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Postby Wu Han » Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:36 pm

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Title: Constitutional Obligations
Author(s): Arakachi, Riza
Format: Book
Published: Kumasaki: Kumasakishoten
Year: 4786
Language(s): Kunikata (original); multiple translations.
Physical Details: 521 p.
Subjects: Autobiographical.
Summary: Constitutional Obligations is an autobiographical book written by former-Premier of Seko Arakachi Riza, providing a first-hand account of her administration. The book was written two years after Arakachi was removed from power by her own party in the midst of a dramatic power struggle within the Liberation Movement.

In the book, Arakachi positions herself within a "prudential" faction, stressing careful and delicate implementation of legislation to ensure its constitutionality. Arakachi uses this context to justify the few legislative accomplishments of her 15 years in power, while simultaneously criticizing those who argue for rapid change as threatening the very survival of the Elder Constitution. Throughout the text, Arakachi endeavours to separate her legacy from that of the highly-unpopular President Koga Narumi whom she governed alongside.

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Re: International Bibliographic Index (IBI)

Postby Wu Han » Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:50 pm

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Title: Return to Tea
Author(s): Taido, Myoshin
Format: Book
Published: Kumasaki: Kumasakishoten
Year: 4775
Language(s): Kunikata (original); multiple translations.
Physical Details: 521 p.
Subjects: Philosophy.
Summary: Return to Tea details the Sekowan tea ceremony from a historical, philosophical and aesthetic sense, expounding upon the meaning of the ceremony and the lessons it offers modern society. The book was (and periodically remains) a bestseller in Seko. Return to Tea made Zenshō priest Taido Myoshin a respected household name throughout Seko; he would eventually be elected president of that country in 4785 as an independent.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Throughout the book, Taido implored those reading to appreciate the precious gift of life; their own, and all that which exists around them. Focusing extensively on themes of natural interdependence, dependent origination and specific conditionality, Taido concluded that the law of nature has a socialistic intention. (source).

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Taido Myoshin wrote:If we look into our tea cup deeply, we can see the sunshine which nourished those splendid leaves. If the sun­shine is not there, tea cannot grow. Nothing can grow, not even we. Thus, there is sunshine in our cup of tea.

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Re: International Bibliographic Index (IBI)

Postby Augustus Germanus » Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:56 pm

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Title: Grand Principles of Popular Serving of the People
Author(s): Zani, Giusto
Format: Book
Published: Genevia: National Popular Student League
Year: 4689
Language(s): Istalian (original); multiple translations.
Physical Details: 637 p.
Subjects: Political philosophy.
Summary: Grand Principles of Popular Serving of the People, more commonly known as The Zanist Manifesto, is an political documentation of ideas concerning the structure of power and state through a pragmatic perspective within society, written by Istalian military officer, politician and sociopolitical philosopher Giusto Zani.

It presents an analytical approach to Istalia's struggle for self-determination and their position in the world (historical and then-present) and the conflicts of monarchism and republicanism in Istalian society at the time. The Zanist Manifesto summarises Zanis' theories concerning the nature of society and politics. It also features his ideas for how the society and state (specifically Istalia) could be governed through many alternative systems of governance. The Manifesto birthed the ideology that came to be known as Zanism.

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Re: International Bibliographic Index (IBI)

Postby ChengherRares1 » Tue Dec 22, 2020 6:04 pm

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Title: Endralon, Capitalism and Hedonism: a Metaphysical and Epistemological critique of Anluanism and Materialism
Author(s): Pop, Nataniel
Format: Book
Published: Lodamun: Lodamese Books Inc
Year: 4864
Language(s): Lodamese, Luthorian etc
Physical Details: 720 p.
Subjects: Political Theory, Epistemology, Ethics, Metaphysics
Summary: Highly complex and dense philosophical treatise on Capitalism and Hedonism, searching to find an alternative, expose the core principles of today's society, reflect over Human Nature, as well in the end craft new key concepts and with the help of dichotomy reach interesting results. The author is part of the newly school of Lodamese Idealists.


