After abuse, emotions can stop making sense.Sometimes they are too big for the situation you are in. Sometimes they are absent altogether. Sometimes they appear hours or days after the moment that should have sparked them.You may have tried to tell yourself to "just be in the moment," but the connection still wasn't there. You may have tried to force yourself to feel happy, but the joy remained muted. You may even be smiling on the outside while feeling flat underneath. The...

Reaching Him is the first comprehensive guide written specifically for families of male victims of coercive control**and psychological abuse.**Written by a survivor who spent a decade trapped in the same patterns your son is living through, this book gives you what no other resource provides: a complete framework for staying connected to someone who has been systematically disconnected from everyone who loves him.You're watching him disappe...

How do Christians go about understanding their cultural context in twenty-first century Britain? What is the relationship between faith and the culture in which it is lived? Considering the most formative influences for people of faith in our culture, and the forces at play in competing for their attention, Cultural Hermeneutics equips those in ministry, and those in formation for roles within the church, to better ‘read’ the times in which they serve.

Politicians, financiers and bureaucrats claim to believe in free competitive markets, yet they have built the most unfree market system ever created. In this Gilded Age, income is funnelled to the owners of property – financial, physical and intellectual – at the expense of society. Wages stagnate as labour markets are transformed by outsourcing, automation and the on-demand economy, generating more rental income while broadening the precariat.Now fully updated with an introduction...

Description:An orphan for all of her sixteen years, Raven is forced to leave behind both her home and the only people that she knows when a terrible secret is tragically exposed:SHE IS NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS.A fire rages inside her to find out who her mysterious parents were; and not only who, but what she really is. Interrupted by a series of wild adventures, her journey takes her far from home and far from everything that she has ever known.Little does she k...

'One of the most important books I've read in years' Brian EnoWe are losing the commons. Austerity and neoliberal policies have depleted our shared wealth; our national utilities have been sold off to foreign conglomerates, social housing is almost non-existent, our parks are cordoned off for private events and our national art galleries are sponsored by banks and oil companies. This plunder deprives us all of our common rights, recognized as far back as the Magna ...

Brought to you by Penguin.How does a person organize a good life? The ancient Greeks divided time into five types: labour, work, leisure, play and aergia (contemplation). But labour was separated from work, as painful, onerous work undertaken for survival, whereas work could include caring for family members, study, or political activities. But now our jobs are supposed to provide all meaning in life and our time outside of work is thought of as simply 'ti...

A memoir of hope, love, rage and cancer.Sarah Standing is a wife, a mother, a journalist, a toy shop owner, a grandmother, a great friend, a daughter, and a lover of life. She does not have the time, or inclination, to deal with cancer. But shit happens. After a week or two of struggling to catch her breath, Sarah pops along to see her GP for a few tests. By the end of the day, she has a bag of what looks like bone broth draining from her body and is dealing with a...

'A beautifully written gem of a book, both inspiring and poignant.' Elton John'Incisive and heart-rending.' Richard E GrantSarah Standing is a wife, a mother, a journalist, a toy shop owner, a grandmother, a great friend, a daughter, and a lover of life. She does not have the time, or inclination, to deal with cancer. But shit happens. After a week or two of struggling to catch her breath, Sarah pops along to see her GP fo...

When Jeff finds a sex genie he thinks he's savvy enough to know the drill; hold back on the wishes and eventually the pair will fall in love. When the genie points out that such a plan can't possibly work the two come up with a scheme to find out if they really are romantically compatible. Unfortunately, neither of them realize that Jeff's casual wishes will still be granted..."A Genuine First Date" is a sexy tale of metafeminine transformation, and should not be read by those unde...

Looking for a fast fix for her small breasts, Linda purchases a Rubber Wishbone - guaranteed to give her three wishes. The catch? She has to find someone willing to make three wishes of their own - and they will each receive whatever the other wishes for. So Linda invites over her disbelieving friend Cindi to break the Rubber Wishbone with her. Neither woman could predict how their wishes would change each of them.This story is for readers over the age of eighteen, and includes gra...

Tired of life and disillusioned with his work, economist Carl Simonovsky would rather stay at home tending his beloved trilliums than work on yet another aid project pretending he knows how to solve complex dilemmas faced by poor countries. When he reluctantly finds himself in Bangladesh, dealing with a case of mass arsenic poisoning caused by a well-meant aid programme, he soon discovers that ignorance of the subject is the least of his problems.Rumours of scandal and corruption s...