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Think and Grow Rich (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 373,819 ratings — published
Beyond Will and Power: A Biography of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.92 — 24 ratings — published
10 Minutes to Massive Arms (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 1994
Secrets of Giants: A Journey to Uncover the True Meaning of Strength (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 160 ratings — published
Strongman: My Story (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 499 ratings — published
“The capital city of the Dominican Republic is Santo Domingo, founded in 1496 by Bartholomew Columbus, Christopher’s brother. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo served as President from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952, continuing to rule for the rest of the time as an unelected strongman using figurehead presidents. He renamed the capital city of the Dominican Republic to Ciudad Trujillo after himself. His régime lasted for over thirty years, until his assassination on May 30, 1961, while riding in his car on the outskirts of the city. After he was gunned down, his riddled body was taken to France and interred in the famous Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, bringing to an end “La Era de Trujillo.” Six years later Trujillo’s body was moved to the El Pardo Cemetery near Madrid, Spain, where it now rests.”
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“It might be useful to think about authoritarianism, totalitarianism, or any kind of dictatorship in the same way we think about dangerous, life-threatening, infectious diseases. The best prevention against such a disease is to build immunity. Education is like a vaccination. Understanding history is part of the process of making ourselves more immune to the dangers of dictatorship.”
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