The Prisoners of Cabrera: Napoleon’s Forgotten Soldiers 1809-1814 by Denis SmithRequirements: .PDF reader, 25 MBOverview: After their surrender at the Battle of Bailen, 12,000 French prisoners of war were exiled to the bleak island of Cabrera in the Mediterranean, eight miles from Majorca, with only the clothes on their backs, no shelter, insufficient fresh water, […]
Captives and Prisoners by Shanon L. Mayer (Jen Rice #1)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 1.8 MBOverview: When Jen Rice witnesses the murder of a werewolf, she wants the culprits brought to justice. Soon, she discovers that people she thought she could trust will turn on her and allies can be found in the most surprising of places. […]
Prisoners, Lovers, and Spies: The Story of Invisible Ink from Herodotus to al-Qaeda by Kristie MacrakisRequirements: .PDF reader, 2.7 MBOverview: Prisoners, Lovers, and Spies is the first history of invisible ink and secret communications revealed through thrilling stories about scoundrels and heroes and their ingenious methods for concealing messages. Spies were imprisoned or murdered, adultery […]
Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration by Rachel Elise BarkowRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 287mbOverview: America has the world’s highest rate of incarceration. It’s criminal justice policy reflects irrational fears stoked by politicians seeking to win elections. A preeminent legal scholar argues that reform guided by evidence, not politics and emotions, will reduce crime […]
Prisoners of the Past: South African democracy and the legacy of minority rule by Steven Friedman Requirements: .ePUB reader, 658 KBOverview: Building on the work of economic historian Douglass North and Ugandan political scholar Mahmood Mamdani, Friedman argues that the difficulties besetting South African democracy are legacies of the past, not products of the post-1994 […]