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38 Londres Street

On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia

by Philippe Sands ...

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • A KIRKUS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR • In this intimate legal and historical detective story, the world-renowned lawyer and acclaimed author of East West Street traces the footsteps of two of the twentieth century’s most merciless criminals—accused of genocide and crimes against humanity—testing the limits of immunity and impunity after ... Read more

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**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • A KIRKUS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR • In this intimate legal and historical detective story, the world-renowned lawyer and acclaimed author of East West Street traces the footsteps of two of the twentieth century’s most merciless criminals—accused of genocide and crimes against humanity—testing the limits of immunity and impunity after
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East West Street

On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"

by Philippe Sands ...

**A profound, important book, a moving personal detective story and an uncovering of secret pasts, set in Europe’s center, the city of bright colors—Lviv, Ukraine, dividing east from west, north from south, in what had been the Austro-Hungarian Empire.A book that explores the development of the world-changing legal concepts of “genocide” and “crimes against humanity” that came about as a result of ... Read more

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**A profound, important book, a moving personal detective story and an uncovering of secret pasts, set in Europe’s center, the city of bright colors—Lviv, Ukraine, dividing east from west, north from south, in what had been the Austro-Hungarian Empire.A book that explores the development of the world-changing legal concepts of “genocide” and “crimes against humanity” that came about as a result of
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The Ratline

The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive

by Philippe Sands ...

**A tale of Nazi lives, mass murder, love, Cold War espionage, a mysterious death in the Vatican, and the Nazi escape route to Perón's Argentina,"the Ratline"—from the author of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning East West Street."Hypnotic, shocking, and unputdownable." —John le Carré, internationally renowned bestselling author**Baron Otto von Wächter, Austrian lawyer, husband, father, ... Read more

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**A tale of Nazi lives, mass murder, love, Cold War espionage, a mysterious death in the Vatican, and the Nazi escape route to Perón's Argentina,"the Ratline"—from the author of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning East West Street."Hypnotic, shocking, and unputdownable." —John le Carré, internationally renowned bestselling author**Baron Otto von Wächter, Austrian lawyer, husband, father,
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The Last Colony

A Tale of Exile, Justice, and Courage

by Philippe Sands ...

The moving, inspiring David-and-Goliath true story of freedom and justice involving one tiny nation in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa, and the extraordinary woman, a descendant of slaves, who dared to take on the Crown and the United Kingdom—and win a historic victoryIn 1973, on the Chagos Islands off the coast of Africa, Liseby Elyse—twenty years old, newly married and four months ... Read more

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The moving, inspiring David-and-Goliath true story of freedom and justice involving one tiny nation in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa, and the extraordinary woman, a descendant of slaves, who dared to take on the Crown and the United Kingdom—and win a historic victoryIn 1973, on the Chagos Islands off the coast of Africa, Liseby Elyse—twenty years old, newly married and four months
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Lawless World

Making and Breaking Global Rules

by Philippe Sands ...

International lawyer Philippe Sands has a unique insider's view of the elites who govern our lives. His sensational revelations in Lawless World changed the political agenda overnight, forcing Tony Blair to publish damning mterial that he'd tried to hide.Now, in this updated edition with a shocking new chapter, you can get the full story of how the US and UK governments are riding roughshod over ... Read more

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International lawyer Philippe Sands has a unique insider's view of the elites who govern our lives. His sensational revelations in Lawless World changed the political agenda overnight, forcing Tony Blair to publish damning mterial that he'd tried to hide.Now, in this updated edition with a shocking new chapter, you can get the full story of how the US and UK governments are riding roughshod over
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Torture Team

Uncovering war crimes in the land of the free

by Philippe Sands ...

After 9/11. George W. Bush's administration declared that they were going to have to work through 'the dark side'. And they did: they turned their backs on international law and on America's history of respecting human rights. They wanted only legal advice that made it okay to torture, and they made sure they got it. Voices of dissent were sidelined, while low level officials brainstormed ... Read more

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After 9/11. George W. Bush's administration declared that they were going to have to work through 'the dark side'. And they did: they turned their backs on international law and on America's history of respecting human rights. They wanted only legal advice that made it okay to torture, and they made sure they got it. Voices of dissent were sidelined, while low level officials brainstormed
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City of Lions

Portrait of a City in Two Acts: Lviv, Then and Now

by Jozef Wittlin, Philippe Sands ...

Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones ...

