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From Tolerance to Tyranny

A Cautionary Tale from Fifteenth-Century Spain

By: Erna Paris

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From Tolerance to Tyranny

A Cautionary Tale from Fifteenth-Century Spain

By: Erna Paris

One thousand years ago, a civilization existed in Spain that was famed throughout Europe. To the horror of the Christian rulers to the north, Jews, Christians, and Moors lived together in harmony — and in doing so they created one of the most extraordinary societies the West has ever known. In the span a few hundred years, however, Spain would transform itself from a pluralistic, multicultural society to the least tolerant nation in Europe. By the end of the fifteenth century, the Spanish Inquisition had established a reign of terror, and the Jews were expelled from the land they had inhabited for 1,500 years. Eventually the Moors, or Arabs, were banned as well. The tragic configuration of events that turned a culture of tolerance into an autocratic police state was effectively repeated centuries later in Nazi Germany, in Occupied France, and even in places closer to home. From Tolerance to Tyranny is a gripping tale of a long-ago era whose familiar echoes continue to resound today. Paris tackles the subject of majority-minority relations in mixed societies, focusing on the humanity of the players even as she exposes the pitfalls of their ideals.

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Cormorant Books

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1770863982

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9781770863989

The Sun Climbs Slow

The International Criminal Court and the Struggle for Justice

By: Erna Paris

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The Sun Climbs Slow

The International Criminal Court and the Struggle for Justice

By: Erna Paris

In this groundbreaking investigation, Erna Paris explores the history of global justice, the politics behind America's opposition to the creation of a permanent international criminal court, and the implications for the world at large. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent tribunal of its kind. The mandate of the ICC is to challenge criminal impunity on the part of national leaders and to promote accountability in world affairs at the highest level. Independent and transnational, its indictments cannot be vetoed in the Security Council. On March 11, 2003, when the new court was inaugurated in a moving ceremony, attended by over half of the countries in the world, one country was conspicuously missing from the celebrations. The government of the United States had made it clear that the International Criminal Court was not consistent with American goals and values.

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Seven Stories Press

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1583229981

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9781583229989

From Tolerance to Tyranny

A Cautionary Tale from Fifteenth-Century Spain

By: Erna Paris

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A Cautionary Tale from Fifteenth-Century Spain

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The Sun Climbs Slow

Justice in the Age of Imperial America

By: Erna Paris

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The Sun Climbs Slow

Justice in the Age of Imperial America

By: Erna Paris

In this groundbreaking work, Erna Paris, the award-winning author of Long Shadows, explores the history of global justice, the politics behind America's opposition to the creation of a permanent international criminal court and the implications for the world at large. At the end of the twentieth century, two extraordinary events took place. The first was the end of the Cold War, which left the world with a single empire that dominated world affairs with a ready fist. The second event was the birth of the International Criminal Court--the first permanent tribunal of its kind. The ICC prosecutes crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. Its mandate is to confront impunity and demand accountability for the worst crimes known. On March 11, 2003, eighty-nine countries came together to inaugurate the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Yet there was one country conspicuously absent from the proceedings. The United States, once a reluctant supporter of the court, had dramatically unsigned the treaty prior to its ratification, and made it clear that the ICC's mandate was not in alignment with American values and goals. In this riveting exposé. Erna Paris explores the difficult birth of the ICC and the American oppositions to the court. In doing so, she comes face to face with such fascinating characters as Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the former prosecutor of the "Dirty War" in Argentina, who is now the ICC's chief prosecutor Hans-Pater Kaul, the German judge whose pain over his country's Nazi past propelled him to move his country to the heart of the struggle for criminal accountability int he face of genocide; the American Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, John Bolton, who spearheaded the American crusade against the court; human rights activist Michael Ratner, a champion of those whose rights were taken away in the post 9/11 justice system of the United States; and former American Secretary of State Robert McNamara, who was the architect of US involvement during the Vietnam War, and who now supports the International Criminal Court.

