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Falling Up is the memoir of a woman whose experiences as a victim of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her father causes her psychological problems well into adulthood....

"Price not only rises above the hurt and hate, she uses her hard-won insights to shine a light for others." - Jeannette Walls, #1 New York Times bestselling author For...

The bestselling, devastating account of three sisters torn apart, abused and exploited at the hands of a community that robbed them of their childhood. It reveals three lives, separate but...

In April 2008, the world watched in horror as the news of Josef Fritzl made worldwide headlines. But for one British woman the story was not the stuff of unimaginable...

The essential account of R. Kelly's actions and their consequences, a reckoning two decades in the making. In November 2000, after receiving an anonymous fax that alleged R. Kelly had...

Is violence an intrinsic component of contemporary sport? How does violence within sport reflect upon the attitudes of wider society? In this landmark study of violence in and around contemporary...

As the 1994 World Cup competition in the USA will again demonstrate soccer is one of the most popular participant and spectator sports around the world. The fortunes of teams...

Philosopher, cultural critic, and agent provocateur Slavoj Zizek constructs a fascinating new framework to look at the forces of violence in our world. Using history, philosophy, books, movies, Lacanian psychiatry,...

An investigation into the deaths of six Aboriginal women and the police responses that left families reeling 'If you think it's hard being a white woman in Australia, try being...

The new fostering memoir from The Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. With his young mother in and out of prison, Sammy has been in care since he was nine...

Trauma and Recovery is the foundational text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a political frame, psychiatrist Judith L. Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from...

Dworkin's seminal debut which argued that a deep-rooted hatred of women reigned society for centuries - and still governs us today 'This book is an action, a political action where...

Carolann Kelleher was born in London UK and came to Australia in January 1970 aged 25 years, looking for a new life with her 2 children. One was very sick...

Welldon explores why the quality of their bodies is fundamental to women's psychology; how this may lead to self-mutilation; and how such perverse behavior may also be aimed at objects...

A leading criminologist draws on more than thirty years' experience to propose a new way of understanding sexual crimes A leading criminologist draws on more than thirty years' experience to...

'These women are each a light and an inspiration, demonstrating how the best instincts of humanity - to love, to share, to protect others - can triumph in the worst...

I hope with the women who break their silence and contribute to this survey some very much needed changes will take place. God knows we need them.This book is the...

While research findings in this volume take an Australian perspective, they extend beyond national boundaries and are pertinent to readers in all societies. Contributors explore violence against women with disabilities,...

A Man Named Dave is the gripping conclusion to this inspirational trilogy. With extraordinary generosity of spirit, Dave takes us on a journey into his past. At last he confronts...

Now a Broadway play 'Punch' by James Graham, playing at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre September 7 - November 2, 2025 In 2011 Jacob Dunne threw a single punch that...

Four new friends. Four dead bodies. One big problem . . . Four new friends. Four dead bodies. One big problem . . . Sally never meant to cave her...

The riveting, powerful, New York Times bestselling memoir Chanel Miller's story changed our world forever. In 2016 Brock Turner was sentenced to just six months in jail after he was...

Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother, a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games ' games that left one of her three sons nearly...

Human conflict - from family feuds, to labor strikes, to national warfare - is an ever-present and universal social problem and the methods to manage it, a challenge for everyone,...

'.a valuable resource book for teachers, child care workers and school administrators on preventing, identifying and handling cases of child abuse and neglect. [It includes] a unique international perspective on...

Incels. Anti Vaxxers. Conspiracy theorists. Neo-Nazis. Once, these groups all belonged on the fringes of the political spectrum. Today, accelerated by a pandemic, global conflict and rapid technological change, their...

A gorgeously warm, funny and heartbreaking book about what it means to be a mother. The Hickory Creek Community Centre is a lifeline for new mums. So when a bad...

For several decades, social work and child protection systems have been subject to accelerating cycles of crisis and reform, with each crisis involving intense media and political scrutiny. In understanding...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Edgar Allen Poe's short stories have lost none of their power to horrify. He remains a destabilizingly terse sketcher out of...

'Sensational new book' - MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Bombshell book' - THE SUN 'Tell-all book' - MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Explosive new book' - DAILY MAIL AN UNFLINCHING EXPOSE OF MOHAMED AL-FAYED'S...

At fifteen, Elizabeth Gilpin was an honor student, a state-ranked swimmer and a rising soccer star, but behind closed doors her undiagnosed depression was wreaking havoc on her life. Growing...

A gorgeously warm, funny and heartbreaking book about what it means to be a mother. The Hickory Creek Community Centre is a lifeline for new mums. So when a bad...

She finally thought she was safe... Toni Maguire, author of Number One Bestseller 'Don't Tell Mummy', takes up the story of her tragic childhood where she left off, revealing the...

When Caspar Walsh was three years old his mother rejected him in favour of a boyfriend. His father became his primary carer. But Caspar's father robbed banks. He dealt drugs...

The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy Glass Struggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass. Helping the family each morning, Cathy...

** PUB DELAYED DUE TO UK LEGAL ISSUES** hen Siobhan Kennedy-McGuinness first ventured into Eamonn Cooke's garage, to her seven-year-old eyes it was like an Aladdin's cave. Filled with broadcasting...

"A Girl Called Karen" is one woman's shocking yet inspirational story of sexual abuse at the hands of her father, and later, her foster father. Despite the trauma and anguish...

In 1959 David Hill s mother a poor single parent living in England reluctantly decided to send her sons to Fairbridge Farm School in New South Wales where, she was...

Michele's childhood was a nightmare. Growing up in the 1970s, her mother was a gifted psychic but highly unstable, unable to control the dark forces her powers unleashed or to...

Richard McCann's account of his childhood became a massive UK bestseller. In it he told the harrowing story of how he and his sisters were left motherless when the Yorkshire...

In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal abuse is more widespread than ever, and how you can deal with it. You'll...

When eight-year-old Jayne returned to England from bomb-torn Northern Ireland, her family stayed with relatives and a distant cousin began a campaign of abuse so horrifying that her world was...

At the end of A BROTHER'S JOURNEY, Richard Pelzer's mother and three brothers are moving to Salt Lake City, Utah. He has the choice of joining them - unwanted -...

Have you ever been bullied or is your child experiencing bullying? If so, then you know how devastating the experience is, and how deep the wounds can go. People who...

Northeastern Central African Republic - a vast space bordering Chad, Darfur, and South Sudan - is a quintessential 'stateless' space, where the government has little presence and armed actors operate...

Bystander intervention is simply overcoming that "freeze" instinct and getting back to the very human desire to take care of one another. It's not about being the hero, strapping on...

When his cousin was killed in a vicious random attack, the questions Kevin Bloom had been asking as a journalist about the troubling political and social changes in this country...

'I don't blame others for my problems. I stand on my own. And one day you'll see, I'm going to make something of myself.' These words were eighteen-year-old Dave Pelzer's...