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First of all, Rationality it is not a way of knowing the world, that would imply many other ways of doing it and put it at equality with the rest of human faculties, offering a view from many, being part alongside intuition, instincts, etc, but rather it is a process, process to something, to a better understanding. A simple analogy between senses will explain Rationality better. As humans, we dispose of senses, that extract stimuli from around ourselves and even from our inners, this stimuli thus needing processing, as it is currently standing, their of no use to us, but only after it goes through our brain it is then adapted to a form that we can comprehend and utilize as experience for further actions.


"Losing Moderation means that the person in quest is greatly affected. Losing Moderation means losing Stability that is inherent to have Inner Peace, which in terms is true Pleasure. If that happens, then it is clear that the pursuit is no more beneficial to the one in quest for. Although the boundaries between that and Sadness are hardly to clarify fully, Moderation is inherent to Pleasure, and when we observe a lack of Pleasure we can say that Moderation is missing."


Asceticism does not reject Pleasure, does not think that having fun is evil or immoral, or we should live necessarily in a hut with few tools, isolated from the world, lost in the woods, but it offers a new way, a possible better one for people to follow and liberate themselves from the Material yoke, and become Free.
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Re: International Bibliographic Index (IBI)

Postby ChengherRares1 » Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:34 pm

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Title: Dignity
Author(s): Justin Baar
Format: Book
Published: Providence: Lodamese Books Inc
Year: 4892
Language(s): Lodamese (original); multiple translations.
Physical Details: 603 p.
Subjects: Epistemology, Ethics, Political Theory
Summary: Beautifully written essay, another of it's kind from Lodamun, dealing again with achieving happiness, metaphysics and epistemology, but this time critiquing with semiotics and gneosiological arguments against classical metaphysics launched by Nataniel Pop, developing instead a new school called Existentialist School who rejects radical asceticism and finds Values, despite deprived of their peg to the Truth, to be useful still in our fight against the Universe, who is inherently meaningless. The book has already been selling a lot, agitating the waters back home in Lodamun thanks to the bold political theories and clear rejection of Pop's thesis.

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This human condition of a desperate, limited and found in an absurd world without Meaning makes humans to fall for depression, sadness and discontent, as well attempt to repair this by offering Meaning to all of these, setting goals, believing in religions and Truths with purpose to offer safety from the Chaotic motion, to find Identity and History as refuge from the meaningless ever changing life and be able to find safety under the World of Ideas, which despite our own creation and their Posteriori status, they offer us more than anything comfort, alongside the physical Objects as reflections of these ideas and values.
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Re: International Bibliographic Index (IBI)

Postby Mr. F49 » Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:32 pm

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Title: Trudeau: The man who challenged the Lafayette Royal Family
Author(s): Pujol, Francesc A.
Format: Book
Published: Arloux: Berthelot & Millet Publishing
Year: 4914
Language(s): Canrillaise (original); multiple translations.
Physical Details: 397 p.
Subjects: Biographical; political
Summary: Trudeau: The man who challenged the Lafayette Royal Family is the biography of the social-democratic politician Didier Trudeau (4689-4770), who would become an important figure in the pro-republic movement that began in 4794. The book recounts Trudeau's political beginnings and attempts to establish a democratic republic after Rildanor was forcibly converted into a monarchy by Françoise de Vries and King Maximilian II. The author of the book, Francesc A. Pujol, compiled the information about Trudeau through the foundation in his name and through the archives collected by Joaco Villalba Sr. at the Vague Rildanorienne museum in Arloux.

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In 4736 on the floor of what was once the legislature of the Democratic State of Rildanor, Trudeau and the mostly pro-republican members of the Royal Senate were preparing to draft and pass a bill that would turn Rildanor into a democratic republic after it had been forced to become a monarchy two years earlier. 680 of the 750 Royal Senators supported the establishment of a democratic republic, however those in the minority supported the King, who in the streets of Arloux was called a tyrant. The monarchist minority sent this draft bill to the King so that he could veto it. On the day of the vote for the approval of this bill, the King vetoed this bill and at the same time sent the Royal Armed Forces to storm the parliament and arrest the republicans who supported this bill. The Assault on the Royal Senate of 4736 led to the arrest of most of the pro-Republic Senators, this led to the Protests of 4736 which were the bloodiest protests in Rildanor due to heavy repression by the National Guard, the protests resulted in over 200 dead and 2,345 arrested. News about these protests were censored in all media, however journalist Joaco Villalba Sr., injured in the protests collected the discarded and censored newspapers, tapes and videos and kept them in his archives. While Trudeau and his associates were released and continued with their functions, this time more closely monitored on their actions than ever by the SI3.
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Re: International Bibliographic Index (IBI)

