Violence and abuse in society Books

Facing life or death, Kim summoned her angels. They saved her life.After a nomadic childhood as the daughter of a military veteran who treats his undiagnosed PTSD with alcohol, Kim survives the trauma of sexual assault, spousal abuse, addiction, and...

It's Time for You to Learn How to Stand Up for Yourself and Learn How to Say "NO!"Dear reader,Is it always hard for you to directly ask for something you want? Is the word "sorry" common in your conversational vocabulary? You say "yes" to others when you...

A Life Hidden from View is a candid look at my life through my eyes. I had a somewhat unconventional childhood, living a very secluded, mostly in solitude, life. Going to school wasn't without its dramas. Once the other children found out I was...

Are you ready to start your healing journey from childhood sexual abuse consequences, even if you face barriers to seeking help? Then, keep reading.Childhood sexual abuse is more common than many realize and is often perpetrated by someone close to the...

A true story filled with humor, sadness, sarcasm, grief, and redemption! Reading this story will make you laugh, cry, get angry, and take a deeper look into your own life.De tells her "not so good childhood" story from early identity confusion, poverty,...

Books exist about slavery, injustice, racism, and hatred. Authors try to captivate with trendy words, catch phrases and rhetoric However, the question    Are We Free Yet? is no catch phrase. African American cries in the...

Yella Box & The Art of The Exit is the intense and astonishing journey of one man’s fight to find his purpose and free his children from a lifetime of deadly abuse, trauma, mental illness and a kidnapping that plagued his family with...

There’s no such thing as perfect love. Nina Chandler knows this to be true. Even so, love is the one thing missing from her almost perfect life. With a medical degree and new house, she’s worked hard to twist and tug her dreams into...

Was it vengeance or a good deed?Evelyn Snow didn’t plan on becoming a dual-agent for hire. She didn’t expect to be dating after forty, and she definitely didn’t anticipate juggling multiple men, but when her former life vanished, she...

Can There Be Freedom After Trauma?In Finding Feminism, Rachel Overvoll tells a story about what it’s like growing up in fundamentalist Evangelical Christianity. She shows how her well-meaning parents and her indoctrination within a rigidly...

This book honors the courageous sex victims who exposed their abusers. The spotlight, and rightly so, has been on them and their predators. William Kraft contends, however, that little attention and help has been given to those who unknowingly knew a sex...

Despite being abused, Angelique kept going back because she mistook abuse for love. Sound familiar?Abusive relationships have not been relegated to the past. They are still prevalent today among the rich and poor, male and female, old and young, black...

Join Dani Taylor and Detective Jack Bondar battling the clock together to overcome barriers and conflict as they become immersed together in the dark underworld of sex trafficking in Canada. You will gain deep insights into police challenges and psyche,...

NÃO AO BULLYING é uma obra realizada com o único propósito de sensibilizar e consciencializar todos os estratos da sociedade de quão perigoso o Bullying escolar se tornou. Para que todos unidos, unidas, partilhemos um...

This book shares Donna’s spiritual journey with God, who she credits with her deliverance from the emotional, physical, sexual abuse and general distrust of love. A relationship with the true and living God, through Jesus Christ the Savior allowed...

Gender, Violence, and Justice is a volume of collected essays by an expert in the field of violence against women and pastoral theology. It represents over three decades of research, advocacy, and pastoral theological reflection on the subject of sexual...

The History of Jim Crow is a non-fiction book written by John Briggs in 1839. It chronicles the history of racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans in the United States, from the end of the Civil War until the Civil Rights Movement...

The shocking heartfelt story is about a little girl who died inside. She was no longer the happy, thriving seven-year-old. The pain made her feel isolated and empty. All she wanted was for someone to love her. So, in turn, she vowed never to turn her...

This book presents an overview of the democracy movement and the history of education in Nepal. It shows how schools became the battleground for the state and the Maoists as well as captures emerging trends in the field, challenges for the state and...

How common is child sexual abuse? How can victims and abusers best be treated? In Innocence Destroyed, originally published in 1993, Jean Renvoize uses interviews with victims and with experienced professionals, as well as new data from Britain, North...

