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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days During the Battle of the Bulge, Waffen SS soldiers shot 84 American prisoners near the Belgian town of Malmedy--the deadliest mass execution of U.S. soldiers during World War II. The bloody deeds of December 17, 1944, produced the most controversial war crimes trial in American history. Drawing on newly declassified documents, Steven Remy revisits the massacre--and the decade-long controversy that followed--to set the record straight.After the war, the U.S. Army tracked down 74 of the SS men involved in the massacre and other atrocities and put them on trial at Dachau. All the defendants were convicted and sentenced to death or life imprisonment. Over the following decade, however, a network of Germans and sympathetic Americans succeeded in discrediting the trial. They claimed that interrogators--some of them Jewish emigres--had coerced false confessions and that heat of battle conditions, rather than superiors' orders, had led to the shooting. They insisted that vengeance, not justice, was the prosecution's true objective. The controversy generated by these accusations, leveled just as the United States was anxious to placate its West German ally, resulted in the release of all the convicted men by 1957.The Malmedy Massacre shows that the torture accusations were untrue, and the massacre was no accident but was typical of the Waffen SS's brutal fighting style. Remy reveals in unprecedented depth how German and American amnesty advocates warped our understanding of one of the war's most infamous crimes through a systematic campaign of fabrications and distortions. Features Summary During the Battle of the Bulge, Waffen SS soldiers shot 84 American prisoners near Malmedy, Belgium the deadliest mass execution of U.S. soldiers during World War II... Author Steven P. Remy Publisher Harvard University Press Release date 20170314 Pages 352 ISBN 0-674-97195-7 ISBN 13 978-0-674-97195-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days THE SERIAL KILLER ISN'T ON TRIAL. HE'S ON THE JURY... **************** 'Books this ingenious don't come along very often.' Michael Connelly 'THIRTEEN is my favourite read of the year.' Sarah Pinborough 'Outstanding.' Lee Child 'Smart and original. This is a belter of a book.' Clare Mackintosh 'One of the most mercilessly compelling thrillers you will read this decade' Chris Brookmyre **************** 'To your knowledge, is there anything that would preclude you from serving on this jury?' Murder wasn't the hard part. It was just the start of the game. Joshua Kane has been preparing for this moment his whole life. He's done it before. But this is the big one. This is the murder trial of the century. And Kane has killed to get the best seat in the house. But there's someone on his tail. Someone who suspects that the killer isn't the man on trial. Kane knows time is running out - he just needs to get to the conviction without being discovered. **************** THIRTEEN REASONS WHY... YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK: 'An oh so clever hook for an oh so clever, gripping book. THIRTEEN is courtroom drama at its finest, blended with page-turning twists and characters you can't get enough of. Steve Cavanagh is the John Grisham for a new generation. Slick, thrilling and unique, THIRTEEN is my favourite read of the year.' Sarah Pinborough 'Outstanding - an intriguing premise, a tense, gripping build-up, and a spectacular climax. This guy is the real deal. Trust me.' Lee Child 'Smart and original. This is a belter of a book.' Clare Mackintosh 'Great hook. Great plot. Great book. Thirteen is a real page turner and one you won't want to put down.' Simon Kernick 'A brilliant, twisty, ingeniously constructed puzzle of a book. Steve Cavanagh pulls off an enviable premise with panache.' Ruth Ware 'I've been tracking Steve Cavanagh for a few years now and Thirteen is his best, a dead bang beast of a book that expertly combining his authority on the law with an absolutely great thrill ride. Books this ingenious don't come along very often.' Michael Connelly 'Quite simply deserves to be HUGE. If you read a thriller as good this year, it's only because you've read this one twice.' Mark Billingham 'Tore through this between dusk and dawn. Absolute 5-star cracker from Steve Cavanagh, who's gotta be among top legal thriller writers out there nowadays. A powerhouse of a book that's much more than its high-concept hook.' Craig Sisterson 'Wow! This book is friggin' awesome! Utterly immersive.' Emma Kavanagh 'Fantastically gripping? Guilty as charged!' Angela Clarke 'An absolute cracker.' Susi Holliday 'Guilty of thrills, twists, and expertly manipulating the reader.' Mason Cross 'An absolute rollercoaster of a read. Thrilling.' Cass Green Features Summary 'An oh so clever hook for an oh so clever,gripping book, my favourite read of the year.' Sarah Pinborough 'Books this ingenious don't come along very often' Michael Connelly Author Steve Cavanagh Publisher Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd) Release date 20180612 Pages 368 ISBN 1-4091-7067-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4091-7067-9

