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1	Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail more books like this by Malika Oufkir, Michele Fitoussi add to wishlist In 1972, Oufkir's father attempted to overthrow Morrocco's King Hussan II. Her father was executed, but she and the rest of her family--mother and five siblings-- were imprisoned for 20 years in a series of quarters that declined in comfort. Finally, on the verge of starvation, they dug an escape tunnel, only to be recaptured and imprisoned once ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Mayada, Daughter of Iraq: One Woman's Survival Under Saddam Hussein more books like this by Jean Sasson add to wishlist Sasson paints an intimate portrait of one woman's incredible life under the regime of Saddam Hussein. Once a privileged member of Iraqi society, Mayada's life shifted drastically when she was thrown into the notorious Baladiayat Prison. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Freedom: The Story of My Second Life more books like this by Malika Oufkir add to wishlist In her new book, Oufkir reveals what it is like to return to the world after 20 years of darkness. She writes candidly of her adjustment to modern life after her family escaped from the Moroccan jail where they were imprisoned for 21 years. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir more books like this by Marina Nemat add to wishlist Nemat, a 16-year-old student activist at the start of the Islamic revolution, was arrested, jailed in Tehran's infamous Evin prison, tortured, and sentenced to death. "Prisoner of Tehran" is the heartbreaking story of the price she was forced to pay for her freedom--and her life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Prisoner of Conscience more books like this by Justin Wintle add to wishlist A biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, one of the world's most renowned freedom fighters and advocates of nonviolence, and the figurehead for Burma's struggle for democracy. The recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, she has dedicated her life to helping her country. see all copies from $5.71! new only from $13.49! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Convoy to Auschwitz: Women of the French Resistance more books like this by Charlotte Delbo, Carol Cosman (Translator), Mr. John Felstiner (Introduction by) add to wishlist "A unique and invaluable contribution to Holocaust literature." -- Lawrence Langer, Shapiro Scholar in Residence at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum see all copies from $5.17! new only from $51.07!
7	Stolen Lives (24 Copy Floor Display) more books like this by Malika Oufkir add to wishlist In 1972, Oufkir's father attempted to overthrow Morrocco's King Hussan II. Her father was executed, but she and the rest of her family--mother and five siblings-- were imprisoned for 20 years in a series of quarters that declined in comfort. Finally, on the verge of starvation, they dug an escape tunnel, only to be recaptured and imprisoned once ... see all copies from $2.28! new only from $19.55! \| first editions
8	Prisoner of Tehran more books like this by Marina Nemat add to wishlist Nemat, a 16-year-old student activist at the start of the Islamic revolution, was arrested, jailed in Tehran's infamous Evin prison, tortured, and sentenced to death. "Prisoner of Tehran" is the heartbreaking story of the price she was forced to pay for her freedom--and her life. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $10.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Letters of love : women political prisoners in exile and the camps more books like this by IUliia Voznesenskaia add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions
10	From Prairie to Prison: The Life of Social Activist Kate Richards O'Hare more books like this by Sally M. Miller add to wishlist "I am dangerous to the invisible government of the United States; I am dangerous to the special privileges of the United States; I am dangerous to the white slaver and to the saloonkeeper, and I thank God that at this hour I am dangerous to the war profiteers of this country who rob the people on the one hand, and rob and degrade the government on ... see all copies from $3.87! new only from $23.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	The Lady: Aung San Suu Kyi: Nobel Laureate and Burma's Prisoner more books like this by Barbara Victor add to wishlist Now in paperback, the first full account of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's role in the struggle against Burma's military junta. Included is a new afterword by the author, which covers events from the time of the original publication in 1998 to Aung San Suu Kyi's release from house arrest in May 2002. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.00!
12	No, I'm Not Afraid more books like this by Irina Ratushinskaya, David McDuff (Translator) add to wishlist Her first book, compiled from smuggled texts, the publication of which led to the international outcry that occasioned her freedom, is available here in revised translations based on definitive Russian texts supplied by the author after her release. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
13	Till my tale is told : women's memoirs of the Gulag more books like this by Simeon Vilensky add to wishlist During the Soviet era, millions of Soviets - Socialist Revolutionaries, peasants, ordinary citizens, Bolshevik party activists and university students - were denounced, arrested, and imprisoned on fabricated charges of conducting 'anti-state' activities. Till My Tale Is Told recounts the testimonies of women whose family lives and careers were ... see all copies from $19.48! new only from $19.48! \| SVS
14 view cover	Prisons & prisoners : some personal experiences more books like this by Constance Lytton, Lady add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00! new only from $22.97! \| first editions
15 view cover	Baby Zero more books like this by Emer Martin add to wishlist see all copies from $13.26! new only from $14.54!
