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“siobhan darrow”

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  • Human Rights and Climate Change: A Review of the International Legal Dimensions

    by McInerney-Lankford,Siobhan ; Darrow,Mac; Rajamani,Lavanya ...
    This Study explores arguments about the impact of climate change on human rights examining the international legal frameworks governing human rights and climate change and identifying the relevant synergies and tensions between them. It considers arguments about (i) the human rights impacts of climate change at a macro level and how these impacts are spread disparately across countries; (ii) how ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Flirting with Danger

    Confessions of a Reluctant War Reporter

    by Siobhan Darrow ...
    Former star correspondent for CNN, Siobhan Darrow covered the world’s hottest war zones over the last two decades, reporting from the front lines in Moscow, Chechnya, the Balkans, Albania, Israel, and Northern Ireland. Her fearless pursuit of stories placed her in countless life-threatening situations, prompting Darrow to wonder what about her character so attracted her to adrenaline, and so ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Inventing Human Rights: A History

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    by Lynn Hunt ...
    “A tour de force.”—Gordon S. Wood, New York Times Book ReviewHow were human rights invented, and how does their tumultuous history influence their perception and our ability to protect them today? From Professor Lynn Hunt comes this extraordinary cultural and intellectual history, which traces the roots of human rights to the rejection of torture as a means for finding the truth. She demonstrates ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Chasing the Flame

    One Man's Fight to Save the World

    by Samantha Power ...
    Now a Netflix biopic, Sergio, with Narcos star Wagner Moura playing diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello."The best way to understand today's messy world is to read about the inspiring life and diplomatic genius of Sergio Vieira de Mello." –Walter IsaacsonBefore his death in 2003 in Iraq's first major suicide bomb attack, Sergio Vieira de Mello--a humanitarian and peacemaker with the United Nations- ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • House of Stone

    A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East

    by Anthony Shadid ...
    "Wonderful . . . One of the finest memoirs I've read." — Philip Caputo, Washington PostIn the summer of 2006, racing through Lebanon to report on the Israeli invasion, Anthony Shadid found himself in his family's ancestral hometown of Marjayoun. There, he discovered his great-grandfather's once magnificent estate in near ruins, devastated by war. One year later, Shadid returned to Marjayoun, not ... Read more

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  • Power Wars

    The Relentless Rise of Presidential Authority and Secrecy

    by Charlie Savage ...
    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage's penetrating investigation of the Obama presidency and the national security state.Barack Obama campaigned on changing George W. Bush's "global war on terror" but ended up entrenching extraordinary executive powers, from warrantless surveillance and indefinite detention to military commissions and targeted killings. Then Obama found himself ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Turkey

    The Insane and the Melancholy

    by Ece Temelkuran ...
    Translated by Zeynep Beler ...
    Starting with the basic question "what is this place?", award-winning journalist and novelist Ece Temelkuran guides us through her "beloved country". In challenging the authoritarian AKP government – for which she lost her job as a journalist – Temelkuran draws strength and wisdom from people, places and artistic expression.The result is a beautifully rendered account of the struggles, hopes and ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Don't Trust, Don't Fear, Don't Beg

    The Extraordinary Story of the Arctic 30

    by Ben Stewart ...
    The true story of Greenpeace activists imprisoned in Russia—and the fight to free them: "A gripping story of tremendous courage that reads like a thriller" (Naomi Klein)."The most important prison motto is hope for the better, but every moment, literally every moment, be prepared for the worst. Don't hope, don't fear, don't beg." —Roman Dolgov, one of the Arctic 30With rising temperatures, a ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Politics of Human Rights

    The Quest for Dignity

    by Sabine C. Carey, Mark Gibney, Steven C. Poe ...
    Human rights is an important issue in contemporary politics, and the last few decades have also seen a remarkable increase in research and teaching on the subject. This book introduces students to the study of human rights and aims to build on their interest while simultaneously offering an alternative vision of the subject. Many texts focus on the theoretical and legal issues surrounding human ... Read more

    $41.89 USD

  • Attack of the 50 Ft. Women: From man-made mess to a better future – the truth about global inequality and how to unleash female potential

    by Catherine Mayer ...
    ‘Buy it for yourself, your husband or partner. Most importantly, buy it for your children’ Sunday ExpressEssential reading from Catherine Mayer, recently named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Global Policy on Gender Equality.Not a single country anywhere in the world has achieved gender equality. In more than a few countries, progress for women has stalled or is reversing. Voters in ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Human Right to Health (Norton Global Ethics Series)

    by Jonathan Wolff ...
    Series series Norton Global Ethics Series
    “A broad-ranging, insightful analysis of the complex practical and ethical issues involved in global health.”—Kirkus ReviewsFew topics in human rights have inspired as much debate as the right to health. Proponents would enshrine it as a fundamental right on a par with freedom of speech and freedom from torture. Detractors suggest that the movement constitutes an impractical over-reach. Jonathan ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • The Global Refugee Crisis: How Should We Respond?

    The Munk Debates

    by Louise Arbour, Simon Schama, Nigel Farage, Mark Steyn ...
    Series Book 2016 - The Munk Debates
    The world is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War. Over 300,000 are dead in Syria, and one and half million are either injured or disabled. Four and a half million people are trying to flee the country. And Syria is just one of a growing number of failed or failing states in the Middle East and North Africa. How should developed nations respond to human suffering on this ... Read more

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