David Philip, 1999, 1st edition. As new, unmarked. 24x15cm, 219 pp "It is the twenty-second year of Nelson Mandela's imprisonment and a country is gripped with civil unrest. A black policeman is beaten to death and his body burned during a riot. Twenty-five people are convicted of his murder; fourteen are sentenced to death. A small town is besieged by their legal trial, and one of the lawyers is brutally assassinated. This is the story of Upington Twenty-five men and women, from teenage boys to an elderly couple are all accused of the same crime: acting with a common purpose. Durbach and the other members of the legal team took the case after the death sentences had been handed down and had only a matter of weeks to sort through thousands of court papers, to get to know each of the defendants, referred to only by numbers in all court documents, and mount a proper appeal. Durbach recounts the specifics of the case, recreating trial testimony and judicial opinions, and giving the book the air of a charged courtroom drama. We meet each of the accused, hear their stories and follow the Herculean effort by this group of lawyers to save the lives of the accused-both innocent and guilty. The details surrounding the case lead us to question our own prejudices and assumptions: the fact that al twenty-five were involved in the riot that led to the death of the policeman, does that make all twenty-five guilty? Those some of the accused confessed, are the others guilty by association and proximity?.,." - Publisher's description. 

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Trial by jury is the mainstay of the accusatorial system of criminal justice. Here one of our most distinguished constitutional scholars, the Pulitzer Prize winning Leonard Levy, brings his formidable skills to bear in tracing the development of what many great legal minds have called the "Palladium of Justice." Recounting this history with his characteristic clarity, vigor, and elegance of expression, Mr. Levy has given us a brilliant and useful summary of one of our most cherished freedoms. "Incisively, thoroughly, and thoughtfully as always-Leonard Levy offers historical meaning and understanding to one of our most basic rights." Stanley I. Kutler. Features Summary Here, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author traces the development of trial by jury - "the palladium of justice". He summarises the issue, and offers explanations of the full implications of one of the most basic social rights.. Author Leonard W. Levy Publisher Ivan R. Dee Release date 20000801 Pages 125 ISBN 1-56663-313-3 ISBN 13 978-1-56663-313-0

The Abduction and Trial of Jestina Mukoko; the Fight for Human Rights in Zimbabwe Author        Jestina Mukoko ISBN           9780992232955 Format       Paperback Pages        113p.

  Action Comics Issue # 15 Superman is on trial for his life - and the jury is the Anti-Superman Army! It's the ultimate villains springing the ultimate trap at the end of time itself! And the mystery that has built since issue #1 is resolved as the Little Man's true identity is revealed - with grave consequences! Plus, in the backup feature: A crucial piece of information is revealed! Regular Rags Morales Cover

  Author(s): Bremer Hofmeyr  Title:      Poems of Trial and Triumph  ISBN: 0 620 06654 7  Publisher/place: Grosvenor Books, Johannesburg  This Edition: first  Year of Publication: 1983  Binding: paperback Number of pages:  56  Weight:  127g  Condition:   Good  Please see pictures, as these form part of the description.  

  The Decay of Czarism: The BEILISS Trial by Alexander Tager -- 1935 -- Hardcover book with 297 pages. The book have slight foxing and the cover ave some shelf wear. The name on the spine are rubbed out. The overall condition are good.    Please see the Photo's as part of the description. Sold as per scan.   International Bidders Welcome (Please inquire about shipping costs) Postage and Packaging: Shipping includes BOB Final Order Fee, packaging material and travel costs Post Office: R58, Courier R130,  Postnet R115 Items can be combined request.                     

