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"Captive of the Labyrinth is reissued here to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of rifle heiress Sarah L. Winchester in 1922. Mary Jo Ignoffo demystifies the life of Sarah L. Winchester (1839-1922) who, for too long has existed as a ghost herself-a woman whose existence lies somewhere between the facts of her life and a set of sensationalized news stories. When Winchester's home was purchased after her death, it was transformed into a tourist attraction as a haunted house. The bizarre, sprawling mansion and the enigmatic nature of Winchester's life were exaggerated by the new owners to generate publicity for their business. But as the mansion has become more widely known, the person of Winchester has receded further from reality"--
Widows --- Heiresses --- Winchester family. --- Winchester, Sarah Pardee, --- Winchester Mystery House (San Jose, Calif.) --- Winchester Repeating Arms Company. --- San Jose (Calif.) --- New Haven (Conn.)
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Book of the Disappeared confronts worldwide human rights violations of enforced disappearance and genocide and explores the global quest for justice with forceful, outstanding contributions by respected scholars, expert practitioners, and provocative contemporary artists. This profoundly humane book spotlights our historic inhumanity while offering insights for survival and transformation.
Human rights. --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law and legislation --- Afghanistan --- Holocaust --- Cambodia --- Extraordinary Rendition --- United States --- United Nations --- Gender --- Syria --- Latin America --- Bosnia --- Execution --- Iran --- Enforced Disappearance --- Kashmir --- Guatemala --- Iraq --- Mass graves --- Transitional Justice --- Reparation --- International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances --- UN Convention --- Transnational Justice --- Rwanda --- Exhumation --- Burma --- Half widows --- Genocide --- Historical Memory --- Human Rights --- Rohingya --- Healing --- International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Pr
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