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A captivating legal drama accounting for one of the most high-profile child abuse investigations and trials in Australian legal history, from South African journalist Barry John Cohen.
Former Rhodesian residents Patrick O’Dea and Dr Russell Pridgeon emigrated to Australia in search of a better life, but at the request of Australian authority, help a mother and her twins escape their sexually abusive father by hiding them for years. Years later in 2018, Russel and Patrick face seven criminal charges carrying a fifty-year kidnapping sentence.
For the next six years, Pridgeon and O'Dea fought these charges whilst the AFP hid the children's evidence with the assistance of a complicit magistrate. Helped by a former convict turned legal advisor, Pridgeon and O'Dea take on the legal system and triumph against all odds.
The Boys From Bulawayo explores the moral complications of the legal justice system and family court laws, where Patrick and Russel are forced to confront righteousness in the face of adversity. In this gripping true-crime biography, noble intentions collide with legal repercussions and leave readers wondering whether the weight of their actions will catch up to them in the courtroom.
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The Black Suitcase
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John E. Morrison; Contributions by Thomas Wall, Universary of Limerick
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A knife adorned with a swastika and an eagle's head ... As a young
boy, Joseph Pearson was terrified of the weapon hanging from a hook
in his grandfather's basement, a trophy seized from the enemy in
battle. When he later inherited the knife, he unlocked a story far
more unsettling than he could ever have imagined. By then a writer
and cultural historian living in Berlin, Joseph found himself drawn
to other objects from the Nazi era: a pocket diary, a recipe book,
a double bass and a cotton pouch. Although the past remains a
painful subject in Germany, he embarked on a journey to illuminate
their stories before they disappeared from living memory. A
historical detective story and an enthralling account of one
historian's search for answers, My Grandfather's Knife is at once a
poignant meditation on memory and a unique addition to our
understanding of Nazi Germany.
From Victoria Island, Lagos to Brooklyn, USA to Accra, Ghana to Paris, France; from across the Diaspora to the heart of the African continent, in this memoir Nigerian journalist Chike Frankie Edozien offers a highly personal series of contemporary snapshots of same gender loving Africans, unsung Great Men living their lives and
finding joy in the face of great adversity.
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