Governor Sergei Alexandrovich is stood on the balcony when he drops his hankerchief-- Inadvertently giving the signal for the soldiers to open fire... The Governor fears for his life and the lives of his family as the repercussions of his deadly mistake resound throughout the whole of Russia... and the assassins...
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1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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It is the 1970s, and newly minted Scottish doctor Nick Garrigan, driven by an anywhere-but-here restlessness, hightails it out to Uganda looking for adventure and the opportunity to do some real good. In a trice, new-minted dictator Idi Amin -- a bit of a nut for all things Scottish -- shanghais Nick into being his personal physician. Unfortunately, behind Amin's charmingly charismatic glow, things are going wrong. What began as comedy ends up...
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1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A struggling New York actor is kidnapped and forced to impersonate the late dictator of Parador, a Caribbean nation. The actor gets better and better at the role, with the help of the dead leader's sultry mistress, until guerilla fighters strike, and he wonders if it might not be a good time to move to a new role!
37) The fates divide
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Carve the mark volume 2
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x, 443 pages : map ; 24 cm.
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English
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When Cyra's father Lazmet Noavek, a soulless tyrant thought to be dead, reclaims the throne, Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth are desperate to stop him from igniting a barbaric war.
The lives of Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth were spoken by the oracles at their births. The fates are inescapable. Akos is in love with Cyra in spite of his fate. He knows he will die in service to Cyra's family. When Cyra's father, Lazmet Noavek-- a soulless tyrant, thought...
38) Stalin
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949 pages : maps, illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world. It has the quality of myth: a poor cobbler's son, a seminarian from an oppressed outer province of the Russian empire, reinvents himself as a top leader in a band of revolutionary zealots. When the band seizes control of the country in the aftermath of total world war, the former seminarian ruthlessly dominates the new regime until he stands as absolute ruler...
39) Hitler
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volumes 998 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimile ; 25 cm
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English
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"A comprehensive new biography of Hitler focusing on the dictator's personality."--Provided by publisher.
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x, 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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"From the bestselling author of Escape from Camp 14, the murderous rise of North Korea's founding dictator and the fighter pilot who faked him out In The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot, New York Times bestselling author Blaine Harden tells the riveting story of how Kim Il Sung grabbed power and plunged his country into war against the United States while the youngest fighter pilot in his air force was playing a high-risk game of deception -- and...
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