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Soraya was just fifteen, a schoolgirl in the coastal town of Sirte, when she was given the honor of presenting a bouquet of flowers to Colonel Gaddafi, "the Guide," on a visit he was making to her school the following week. This one meeting--a presentation of flowers, a pat on the head from Gaddafi--changed Soraya's life forever. Soon afterwards, she was summoned to Bab al-Azizia, Gaddafi's palatial compound near Tripoli, where she joined a number of young women who were violently abused, raped and degraded by Gaddafi. Heartwrenchingly tragic but ultimately redemptive, Soraya's story is the first one of many that are just now beginning to be heard. But sex and rape remain the highest taboo in Libya, and women like Soraya (whose identity is protected by a pseudonym here) risk being disowned or even killed by their dishonored family members. In "Gaddafi's Harem," an instant bestseller on publication in France, where it has already sold more than 100,000 copies in hardcover, "Le Monde" special correspondent Annick Cojean gives a voice to Soraya's story, and supplements her investigation into Gaddafi's abuses of power through interviews with people who knew Soraya, as well as with other women who were abused by Gaddafi.

The first full account, based on access to key players who have never before spoken, of the Munich Massacre and the Israeli response--a lethal, top secret, thirty-year-long antiterrorism campaign to track down the killers. A secret Mossad unit is mobilized, a list of targets drawn up. The Mossad has never spoken about this operation--until now. Journalist Klein's account tells the full story for the first time, peeling back the layers of myth and misinformation about the "shadow war" against terrorist groups, illuminating the tactical and strategic purposes of the Israeli operation, and showing that the Israeli response to Munich was not simply about revenge.--From publisher description.

Argues that all men, even non-violent men, play a key role in stopping violence against women, and urges men to confront the attitudes and behaviors of their peers that lead to violence and learn how to respect women and their autonomy.

An account of the murders that occurred during the 1972 Olympics in Munich.

Father and daughter, Cylin and John Busby, share their memories of the challenges they faced after their family was forced to go into hiding in order to protect themselves from a killer who had already shot John, a police officer, once and was determined to finish the job.

Plastic surgeon Jackson Maebry finds his life unraveling when his lover is brutally attacked and the San Francisco police suspect he is responsible.

Collects the stories of women who describe their lives in the aftermath of war, including women from Africa, East Asia, and the Middle East, and describing injuries, displacement, the destruction of communities, violence against women, and more.

After a heated women's rights rally turns violent, a suffragette is found murdered. In turn of the twentieth century London, Dody McCleland realizes anything is possible. But as England's first female autopsy surgeon, Dody is shocked to realize that the victim was a friend of her sister.

Presents the experiences of people who survived rape, human trafficking, and honor killings, telling how their lives have changed as a result.

An account of the September 11 attacks in the United States, with a discussion of the war on terrorism, anthrax attacks, and new security measures put into place since that day.