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Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds
AMAZON EDITOR'S PICK FOR BEST BOOKS OF FEBRUARY A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and a high-profile case: Nikki Addimando, incarcerated for killing her longtime abuser; and the author, Michelle...
Bloodlust: On the Roots of Violence from Cain and Abel to the Present
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THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND ACROSS CULTURES, the most common form of violence is that between family members and neighbors or kindred communities--in civil wars writ large and small. From assault to...
In the Name of God: Violence and Destruction in the World's Religions
Why and how does religion fuel fighting, death and destruction? This is the central question addressed here. This book examines the history of religious violence, looking at patterns and causes,...
Hollywood Vampires: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard and the Celebrity
UNION FOR THE HEADLINES, A TRIAL FOR THE TIME Celebrity romances have always captured the public's imagination, playing out like soap operas seized upon by fans and tabloids alike. By...
Trapped: The Terrifying True Story of a Secret World of Abuse
Trapped was a Sunday Times bestseller and the first memoir from foster carer Rosie Lewis. Phoebe, an autistic nine-year-old girl, is taken into police protection after a chance comment to...
Mummy Knew: A terrifying step-father. A mother who refused to listen.
Four-year-old Lisa's world turned upside down when her step-father moved in. Most of the time he was just violent but then he started making her do things she knew were...
Too Young to be a Mum: Can Jess learn to be a good mummy, when she is
When sixteen-year-old Jess arrives on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep with her newborn son Jimmy, she has nowhere else to go. Arriving straight from the hospital having just given birth,...
Going Mainstream: Why extreme ideas are spreading, and what we can do about it
Author: Julia Ebner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Piercingly revelatory ... a tour de force' - Carl Miller, author of The Death of the Gods '...a must-read ' -...
Pornography: Men Possessing Women
A landmark, searing critique of pornography that condemns how culture consumes and manipulates images of women and eroticises male dominance 'Pornography is the orchestrated destruction of women's bodies and souls...
He Said, She Said: Truth, Trauma and the Struggle for Justice in
If you and your family needed help, could you trust the law to be on your side? Award-winning barrister Charlotte Proudman has dedicated her working life to representing women who...
The Fall of Fayed: Lies, Greed and Scandal - The bestselling
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THE BESTSELLING CONTROVERSIAL BIOGRAPHY Britain's leading investigative writer and biographer, Tom Bower turns the full beam of his formidable powers on one of the most controversial figures of present day:...
The Harpy
'Brilliant . . . A deeply unsettling, excellent read' - Daisy Johnson, author of Everything Under 'A potent contemporary fable . . . riveting' - Guardian 'Genuinely thrilling . ....
Cut Short: Why We're Failing Our Youth - and How to Fix It
An acclaimed author and youth worker explains the reasons behind the UK's crisis of youth violence - and how it can be solved Demetri wants to study criminology at university...
The Science of Hate: How prejudice becomes hate and what we can do to
Are our brains wired to hate? Does online hate incite violence on the streets? With hate crimes at an all-time high, what can we do to help turn the tide?...
How War Began
Have humans always fought and killed each other, or did they peacefully coexist until organized states developed? Is war an expression of human nature or an artifact of civilization? Questions...
The Harpy
From the acclaimed author of The End We Start From, The Harpy is a fierce tale of love, betrayal and revenge. Lucy and Jake live in a house by a...
Trafficked: The Terrifying True Story of a British Girl Forced into
He'd been her friend for years. He said he loved her. Then she realised she didn't know him at all... When everything seemed to be falling apart in Sophie's life,...
Encountering Silencing: Forms of Oppression in Individuals, Families
While trauma has, rightfully, come to the centre of our attention, silencing, an equally important topic, has never been thoroughly studied. This book breaks that silencing and elaborates on various...
Working with Domestic Violence and Abuse Across the Lifecourse:
Spanning children's and adult's services, this book explores the nature and impact of domestic abuse and violence (DVA) throughout the lifecourse. It highlights evidence-informed practice and serves as an accessible...
Traumascapes: The Power and Fate of Places Transformed by Tragedy
Traumascapes is a deeply-felt and wonderfully intelligent exploration of international sites where traumas of great magnitude have occurred. Its subjects include the Moscow theatre where hundreds were held hostage by...
Everything I Learned about Life, I Learned in Dance Class
Ultimate "Tiger Mom" Abby Lee Miller-the passionate, unapologetically outspoken, tough-as-nails star of Lifetime's phenomenal hit Dance Moms and Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition -offers inspirational, tough love guidance for parents who...
The War Against Women
The book titled The War Against Women by the author Marilyn French. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Monster of Harrods: Al-Fayed and the secret, shameful history of a
'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...
Mummy Told Me Not to Tell: The true story of a troubled boy with a
ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN. OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING. THE STORY OF ONE CHILD SHE COULD NEVER FORGET. Seven-year-old Reece is the last of six siblings to be taken into foster...
Paris: The Memoir
PARIS: A MILLION MEANINGS IN A SINGLE NAME Heiress. Party girl. Problem child. Selfie taker. Model. Reality star. Self-created. The labels attached to Paris Hilton. Founder. Entrepreneur. Pop Culture Maker....
The Killing Code
How do you catch a killer who doesn't exist? After twenty years on the force, Detective Chief Inspector Jack Logan thinks he has seen it all. He is wrong. When...
The Orange Room
For readers of Coco Mellors and Megan Nolan, a poised, vivid and deeply relatable novel about a young woman finding her way back to herself - from the author of...
This Happened to Me: A Reckoning
"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...
Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly
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...
The King's Daughter
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...
Mother, Madonna, Whore: Idealization and Denigration of Motherhood
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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...
Voices of the Survivors
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...
A Man Named Dave
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...
The Best Way to Bury Your Husband: Four new friends. Four dead bodies.
Four new friends. Four dead bodies. One big problem . . . Four new friends. Four dead bodies. One big problem . . . Sally never meant to cave her...
Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells
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...
Using Conflict Theory
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,...
Child Protection: A guide for teachers and child care professionals
'.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...
Going Mainstream: How extremists are taking over
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...
The Calendar Mums: the perfect gift this Mother's Day, a new witty and
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...
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating essays since she was a teenager. Often asked by major publications to write on subjects related...
The Emotional Politics of Social Work and Child Protection
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...
Hop-Frog
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...
The Monster of Harrods: Al-Fayed and the secret, shameful history of a
'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...
Criminal
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...
Helpless: Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger?
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...
Playing in the Dark
** 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...