Invisible Chains: Recognising and Breaking Free from Domestic Abuse"I love you," they say-as they check your phone for the third time today. "I'm just looking out for you," they insist-while controlling your every move. The most dangerous prison is the one you don't realise you're in. Every year, millions suffer in silence, unable to name what's happening to them. Domestic Every year, millions suffer in silence, unable to name what's happening to them. Domestic abuse thrives in sha...

Lotus is an artist in the midst of a romantic crisis. It's the middle of spring and she's determined to find the perfect subject matter to paint. But she's terribly torn between the beautiful scenery outside and her even more beautiful wife, both of which are perfect subjects. Will she have to choose, or is there an interesting compromise waiting just around the corner?

Written for professionals spanning children's services, this must-read guide provides an authoritative overview of what shapes the psychological wellbeing of children and young people - from perinatal care and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) through to their socioeconomic circumstances, schools and the wider community.Contributors provide a concise overview of the evidence base, identifying current barriers to good mental health in policy and service provision, and highlightin...

Innovation is arguably an integral part of the knowledge management function and KM practice - as a popular "buzzword" over the past few years, and in the fast changing business world of today, it has become the mainstay of professional service organizations. The complexity of innovation increases with the growth in knowledge available to organizations, and with this comes the need to determine its place in business. Tomorrow's KM: Innovation, best practice and the future of knowledge mana...

On April 23, 1984, in a packed press conference room in Washington, DC, the secretary of health and human services declared “The probable cause of AIDS has been found.” By the next day, “probable” had fallen away, and the novel retrovirus later named HIV became forever lodged in global consciousness as “the AIDS virus.”Celia Farber, then an intrepid young reporter for SPIN magazine, was the only journalist to question the official narrative and dig into the science of AIDS...

I'm a prisoned omega.A slave maid.While the prince who forced himself on me claimed me as his MATE.---------"My… mate…"She felt his hot breath caress against the back of her neck when he whispered behind her, she moved too slow to prevent the man from forcing her to the grass beneath them."My… mate!" He shouted as he straddled her against the cold ground, the darkness blinded her from his identity.His grip was strong and rough as he pinned both ...

One nature-loving hippie + one driven city girl + one goofy pup...a recipe for FUN!When Will Weston's parents give him an ultimatum--one he can't possibly stomach--he knows what he has to do... He has to man up and ask for help. Spreadsheets give him headaches, and all he wants to do is be out on his beloved river, not stuck behind a desk. There's no way he can continue to run the River's End Ranch aquatics program by himself, so he hires a temporary manager; someo...

By beginning a conversation that encourages self-examination and compassion, Combined Destinies invites readers to look at how white Americans have been hurt by the very ideology that their ancestors created. Editors Ann Todd Jealous and Caroline T. Haskell, both experienced psychotherapists skilled at facilitating dialogue about racial issues, are cognizant of the challenges that even the thought of such conversations often presents. Their book is based on the premise that for po...

Discover a Better Standard of ExcellenceYou're not good enough. How many of us internalize this belief before we even reach adulthood? How many of us feel unworthy and unable to live up to what seem like impossible-yet-completely-arbitrary standards? Where do these toxic beliefs about ourselves come from? And who told us there is a way we are "supposed" to be anyway?With passion and compassion, Caroline J. Sumlin reveals the force that keeps all of...

The ability to achieve economic security through hard work is a central tenet of the American Dream, but significant shifts in today’s economy have fractured this connection. While economic insecurity has always been a reality for some Americans, Black Americans have historically long experienced worse economic outcomes than Whites. In Work in Black and White, sociologists Enobong Hannah Branch and Caroline Hanley draw on interviews with 80 middle-aged Black and White Americans to...

Winner of the Alf Andrew Heggoy Book PrizeDesiring Whiteness uncovers the intertwined histories of commercial sex and racial politics in France and the French Empire. Since the French Revolution of 1789, the absence of laws banning interracial marriages has served to reinforce two myths about modern France—first, that it is a sexual democracy and second, it is a color-blind nation where all French citizens can freely marry...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLERLOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLERTHE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLEREine Anthologie mit 34 brandneuen Kurzgeschichten basierend auf Stephen Kings Meisterwerk, dem Nr. 1 New-York-Times-Bestseller THE STAND!Seit seiner Erstveröffentlichung im Jahr 1978 gilt THE STAND als Stephen Ki...