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Escape the mask Escape the mask 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… OL12005878W
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) 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Aronson,Carol Tavris At some point we all make a bad decision, do something that harms another person, or cling to an outdated belief.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… OL15014628W
The modulated scream The modulated scream 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 … OL15091800W
Confronting evils Confronting evils 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… OL15603375W
A mental healthcare model for mass trauma survivors A mental healthcare model for mass trauma survivors 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 … OL16011417W
The inquisitor The inquisitor 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… OL16014530W
Understanding torture Understanding torture 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… OL16201900W
Vampire's kiss Vampire's kiss 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… OL16415368W
Criminal Criminal 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 … OL16499060W
The lie The lie 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… OL17878210W
Poison flower Poison flower 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. OL18176028W
At the side of torture survivors At the side of torture survivors 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… OL19475502W
The shattered lens The shattered lens 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… OL19716745W
Democracy now! Democracy now! 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… OL20029296W
Inszenierte Bedrohung Inszenierte Bedrohung 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… OL20360653W
Torture Doctors Torture Doctors 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… OL20745237W
20 years of combating torture 20 years of combating torture 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 … OL33315303W
The body in pain The body in pain 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 … OL35084W
The United Nations Convention against torture The United Nations Convention against torture Elizabeth McArthur,Manfred Nowak xxvi, 1649 p. ; 24 cm OL3567033W
Fear up harsh Fear up harsh 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 … OL8165775W
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