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis - an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life - including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door - becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral. Features Summary A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit... Author Franz Kafka Publisher Penguin Classics Release date 20150701 Pages 181 ISBN 0-241-19779-1 ISBN 13 978-0-241-19779-0

 A work of powerful and prophetic-symbolism,it remains one of the most influential and widely interpreted fictions of the twentieth century.Traslated by Douglas Scott and Chris Waller.this ed 1988(first pub 1925) Paperback in good condition-owners inscription.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days Practising attorney and former law professor David Limbaugh applies his lifetime of legal experience to the gospels as hard evidence of the life and work of Jesus Christ. He employs the same level of scrutiny as for any legal document, and also reflects on his own odyssey from scepticism to faith. Features Summary Practising attorney and former law professor David Limbaugh applies his lifetime of legal experience to the gospels as hard evidence of the life and work of Jesus Christ... Author David Limbaugh Publisher Authentic Media Release date 20150501 Pages 406 ISBN 1-78078-143-1 ISBN 13 978-1-78078-143-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Author Nick Spencer (Author), Javier Pina (Illustrator) Publisher Panini Books Release date 20170412 Pages 136 ISBN 1-84653-788-6 ISBN 13 978-1-84653-788-2

Paperback. English. Publisher: Jonathan Ball. 2011. In fair condition. It was the most sensational murder trial of the past two decades. For ten months during 2007, Fred van der Vyver stood trial, accused of using an ornamental hammer to bludgeon his girlfriend Inge Lotz to death. When the trial began in February 2007, a guilty verdict seemed certain: the police had found his fingerprints at the scene, the alleged murder weapon had been found in his car, and a blood stain on the bathroom floor had been matched to one of his shoes. Yet, after a high-profile trial, in which some of the world's leading forensic investigators testified, and which cost his family more that R10 million, Van der Vyver was acquitted. But the story is far from over. Dubbed by an American expert as 'perhaps the worst case of forensic evidence fabrication in history', it has already attracted the attention of the world's largest association of professional forensic investigators. The outcome of the trial, however, was rejected by the family of Inge Lotz, who have only recently withdrawn a law suit against him. His career in tatters, Van der Vyver, in turn, is suing the Minister of Police for nearly R50 million, alleging that all the evidence against him was fabricated by detectives. Acclaimed author Antony Albeker sat through the entire trial and, in Fruit of a Poisoned Tree, he explores the extraordinary circumstances in which the justice system failed both Fred van der Vyver and Inge Lotz. Part courtroom drama, part investigative journalism, Altbeker enters the heart of the challenges confronting the judicial system in South Africa today.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The SASO/BPC trial which took place from October 1974 until December 21st 1974 played an intrinsic role in the surge of Black Consciousness thought. An ideology founded by Stephen Bantu Biko, which wished to relay the unspoken strength and spirit of the African people. It was seen to be a way of thought developed for the African people to reclaim confidence within their skin tone. As the trail commenced in the year 1974, little was known about the ideology's founder - Steve Biko, aside from his colleagues and followers of the movement, as his whereabouts and communication had been limited as the Apartheid government had ordered a ban on Biko; thereby restricting his movements and communication with individuals. When Steve entered the Pretoria courtroom in Pretoria as a star witness to deliver his testimony on Black Consciousness, in the three-month trial; those who had heard of the myth of the man named Biko, got to witness him in court. This, gave traction and new-found understanding to the teachings of Black Consciousness. This book focuses solely on his testimony, as said in his words. The spoken words that ignited the momentum of resistance that could not be stopped. Features Summary What comes first to mind when one thinks of political trials in South Africa are the Rivonia Trial of 1956-61 and the Treason Trial of 1963-64. Rarely... Author Millard W. Arnold Publisher Pan Macmillan Release date 20171002 Pages 376 ISBN 1-77010-558-1 ISBN 13 978-1-77010-558-4

