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Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft Publisher Comments "He doesn't mean to hurt me-he just loses control." "He can be sweet and gentle." "He's scared me a few times, but he never hurts the children he's a great father." "He's had a really hard life..." Women in abusive relationships tell... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Courage to Heal Workbook: For Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Laura Davis Publisher Comments In this groundbreaking companion to The Courage to Heal, Laura Davis offers an inspiring, in-depth workbook that speaks to all women and men healing from the effects of child sexual abuse. The combination of checklists, writing and art Projects, open... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Invisible Girls: The Truth about Sexual Abuse by Patti Feuereisen Publisher Comments Weaving together powerful first-person narratives with gentle guidance and seasoned insights to help girls through the maze of feelings that swirl around the abuse experience, this resource gives every young woman who struggles with the scars of sexual... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Verbally Abusive Relationship 2ND Edition by Patricia Evans Publisher Comments Verbal abuse doesn't leave the same physical evidence as battery, but it can be just as painful, and can actually take longer to recover from. The new edition of this important reference covers the most recent developments in dealing with verbal abuse... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker Publisher Comments True fear is a gift. Unwarranted fear is a curse. Learn how to tell the difference. A date won't take "no" for an answer. The new nanny gives a mother an uneasy feeling. A stranger in a deserted parking lot offers unsolicited help. The threat... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Women's Sexuality After Childhood Incest by Elaine Westerlund Publisher Comments Myths abound regarding the sexuality of women who were incestuously abused as children - for example, that they are promiscuous or incapable of sexual desire or that they become lesbians or prostitutes. Treatment recommendations to enhance and improve... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Hardcover
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Lucky by Alice Sebold Publisher Comments In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus. What propels this chronicle of her... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try to Control You by Patricia Evans Publisher Comments From small-scale incidents to large-scale issues, the author of the bestselling "The Verbally Abusive Relationship" explains the damaging nature of control and offers insight and advice those want to break the cycle.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Victims No Longer 2ND Edition Men Recovering Fro by Mike Lew Publisher Comments For millions of men on the path to recovery, Victims No Longer is the next step. The first book written specifically for men, Victims No Longer examines the changing cultural attitudes toward male survivors of incest and other sexual trauma. Now, in this... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A House Divided: Suspicions of Mother-Daughter Incest by Paul R Abramson Publisher Comments Searching for the truth behind these accusations, while reconstructingthis troubling tale from case interviews, trial transcripts, policereports, and other documentary sources, the authors find in thisunusual case an ideal springboard for a serious... (read more) List Price $29.75 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Child Abuse and Neglect: Definitions, Classifications, and a Framework for Research by Margaret M Feerick Synopsis Historically, it has been difficult to measure child maltreatment because researchers, agencies, and states all define it differently. Child Abuse and Neglect tackles this issue in three main ways: 1) it examines the history of classification and... (read more) List Price $50.75 Your price: $14.50 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Cook Your Daughter: A Memoir by Jessica Hendra Publisher Comments How does a little girl find her way in a world where nothing is sacred? In 2004, Tony Hendra's memoir Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul, spent thirteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. The book detailed his life as a comedian who helped... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Lucky by Alice Sebold From Powells.com Once in a while a book so captures the public imagination it becomes a benchmark of the collective psyche. Last summer's The Lovely Bones is a perfect example. Something about this story narrated from heaven by a young girl learning to cope after her... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Violent No More: Helping Men End Domestic Abuse by Michael Paymar Synopsis The author guides readers through the process of recognizing abusive behaviors, taking responsibility for them, and learning to express anger without violence. This new edition includes updated resources, additional exercises, and guidelines for men of... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Point Last Seen by Hannah Nyala Publisher Comments THE ACCLAIMED MEMOIR FROM HANNAH NYALA -- A MOTHER, A TRACKER, AND A TRUE SURVIVOR. POINT LAST SEEN Escaping an abusive marriage, her children abducted by her violent husband, Hannah Nyala was left alone to pick up the pieces of her life, to heal... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Becoming Anna: The Autobiography of a Sixteen-Year-Old by Anna J Michener Publisher Comments Becoming Anna is the poignant memoir of the first sixteen years in the life of Anna Michener, a young woman who fought a painful battle against her abusive family. Labeled "crazy girl" for much of her childhood, Anna suffered physical and emotional... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Stop Controlling What To Do When Someone by Richard Stenack Publisher Comments He wants the car back with the tank filled before it gets dark. You agree that the important work you have to do at the office can wait until tomorrow. (Yes, there are more accidents after dark and the car is, after all, half his.) Last week he expected... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Teenager's Journey: Overcoming a Childhood of Abuse by Richard B Pelzer Publisher Comments After the success of his brother Dave Pelzer's bestselling memoir A Boy Called "It", Richard B. Pelzer touched thousands with his own heart-wrenching account of an abusive childhood in his New York Times bestseller A Brother's Journey. Now, in A TEENAGER'... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir by Margaux Fragoso Publisher Comments One summer day, Margaux Fragoso swam up to Peter Curran at a public swimming pool and asked him to play. She was seven; he was fifty-one. When Curran invited her and her mom to see his house, the little girl found a child's dream world, full of odd pets... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Patterns of Child Abuse: How Dysfunctional Transactions Are Replicated in Individuals, Families, and the Child Welfare System by Michael Karson Publisher Comments Interpret the hidden meaning of family roles to help children at risk Because dysfunctional patterns are closed systems that serve a secret purpose, they are almost impossible to change from the outside. Patterns of Child Abuse helps you recognize the... (read more) List Price $38.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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