It is estimated that between thirty and forty million people died as a result of the Atlantic slave trade between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, victims of a commercial operation more vast and more callous than any other movement in world history

Black Cargoes

Daniel P. Mannix

History

Penguin??Books

The Wolves of Paris

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

AVON.

'Morality is nothing more than an expression of expediency' a notorious torturer reportedly once replied to objections about his profession. From the primitive snake pit to sophisticated methods of brainwashing, literally thousands of techniques have been devised to distort both the body and the mind - and to satisfy the sadistic needs of those who command, perform and witness human torture. In The History of Torture, Daniel P. Mannix examines with honesty and thoroughness every aspect of torture: the professional torturers, many of them history's most famous men and women; their theories and techniques; the role torture has played in history; and the refinements brought to the practice of torture by individual fanatics, religious groups, the military and entire cultures. The result is information on the infliction of pain for punishment or coercion from pre-history to modern times.This remarkable work discusses not only the history of torture but its moral implications as well. Everyone interested in the long and difficult course of human rights, personal and political freedom and in the history of crime and punishment will find the book fascinating and enlightening.

The History of Torture

Historical Study & Educational Resources

New English Library Ltd.

Hell-fire Club

Black Cargoes: A History of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Malcolm Cowley

Viking Press

We Who Not As Others

Pocket

A historical book with information about the true story of the life of Roman Gladiators, based on known research and the facts. A must have book for any gladiator fan.

Those About to Die

Ancient Civilizations

IBooks

Hail Caesar, we who are about to die salute you!" And die the gladiators did. In a vast marble Colosseum larger than Yankee Stadium, the people of Rome, patrician and commoner, flocked to see gladiators mangled beneath the hoofs and wheels of horses and chariots, slaughtered by half-starved wild beasts, and butchered by well-armed and armored professionals. With the Empire in decline, death and torture became the only spectacles that satisfied the decadent Romans' longing. The Emperor Trajan gave one set of games that lasted 122 days; at its end, 11,000 people and 10,000 animals had been killed. The people of Rome loved it-and they wanted more.

The Way of the Gladiator

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

I Books

Memoirs of a Sword Swallower

Biographies & Memoirs

Brainiac Books

Where to get used to human cruelty - world history of torture (Kodansha plus alpha Novel) (1999) ISBN: 4062563576 [Japanese Import]

Kodansha

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