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It was recently announced by Liberty Properties that Sandton City will receive a R1,77-billion upgrade. Liberty Properties chief executive Samuel Ogbu has envisaged the complex as South Africa's very own Wall Street "Africa is not for sissies, but we have a bold vision, which is to see the Sandton City precinct as our own Wall Street." The redevelopment will include the construction of a 60-storey office tower, a new hotel, new retail and office space and residential apartments. The 60-storey office tower will be the tallest building in Africa, replacing the Carlton Centre in Johannesburg CBD. The extension will stretch to 30 000 m2 and the total complex will have a gross lettable area of 158 000 m2. London-based RTKL Associates have been chosen to design the complex. Nelson Mandela Square, formerly known as Sandton Square, was renamed in March 2004, after the unveiling of a 6-metre bronze statue of the former South African president. 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Buccleuch Primary School - 0.5km Buccleuch Montessori Pre School - 1km University of the Witwatersrand Research Site & Sports Grounds - 1.4km Group Five Construction Skills Training Academy - 2.5km Wendywood High School - 2.6km Nearby Emergency Services: Police SAPS - Buccleuch - 0.4km Buccleuch Veterinary Clinic - 0.6km Audio Vision - 1.3km Pick 'n Pay Pharmacy - Woodmead Retail Park - 1.5km Escapology Health & Skin Clinic - 1.6km Nearby Restaurants: Sandwich Junxion - 1.3km Pizza Perfect - Woodmead Value Mart - 1.3km Fish-Aways - Woodmead Value Mart - 1.3km Fidel's Coffee Shop - 1.4km Follies Fine Food - 1.4km Nearby Places/Vicinity: One of the main attractions in Sandton is Sandton City, which ranks among the largest shopping centres in Africa. Together with Nelson Mandela Square, the centre, with some 144,000 m2 of shopping space, is one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere (behind Chadstone Shopping Centre). Much of Johannesburg's business tourism is centred on Sandton, which has a string of 5-star hotels. It was recently announced by Liberty Properties that Sandton City will receive a R1,77-billion upgrade. Liberty Properties chief executive Samuel Ogbu has envisaged the complex as South Africa's very own Wall Street "Africa is not for sissies, but we have a bold vision, which is to see the Sandton City precinct as our own Wall Street." The redevelopment will include the construction of a 60-storey office tower, a new hotel, new retail and office space and residential apartments. The 60-storey office tower will be the tallest building in Africa, replacing the Carlton Centre in Johannesburg CBD. The extension will stretch to 30 000 m2 and the total complex will have a gross lettable area of 158 000 m2. London-based RTKL Associates have been chosen to design the complex. Nelson Mandela Square, formerly known as Sandton Square, was renamed in March 2004, after the unveiling of a 6-metre bronze statue of the former South African president. Perhaps ironically, Liliesleaf Farm, where Nelson Mandela lived in the early 1960s and where many leading political activists were arrested in 1963 and tried as part of the now infamous Rivonia Trial, is just north of Nelson Mandela Square, close to the N1 Highway, off Rivonia Road. Car Wash - 0.3km Video Spot - The Bridge - 0.3km FNB Bank - The Bridge - 0.3km Kwik Spar - The Bridge - 0.3km The Bridge Shopping Centre - 0.3km Agent Details: Nazia Shah CHOPROP HOLDINGS S.A PTY (LTD) 146 Willem Botha Wierda Park 0157 Gauteng South Africa Centurion www.choprop.com

From the bestselling author of Along Came a Spider, Kiss the Girls and Cat and Mouse, a breathtaking novel of terror and suspense. Already a bestseller around the world - now reissued in striking new cover style. Maggie Bradford is on trial for murder - in the celebrity trial of the decade. As one of the world's best-loved singer-songwriters, she seems to have it all. So how could she have murdered not just one, but two of her husbands? Will Shepherd was Maggie's second husband. A magnificent athlete and film star, he was just as famous. But Will had dark, dangerous secrets that none of his fans could have imagined! that his own wife could never have dreamed of.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus. The chief gladiators were two great legal giants of the century. Like two bull elephants locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American. One of the most moving and meaningful plays of our generation. "a tidal wave of a drama." -- "New York World-Telegram And Sun" Features Summary The powerful classic drama based on the Scopes "monkey trial" of the 1920s--one of the most important legal confrontations of the 20th century--is repackaged in this new paperback edition.. Author Jerome Lawrence (Author), Robert E. Lee (Author) Publisher Perfection Learning Release date 20031101 Pages 129 ISBN 0-8124-1593-0 ISBN 13 978-0-8124-1593-3

