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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is the most comprehensive, and most comprehensively chilling, study of modern torture yet written. Darius Rejali, one of the world's leading experts on torture, takes the reader from the late nineteenth century to the aftermath of Abu Ghraib, from slavery and the electric chair to electro-torture in American inner cities, and from French and British colonial prison cells and the Spanish-American War to the fields of Vietnam, the wars of the...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
You will be scared. But you won t know why In this deeply suspenseful and irresistibly unnerving debut novel, a man and his girlfriend are on their way to a secluded farm. What follows is a twisted unraveling and an unforgettable ending that will haunt you long after the last page is turned. Jake and a woman known only as The Girlfriend are taking a long drive to meet his parents at their secluded farm. But when Jake takes a sudden detour, leaving...
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Explains what torture is, and discusses various types of torture, arguments for and against its use, its long-term effects on both victims and perpetrators, and what can be done to prevent or reduce torture.
17) Saw III
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
Jigsaw is missing, and with his new apprentice, Amanda, the puppet master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture. While the city detectives scramble to locate him, Dr. Denlon and Jeff are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on Jigsaw's vicious chessboard.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Explains the history of torture, including the Inquisition and the witch hunts in Europe, and the efforts of Amnesty International to secure the banning of torture worldwide. Torture-the deliberate infliction of pain upon the human body-is condemned by most civilized countries as an inexcusable crime, but it is still practiced in many parts of the modern world. For over 3,000 years, it was regarded as acceptable and formed a part of most legal codes...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Torture is banned because it is cruel and inhumane. But as Shane O'Mara writes in this account of the human brain under stress, another reason torture should never be condoned is because it does not work the way torturers assume it does. In countless films and TV shows such as Homeland and 24, torture is portrayed as a harsh necessity. If cruelty can extract secrets that will save lives, so be it. CIA officers and others conducted torture using precisely...
20) Scorned
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
If you're going to cheat on your lover, don't get caught. And if you do get caught, you'd better hope your lover isn't secretly insane. Kevin learns the hard way not to get caught cheating on his lover, when his girlfriend Sadie discovers that he's having a scorching affair with her best friend. Now Sadie has planned a romantic weekend getaway for just the three of them, complete with terror, torture and twisted psychosexual games. The trap is set....