Given the current political discourse on torture, I thought there might be an interest in a book released just today: "Bygone Punishments"The author chronicles a short list of depraved cruelties inflicted by those in power long ago.A short selection: "Finger Pillory," "The Halifax Gibbet," and the usual fare of boiling, burning and mutilation.One wonders if water boarding would have made the author’s cut.You can download the book in MOBI format directly to your Kindle from this link using the Kindle’s browser:pejome.com/BookFetcher.aspx?Source=G&SourceId=etext29117

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