If this be treason: Helen Joseph's dramatic account of the treason trial 1956 - 1961, By Helen Joseph, Published by Contra Press 1988, first South African edition, paperback with wear and bottom spine with small damage otherwise in good condition, 311 pages.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days More demons, epic battles, and fights to the death: introducing the unmissable next instalment in the New York Times bestselling Summoner Trilogy...On trial for a crime he did not commit, Fletcher must face the Inquisition who will decide his future - the process is gruelling, lead by those who will do anything to see him suffer and haunted by ghosts from the past with clues to Fletcher's tragic origins. But Fletcher has little time to dwell on these new revelations when the king announces a deadly challenge to the graduating students at Vocans. One that involves entering Orc territory to complete a risky mission. With loyal demons by their sides, commoners and nobles, dwarves and elves must overcome barriers of class and race and work together to triumph. The reward: a fortune in gold, the safety of an empire and PEACE.With the entire empire watching, Fletcher has much to prove, but there are those out to get him and it soon becomes clear that there's a traitor in their midst, trying to thwart the mission and create unrest within the Empire. With everything stacked against him, Fletcher must use everything in his power to fight his way to victory.'Friendship, loyalty, magic and political intrigue beckon...' The BooksellerSummoner Trilogy...On trial for a crime he did not commit, Fletcher must face the Inquisition who will decide his future - the process is gruelling, lead by those who will do anything to see him suffer and haunted by ghosts from the past with clues to Fletcher's tragic origins. But Fletcher has little time to dwell on these new revelations when the king announces a deadly challenge to the graduating students at Vocans. One that involves entering Orc territory to complete a risky mission. With loyal demons by their sides, commoners and nobles, dwarves and elves must overcome barriers of class and race and work together to triumph. The reward: a fortune in gold, the safety of an empire and PEACE.With the entire empire watching, Fletcher has much to prove, but there are those out to get him and it soon becomes clear that there's a traitor in their midst, trying to thwart the mission and create unrest within the Empire. With everything stacked against him, Fletcher must use everything in his power to fight his way to victory.'Friendship, loyalty, magic and political intrigue beckon...' The Bookseller Features Summary Enter an immersive fantasy world where one boy's ability to summon demons will change the fate of an empire... Book 2 in the epic SUMMONER trilogy, a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER from Wattpad sensation Taran Matharu. Author Taran Matharu Publisher Hodder Children's Books Release date 20170130 Pages 448 ISBN 1-4449-2424-9 ISBN 13 978-1-4449-2424-4

This book tells the story of four young South Africans who embark on a mission that will ultimately take them to Death Row. They are a highly trained and experienced assassination squad reporting directly to Chris Hani.The narrative details their infiltration into the country, their operations, arrest and subsequent trial. These men are the foot soldiers who sacrificed everything. As their trial unfolds with their attorney fighting to save them from the gallows, so too does the story of their own lives and the choices they make. The story is set in a South Africa gripped by unrest and political tension, when the ANC was in exile and repression at its height.It tells of the extraordinary lengths people go to in order to fight for what they believe, and the acts people will commit to preserve the status quo. The characters are linked by bizarre coincidence and tragedy in a true account narrated by their attorney.Woven through the narrative is the construction of a bomb and its journey towards its target, and the circumstances which enable that meeting. Author Peter Harris ISBN 9781415200490 Format Paperback Pages 319p.

 Hide and Seek by James Patterson    Maggie Bradford is on trial for murder - in the celebrity trial of the decade. As one of the world's best-loved singer-songwriters, she seems to have it all.  So how could she have murdered not just one, but two of her husbands? Will Shephard was Maggie's second husband. A magnificent athlete and film star, he was just as famous.  But Will had dark, dangerous secrets that none of his fans could have imagined... that his own wife could never dreamed of.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days 'Another dark parable of society's vilification of women. Intelligent... A tantalizing investigation' Kate Colquhoun. On the night of 3 October 1922, in the quiet suburb of Ilford, Edith Thompson and her husband Percy were walking home after an evening spent at a London theatre, when a man sprang out of the darkness and stabbed Percy to death. The assailant was Frederick Bywaters, a twenty-year-old merchant seaman who had been Edith's lover. When the police learned of his relationship with Edith, she was arrested as his accomplice, despite protesting her innocence. The remarkably intense love letters Edith wrote to Freddy - some of them couched in ambiguous language - were read out at their trial for murder at the Old Bailey. They would seal her fate: Edith and Freddy were hanged for the murder of Percy Thompson in January 1923. Freddy was demonstrably guilty; but was Edith truly so? In shattering detail and with masterful emotional insight, Laura Thompson charts the course of a liaison with thrice-fatal consequences, and investigates what the trial and execution of Edith Thompson tell us about perceptions of women in early twentieth-century Britain. Features Summary The case of Edith Thompson and her lover Frederick Bywaters, both hanged for murder in 1923. Author Laura Thompson Publisher Head of Zeus Release date 20181004 Pages 448 ISBN 1-78408-246-5 ISBN 13 978-1-78408-246-8