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Confronting Torture

Essays on the Ethics, Legality, History, and Psychology of Torture Today

Edited by Scott A. Anderson, Martha Nussbaum ...

Torture has lately become front page news, featured in popular movies and TV shows, and a topic of intense public debate. It grips our imagination, in part because torturing someone seems to be an unthinkable breach of humanity—theirs and ours. And yet, when confronted with horrendous events in war, or the prospect of catastrophic damage to one's own country, many come to wonder whether we can ... Read more

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Torture has lately become front page news, featured in popular movies and TV shows, and a topic of intense public debate. It grips our imagination, in part because torturing someone seems to be an unthinkable breach of humanity—theirs and ours. And yet, when confronted with horrendous events in war, or the prospect of catastrophic damage to one's own country, many come to wonder whether we can
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Citadels of Pride

Sexual Assault, Accountability, and Reconciliation

by Martha C. Nussbaum ...

Narrated by Eliza Foss ...

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10 hours 50 min

A groundbreaking exploration of sexual violence by one of our most celebrated experts in law and philosophy.In this essential philosophical and practical reckoning, Martha C. Nussbaum, renowned for her eloquence and clarity of moral vision, shows how sexual abuse and harassment derive from using people as things to one’s own benefit?like other forms of exploitation, they are rooted in the ugly ... Read more

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A groundbreaking exploration of sexual violence by one of our most celebrated experts in law and philosophy.In this essential philosophical and practical reckoning, Martha C. Nussbaum, renowned for her eloquence and clarity of moral vision, shows how sexual abuse and harassment derive from using people as things to one’s own benefit?like other forms of exploitation, they are rooted in the ugly
... Read more
Shakespeare and the Law

A Conversation Among Disciplines and Professions

Edited by Bradin Cormack, Martha C. Nussbaum, Richard Strier ...

William Shakespeare is inextricably linked with the law. Legal documents make up most of the records we have of his life, and trials, lawsuits, and legal terms permeate his plays. Gathering an extraordinary team of literary and legal scholars, philosophers, and even sitting judges, Shakespeare and the Law demonstrates that Shakespeare's thinking about legal concepts and legal practice points to a ... Read more

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William Shakespeare is inextricably linked with the law. Legal documents make up most of the records we have of his life, and trials, lawsuits, and legal terms permeate his plays. Gathering an extraordinary team of literary and legal scholars, philosophers, and even sitting judges, Shakespeare and the Law demonstrates that Shakespeare's thinking about legal concepts and legal practice points to a
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Brother

by Ania Ahlborn ...

From bestselling author Ania Ahlborn comes this #HorrorBookTok sensation and novel of terror…the unforgettable story of a young man determined to break from his family’s unconventional—and deeply disturbing—traditions.Deep in the heart of Appalachia stands a crooked farmhouse miles from any road. The Morrows keep to themselves, and it’s served them well so far. When girls go missing off the side ... Read more

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From bestselling author Ania Ahlborn comes this #HorrorBookTok sensation and novel of terror…the unforgettable story of a young man determined to break from his family’s unconventional—and deeply disturbing—traditions.Deep in the heart of Appalachia stands a crooked farmhouse miles from any road. The Morrows keep to themselves, and it’s served them well so far. When girls go missing off the side
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The Unseen

A Novel

by Ania Ahlborn ...

A terrifying novel from bestselling #HorrorBookTok sensation Ania Ahlborn—the acclaimed author of the modern classic Brother.“Haunting and unsettling, choked with tension...takes you down a long, dark hallway of familial terror. Ania Ahlborn is horror’s next superstar.” —Richard Chizmar, New York Times bestselling author of MemorialsIsla Hansen, a mother reeling from a devastating loss, is beside ... Read more

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A terrifying novel from bestselling #HorrorBookTok sensation Ania Ahlborn—the acclaimed author of the modern classic Brother.“Haunting and unsettling, choked with tension...takes you down a long, dark hallway of familial terror. Ania Ahlborn is horror’s next superstar.” —Richard Chizmar, New York Times bestselling author of MemorialsIsla Hansen, a mother reeling from a devastating loss, is beside
... Read more
Cue the Sun!

The Invention of Reality TV

by Emily Nussbaum ...

The rollicking saga of reality television, a “sweeping” (The Washington Post) cultural history of America’s most influential, most divisive artistic phenomenon, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning New Yorker writer—“a must-read for anyone interested in television or popular culture” (NPR)“Passionate, exquisitely told . . . With muscular prose and an exacting eye for detail . . . [Nussbaum] knits her ... Read more

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The rollicking saga of reality television, a “sweeping” (The Washington Post) cultural history of America’s most influential, most divisive artistic phenomenon, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning New Yorker writer—“a must-read for anyone interested in television or popular culture” (NPR)“Passionate, exquisitely told . . . With muscular prose and an exacting eye for detail . . . [Nussbaum] knits her
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Mongolia Monologues

One Woman's Quest to Experience, Learn and Grow...

by Joanne Nussbaum ...