Postby Mr. F49 » Thu Apr 01, 2021 11:25 pm

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Title: The Diary of Norðmann Lindbergsson
Author(s): Lindbergsson, Norðmann
Format: Book
Published: Grænnhöfn C.U.: Kormákur Gestarsson Publishing Group in collaboration with the Lindbergsson Institute
Year: 4915
Language(s): Skjöldunga (original); multiple translations.
Physical Details: 467 p.
Subjects: Political philosophy
Summary: Compiled by the Lindbergsson Institute and the Kormákur Gestarsson Publishing Group, The Diary of Norðmann Lindbergsson is the thoughts of Norðmann Lindbergsson, who was President of Telamon and who led the nation to modernity and internationalism. The early writings of Lindbergsson's thoughts were archived at the Library of the Lindbergsson Institute, the foundation named after him, while the other writings during his adult life until his presidency and eventual retirement were archived at the National Library of the Chancellery, which led the Kormákur Gestarsson Publishing Group to team up with the Lindbergsson Institute to compile the politician's thoughts.

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The Telamon in which my children live is not the same as the one in which I lived. The dictator who calls himself king, Andreas Vagnsson, has led Telamon to be a highly autocratic and elitist tyranny, all media is highly regulated, the newspaper where I used to write was recently censored and is being highly monitored by people close to Vagnsson, I don't know if they are looking for the people who used to work in the newspaper, so these notes will possibly mark the last time my thoughts have reached a public, maybe not, but I have noticed that many independent journalists and bloggers have been arrested for criticizing Vagnsson, I am not sure if the same will happen to me, in the meantime I will keep writing these notes until possibly my possible arrest for not being in-line with what this regime wants
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Re: International Bibliographic Index (IBI)

Postby jamescfm » Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:55 am

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Title: Political Life
Author(s): Jafarnejad, Shahram
Format: Book
Published: Aldegaria: Hashempour
Year: 4916
Language(s): Aldegarian (classical and modern); multiple translations.
Physical Details: 478 p.
Subjects: Autobiographical; political
Summary: Political Life is an autobiographical non-fiction book written by former Aldegarian President Shahram Jafarnejad during his retirement. Through recounting notable episodes in his life and career, he reflects on his political action and outlines in some detail his political philosophy.
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Re: International Bibliographic Index (IBI)

Postby robmark0000 » Wed Dec 13, 2023 7:34 pm

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Title: Världsföreningen
Author(s): Álmos Adel
Format: Book
Published: Kovmark Publishing
Year: 5369
Language(s): Davostani; multiple translations.
Physical Details: 982 pages.
Subjects: Political philosophy and theory.
Summary: Världsföreningen is the magnum opus of the cosmopolitan philosopher Álmos Adel on political theory. In this groundbreaking essay, he argues for what he calls "directorial republican internationalism" and what he deems the future of humanity.
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"Every ill in the world stems from nationalism. [...] The Metzian theory is rather useful in determining why. Metz, a genius on his own right, saw many things clearly, including the rise of imperialism and the brutal exploitation of indigenous people and their countries' respective resources. However, he failed to correctly identify this as the highest form of nationalism and instead went on to view it as the height of capitalism. [...] Capitalism is dangerous and should be fairly regulated to operate well in a society, however on its own it is incapable to drive people into the barbarism that was, for example, Scharff's reign. [...] Metz regarded nationalism as a simple side effect of capitalism and an attempt of the ruling classes to manipulate the masses - it was always the other way around: libertarian capitalism is used as a convenient economic structure where the primal urges of the nationalists are sufficiently satisfied."

"Anyone who not only pragmatically exploits the few benefits it might offer, but possesses a deep ideological commitment to the idea of national sovereignty is a stamman , an unproductive member of society and an enemy of the world's natural quest for unification. We are aware of the negative connotations of the word; we are purifying it; we mean under stamman the purest definition: someone who is unwilling to eliminate within themselves a primitive desire for tribal superiority. [...] Our new methods reveal the stammans behind history's curtains: the Endralonian soldier who landed in Kizenia and started to refer to it as "'New Endralon"; the Luthorian colonizers arriving in Malivia and Vascania; the Dorvish neo-colonialists dominating Artania for centuries and so forth."