16 view cover	Out of Order: The Political Imprisonment of Women in Northern Ireland 1972-1998 more books like this by Mary S Corcoran add to wishlist This book provides a comprehensive account of the imprisonment of women for politically motivated offences in Northern Ireland between 1972 and 1999. Women political prisoners were engaged in a campaign to obtain formal recognition as political prisoners, and then to retain this status after it was revoked. Their lengthy involvement in a prison ... see all copies from $12.82! new only from $51.35!
17 view cover	Woman Behind Bars in Romania more books like this by Annie Samuelli add to wishlist In 1949, Annie Samuelli and her sister Nora were seized by the Communists on trumped-up charges in a mass arrest of all Romanian nationals working for the U.S. and British Legations in Bucharest. After nine months of torture and interrogation, the two sisters were sentenced to long prison terms. Then, in 1961, after 11 years and 340 days in ... see all copies from $15.50! new only from $52.93!
18 view cover	Remembering the Darkness: Women in Soviet Prisons: Women in Soviet Prisons more books like this by Veronica Shapovalov (Introduction by) add to wishlist This engrossing collection of prison memoirs by Russian women is the first to portray the direct experiences of the wide range of women who were incarcerated in Soviet prisons and camps. Comprising the stories of women from all classes and backgrounds, this book covers the entire span of the Gulag's existence from the 1920s to the 1980s, including ... see all copies from $8.50! new only from $39.94!
19 view cover	The Blessed Abyss: Inmate #6582 in Ravensbruck Concentration Prison for Women more books like this by Nanda Herbermann, Hester Baer (Editor), Elizabeth R Baer (Editor) add to wishlist In this memoir, the author, a Catholic German, recounts her experience as a prisoner of the SS after being arrested for aiding the resistance. Her religious beliefs were at odds with her patriotism. see all copies from $9.98! new only from $27.54! \| SVS
20 view cover	Torn Out by the Roots: The Recollections of a Former Communist more books like this by Hilda Vitzhum, Hilda Vitzthum add to wishlist 'The enemies of the people must be torn out by the roots', read a sign Hilda Vitzthum observed in a public building shortly before her arrest in 1938. Her husband, a Russian engineer employed in the construction of a huge steelworks in western Siberia, was an 'enemy of the people', a member of the educated classes that Stalin saw as a threat to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $50.30! \| first editions
21	Greek Women in Resistance: Journals, Oral Histories more books like this by Eleni Fourtouni add to wishlist see all copies from $17.50! signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Memory Tracks: Fragments from Prison (1975-1980) more books like this by Margarita Drago add to wishlist School teacher Margarita Drago reflects on her five years as political prisoner during Argentinas military dictatorship of the 1970s. Written in fragments that focus on one mood, one friend, one act of protest, that cohere into a powerful, haunting narrative. More than just a work of remembrance; Memory Tracks is an act of defiance against those ... see all copies from $11.56! new only from $11.56! \| SVS
23 view cover	La Prisonniere more books like this by Malika Oufkir add to wishlist Malika Oufkir has been a prisoner for most of her life. Born in 1953, the eldest daughter of the King of Morocco's closest aide, Malika was adopted by the king to be a companion to his little daughter. She grew up at the royal court of Rabat, locked away in a golden cage, among the royal wives and concubines. But in 1972, her father was arrested ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.04! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Testimony from the Nazi Camps: French Women's Voices more books like this by Margaret-Anne Hutton add to wishlist This book focuses on a little-known corpus of testimonial accounts published by French women deported to Nazi camps, and will be of interest to those studying modern French literature, women's studies and the Holocaust. see all copies from $124.84! new only from $124.84!
25 view cover	Back in Time: My Life, My Fate, My Epoch: The Memoirs of Nadezhda A. Joffe more books like this by Nadezhda A. Joffe, Nadezhda Ioffe, Frederick S. Choate (Translator) add to wishlist This is an unique work. Nadezhda Joffe is the daughter of Adolf Abramovich Joffe, the Bolshevik leader & Left Oppositionist who committed suicide in 1927 to protest the expulsion of Leon Trotsky from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. She is one of the few Left Oppositionists to survive the 1930s. Joffe's memories of her father, Trotsky, ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $63.16! \| signed copies

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