"Pence and Paymar are right on target again. Their analysis of battering is excellent and their approach...is straightforward, useful and clear. [The book] tells you what to do with abusive men and how to do it well. [The authors] challenge practitioners to do their work in a manner that is compassionate yet never colluding. Accountability and safety to battered women and creating a process of change for abusive men are central to its success."--Susan Schechter,

Gig Harbor, WA, a quiet Tacoma suburb, knew little of tragedy and scandal—until April 26, 2003. On that day David Brame, distraught over his impending divorce, shot his wife to death in a busy public parking lot. Then, with the couple’s two children only feet away, he turned the gun on himself.It was a horrific event, but Tacoma residents had special reason to be shocked. Many would have considered Brame their city’s least likely murderer. He was, after all, the chief of police. . ...

In The Captive, Proust's narrator describes living in his mother's Paris apartment with his lover, Albertine, and subsequently falling out of love with her.

A first-ever how-to book to help abusive men change their behavior by changing their thinking.End the cycle of abuse - for good. Authors Charlie Donaldson, Randy Flood and Elaine Eldridge uncover a proven action plan that violent men can use to change their behavior. Filled with insightful questionnaires and actual case histories, the essential how-to book Stop Hurting the Woman You Love, will help end abusive patterns in favor of healthier, happier relationships.

The BRAND NEW wartime saga from the much-loved author of THE TILBURY POPPIES. Perfect for fans of Annie Murray and Donna DouglasWill she sacrifice her dreams to care for her family?Essex, 1959.Keep the family together, that's what her old mum always said. Put up and shut up. And that's what everyone else did around there.Flo earns her money as a scrubber, cleaning the cruise ships and dreaming of a ...

You try to commiserate with your friends and family, but they seem to shun you lately. Your friends don't know what you are talking about when you complain about your unhealthy relationship. They think that your partner is a perfect angel. Your family is confused about your erratic behaviors. Everyone thinks that you have gone stark-raving mad. You try to get your wits about you, but your partner is always there to tell you that you are worthless, clingy, emotional, needy, and crazy....

Hi, my name is Jenny and I have written this book because I wanted to share my true story with nice people like you. This book talks about my childhood sexual abuse, done by my stepdad. It uncovers all that nasty things that a paedophile is capable of doing to a child. It's a sad, but true story about my young life, describing isolation, rape and the grand escape, leaving nothing unspoken.My goal here isn't to get pitty, but to encourage others like me, to help them find the power ...

Penny's husband was abusive. She's trying to retake her life while dealing with the fact that she murdered him. Dodge is a strong silent Texas Ranger who wants to save her. Now someone is threatening to get her back for what happened to her husband though she was cleared of charges. Can Dodge help Penny over come her fear of men? Can he protect and love her enough that she can move on with her life? How can a battered wife trust again? Catch up with Mitch and Kelli and follow Dodge's story...

Psychopaths in Our Lives: My Interviews contains actual interviews with three psychopaths who are living amongst us.We think of serial killers when we hear the word psychopath, but the vast majority are not in prison. Lacking a conscience, they leave a path of destruction and despair as they pass through lifeYou will read in their own words how they approach relationships, how they manipulate their victims, and what they think about themselves and others.Dianne ...

Follow Diane’s story as she struggles with adversity, witness her extreme abuse at the hands of the staff at the orphanage and rejoice with her at her sheer determination to be accepted as an equal. Join her as she chooses the wrong paths and the consequences of her actions. Laugh with her when she gets herself into some really challenging situations, cry with her when she is molested, raped and then raped again. Empathise with her when her daughter is molested for years. Read about DOCS i...

A collection of original quotes, all penned by Craig Stewart, that speak to a variety of relationships that relate to family, friends, romantic love and interpersonal. Stewart was lauded for his openness in a two part memoir series Words Never Spoken, a memoir and One Thing for Certain, Two Things for Sure, a memoir continued, and the same level of transparency is evident in each of the quotes contained in the relationship chapter of this masterpiece. Stewart does a masterful job of string...

Tom Robson began to write creatively in his forties after he moved to Nova Scotia. Originally, his work was either with or for his elementary school students, or purely for the satisfaction that results from creating. Though his students were primarily the target audience for much of his fiction, poetry and plays, he also compiled reminiscences of his ancestry, his early life in England and, later, his life after becoming an immigrant in Canada."Written While I Still Remember" is a...