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Cuckooland : where the rich own the truth / by Burgis, Tom,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Behind a boardroom table at one of London's most fearsome law firms sits the man who wants to own the truth. He is wealthy, influential, a friend to princes and prime ministers. There is no door in the land that doesn't open to him. But who is he really? How did he make his money? The search for the answer leads investigative reporter Tom Burgis from Putin's St Petersburg to a blood-soaked town square in Uzbekistan, from Kazakh torture chambers to a Kathmandu cabal of Maoists. Places where reality is beaten into submission. The trail does not stop there. It leads on into the democracies, where the truth is said to be sacred -- but where today it is for sale. An entire industry has taken shape to serve those who are seizing the greatest prize of all. The power to choose what they want reality to be and impose that reality on the world. They decree what stories may be told about war and money and power, what we are permitted to know -- and what we are not. 'Write your book and you'll see what happens to it', says the rich man behind the boardroom table. Perhaps Cuckooland has been pulled from the shelves, censored or pulped. If not, inside is the thrilling story of the heist of our times: the takeover of reality itself.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Amersi, Mohamed.; Conservative Party (Great Britain); Businessmen; Corruption.; Power (Social sciences); Rich people.; Trials (Libel);
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Hollywood vampires : Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, and the celebrity exploitation machine / by Loudenberg, Kelly,author.; Wholey, Makiko,author.;
"Celebrity romances have always captured the public's imagination, playing out like soap operas seized upon by fans and tabloids alike. By the same token, high-profile trials can take over the mainstream media cycle, with both news pundits and the public picking over every detail to predict outcomes and cast their own judgements. Enter the union, dissolution, and hostile legal battle between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard -- where these dual obsessions collided, creating a chaotic moment of true cultural fixation. [This book] offers an inside account of one of the most controversial and consequential celebrity scandals of the Internet era. Fueled by viral clips, reaction videos, and endless online debates, the trial became more than a legal battle -- it became a public spectacle, dividing audiences worldwide"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Depp, Johnny; Heard, Amber, 1986-; Libel and slander.; Trials (Libel); Motion picture actors and actresses; Celebrities; Influence (Psychology); Fame;
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Denial [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Foster, Gary,1961-film producer.; Hare, David,1947-screenwriter.; Jackson, Mick,film director.; Krasnoff, Russ,film producer.; Scott, Andrew,1976 October 21-actor.; Spall, Timothy,1957-actor.; Weisz, Rachel,1971-actor.; Wilkinson, Tom,1948-actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Lipstadt, Deborah E.Denial.; Bleecker Street Films (Firm),presenter.; Participant Media,production company.; BBC Films,production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music, Howard Shore ; editor Justine Wright ; director or photography, Haris Zambarloukos.Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Alex Jennings.When Deborah Lipstadt speaks out against Holocaust denier David Irving over his falsification of history, she discovers that the stakes are higher than ever in the battle for historical truth. Now faced with a libel lawsuit in British court, Lipstadt and her attorney have the heavy burden of proving that the Holocaust actually happened, in a riveting legal fight with stunning consequences.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; Irving, David John Cawdell, 1938-; Lipstadt, Deborah E.; Penguin (Firm); Holocaust denial; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Trials (Libel);
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Theodore Roosevelt for the defense : the courtroom battle to save his legacy / by Abrams, Dan,1966-author.; Fisher, David,author.;
ABC News legal correspondent and host of LIVE PD Dan Abrams reveals the story of Teddy Roosevelt's last stand--an epic courtroom battle against corruption.
Subjects: Barnes, William, 1866-1930; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Trials (Libel); Political culture;
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Not my type : one woman vs. a president / by Carroll, E. Jean,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.An autobiography of journalist and advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. Includes transcripts of testimony in the defamation trial against Donald Trump.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Carroll, E. Jean.; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Advice columnists; Man-woman relationships; Presidents; Sex scandals; Trials (Libel); Women journalists; Women;
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Truth in our times : inside the fight for press freedom in the age of alternative facts / by McCraw, David Edward,author.;
Subjects: New York Times Company; Press law; Freedom of the press; Libel and slander; Press and politics; Fake news;
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A Case of Life and Limb : The Trials of Gabriel Ward. by Smith, Sally.;
"I was immediately besotted . . . Brilliant." -Janice Hallett, internationally bestselling author of The AppealAll is calm, all is bright, until reluctant sleuth barrister Gabriel Ward is tasked with finding the culprit of yet another grizzly crime in the Inner Temple . . .Christmas Eve, 1901. Gabriel Ward KC is hard at work on a thorny libel case involving London's most famous music hall star, Topsy Tillotson, and its most notorious tabloid newspaper, the Nation's Voice, but the Inner Temple remains as quiet and calm as ever. Quiet, that is, until a severed hand arrives in the post.While the hand's recipient, Temple Treasurer Sir William Waring, is rightfully shaken, Gabriel is filled with curiosity. Who would want to send such a thing? And why? But as more parcels arrive-one with fatal consequences-Gabriel realizes that it is not Sir William who is the target, but the Temple itself.Someone is holding a grudge that has already led to at least one death. Now it's up to Gabriel, and Constable Wright of the City of London Police, to find out who, before an old death leads to a new murder.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Historical fiction.; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical;
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