By the time I joined the ranks of the United States Peace Corps in 2010, I was fifty-three years old and I needed a change. Not a small minor adjustment like a new hairstyle, or maybe learning a new hobby. What my life required at that point was an 'Extreme Makeover Lifestyle' kind of change. I was seeking an opportunity to change my daily existence, to stretch my mind to new levels, top open my ... Read more

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By the time I joined the ranks of the United States Peace Corps in 2010, I was fifty-three years old and I needed a change. Not a small minor adjustment like a new hairstyle, or maybe learning a new hobby. What my life required at that point was an 'Extreme Makeover Lifestyle' kind of change. I was seeking an opportunity to change my daily existence, to stretch my mind to new levels, top open my
... Read more
Upheavals of Thought

The Intelligence of Emotions

by Martha C. Nussbaum ...

Emotions shape the landscape of our mental and social lives. Like geological upheavals in a landscape, they mark our lives as uneven, uncertain and prone to reversal. Are they simply, as some have claimed, animal energies or impulses with no connection to our thoughts? Or are they rather suffused with intelligence and discernment, and thus a source of deep awareness and understanding? In this ... Read more

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Emotions shape the landscape of our mental and social lives. Like geological upheavals in a landscape, they mark our lives as uneven, uncertain and prone to reversal. Are they simply, as some have claimed, animal energies or impulses with no connection to our thoughts? Or are they rather suffused with intelligence and discernment, and thus a source of deep awareness and understanding? In this
... Read more
Discipline Darkness and Disgrace

Ania's English Adventures

by Ania P. ...

Ania is visiting England, but she can't stop herself from being naughty. In the first of her adventures she explores her lust and greed and blesses two guys behind a church. Then she is punished for being so dirty. Pleasure has a price. Later Ania is caught lying and has to face he fears and worst nightmares as a consequence. Firstly Kasia torments her while fulfilling a dark fantasy straight from ... Read more

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Ania is visiting England, but she can't stop herself from being naughty. In the first of her adventures she explores her lust and greed and blesses two guys behind a church. Then she is punished for being so dirty. Pleasure has a price. Later Ania is caught lying and has to face he fears and worst nightmares as a consequence. Firstly Kasia torments her while fulfilling a dark fantasy straight from
... Read more
I Call Upon Thee

A Novella

by Ania Ahlborn ...

A terrifying e-novella from the bestselling author of The Devil Crept In, Brother, and Within These Walls.Maggie Olsen had a pretty ordinary childhood—swimming and sleepovers, movie nights and dad jokes. And then there were the other things…the darker things…the shadow that followed her home from the cemetery and settled into the corners of her home, refusing to let her grow up in peace.Now, after ... Read more

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A terrifying e-novella from the bestselling author of The Devil Crept In, Brother, and Within These Walls.Maggie Olsen had a pretty ordinary childhood—swimming and sleepovers, movie nights and dad jokes. And then there were the other things…the darker things…the shadow that followed her home from the cemetery and settled into the corners of her home, refusing to let her grow up in peace.Now, after
... Read more

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Professor Wets Her Panties

Panty Wetting, #3

by Ania Kimberly ...

Series Book 3 - Panty Wetting
Catherine Love is a professor at a prestigious university. Like each year, she's taking her class of freshmen on an excursion in the forest, the problem? She's bursting for a pee, and so are some of her students. Will the professor and her desperate students be able to sneak away and pop a squat in the woods? Or will they end up shamelessly peeing themselves?One thing is for sure, not everyone ... Read more

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Catherine Love is a professor at a prestigious university. Like each year, she's taking her class of freshmen on an excursion in the forest, the problem? She's bursting for a pee, and so are some of her students. Will the professor and her desperate students be able to sneak away and pop a squat in the woods? Or will they end up shamelessly peeing themselves?One thing is for sure, not everyone
... Read more
I Like to Watch

Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution

by Emily Nussbaum ...

From The New Yorker’s fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch.“Emily Nussbaum is the perfect critic—smart, engaging, funny, generous, and insightful.”—David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower MoonNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • Chicago Tribune • Esquire • Lib... ... Read more

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From The New Yorker’s fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch.“Emily Nussbaum is the perfect critic—smart, engaging, funny, generous, and insightful.”—David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower MoonNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • Chicago Tribune • Esquire • Lib...
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