torture

Young readers will be drawn to all kinds of gory and unsavory topics, including foot binding for young women, the murderous Empress Wu, the deadly search for immortality, and the origins of acupuncture.

Two years after the disappearance of her father, seventeen-year-old Liv and her friend capture an alien in the Iowa countryside, and instead of turning him over to the authorities, they choose a different path.

Discusses the debate over torture and if it's justified or unacceptable.

Six young friends, tortured by the Spears and forced to work as slaves in the harsh fields of Grassland, vow to escape to find the freedom that was stolen from them long ago, and their opportunity arises when Outsiders come and wage war against the Spears.

Sergeant Edgar Brighton of the Shadow Squadron is in Colombia, assisting on an anti-drug operation--but when he is captured and tortured by the rebels he must find a way to escape before they break him.

A series of interviews following the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in which African-American intellectual Angela Davis explores how democracy has been compromised by its systems of oppression as a way to maintain dominance and control.

"All the grim, gruesome and gory bits of history they never teach you in school! From the betrayal and murder of Julius Caesar by Marcus Brutus to the gunpowder plot to overthrow the English government of Guy Fawkes to the outlandish trials of witches, this book is packed with men, women, and historical events that involve unfair trials and unspeakable treachery. Others included are: La Malinche, the Spanish Inquisition, the trial and execution of Charles I, the betrayal of Jesse James by Robert Ford, and trial and execution methods, among others. Kids will love the scrapbook style and all the illustrations and charts!"--.

A man tries to hide his violent past in Haiti from his new family as he rebuilds his life in America.

Author Phillips chronicles the transformation of a tank battalion stationed in Iraq into a unit used for guerilla war and prisoner detention. Phillips reveals how and why these men were made to torture their prisoners and details the psychological impact it had on them.

This book describes prison conditions in countries on every continent. The stark contrasts are as dramatic as they are instructional.