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The Torturer in the Mirror

Author : Ramsey Clark
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1609803159
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The Torturer in the Mirror written by Ramsey Clark and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the US invasion of Iraq, before the American public saw the infamous photos from Abu Ghraib, the CIA went to the White House with a question: What, according to the Constitution, was the line separating interrogation from torture—and could that line be moved? The White House lawyers' answer—in the form of legal documents later known as the "Torture Memos"—became the US's justification for engaging in torture. The Torturer in the Mirror shows us how when one of us tortures, we are all implicated in the crime. In three uncompromising essays, Iraqi dissident Haifa Zangana, former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, and professor of sociology Thomas Ehrlich Reifer teach us how physically and psychologically insidious torture is, how deep a mark it leaves on both its victims and its practitioners, and how necessary it is for us as a society to hold torturers accountable.

The Shadow of the Torturer

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0575114150
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book The Shadow of the Torturer written by Gene Wolfe and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So begins one of the most celebrated stories in fantasy literature . . . packed full of mystery, deep themes and incredible prose, meet Severian the Torturer and follow him on his journey across the great world of Urth Severian is a torturer, born to the guild and with an exceptionally promising career ahead of him . . . until he falls in love with one of his victims, a beautiful young noblewoman. Her excruciations are delayed for some months and, out of love, Severian helps her commit suicide and escape her fate. For a torturer, there is no more unforgivable act. In punishment he is exiled from the guild and his home city to the distant metropolis of Thrax with little more than Terminus Est, a fabled sword, to his name. Along the way he has to learn to survive in a wider world without the guild - a world in which he has already made both allies and enemies. And a strange gem is about to fall into his possession, which will only make his enemies pursue him with ever-more determination . . . Winner of the World Fantasy Award for best novel, 1981 Winner of the BSFA Award for best novel, 1982 Readers can't stop reading The Shadow of the Torturer: 'Full of rich characters and great imagination' Mark Lawrence, author of Red Sister 'A dark jewel . . . He has a mastery of language not often seen in fantasy writing . . . Couple this with an original and unique, highly imaginative and complex worldbuilding and the high praise is warranted' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'This is a picaresque fantasy with a difference, for our hero Severian is no wide-eyed country boy from the shire, but an apprentice torturer, thoroughly schooled in his trade' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'There are certain books that can be considered life-changing experiences. Gene Wolfe is an author who has written one of those for me' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'The Book of the New Sun Tetralogy is one of the great achievements in science fiction and is a MUST READ for fans of the genre. HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION!!!' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'In addition to being unique in style, The Shadow of the Torturer is a gorgeous piece of work: passionate storytelling (heart-wrenching in places), fascinating insights into nature and the human condition, beautiful prose' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Genre fiction at its finest. Original, difficult and well-crafted, it is easy to see how Wolfe is regarded as a writer's writer' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Facing the Torturer

Author : Francois Bizot
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307960870
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Facing the Torturer written by Francois Bizot and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the acclaimed memoir The Gate now gives us a mesmerizing account of his personal relationship with one of the most infamous torturers of the twentieth century, and of his transformative experience observing and participating in that man’s recent trial for war crimes. In 1971, François Bizot was researching Khmer pottery and Buddhist ritual in rural Cambodia when, along with two Cambodian assistants, he was arrested by Communist guerrillas on suspicion of being an American spy. In captivity, Bizot would establish an unlikely rapport with his interrogator, Comrade Duch, a twenty-nine-year-old former math teacher, now commander of the jungle encampment. After many long conversations, Duch would become convinced of Bizot’s innocence, finally deciding to release his prisoner against the wishes of his superiors, including one Saloth Sar—the future Pol Pot. And so it was on Christmas Day 1971 that Bizot was allowed to depart the camp but obliged to leave his assistants behind. In 1999, Bizot would hear of the arrest of the “butcher of Tuol Sleng.” This was the nom de guerre that Comrade Duch had earned after releasing Bizot and proceeding to exterminate some ten thousand Cambodians, including Bizot’s assistants, Lay and Son. Duch’s unexpected capture after years in hiding presented François Bizot with his first opportunity to confront the man who’d held him captive for three months and whose strange sense of justice had resulted in Bizot’s being the only Westerner to survive imprisonment by the Khmer Rouge. The arrest also forced Bizot to confront a paradox: How could the man who’d been his savior have become one of the most monstrous perpetrators of the Cambodian genocide? Taking part in the trial as a witness, with Duch the sole defendant, would return Bizot to the heart of darkness. This is the testimony of what he discovered—about the torturer and about himself—on that harrowing journey.

