books about: prisoner     books:       Darkness at Noon: A Novel17 reviews Arthur Koestler Scribner, 2006 Psychological Examination of Stalinist Show Trials Set during the Stalinist purges and show trials, `Darkness at Noon' presents a fictionalized account of the interrogation and breaking of a (former) communist leader `Rubashov'. Under Stalin, 'former communists' were limited to those persons about to be executed, already executed, or waiting to be uncovered. As an original Bolshevik, a leader of the 1917 revolution, Rubashov's disillusionment was ...             A Prisoner of Birth58 reviews Jeffrey Archer St. Martin's Press, 2008 I READ THIS IN TWO DAYS!! Virtually I could not put this book down! It was full of suspense from the first chapters. Archer has masterfully woven several plot lines into this story and yet does not lose the reader. I was speechless and mightily impressed with the ending!! So much so that I actually pressed "Next Page" on my Kindle several times. If you enjoy excellence in suspense, this book is for you!             Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Hope, Healing ...48 reviews Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, ... HCI, 2002 AWESOME! I purchased this book for my husband and he had written me several times quoting passages from it and told me he wished I had a copy so we could discuss it together. With that said, I purchased an additional copy and read it in one day. My son walked by and saw and me tearing up and asked what I was reading and I read him the except. We continued reading them together out loud. He too cried. ...             The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II635 reviews Iris Chang Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998 From a Korean reader with Japanese friends. Reading this book reminded me about the unsightly tragedies that happened in Korea during the wartime as well. I remember my Korean grandmother telling me horrible stories of her childhood as she witnessed the people around her getting killed and bombed from the Japanese. I am surrounded by Japanese-American and native Japanese friends, and I can say with a certain fact that they are not ...             The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (P.S.)3 reviews Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007 The best book I have read in years! A real eye-opener. For any who have any nostalgia for the Soviet Union, this book should put it to rest. This book is hard to categorize; it is more than one man's opinion, but less than an objective history. It is, as Solzhenitsyn puts it, "an experiment in literary investigation": a combination memoir and dissertation on the evils of Communism and its inevitable product, the forced labor camp. Some have ...             No B.S. Ruthless Management of People and Profits: The Ultimate, No Holds Barred, Kick Butt, Take No ...14 reviews Dan S. Kennedy Entrepreneur Press, 2008 An Inconvenient Truth of Management - Kennedy DARED to write it Finally, someone must be said that and Kennedy did it. It's the best book on management ever written, and this is probably one of the most harsh books of Professor of Harsh Reality written so far. Prepare for An Inconvenient Truth of Management. Prepare to understand, that you own a zoo of zebras (you need to read a book to know what it means, and it's just mandatory). To city freely a ...             No B.S. Marketing to the Affluent: The No Holds Barred, Kick Butt, Take No Prisoners Guide to Getting Really ...16 reviews Dan S. Kennedy Entrepreneur Press, 2008 Dan has outdone himself with this latest book! After having read most of Dan's previous books, I found this one to be one of the most valuable ones written. What separates this book from his other works was the amount of research that went into this book to back up the claims that he makes about the characteristics of affluent people. It's not that his other books were poorly researched, it's just that the research for this book was ...             Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)2599 reviews J.K. Rowling Scholastic, 1999 The series truly begins. I love Prisoner of Azkaban. I think that this was the novel that really hooked me into the series. I have a hard time writing a literary review of any of the Rowling novels mainly because I do not feel like I'm reading a novel when I read these books, I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm transported into another world and forget to look at the subtext or deeply analyze anything that the writer is ...             Couldn't Keep It to Myself: Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution (Testimonies from our ...60 reviews Wally Lamb Harper Perennial, 2004 We all live in Glass Houses I was completely captivated by this book. As you read, you feel so many emotions and become absorbed by each inmate's story and experiences. Most of all, I loved the books humanistic perspective. The stories allow you to see these women for more than just crimes they committed. They are woman, mothers, and sisters who were shaped by abusive childhoods/relationships, drug/alcohol addiction, ...             