The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk
by Palden Gyatso, et al
For 30 years, he would endure interrogations, deprivation, starvation,
beatings, and psychological torture. When he was finally released in 1992,
he fled the country, managing to smuggle out not only the names of his
fellow prisoners but Chinese instruments of torture to show the world.
Listed under Tibet
The
Blindfold's Eyes: My Journey from Torture to Truth
by Dianna Ortiz, Patricia Davis
In 1989 Sister Dianna Ortiz was abducted, raped and tortured by political
thugs loyal to the US backed Guatamala government. She later identified
one of her torturers as an American. Db.
Hardcover from Orbis Books
Book Published: October, 2002
Blood
and Volts: Edison, Tesla and the Electric Chair
by T Metzger
Paperback (June 1997)
Autonomedia; ISBN: 1570270600
Capital
Punishment - Cruel and Unusual?
by Mei Ling Rein (Editor), Nancy R. Jacobs (Editor), Mark A. Siegel
(Editor)
Paperback Revised edition (May 2000)
Information Plus; ISBN: 1573021156
Caring
for Victims of Torture
by James M. Jaranson (Editor), Michael K. Popkin (Editor)
Hardcover - 267 pages (July 1998)
Amer Psychiatric Pr; ISBN: 0880487747
Dark
Justice: The History of Punishment and Torture
by Karen Farrington
Hardcover from Smithmark Publishing
Book Published: September, 1996
Dead
Wrong : A Death Row Lawyer Speaks Out Against Capital Punishment
by Michael A. Mello, David Von Drehle
Hardcover - 416 pages Reissue edition (March 1998)
Univ of Wisconsin Pr; ISBN: 0299153401
Death
at Midnight : The Confession of an Executioner
by Don Cabana
Cabana, a prison official for 25 years, recounts his experiences and
his change of heart about the death penalty.
Hardcover - 216 pages (May 1996)
Northeastern Univ Pr; ISBN: 1555532640
Death
on the Gallows: The Story of Legal Hangings in New Mexico, 1847-1923
by West C. Gilbreath
Paperback from High Lonesome Books
Book Published: May, 2002
Death
Work : A Study of the Modern Execution Process (Contemporary Issues
in Crime and Justice Series)
by Robert Johnson
Paperback - 250 pages 2nd edition (September 1997)
Wadsworth Pub Co; ISBN: 053452155X
Disappearing
Acts : Spectacles of Gender and Nationalism in Argentina's 'Dirty War'
by Diana Taylor
Paperback - 328 pages (March 1997)
Duke Univ Pr (Txt); ISBN: 0822318687
The Domostroi : Rules for Russian Households in the Time of Ivan
the Terrible
by Carolyn Johnston Pouncy (Editor)
Listed under Russian History
Dracula : Prince of Many Faces : His Life and Times
by Radu R. Florescu, Raymond T. McNally (Contributor)
Listed under Rumania
Dungeons,
Gallows and Severed Heads of London
by Travis Elborough
Paperback from Watling Street
Book Published: 22 April, 2002
The
Flight : Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior
by Horacio Verbitsky, Esther Allen (Translator), Juan Mendez (Introduction)
Hardcover (August 1996)
New Press; ISBN: 1565840097
A
Glimpse of Hell : Reports on Torture Worldwide
by Duncan Forrest (Editor)
Paperback (September 1996)
New York Univ Pr; ISBN: 0814726666
The
Hanging Tree : Execution and the English People 1770-1868
by V. A. C. Gatrell
A gripping history of the heyday of public execution in England paints
an unflinching portrait of slayings and the crowds who witnessed them and
explores opinions of writers--including Boswell, Byron, Thackeray, and
Dickens--on executions and their social context. UP.