The United States and Torture

Author : Marjorie Cohn
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814769829
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book The United States and Torture written by Marjorie Cohn and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torture has been a topic of national discussion ever since it was revealed that “enhanced interrogation techniques” had been authorized as part of the war on terror. The United States and Torture provides us with a larger lens through which to view America's policy of torture, one that dissects America's long relationship with interrogation and torture, which roots back to the 1950s and has been applied, mostly in secret, to “enemies,” ever since. The United States and Torture opens with a compelling preface by Sister Dianna Ortiz, who describes the unimaginable treatment she endured in Guatemala in 1987 at the hands of the the Guatemalan government, which was supported by the United States. Following Ortiz's preface, an interdisciplinary panel of experts offers one of the most comprehensive examinations of torture to date, beginning with the Cold War era and ending with today's debate over accountability for torture.

Postcolonial literature and the biblical call for justice

Author : Susan V. Gallagher
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781617034596
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Postcolonial literature and the biblical call for justice written by Susan V. Gallagher and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1994 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

the mirror of literature amusement and instruction

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book the mirror of literature amusement and instruction written by and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Literature and the Bible

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900465643X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Literature and the Bible written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Kaleidoscope; Or, Literary and Scientific Mirror

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The Kaleidoscope; Or, Literary and Scientific Mirror written by and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

City of Widows

Author : Haifa Zangana
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1609800710
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book City of Widows written by Haifa Zangana and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In City of Widows, Haifa Zangana tells the story of her country, from the early twentieth century through the US-UK invasion and the current occupation. She brings to light a sense of Iraq as a society mainly of secularists who have been denied, through years of sanctions, war, and occupation, a system within which to build the country according to their own values. She points to the long history of political activism and social participation of Iraqi women, and the fact that, before the recent invasion, they had been among the most liberated of their gender in the Middle East. Finally, she writes about Baghdad today as a city populated by bereaved women and children who have lost their loved ones and their land, but who are still emboldened by the native right to resist and liberate themselves to create an independent Iraq.

The Good Listener

Author : Neil Belton
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571295274
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book The Good Listener written by Neil Belton and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Essential reading... A horrifying account of the worst that human beings can do to each other. Neil Belton's synthesis of biography and history is masterly.' Anthony Storr, Sunday Times Helen Bamber went to Belson in 1945 to work with survivors of the camp. She was just twenty. Since then her life has been involved with the worst side of the last half-century. In 1985, at the age of sixty, she set up an organisation devoted to helping victims of torture and to bearing witness against the fact of torture. This is her story. It is also a haunting unusual narrative of the post-war world. This 2012 edition offers a new introduction by the author. 'The story of Bamber's life acts as a framework or prism through which some of the worst events of this century of horrors are addressed.' Times Literary Supplement '[Belton] writes beautifully about an ugly subject... with compassion but also with clarity.' Scotsman

Contemporary Women Playwrights

Author : Penny Farfan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1137270802
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Women Playwrights written by Penny Farfan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breaking new ground in this century, this wide-ranging collection of essays is the first of its kind to address the work of contemporary international women playwrights. The book considers the work of established playwrights such as Caryl Churchill, Marie Clements, Lara Foot-Newton, Maria Irene Fornes, Sarah Kane, Lisa Kron, Young Jean Lee, Lynn Nottage, Suzan-Lori Parks, Djanet Sears, Caridad Svich, and Judith Thompson, but it also foregrounds important plays by many emerging writers. Divided into three sections-Histories, Conflicts, and Genres-the book explores such topics as the feminist history play, solo performance, transcultural dramaturgies, the identity play, the gendered terrain of war, and eco-drama, and encompasses work from the United States, Canada, Latin America, Oceania, South Africa, Egypt, and the United Kingdom. With contributions from leading international scholars and an introductory overview of the concerns and challenges facing women playwrights in this new century, Contemporary Women Playwrights explores the diversity and power of women's playwriting since 1990, highlighting key voices and examining crucial critical and theoretical developments within the field.