Heaven's Prisoners24 reviews James Lee Burke Pocket, 2002 Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke I ordered Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke on July 15th, 2008 using "Standard" delivery and received the book on July 17th!! I know this is "uncommon", but I was pleasantly surprised. The book was in great condition with only "typical" paperback "aging" coloring. I was extremely satisfied with my purchase and will, most definitely, buy again from Amazon.com!             Flyboys: A True Story of Courage78 reviews James Bradley Back Bay Books, 2004 Exploring the moral complexity of war with a rousing good story "Flyboys" is a surprisingly even-sided look at the war in the Pacific, which is most often seen as a manichaean struggle between Allied light and goodness versus Japanese savagery and darkness. The contuining thread of the book is the story of the Naval fliers who involved with the campaign against Chichi Jima, Iwo Jima's island neighbor. Using declassified data, trial transcripts and interviews, ...             Standard Operating Procedure8 reviews Philip Gourevitch, Errol Morris Penguin Press HC, The, 2008 Required reading for this century This is literally a thought provoking work. The authors carefully refrain from judgment and share a dozen carefully interwoven stories: the slapdash way the occupation of Iraq was handled; the deliberately vague guidance given the almost completely untrained national guard platoon; the tragedy that ensues when a group of near-civilians get puffed up with the self-importance that comes from ...             Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers28 reviews Filip Muller Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 1999 Riviting Nobody should be critical of the writing "style" of this book. The man who wrote it doesn't claim to be a professional writer. He relates his own eyewitness accounts of the most horrific scenes, worse than any fiction imaginable. The book details the planned and cunning killing of thousands upon thousands of living human beings, and the struggle by the SS to dispose of the mountains of ...             Prisoners of Our Thoughts: Viktor Frankl's Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and Work77 reviews Alex Pattakos Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2008 The gift of a 'meaningful pause'... This book is the `pause' that is needed for all of us as we live in this world of constant change and chaos. It takes us away from the `busy-ness' of it all and gives us time to reflect on what is ultimately important to us and in our lives...the meaning within each moment. And it is that `meaning' so many of us may have lost in our lives and our work which causes us to react to situations (and ...             Take No Prisoners (Black Ops, Book 2) Cindy Gerard Pocket Star, 2008             Airman20 reviews Eoin Colfer Hyperion Book CH, 2008 Will there be a follow-up to AIRMAN? We can only hope so. "No, Little Saltee is not a place for mirth. No Maypoles nor circus antics. Especially not for Conor Finn...." In the 1800s, Little Saltee, an island off the coast of Ireland, had become widely known to those who were imprisoned there as "Hell." At the age of 14, Conor Broekhart has seen his beloved tutor killed, discovered a conspiracy against the king (who had been like a father to him), and ...             Papillon (P.S.)5 reviews Henri Charriere Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006 This riveting autobiography won't let you put it down The thing that Henri Charriere desired most was his freedom. A French prisoner, he never stopped plotting ways to escape. The only time when he didn't have a plan in motion was when he was either in solitary, or upon personal request of the warden (they would request that he didn't escape so that they could finish their term, and not have their record/pension ruined by his escape). This ...             My Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me9 reviews Mahvish Khan PublicAffairs, 2008 Spectacular book And a MUST read in an election year In this book My Guantánamo Diary the author shows why in an election year, we citizens have to know what our government is doing. Mahvish Khan is an American born lawyer, which I hope people remember. She is not an enemy of the United States, but such a lover of the United States Constitution, which I wish more supporters of the Bush administration were. She even notes that when she first ...             The Red Scarf12 reviews Kate Furnivall Berkley Trade, 2008 Magnificent! An absolute masterpiece from Kate Furnivall--hands down the best book I've read all summer. I read the first page sitting a Borders cafe, and didn't put it down until I'd finished the final chapter. Anyone who appreciates intricate, delightful storytelling and picture-perfect prose should put this on their list of must-reads.             Games Criminals Play: How You Can Profit by Knowing Them26 reviews Bud Allen, Diana Bosta Rae John Publishers, 1981 A Must Read For Any Correctional Worker This is an invaluable book for any correctional employee. It should be read by all new employees and reviewed by others from time to time. Having worked in the corrections field for many years, I have seen numerous variations of these 'games'. The authors do a great job of explaining how setups progress from beginning to endgame. They cover many case studies that show various ways that ...          • Tattoo art has always fascinated the human imagination. 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