Series series Pushkin Collection
The Ukrainian city Lviv's many names (Lviv, Lvov, Lwow, Lemberg, Leopolis) bear witness to its conflicted past - it has, at one time or another, belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland, Russia and Germany, and has brought forth numerous famous artists and intellectuals. My Lwow, Jozef Wittlin's short 1946 treatise on the city he left in 1922, is a wistful and lyrical study of an ... Read more

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The Ukrainian city Lviv's many names (Lviv, Lvov, Lwow, Lemberg, Leopolis) bear witness to its conflicted past - it has, at one time or another, belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland, Russia and Germany, and has brought forth numerous famous artists and intellectuals. My Lwow, Jozef Wittlin's short 1946 treatise on the city he left in 1922, is a wistful and lyrical study of an
... Read more
Principles of International Environmental Law

by Philippe Sands, Jacqueline Peel ...

This new and fully updated edition of Principles of International Environmental Law offers a comprehensive and critical account of one of the fastest growing areas of international law: the principles and rules relating to environmental protection. Introducing the reader to the key foundational principles, governance structures and regulatory techniques, Principles of International Environmental ... Read more

$69.99 CAD

This new and fully updated edition of Principles of International Environmental Law offers a comprehensive and critical account of one of the fastest growing areas of international law: the principles and rules relating to environmental protection. Introducing the reader to the key foundational principles, governance structures and regulatory techniques, Principles of International Environmental
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38 Londres Street

On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia

by Philippe Sands ...

Narrated by Philippe Sands ...

Unabridged

15 hours 17 min

**In this intimate legal and historical detective story, the world-renowned lawyer and acclaimed author of East West Street traces the footsteps of two of the twentieth century’s most merciless criminals—accused of genocide and crimes against humanity—testing the limits of immunity and impunity after Nuremberg.“Though nearly a decade in the making, this book could not arrive at a better time, ... Read more

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**In this intimate legal and historical detective story, the world-renowned lawyer and acclaimed author of East West Street traces the footsteps of two of the twentieth century’s most merciless criminals—accused of genocide and crimes against humanity—testing the limits of immunity and impunity after Nuremberg.“Though nearly a decade in the making, this book could not arrive at a better time,
... Read more

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I Will Never See the World Again

The Memoir of an Imprisoned Writer

by Ahmet Altan ...

Narrated by Adam Alexi-Malle, Philippe Sands, Elizabeth Knowelden ...

Unabridged

3 hours 57 min

A resilient Turkish writer's inspiring account of his imprisonment that provides crucial insight into political censorship amidst the global rise of authoritarianism.The destiny I put down in my novel has become mine. I am now under arrest like the hero I created years ago. I await the decision that will determine my future, just as he awaited his. I am unaware of my destiny, which has perhaps ... Read more

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A resilient Turkish writer's inspiring account of his imprisonment that provides crucial insight into political censorship amidst the global rise of authoritarianism.The destiny I put down in my novel has become mine. I am now under arrest like the hero I created years ago. I await the decision that will determine my future, just as he awaited his. I am unaware of my destiny, which has perhaps
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Inherit the Truth

The Cellist of Auschwitz -- THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

by Anita Lasker-Wallfisch ...

Told in her own words, this is the incredible true story of one young woman's survival of Auschwitz and Belsen because she happened to play the cello.With a new foreword by Philippe Sands.Although my head was shaved and I had a number on my arm, I had not lost my identity totally. I may no longer have had a name, but I was identifiable . I was 'the cellist'.When eighteen-year-old Anita arrived at ... Read more

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Told in her own words, this is the incredible true story of one young woman's survival of Auschwitz and Belsen because she happened to play the cello.With a new foreword by Philippe Sands.Although my head was shaved and I had a number on my arm, I had not lost my identity totally. I may no longer have had a name, but I was identifiable . I was 'the cellist'.When eighteen-year-old Anita arrived at
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East West Street

On the Origins of “Genocide” and “Crimes against Humanity”

by Philippe Sands ...

Narrated by Philippe Sands, David Rintoul ...

Unabridged

14 hours 24 min

When human rights lawyer Philippe Sands received an invitation to deliver a lecture in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, he began to uncover a series of extraordinary historical coincidences. It set him on a quest that would take him halfway around the world in an exploration of the origins of international law and the pursuit of his own secret family history, beginning and ending with the last ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

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When human rights lawyer Philippe Sands received an invitation to deliver a lecture in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, he began to uncover a series of extraordinary historical coincidences. It set him on a quest that would take him halfway around the world in an exploration of the origins of international law and the pursuit of his own secret family history, beginning and ending with the last
... Read more

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