{"product_id":"9780984203741","title":"The Doublespeak Dictionary","description":"regulation n. An official rule written by a monkey with a Master's Degree, and therefore carrying the force of law.\" \u003cp\u003epreemptive strike n. A blow or punch delivered by military aircraft to a target who is suspected of being adverse to one's plot for world domination.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eterrorism n. Violence for political purposes or the politically motivated threat of violence which, either intentionally or unintentionally, challenges the state's monopoly on political violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Doublespeak Dictionary satirizes the marked difference between the ideal of \"We the People\" and the reality of \"We the Elite\", while offering an insightful glimpse into the clockworks of the totalitarian mind. Ever irreverent but never irrelevant, Leslie Starr O'Hara's first book serves as a subversive and humorous but timely reminder that the Emperor has no clothes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Doublespeak Dictionary won the \u003cb\u003e1st Annual LAVA Awards Lysander Spooner (Book of the Year) Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Free Patriot Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49827904815344,"sku":"9780984203741","price":10.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780984203741","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}