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Escape the mask
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David Ward |
Courage and loyalty win out over brute power as Coriko and Pippa save themselves and other enslaved children from the oppression of the wearers of the Mask. Forced to mine the sands of Grassland unde… |
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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
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Elliot Aronson,Carol Tavris |
At some point we all make a bad decision, do something that harms another person, or cling to an outdated belief. When we do, we strive to reduce the cognitive dissonance that results from feeling t… |
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The modulated scream
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Cohen, Esther |
This book provides an integral, readable account of changing attitudes toward pain in late medieval Europe. Since pain itself cannot be known, the book looks at pain by chronicling what people wrote … |
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Confronting evils
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Claudia Card |
"In this new contribution to philosophical ethics, Claudia Card revisits the theory of evil developed in her earlier book The Atrocity Paradigm (2002), and expands it to consider collectively perpetr… |
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A mental healthcare model for mass trauma survivors
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Metin Başoğlu |
"Mass trauma events, such as natural disasters, war and torture, affect millions of people every year. Currently, there is no mental health care model with the potential to address the psychological … |
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The inquisitor
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Mark Allen Smith |
"Geiger has a gift: he knows a lie the instant he hears it. And in his business--called "information retrieval" by its practitioners--that gift is invaluable, because truth is the hottest thing on th… |
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Understanding torture
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Jeremy Wisnewski |
Despite Victor Hugo's 19th-century proclamation that torture no longer exists, we still find it even now, even in those nations that claim to be paradigms of civility. Why is it that torture still ex… |
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Vampire's kiss
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Veronica Wolff |
Drew continues her Acari training in hopes of becoming a Watcher and being paired with a Vampire agent, but her first assignment quickly becomes more than she bargained for when she goes undercover t… |
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Criminal
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Karin Slaughter,Karen Slaughter |
"1974: in the blistering heat of an Atlanta summer, a killer prowls the streets, searching for the weak, the vulnerable and the lost. Forty years later, a young woman is found brutally murdered in a … |
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The lie
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Hesh Kestin |
Dahlia Barr does not suffer fools--or her own government, with which she is normally at odds. Shrewd, brash, and as tough as she is beautiful, the controversial Israeli attorney specializes in defend… |
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Poison flower
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Thomas Perry |
Protecting a man wrongly charged with the murder of his wife, Jane Whitefield is shot and abducted by the real culprits, who threaten to kill her if she does not reveal her client's whereabouts. |
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At the side of torture survivors
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Christian Pross,Sepp Graessner,Norbert Gurris |
"Available for the first time in English, At the Side of Torture Survivors provides an intimate portrait of the difficulties facing torture survivors and the therapists who strive to help them. Writt… |
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The shattered lens
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Jonathan Alpeyrie |
"Discover a gripping and harrowing tale of war and torture from the man who lived it in this powerful memoir by the celebrated war journalist who not only documented over a dozen conflict zones world… |
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Democracy now!
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David Goodman,Amy Goodman,Denis Moynihan |
A celebration of the acclaimed television and radio news program Democracy now! and the extraordinary movements and heroes who have moved our democracy forward. Amy Goodman, along with her journalist… |
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Inszenierte Bedrohung
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Maja Bächler |
Folterszenen werden zunehmend Bestandteil US-amerikanischer Kriegs- und Terrorismusfilme. Opfer und Täter werden entweder US-amerikanisch oder islamisch-arabisch markiert. Maja Bächler zeigt am Beisp… |
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Torture Doctors
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Steven H. Miles |
Torture doctors invent and oversee techniques to inflict pain and suffering without leaving scars. Their knowledge of the body and its breaking points and their credible authority over death certific… |
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20 years of combating torture
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European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
During the 20 years of its existence, the CPT (European Committee for the Prevention of Torture) has carried out some 270 visits to detention places in 47 European States. In its 19th General Report … |
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The body in pain
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Elaine Scarry |
Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, this work explores the nature of physical suffering. Elaine Scarry bases her study on a wide range of sources: literature and art, medical case … |
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The United Nations Convention against torture
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Elizabeth McArthur,Manfred Nowak |
xxvi, 1649 p. ; 24 cm |
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Fear up harsh
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Tony Lagouranis,Allen Mikaelian |
So begins Army interrogator Tony Lagouranis's first briefing at Abu Ghraib. When the U.S. went to war with Iraq, Lagouranis-who joined the Army prior to September 11-was tapped to be an interrogator … |
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