Paperback Reprint edition (November 1996)
Oxford University Press; ISBN: 0192853325
The
History of Torture
by Daniel P. Mannix
Paperback from Sutton Publishing
Book Published: September, 2003
The
History of Torture
by Brian Innes
A fascinating, often-gruesome, account of the use of torture throughout
history, this work is meticulously researched, and enhanced by 110 etchings,
photos, and paintings. Ingram
Hardcover - 192 pages (July 1998)
St Martins Pr (Trade); ISBN: 0312184255 |
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Hours
of Torture, Years of Silence : My Soul Was the Scene of the Crime
by Teresa Lauer
Paperback from RapeRecovery.com
Book Published: May, 1998
Inquisition
by Edward M. Peters
Listed under Spanish Inquisition
Instruments
of Torture
by Michael Kerrigan
Book Description: Torture is associated most closely with the
absolute monarchies of history and the totalitarian and dictatorial regimes
of the more recent past and present day. The classical world employed it
widely though by no means indiscriminately, while in the West it doesn't
seem to have been used systematically until the medieval era. After the
Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, western countries began banning
it - though actual practice didn't necessarily keep pace with official
legislation. Even in the last few years, such democratic countries as Denmark,
the UK, and the United States have at one time or another, it is claimed,
strayed over the boundary between justifiably close and actually abusive
questioning.
The Instruments of Torture looks at the techniques and tools used in
torture, ranging from the earliest known historical instances of the practice
right up to the present time and covering practices used throughout the
world. The different methods of inflicting pain are grouped by type (stretching,
for instance, having been used particularly in the European Renaissance
as well as being still widespread in the Middle East), showing the grim
parallels in torture as used in different cultures and contexts.
Paperback - 192 pages (April 2001)
The Lyons Press; ISBN: 1585742473
Martial Justice : The Last Mass Execution in the United States
by Richard Whittingham
A historical tragedy of a young German submariner POW who was
willing to sacrifice the bond of comradeship to save his homeland. Seven
of his comrades were executed in the United States after the cessation
of hostilities.
Listed under Prisoners of War
A
Lexicon of Terror : Argentina and the Legacies of Torture
by Marguerite Feitlowitz
Paperback: 302 pages
Oxford University Press; ISBN: 0195134168; (September
1999)
The
Mental Health Consequences of Torture
by Ellen Gerrity, Terence M. Keane, Farris Fuma, Farris Tuma
Hardcover from Plenum Pr
Book Published: March, 2001
Revolutionizing
Motherhood : The Mothers of the Plaza De Mayo
(Latin American Silhouettes)
by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard
Revolutionizing Motherhood examines one of the most astonishing
human rights movements of recent years. During the Argentine junta's Dirty
War against subversives, as tens of thousands were abducted, tortured ,
and disappeared, a group of women forged the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
and changed Argentine politics forever.
Paperback - 278 pages (May 1994)
Scholarly Resources; ISBN: 0842024875
Rites
of Execution : Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture,
1776-1865
by Louis P. Masur
Paperback - 220 pages reprint edition (May 1991)
Oxford Univ Press; ISBN: 0195066634
Secret
Dialogues: Church-State Relations, Torture, and Social Justice in Authoritarian
Brazil (Pitt Latin American Series)
by Kenneth P. Serbin, Ken Serbin
Paperback from Univ of Pittsburgh Pr (Txt)
Book Published: November, 2000
Texas
Death Row
by Ken Light (Photographer), Suzanne Donovan (Contributor)
Special Order
Paperback - 128 pages (May 1997)
Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd); ISBN: 0878059512
The
Thief, the Cross and the Wheel : Pain and the Spectacle of Punishment in
Medieval and Renaissance Europe
by Mitchell B. Merback
Hardcover - 280 pages (May 1999)
University of Chicago Press; ISBN: 0226520153
Torture
by Edward Peters
Paperback Expanded edition (December 1996)
University of Pennsylvania Press; ISBN: 0812215990
The
Torture Garden
by Octave Mirbeau, Alvah C. Bessie
Paperback from Juno Books
Book Published: 31 August, 2000
The
Torture Garden
by Octave Mirbeau, Michael Richardson (Translator)
Paperback - (December 1997) 210 pages
A gothic classic about the art of torture as practised in a fantastic
19th century torture garden. Will sicken, deprave and delight modern readers. |
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Tortured
Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran
by Ervand Abrahamian
Book Description:
The role of torture in recent Iranian politics is the subject of Ervand
Abrahamian's important and disturbing book. Although Iran officially banned
torture in the early twentieth century, Abrahamian provides documentation
of its use under the Shahs and of the widespread utilization of torture
and public confession under the Islamic Republican governments. His study
is based on an extensive body of material, including Amnesty International
reports, prison literature, and victims' accounts that together give the
book a chilling immediacy.
