'What Price Liberty' available pre-publication as variable price ebook

garygibsonsf · 04-28-2009, 10:06 AM

Found via thedigitalist.net:

The book is available for any price you care to choose between £14.99 and zero, Radiohead-style from here. Formats available are Epub and PDF. The book is 'What Price Liberty', non-fiction, UK politics, and the offer/experiment is only open until the date of publication, the fourth of June (and you'll need a Paypal account to pay for it);

'Fear of terrorism, crime, social chaos - factors which have put our ideal of individual liberty very much into retreat. Particularly in light of the debate surrounding 42-day detention, it is important to remind ourselves of just how complex the battle to achieve these rights has been. However, the question remains; how can we resist the growth of intrusive authoritarianism without exposing ourselves to crime, terrorism and other risks? History provides a guide to answering this question. "What Price Liberty?" takes us through four centuries of British, American and European history, elaborating not just how civil liberties were constructed in the past, but how they were continually rethought - and re-fought - in response to modernity, and puts into context the controversies of the past decade or so. If liberty is to survive now, it must again adapt to new circumstances, but it is up to us all to agree upon the value we place on it. An essential and utterly enlightening discussion, "What Price Liberty?" provides the material and arguments with which we can make sense of our times.'

zelda_pinwheel · 04-28-2009, 10:10 AM

hi gary, thanks very much for this information. we're already talking about it in this thread so i will ask to please continue the discussion there, but i'll leave yours here as well.

colinsky · 11-04-2010, 11:38 PM

Finally built up some interest in reading this but can't find the file! Would someone be able to check the (epub) filename you got so I know what I'm looking for?

(That'll teach me to start dragging EVERYTHING I get for free into Calibre immediately after download).

Thanks!

04-28-2009, 10:06 AM	#1
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 321 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	'What Price Liberty' available pre-publication as variable price ebook Found via thedigitalist.net: The book is available for any price you care to choose between £14.99 and zero, Radiohead-style from here. Formats available are Epub and PDF. The book is 'What Price Liberty', non-fiction, UK politics, and the offer/experiment is only open until the date of publication, the fourth of June (and you'll need a Paypal account to pay for it); 'Fear of terrorism, crime, social chaos - factors which have put our ideal of individual liberty very much into retreat. Particularly in light of the debate surrounding 42-day detention, it is important to remind ourselves of just how complex the battle to achieve these rights has been. However, the question remains; how can we resist the growth of intrusive authoritarianism without exposing ourselves to crime, terrorism and other risks? History provides a guide to answering this question. "What Price Liberty?" takes us through four centuries of British, American and European history, elaborating not just how civil liberties were constructed in the past, but how they were continually rethought - and re-fought - in response to modernity, and puts into context the controversies of the past decade or so. If liberty is to survive now, it must again adapt to new circumstances, but it is up to us all to agree upon the value we place on it. An essential and utterly enlightening discussion, "What Price Liberty?" provides the material and arguments with which we can make sense of our times.'

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04-28-2009, 10:10 AM	#2
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	hi gary, thanks very much for this information. we're already talking about it in this thread so i will ask to please continue the discussion there, but i'll leave yours here as well.

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colinsky Addict Posts: 238 Karma: 3500000 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Sony PRS-300, PRS-T1, PRS-T3	Finally built up some interest in reading this but can't find the file! Would someone be able to check the (epub) filename you got so I know what I'm looking for? (That'll teach me to start dragging EVERYTHING I get for free into Calibre immediately after download). Thanks!

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