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201) Breathe
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Inhale. Exhale. It became my mantra for far too long. Seeing me through the dark moments of our tumultuous relationship. Somehow in my world of happily ever after, my house became my cage and my husband became my captor. The question is how much longer will I be able to breathe?
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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 offender, people such as spouses, family friends, and parishioners-the unintended victims. Kraft gives these forgotten and silent victims a voice. He recognizes, listens, and responds to people who...
203) Where Hands Go
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Where Hands Go a beautiful new book written by Krystaelynne Sanders Diggs. This easy-to-read, colorfully illustrated book aims to help children understand the importance of consent and when it is not ok to be touched. The book features a diverse group of characters and colorful, creative artwork to educate and entertain children about the importance of safety. You'll find this book is a beautiful read for parents, teachers, therapists, and guardians...
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Liberty Hayes has just moved to Sutter's Crossing and is the talk of the town. She has plenty of money and everyone wants to be her friend. When Liberty accuses a male teacher of sexually assaulting her, the rumors start. Val, her new best friend, is torn between believing Liberty and trusting her old friend Ryan when it comes to the truth. What is the trouble with Liberty?
205) Testify
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Before you judge me, there are two things you should know about why I did it. Shana Tremain is a good kid. She knows right from wrong and she's never been in any serious trouble. But when her best friend, Carrie, comes to her for help, Shana agrees to break the law to save Carrie from a molester. She even feels good about it for a while. Then trouble starts. Someone in their group of friends is stealing from the others. As she searches for the truth,...
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Learn the meaning behind "Dead Children Can't Read" as you explore the philosophy of "Classrooms of Compassion" that promote child mental health and development. Darleen Claire Wodzenski, MS ESE, MA CMHC, QPPE, PhD Candidate - a national presenter in the areas of education, special needs, juvenile justice, and development - shares the importance of putting a child's development and mental health first, rather than making educational goals the primary...
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She's beautiful, smart, envied, and loved, but there is an entire world of pain, grief, loss, and depression boiling underneath all the perfection her peers adore. But the moment she chooses to make her reality transparent, that's when she starts to lose it all. That's when the head cheerleader loses her crown and becomes the object of her peers' ridicule.
It is 1992, and Erica Cohen has lost both her loving parents in a fatal drunk-driving accident,...
208) He is the Monster
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When Esther comes back at dawn on a school night, she's expecting an argument with her parents at breakfast. Instead, the police arrest her father for molesting girls in their neighborhood. As her father awaits trial and her mother wastes away with grief, Esther seeks comfort in the things that make her numb: parties, boys and her secret relationship. She is fine. Everything is fine until Esther meets Matthew, who refuses to be just another notch...
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'Women are often the worst affected by militarisation but their stories rarely get heard. Garrisoned Minds, which brings together insights and analysis from some of the major conflict zones of South Asia, is a welcome and valuable corrective, one which must be read by both policy-makers and the public.'
- Siddharth Varadarajan, Founding Editor of thewire.in
Militarisation and violence as a response to conflict are now part of the global social...
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Regards croisés sur un phénomène récent et inquiétant, en Afrique centrale en particulier
Depuis vingt ans, une violence inouïe frappe cette région. Si toute guerre fait des ravages parmi les populations civiles, les femmes paient ici le plus lourd tribut. Une situation cauchemardesque qui a pris racine sur les collines rwandaises en 1994, l'année du génocide. Le viol, tacitement accepté sur les champs de bataille depuis la nuit des temps,...
211) First Time
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Haley and Lynn are best friends. When Lynn meets Chad, a player several years older, Haley feels left out. She tries to be happy for her friend, but when her mother's new boyfriend starts making unwanted advances, Haley finds she has no one to tell. Not wanting to upset her mother's happiness and finding that Lynn is drifting away, Haley has to face her tormentor alone and face up to some very hard truths.
212) Homecoming
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Fiona's dad comes home after sixteen months and eight days in jail. Along with her mother and family friends, she awkwardly welcomes him home. Uncle David is there, because he picked Dad up at jail. Dad's best friend Simon, his wife May and neighbor Elisabeth are also at the house to greet Dad. He's been away so long, it's an uncomfortable reunion for Mom and Fiona, who have suffered financially, emotionally and socially in his absence. Even the dog,...
213) Maxxxed Out
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THE STORY OF PORN THAT'S NEVER BEEN TOLD: Maxxxed Out is based on the true story of Meg Foster's experience working in the office of a modern-day porn company.
Spanning six years, this collection of outrageous and unexpected stories weaves together a young woman's rise to extreme heights within the adult film business and her struggles along the way. Chock-full of industry insider tips and secrets, this story also reveals what it is really like...
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¿Por qué se utiliza el sexo para someter a las mujeres y a comunidades enteras? ¿Por qué les ha caído a las mujeres el sambenito del pecado y la tentación? ¿Por qué Eva está encadenada? Este libro no tiene todas las respuestas, pero plantea todas las preguntas y propone una travesía incómoda hacia el lado oscuro del ser humano. El siglo XX ha sido uno de los periodos más sangrientos de la humanidad, pero las peor paradas han sido, como...
215) Viral
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Mike has fallen deeply in love with his best friend, Lindsay. And he's pretty sure she feels the same way...until a simple misunderstanding destroys Lindsay's trust. Devastated and feeling betrayed, Lindsay leaves town for the summer. In the fall, she returns to school a different person and she's suddenly tight with the "in" crowd.
When Lindsay gets intoxicated at a party and ends up in a compromising situation, she has no idea that someone is...
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À un jeune âge, Céline Jacobs a été victime d'attentats à la pudeur. Elle a courageusement dénoncé ses agresseurs plusieurs années plus tard. Cependant, sa souffrance a été minimisée et elle a été injustement placée en institution psychiatrique sans bénéficier d'un procès équitable. Ce récit dépeint l'injustice qui a entouré cette période troublante de sa vie. Il met en lumière une société o la violence et l'exploitation...
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Essentially biographical, the book recounts my experiences in dealing with the effects of child sexual abuse, both personally (as a parent) and with other people involved directly or indirectly in the nightmare. I am not a professional in that I am not a psychiatrist, lawyer or social worker and do not attempt to deal with the technical aspect of processing these survivors. At the same time there are specific international/Interpol determined protocols...
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306 pages ; 22 cm
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Roxane Gay addresses the experience of living in a body that she calls 'wildly undisciplined.' She casts an insightful and critical eye over her childhood, teens, and twenties -- including the devastating act of violence that was a turning point at age 12 -- and brings readers into the present and the realities, pains, and joys of her daily life. With candor, vulnerability, and authority, Roxane explores what it means to be overweight in a time when...
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"What does it really mean to be a man? In Man Alive, Thomas Page McBee attempts to answer that question by focusing on two of the men who most impacted his life--one, his otherwise ordinary father who abused him as a child, and the other, a mugger who threatened his life and then released him in an odd moment of mercy. Standing at the brink of the life-changing decision to transition from female to male, McBee seeks to understand these examples of...
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viii, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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A gripping account of Rebecca Musser's struggle to escape the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints led by Rulon Jeffs and his son, Warren, and her subsequent decision to take the witness stand against the new prophet of the FLDS in order to protect her little sisters and other young girls from being forced to marry at shockingly young ages.
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