""Darekey Ways in Dixie"" is a novel written by Margaret Alice Richard and published in 1901. The book is set in the American South during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. The story centers around a young woman named Darekey, who is of...

"I never thought of it as abuse." Most emotionally abused partners don't know they are being abused. They know that they are dealing with a difficult relationship and wonder, "Is it supposed to be this hard?" This life-changing book helps people...

In "The Butterfly Phoenix Project," Katie takes readers on a deeply personal and transformative journey, drawing from her own experiences of rising from the ashes of a toxic relationship. The book is a testament to the power of resilience, growth, and...

Sexual violence (SV) is a pervasive and prevalent issue in public health and is the predominant kind of violence encountered by students in higher education. Around 20% of college women encounter sexual violence, despite several attempts to prevent it...

il faut améliorer les conditions de vie en prison. on entend(ait) ça partout. je croyais que c'était ça être du côté des droits humains. et puis j'ai travaillé en prison durant quelques années. je suis devenue abolitionniste pénale en sortant : je veux...

36 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder, Deception, and MayhemReaders Love This Series - Over 4,300 Five-Star Ratings on Amazon & GoodreadsThree Book Collection: Volumes 7, 8, and 9 of the True Crime Case Histories Series (2022)If you're a fan of...

A tragedy sidetracks Donna, setting up a series of difficulties. How will she find her way, and how will she get help?This powerful true story begins with Donna, at seventeen, excited for life after graduation with her best friend at her side until an...

You Have A Right To Recover. You Have A Right To Thrive.Shadow and Rose is a companion for women recovering from sex crimes. Yoga teacher and author, Sarah Wheeler, shares her own recovery journey in a ten week programme designed to catalyse and empower...

The January 2015 shooting at the headquarters of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris and the subsequent attacks that took place in the Île-de-France region were staggeringly violent events. They sparked an enormous discussion among citizens and...

This book is based on true events. The life of a twelve year old girl named Samaya. Samaya is a victim of sexual assault, who's choices were based on one bad experience; not feeling worthy of love and settling for less than she deserved. Samaya found...

Way of Escape is a true life-long story that starts with the rape of a four-year-old girl. The very people she should have been able to trust and run to for help, betrayed her and introduced her to a realm of repeated sexual violation and other forms of...

An intimate, powerful, and insightful playbook for navigating the world's most confusing people, brought to life by the host of the globally acclaimed Toxic-Person Proof podcast. "Your eyes will forever be opened. This is a must read for anyone who has...

From the time he began his life as a "throwaway child", clearly, some crucial pieces of Ron Huber's life had been missing: Parents. Love. Self-esteem. A helping hand.Cruelly abandoned at an early age by his alcoholic parents, Ron and his brother, Vic,...

This book is intended for use in professional courses of study and workshops infields such as education administration, public administration, sportsadministration, law enforcement, allied health and social work, human resourcemanagement, and other...

HE DRAWS YOU IN. HE DRAWS EVERYBODY IN.He is seductive and intoxicating. He has an unusual talent for ingratiating himself to others. He twists the truth and tells you what you want to hear but doesn't follow through. He manipulates and deceives. He...

<p>Saint? Sinner?</p><p>Lisa Wuttunee warred within all her life. She thought she was the only one who wasn't perfect, who endured sexual violence from childhood to adulthood. Who wanted to die and leave this world of sorrow. Lisa lived...

Hold on to your FORK, is a story of one of life's greatest personal mysteries, trusting in relationships. The reader is taken on a journey through the eyes of a woman whose life is turned upside down and in just one evening, she becomes a stranger to...

This is a true story comprised of a series of emails between me and a man in Belfast, N Ireland, and how Harry encouraged me to write about the 10 years I was married to an abusive man that nearly destroyed me. Alcohol turned my husband from a loving...

César Tort's philosophical autobiography comprises eleven books, of which "Letter to Mama Medusa" is the first. Using his life as the focus of most of his eleven-book series, this first book introduces the subject of parental abuse of their children, and...

This book is dedicated to my life and all the challenges I have faced in life. Dealing with mental health illness, relationships and marriages. Understand everything that has taken place in my life.