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1	Discipline and Punishment: The Birth of the Prison more books like this by Michel Foucault add to wishlist A history of the development of the science of penology in the West. Foucault, a celebrated French scholar and former professor at the College de France, examines the shift in Western attitudes towards criminal justice and punishment, tracing their shift from an emphasis upon divine justice and retribution in the Middle Ages to the faith in ... see all copies from $5.75! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
2	The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation more books like this by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn add to wishlist Solzhenitsyn's gripping epic masterpiece, the searing record of four decades of Soviet terror and oppression, in one abridged volume, authorized by the author see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Pale Horse Coming more books like this by Stephen Hunter add to wishlist Earl Swagger goes to a small town in the Mississippi Delta to investigate the disappearance of his friend, ex-prosecutor Sam Vincent, who was looking into rumors of corruption--and worse--centering on the local prison. Earl finds racism, conspiracies, and many other sinister things going on in the creepy, insular little town. He gathers some ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Monster more books like this by Walter Dean Myers add to wishlist Steve Harmon is a 16-year-old who has been accused of being an accomplice in the murder of a convenience-store owner in Harlem. An aspiring filmmaker, he decides to document his experiences and record everything that happens to him, from his appearances in court to the atrocities of jail. The book asks readers to be both a witness and a juror, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	I am David more books like this by Anne Holm add to wishlist The adventures of a 12-year-old boy who escapes from an Eastern European concentration camp and travels to Denmark and freedom. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.33! \| first editions \| SVS
6	When hell was in session more books like this by Jeremiah A. Denton, Ed Brandt add to wishlist On July 18, 1965, Admiral Jeremiah Denton of the U.S. Navy was shot down during a combat mission over North Vietnam. A prisoner of war for seven and a half years, Denton provided the first direct evidence of torture by the North Vietnamese. This special 25th anniversary edition of Denton's experience is sure to inspire a whole new generation of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $40.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon more books like this by Alex Kershaw add to wishlist From the author of the best-selling The Bedford Boys comes the remarkable story of America's most decorated platoon that miraculously halted Hitler's massive offensive at the Battle of the Bulge On the morning of December 16th 1944, eighteen men of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon attached to the 99th Infantry Division found themselves ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Flyboys: A True Story of Courage more books like this by James Bradley add to wishlist In this WW II history, FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS author Bradley tells the story of nine Americans who were shot down and taken prisoner by the Japanese. He tells of their training and background, and deals with issues of war, racial attitudes, atrocities, and retribution. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Diplomat's Wife more books like this by Pam Jenoff add to wishlist In this dramatic follow-up to her international bestselling debut novel "The Kommandant's Girl," Jenoff explores the sacrifices and heartbreak that come in a time of uneasy peace and rising paranoia, when love and desperation can make liars of us all. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.92! \| first editions \| SVS
10	A Place to Stand more books like this by Jimmy Santiago Baca add to wishlist A vivid portrait of life inside a maximum-security prison and an affirmation of one man's spirit in overcoming the most brutal adversity, this award-winning memoir "stands as proof there is always hope in even the most desperate lives" ("Fort Worth Morning Star-Telegram"). see all copies from $4.97! new only from $8.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Five Years to Freedom: The True Story of a Vietnam POW more books like this by James N Rowe add to wishlist When Green Beret Lieutenant James N. Rowe was captured in 1963 in Vietnam, his life became more than a matter of staying alive. In a Vietcong POW camp, Rowe endured beri-beri, dysentery, and tropical fungus diseases. He suffered grueling psychological and physical torment. He experienced the loneliness and frustration of watching his friends die. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.70! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	In the Belly of the Beast: Letters from Prison more books like this by Jack Henry Abbott add to wishlist A visionary book in the repertoire of prison literature. This is a 37-year-old man's account of 25 years behind bars. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.72! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy more books like this by Thomas Buergenthal, Elie Wiesel (Foreword by) add to wishlist Buergenthal arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. Now dedicated to helping those subjected to tyranny throughout the world, Buergenthal writes his story with a simple clarity that highlights the stark details of unimaginable hardship. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $13.16! