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1	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 £4.98! new only from £9.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	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 £1.24! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
3	Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya more books like this by Caroline Elkins add to wishlist This account of the horrific treatment of Kikuyu people in a prison-camp system established by the British colonial rulers in 1950's Kenya lays bare a long-suppressed chapter in the history of atrocity. Harvard historian Caroline Elkins researched the extant official documents (many were destroyed in 1963 as the British departed from Kenya). She ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	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 £1.24! new only from £4.81! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Midnight Rainbow more books like this by Linda Howard add to wishlist A romance in the jungle - Grant Sullivan, tough, masculine and handsome, is a retired military expert entrusted with a mission in the Costa Rican jungle - to find hostage and socialite Jane Hamilton Greer. When Grant rescues her in a rather cavalier and physical fashion, no love is lost between them. But gradually their mutual attraction and ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £15.57! \| first editions
6	Imagining Argentina more books like this by Lawrence Thornton add to wishlist The horror of the Junta rule in Argentina is the subject of this novel which combines reality and fiction. The author uses an imaginary character, Carlos Rueda who has a gift for storytelling and an ability to forsee future happenings with unerring precision. People come to Carlos's garden on the Calle Cordova where he tells the stories of the ... see all copies from £1.25! new only from £6.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Leopard Hunts in Darkness more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist Craig Mellow, acclaimed author but unhappy exile, seizes the chance to return to Zimbabwe when he is given a spying mission for the World Bank. Accompanied by a beautiful photographer, he finds himself caught up in a dangerous political web. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation more books like this by John Carlin add to wishlist Carlin pens this thrilling, inspiring account of one of the greatest charm offensives in history--Nelson Mandela's decade-long campaign to unite his country, beginning in his jail cell and ending with a rugby tournament. see all copies from £5.72! new only from £5.72! \| first editions
9	The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival more books like this by Alicia Partnoy, Raquel Partnoy (Illustrator), Lois Athey (Translator) add to wishlist One of Argentina's 30,000 "disappeared", Alicia Partnoy was abducted from her home by secret police and taken to a concentration camp where she was tortured, and where most of the other prisoners were killed. Smuggled out and published anonymously, THE LITTLE SCHOOL is Partnoy's memoir of her disappearance and imprisonment. see all copies from £6.22! new only from £6.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Death and the Maiden: Tie-In Edition more books like this by Ariel Dorfman add to wishlist Ariel Dorfman's explosively provocative, award-winning drama is set in a country that has only recently returned to democracy. Gerardo Escobar has just been chosen to head the commission that will investigate the crimes of the old regime when his car breaks down and he is picked up by the humane doctor Roberto Miranda. But in the voice of this ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.68!
11 view cover	Flashman on the March more books like this by George MacDonald Fraser (Editor) add to wishlist It's 1868 and Sir Harry Flashman, V.C., arch-cad, amorist, cold-hearted soldier, and reluctant hero, is back in the 12th book in Fraser's ever-beloved Flashman Papers series. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.76! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	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 £4.98! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number more books like this by Jacob Timerman, Lacoby Limerman, Han Stavans add to wishlist see all copies from £5.58! new only from £13.41!
14	Fear No Evil more books like this by Natan Sharansky, Anatoly Shcharansky, Marty Asher (Editor) add to wishlist The prison memoirs of Soviet dissident and Jewish activist Natan (Anatoly) Sharansky, a truly remarkable story of his nine harrowing years in KGB custody, is told with style and wit by a man whose courage has made him an international hero. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £8.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	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 £5.61! new only from £6.27! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Biko more books like this by Donald Woods add to wishlist Subjected to 22 hours of interrogation, torture and beating by South African police on September 6, 1977, Steve Biko died six days later. Donald Woods, Biko's close friend and a leading white South African newspaper editor, exposed the murder helping to ignite the black revolution. Richard Attenborough's major film drawn from this book will be ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £14.62! \| first editions
17 view cover	Scheisshaus Luck: Surviving the Unspeakable in Auschwitz and Dora more books like this by Pierre Berg, Brian Brock add to wishlist In 1943, eighteen year old Pierre Berg picked the wrong time to visit a friend's house -- at the same time as the Gestapo. He was thrown into the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp. But through a mixture of savvy and chance, he managed to survive...and ultimately got out alive. "As far as I'm concerned," says Berg, "it was all shithouse luck, ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
18 view cover	Auschwitz and After more books like this by Charlotte Delbo, Professor Rosette C Lamont (Translator), Professor Lawrence L Langer (Illustrator) add to wishlist This volume contains vignettes, poems, and prose by Charlotte Delbo, a French resistance leader who was sent to the concentration camps. see all copies from £9.26! new only from £11.81!
19	Coming out of the ice : an unexpected life more books like this by Victor Herman add to wishlist see all copies from £16.80! signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib more books like this by Karen J Greenberg (Editor), Joshua L Dratel (Editor), Anthony Lewis (Introduction by) add to wishlist This huge compendium of materials relating to the events at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and to the issue of detention and torture by the US military in time of war, includes official documents, reports by outside investigators, and the photographs that shocked the world when their existence was revealed in 2004. Some of the internal memos and legal ... see all copies from £7.11! new only from £9.82! \| first editions
21	The Gulag Archipelago Three, Pts. 5, 6, and 7 more books like this by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn, Harry Willetts (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! new only from £17.39! \| first editions
22 view cover	Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 more books like this by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn add to wishlist A classic bestseller--this monumental work from a Nobel Prize-winning writer documents Soviet political repression. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £11.84! \| first editions
23	The Gulag Archipelago Two, Pts. 3 and 4 more books like this by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn, Thomas P Whitney (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! new only from £66.05! \| first editions
24 view cover	This Blinding Absence of Light more books like this by Tahar Ben Jelloun add to wishlist A shocking story set in Morocco's desert concentration camps, from the Prix Goncourt-winning novelist. An immediate and critically acclaimed bestseller in France, This Blinding Absence of Light is Tahar Ben Jelloun's crafting of a horrific real-life narrative into a work of fiction. "In this deeply moving novel," says L'Express , "Tahar Ben ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.16! \| first editions
25 view cover	A Prisoner in the Garden more books like this by Nelson Mandela Foundation (Creator) add to wishlist This extraordinary, visual journey documents Nelson Mandela's 27 years in prison on Robben Island and contains previously unpublished images, documents, and diary and letter excerpts, as well as some original notes from the writing of Mandela's bestselling autobiography, "A Long Walk to Freedom." see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| first editions

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