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388

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Knopf Canada

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0676977448

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9780676977448

Long Shadows

Truth, Lies and History

By: Erna Paris

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Long Shadows

Truth, Lies and History

By: Erna Paris

One of the most urgent issues facing the world today is how countries shape historical memory in the aftermath of calamity, making decisions that cast long shadows into the future. Combining gripping storytelling with sharp observation, Erna Paris takes us on an extraordinary journey through four continents to explore how nations reinvent themselves after cataclysmic events. She travels through the United States, with its long-buried memory of slavery; to South Africa, where the Truth and Reconciliation Commission struggles to heal the wounds left by apartheid; to Japan, France, and Germany, where the unresolved pain of Hiroshima and the Holocaust still resonate; and to the former Yugoslavia, where she exposes the cynical shaping of historical memory. Through its insightful analysis, Long Shadows compels us to question where we stand as individuals in relation to our own collective histories. Erna Paris is the winner of ten national and international writing awards, three for Long Shadows. She is the author of six critically acclaimed books of literary non-fiction, including The End of Days: A Story of Tolerance, Tyranny and the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain, which won the 1996 Canadian National Jewish Book Award for History. She lives in Toronto. Winner of the Pearson Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Award, the inaugural Shaugnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, and the Dorothy Shoichet prize for history from the Canadian Jewish Book Awards. 'Long Shadows is magnificent. I would love to see this book taught in every history class in America.' - Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking 'Enlightening...Riveting...Paris raises questions of enormous importance.' - Kirkus 'Paris convincingly demonstrates that memory is not only selective but subject to calculated efforts to serve personal needs and national interests.' - The Christian Science Monitor 'Erna Paris gives us a rich, if p

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638

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1632864185

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9781632864185

Behind the Green Door

From the land of Windmills to the Land of the Maple Leaf

By: Erna de Burger Fex

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Behind the Green Door

From the land of Windmills to the Land of the Maple Leaf

By: Erna de Burger Fex

Behind the Green Door is a collection of stories that will make you laugh but also may bring a tear to your eye while you read in vivid detail the challenges of an immigrant child and the struggles of being uprooted to a new land without understanding the language and traditions of this strange new world.

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239

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FriesenPress

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1525577433

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9781525577437

Beyond Level Three (Part B)

By: Amin Abu-Ayyash - Erna Reiken - Zeina Van Loan

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Beyond Level Three (Part B)

By: Amin Abu-Ayyash - Erna Reiken - Zeina Van Loan

What is special about Beyond? • Motivating themes • Real-world issues • Cultural exposure • Communicative spirit • Interactive procedure Beyond is all that you need! Components • Student’s multi-skill course book • Student’s composition and grammar course book • Student’s activity CD • Teacher’s guide • Teacher’s audio input CD

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175

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World Heritage Publishers Ltd

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6144131191

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9786144131190

Memoirs in Toe Shoes

The Unabashed Autobiography of "Chiquita" of the World-famous Dance Team "Chiquita & Johnson"

By: Erna Segal

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Memoirs in Toe Shoes

The Unabashed Autobiography of "Chiquita" of the World-famous Dance Team "Chiquita & Johnson"

By: Erna Segal

The unabashed autobiography of 'Chiquita' of the world- famous dance team 'Chiquita & Johnson.' They dazzled audiences in nightclubs and on TV shows in the 1950s and 1960s. This is the first printing of this amusing, delightful, and engaging book.

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366

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Fictionspin Publishing

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0972400753

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9780972400756

Book's by Erna Paris

From Tolerance to Tyranny

From Tolerance to Tyranny

The Sun Climbs Slow

The Sun Climbs Slow

From Tolerance to Tyranny

From Tolerance to Tyranny

The Sun Climbs Slow

The Sun Climbs Slow

Long Shadows

Long Shadows

Behind the Green Door

Behind the Green Door

Beyond Level Three (Part B)

Beyond Level Three (Part B)

Memoirs in Toe Shoes

Memoirs in Toe Shoes

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