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Into That Darkness: An Examination of Conscience more books like this by Gitta Sereny add to wishlist This biography details the life of Franz Stangl, a sentenced war criminal. During World War II, Stangl served as commandant of the Treblinka death camp where an estimated 870,000 prisoners were murdered. Gitty Sereny--famous for her controversial true crime books--claimed that she wrote this book "to penetrate the personality of at least one of ... see all copies from $4.23! new only from $10.16! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Baa Baa Black Sheep more books like this by Gregory Boyington add to wishlist The World War II air war in the Pacific needed tough men like Colonel Pappy Boyington and his Black Sheep Squadron. The legendary Marine Corps officer and his bunch of misfits, outcasts, and daredevils gave new definition to "hell-raising" - on the ground and in the skies. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Gates of Injustice: The Crisis in America's Prisons more books like this by Alan Elsner add to wishlist Gates of Injustice is an extraordinarily compelling expose of the American prison system now completely updated in this new paperback editon: how more than 2,000,000 Americans came to be incarcerated; what it's really like on the inside; what it's like for the families left on the outside; and how an enormous "prison-industrial complex" has grown ... see all copies from $9.14! new only from $9.64! \| signed copies \| SVS
17 view cover	Are Prisons Obsolete? more books like this by Angela Yvonne Davis add to wishlist World-renowned activist Angela Davis discusses how mass incarceration has had little or no effect on crime, how disproportionate numbers of the poor and minorities end up in prison, and the obscene profits the system generates. see all copies from $4.60! new only from $11.44! \| SVS
18 view cover	Inside: Life Behind Bars in America more books like this by Michael G Santos add to wishlist American jails and prisons confine nearly 13.5 million people each year, and it is estimated that six to seven percent of the population will be confined in their lifetimes. Despite these disturbing numbers, little is known about life inside beyond the mythology of popular culture. Michael Santos has dedicated the last two decades of his life to ... see all copies from $7.07! new only from $8.41! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	To End All Wars: A True Story about the Will to Survive and the Courage to Forgive more books like this by Ernest Gordon add to wishlist The best-selling classic of the power of love and forgiveness in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. see all copies from $4.40! new only from $4.40! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Surviving Hell: A POW's Journey more books like this by Leo Thorsness add to wishlist Thorsness joined the US Air Force in 1951 at age 18 and became a jet pilot during the Vietnam War. During a 1967 mission he was shot down over North Vietnam. Injured and captured, he spent six years in the Hanoi Hilton. This book tells the harrowing story of captivity, as told by the man who lived it. see all copies from $18.61! new only from $18.61! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States Betrayed Its Own POWs in Vietnam more books like this by Monika Jensen-Stevenson, William Stevenson add to wishlist Provides evidence that American POWs were left behind at the end of the Vietnam War and that the American Government has regularly thwarted the efforts of private citizens to discover the truth. The book delves into a world of secret information, anonymous sources and censored testimony. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $56.81! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Total Confinement: Madness and Reason in the Maximum Security Prison more books like this by Lorna A Rhodes add to wishlist In this rare firsthand account, Lorna Rhodes takes us into a hidden world that lies at the heart of the maximum security prison. Focusing on the 'supermaximums' - and the mental health units that complement them - Rhodes conveys the internal contradictions of a system mandated to both punish and treat. Her often harrowing, sometimes poignant, ... see all copies from $15.97! new only from $28.74! \| SVS
23 view cover	A Prison Diary more books like this by Jeffrey Archer add to wishlist The author recounts his incarceration in a high-security prison after committing perjury, a period during which he became suicidal, lost his mother, and was targeted due to his celebrity status. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Discipline and Punish more books like this by Michel Foucault, Maggie Estep, Professor Alan Sheridan (Translator) add to wishlist A history of the development of the science of penology in the West. Foucault, a celebrated French scholar and former professor at the College de France, examines the shift in Western attitudes towards criminal justice and punishment, tracing their shift from an emphasis upon divine justice and retribution in the Middle Ages to the faith in ... see all copies from $2.70! new only from $19.40! \| first editions
25 view cover	King Rat more books like this by James Clavell add to wishlist Clavell's adventure novel takes place in a World War II prison camp, Changi, where 8,000 English, Australian, and American prisoners of war are incarcerated. Left largely to themselves, the prisoners establish a hierarchy of power in which a brutal American corporal, known as King Rat, rises to the top. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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