Yazar: Mark P. Donnelly

For millennia, mankind has devised ingenious and diabolical means of inflicting pain on fellow human beings. This deplorable but seemingly universal trait has eaten away at mankind’s very claim to ci …

If you could go back in time and ask any historical figure for advice on how best to manage your business or staff, who would it be? Benjamin Franklin, Niccolo Machiavelli, Elizabeth I or Helena Rubi …

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High adventure, dastardly deeds, and newly uncovered lore. …

High adventure, dastardly deeds, and newly uncovered lore. …

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Cannibalism is unquestionably one of the oldest and deepest-seated taboos. Even in an age when almost nothing is sacred, religious, moral and social prohibitions surround the topic. But even as our m …

For thousands of years, human beings have come up with many ingenious and cruel methods to inflict pain on similar people. This sad but seemingly universal feature corrodes the civilization that mank …

This book systematically examines the social roots and historical evolution of cruel tortures implemented from ancient times to the 20th century, covers the East in ancient times, ancient Greece and …

A history of the building itself, told through the stories of the people, royal and common, good and bad, heroes and villains, who lived and died there. This book presents a microcosm of human experi …