"The Directorial Republic of Endralon, both the first and the second, were the states that adhered to an idea that was so far the closest to true internationalism. They were free from the guilt and traditionalism of both past monarchies and republics; they successfully grabbed geopolitical power and influenced World Congress politics in a direction that favored civil rights and more international governance; and they also were particularly productive members of the world economy. However, we must admit, they were not perfect either. After a period, some in the Directorial Republic became entrenched in a strange sense of national superiority that was masked with the cosmopolitan nature of Endralon; capitalism was inefficiently regulated and an elite arose that resembled much more the financial nationalism of the old ages than the international finance of the new. [...] The ultimate proof of the eventual disloyalty of this elite is that they offered their services to the Kingdom of Endralon after the Directorial Republic fell - they regarded themselves as Endralonians, not as internationalists and thus placed the crown on their treachorous hypocrisy."

"Directorial republicanism, this ultimate form of liberal democracy, is fit to be the government system of the coming Världsföreningen. [...] It is the responsibility of every civilized human being (id. anti-nationalist) to be of help to the revolution for the world's liberation from the nation-states. Wherever it is possible, directorial republics should be established and shall coordinate their efforts until a Terran world government is ready to take over our fragile world and save it from further bloodshed, violence, discrimination, economic inequalities, illiberalism and most importantly - nationalist barbarism."
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Re: International Bibliographic Index (IBI)

Postby Wu Han » Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:32 am

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Title: The Man Behind the Man: the Dominance of Sigismondo Falzon
Author(s): Scaricordi, Zaru

Published: Qart Qildar: Grupp Editorjali PNFP
Year: 5400
Language(s): Gziri; Luthorian, Hebilean, Yeudish and Majatran translations
Physical Details: 431
Subjects: Biographical
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Summary: In The Man Behind the Man, commercial gym owner, infomercial icon, and acclaimed journalist Zaru Scaricordi sets out to examine the career of iconic Cildanian politician Sigismondo Falzon. Falzon was born sometime between 5369-5370 into difficult circumstances, which Scaricordi claims forced Falzon to learn how to manipulate and control others in order to secure his survival. Like most biographies of Falzon, Scaricordi spends little attention on the politician's pre-political life, acknowleding the "absolute lack of information anywhere about [Falzon] between the approximate period of his birth until his mid-thirties," writing that "Like Eliyahu, certain great men in history are fated to have missing years." Nevertheless, Scaricordi provides some details on Falzon's business career prior to entering politics, during which time he sowed the seeds that would later become the Grupp Falzon. The bulk of Scaricordi's writing, however, focuses on Falzon's political career, until his disappearance in 5348.

Scaricordi's central argument in the book is that Falzon represented the éminence grise of Cildanian politics for the better part of the 52nd century, influencing, coercing, and manipulating prominent figures into advancing his agenda knowingly or unknowingly. Specifically, Scaricordi argues that longtime Cildanian Prime Minister Guiliano Alagona was a puppet of Falzon. "Once Alagona's greed became far too much for his union salary to accomodate, he had no where to turn but to suckle at the teat of Falzon's largesse" writes Scaricordi. "After experiencing life at the top, Alagona never wanted to visit a picket line again."

To support his characterization of Falzon as the 'power behind the throne,' Scaricordi cites Falzon's role in bringing down the government of Franġisku Namur, Falzon's close relationship with the all-powerful tobacco lobby, Falzon's role in negotiating the confidence and supply agreement that kept the OtSB out of power, and the Kesep Agreement which all legal political parties in Cildania ratified on his direction.

Drawing parallels to Falzon’s career, the book garnered a surprisingly large fanbase within Cildania’s LGBTQ+ community.

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Scaricordi, on the announcement of the AgK renewal in 5323, wrote:Guiliano felt the meaty hand of the stronger, older male grip the back of his supple and well-fed neck; his hair standing on end, his knees nearly buckling. Guiliano knew in that moment that his destiny would be determined by this powerful man, so throughly his opposite. However, as they say, opposites attract.

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