Spirituality and the Ethics of Torture

Author : D. Jeffreys
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230622577
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Spirituality and the Ethics of Torture written by D. Jeffreys and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-06-22 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What exactly is torture? Should we torture suspected terrorists if they have information about future violent acts? Defining torture carefully, the book defends the idea that all people are valuable, and rejects moral defenses of torture. It focuses particularly on practices like sensory deprivation, which perniciously attack the human psyche.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction

Author : Thomas Byerly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction written by Thomas Byerly and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Luther as a Spiritual Adviser

Author : Dennis Ngien
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1556354819
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book Luther as a Spiritual Adviser written by Dennis Ngien and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most Luther scholars have focused largely on the polemical side of the Reformer, with occasional allusion to his Devotional Writings in volumes 42 and 43 of the American editions. The aim of this book is to unfold the pastoral, not the polemical, side of the reformer, drawing on the spiritual insights he offers to people of high and low estate. These writings are devotional and catechetical in shape and intent, yet not devoid of rich theological substance, the fruit of his rigorous reflections. They are the exercises of Luther's basic calling as a theologian-pastor, and are the concrete illustrations of the interface of theology and piety, the former being the abiding presupposition and logical cause of the latter. Through them, readers are informed not only of the Reformation theology of justification, but also introduced to a distinct expression of the Christian faith in which Christ and his cross occupy the centre stage. What is noticeable is the one single overarching theme--God's ways with people--that the Reformer, as a spiritual adviser, sought to relate to the events of his days such as evils, severe afflictions, the prevalent lay abuse of the Eucharist. He counseled how to meditate aright on Christ's passion, prepare to face the terror of death, advise the sick, rightly approach the sacrament of the altar, why and how to pray aright, what benefits could be gained from the Lord's Prayer, and how to live out a life of discipleship under the cross. Ngien's work reveals Luther as a true theologian, i.e., theologian of the cross at work in the pastoral context.

Unmaking of the torturer

Author : Elaine Bing
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 079935693X
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Unmaking of the torturer written by Elaine Bing and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three policemen tell the horrifying stories of what they had done during the apartheid years ”“ how, where and whom they had tortured. They don’t try to negate their part in the events and in fact have taken a great risk in telling their stories.

Violence | Perception | Video Games

Author : Federico Alvarez Igarzábal
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839450519
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Violence | Perception | Video Games written by Federico Alvarez Igarzábal and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume compiles papers from the Young Academics Workshop at the Clash of Realities conferences of 2017 and 2018. The 2017 workshop - Perceiving Video Games - explored the video game medium by focusing on perception and meaning-making processes. The 2018 workshop - Reframing the Violence and Video Games Debate - transcended misleading claims that link video games and violent behavior by offering a range of fresh topical perspectives. From BA students to postdoctoral researchers, the young academics of this anthology stem from a spectrum of backgrounds, including game studies, game design, and phenomenology. This volume also features an entry by renowned psychologist Christopher J. Ferguson.

Philosemitism in History

Author : Jonathan Karp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107377293
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Philosemitism in History written by Jonathan Karp and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too often philosemitism, the idealization of Jews and Judaism, has been simplistically misunderstood as merely antisemitism in sheep's clothing. This book takes a different approach, surveying the phenomenon from antiquity to the present day, and highlighting its rich complexity and broad impact on Western culture. Philosemitism in History includes fourteen essays by specialist historians, anthropologists, literary scholars and scholars of religion, ranging from medieval philosemitism, to such modern and contemporary topics as the African American depiction of Jews as ethnic role models, the Zionism of Christian evangelicals, pro-Jewish educational television in West Germany, and the current fashion for Jewish kitsch memorabilia in contemporary East-Central Europe. An extensive introductory chapter offers a thorough and original overview of the topic. The book underscores both the endurance and the malleability of philosemitism, drawing attention to this important, yet widely neglected, facet of Jewish - non-Jewish relations.