Charissa Bremer-David Books

South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commissions helped to end apartheid by providing a forum that exposed the nation's gross human rights abuses, provided amnesty and reparations to selected individuals, and eventually promoted national unity and healing. The success or failure of these commissions has been widely debated, but this is the first book to view the truth commission as public ritual and national theater. Catherine M. Cole brings an ethnographer's ear, a stage director's eye, and a historian's judgment to understand the vocabulary and practices of theater that mattered to the South Africans who participated in the reconciliation process. Cole looks closely at the record of the commissions, and sees their tortured expressiveness as a medium for performing evidence and truth to legitimize a new South Africa.

A detailed look at UK-US intelligence through a personal lens based on workinguniquely for UK intelligence as a British citizen and US intelligence as a US citizen.

The book showcases the J. Paul Getty Museum's extensive collection of French silver from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Through detailed illustrations, it highlights the craftsmanship and artistry of the period, offering insights into the historical context and significance of each piece. This catalog serves as a valuable resource for art enthusiasts and historians alike, celebrating the elegance and cultural heritage of French silverwork.

A never-before-told account of the infamous relationship between the notorious British spy and Soviet agent Harold "Kim" Philby and the CIA's Associate Director of Operations for Counter Intelligence, James Jesus Angleton. Readers will be drawn into the plot and story line of this historical thriller and real-life spy story. It's an exciting and fast-paced retelling that promises to shine a light on this major moment in the Cold War. Readers are invited to draw their own conclusions about the events revealed in this book.

A beautifully-woven memoir that captures the essence of growing up as the child of 'Ten Pound Poms' in Australia.

Embodied performance in South Africa has particular potency because apartheid was so centrally focused on the body. The majority of artists analysed here are people of colour. As the artists imagine new forms, they are helping audiences see the contemporary moment as it is: an important intervention in a country long predicated on denial.