According to human rights organizations, Iran has been at the forefront
of countries using systematic physical torture in recent years, especially
for political prisoners. Is the government's goal to ensure social discipline?
To obtain information? Neither seem likely, because torture is kept secret
and victims are brutalized until something other than information is obtained:
a public confession and ideological recantation. For the victim, whose
honor, reputation, and self-respect are destroyed, the act is a form of
suicide.
Paperback from University of California Press
Book Published: July, 1999
The
U.N. Conventionion Torture and the Prospects for Enforcement
(International Studies in Human Rights, V. 51)
by Ahcene Boulesbaa
Hardcover (June 1999)
Martinus Nijhoff; ISBN: 9041104577
Unspeakable
Acts, Ordinary People : The Dynamics of Torture
by John Conroy
A compelling investigation of three incidents of torture in the Western
world and what they tell us about how ordinary people can become torturers,
about the rationalizations societies adopt to justify torture, about the
potential in each of us for acting unspeakably.
Hardcover - 304 pages 1 Ed edition (March 21, 2000)
Knopf; ISBN: 0679419187 |
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Violence
Workers: Police Torturers and Murderers Reconstruct Brazilian Atrocities
by Martha Knisely Huggins, Mika Haritos-Fatouros, Philip G. Zimbardo
Paperback from University of California Press
Book Published: 04 November, 2002
Tortured
Confessions : Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran
by Ervand Abrahamian
Hardcover - 284 pages (July 1999)
Univ California Press; ISBN: 0520216237
Special Order
India
: Torture, Rape and Deaths in Custody
by Amnest International USA
Paperback (June 1992)
Amnesty Intl USA; ISBN: 086210209X
Special Order
At
the Hands of Persons Unknown : The Lynching of Black America
by Philip Dray
(Hardcover - January 2002)
Out of Print Books
Physical Interrogation Techniques
by Richard Krousher
Paperback (June 1985)
Loompanics Unlimited; ISBN: 0915179237
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
The Book of Execution : An Encyclopedia of Methods of Judicial Execution
by Geoffrey Abbott
Paperback Reprint edition (August 1995)
Trafalgar Square; ISBN: 0747245819
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
Counselling and Therapy with Refugees and Victims of Trauma : Psychological
Problems of Victims of War, Torture and Repression
by Guus van der Veer
Paperback from John Wiley & Sons
Book Published: October, 1999
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
Torture and its Consequences: Current Treatment Approaches
by Metin Basoglu
Paperback from Cambridge Univ Pr (Trd)
Book Published: 01 January, 1998
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
History of Punishment & Torture
by Karen Farrington
Paperback - 192 pages (August 1, 2000)
Hamlyn (UK); ISBN: 0600600351
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
Medieval Punishment - Torture and Executions in Europe - 1100-1600
by Cy Stapleton
Paperback - 52 pages (June 1, 1994)
The House of Gutenberg; ISBN: 0944928021
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
Rack, Rope and Red-Hot Pincers : A History of Torture and Its Instruments
by Geoffrey Abbott
Paperback Reissue edition (July 1995)
Trafalgar Square; ISBN: 0747239843
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
by Jacobo Timerman
Paperback Rei edition (October 1988)
Vintage Books; ISBN: 0679720480
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
China : Torture and Ill-Treatment of Prisoners (Amnesty International)
Paperback (December 1987)
Amnesty Intl USA; ISBN: 0939994321
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
Among the Lowest of the Dead : Inside Death Row
by David Von Drehle
Paperback (July 1996)
Crest; ISBN: 0449225232
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Books
The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth Century Spain
by Benzion Netanyahu
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Books
Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs : From the De SS.
Martyrum Cruciatibus of the Rev. Father Antonio Gallonio
Antonio Gallonio, A.R. Allinson (Translator)
Published 1989
Catalog Number: 0922915024
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"Anyone who has been tortured
remains tortured... Anyone who has suffered torture never again will be
able to be at ease in the world, the abomination of the annihilation is
never extinguished. Faith in humanity, already cracked by the first slap
in the face, then demolished by torture, is never acquired again."
Jean Amery, Austrian philosopher
tortured by the Gestapo, as quoted in "The Drowned and the Saved" by Primo
Levy
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