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How Could He Do It?by Emma Charles
Random House 2008; US$ 9.63'In many ways we were an ordinary family: mum, dad, two kids, three dogs, one rabbit, two guinea pigs. I stayed at home, studying with the Open University, and dad worked, and the kids went to private schools. We lived in a rather nice semi in a rather nice area of Edinburgh, with a rather nice Volvo in the drive, and took rather nice holidays, wearing rather nice clothes. I loved Daniel deeply and I thought - no, I was sure - he loved me deeply, too. And we both loved our kids deeply (I thought). And that was as it should be. We had it made. In some ways we weren't a completely ordinary family. There was Daniel, for one; he worked for most of the time we were married as a ship's engineer, and so he was away from home for up to four months... more...
Why Does He Do That?by Lundy Bancroft
Penguin Group Inc. 2003; US$ 12.99"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 themselves these things every day. Now they can see inside the minds of angry and controlling men-and change their own lives. In this groundbreaking book, a counselor shows how to improve, survive, or leave an abusive relationship, with: ? The early warning signs ? Nine abusive personality types ? How to tell if an abuser can change, is changing, or ever will ? The role of drugs and alcohol ? What can be fixed, and what can't ? How to leave a relationship safely more...
The Emotionally Abusive Relationshipby Beverly Engel
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 14.95"Engel doesn't just describe-she shows us the way out." -Susan Forward, author of Emotional Blackmail Praise for the emotionally abusive relationship "In this book, Beverly Engel clearly and with caring offers step-by-step strategies to stop emotional abuse. . . helping both victims and abusers to identify the patterns of this painful and traumatic type of abuse. This book is a guide both for individuals and for couples stuck in the tragic patterns of emotional abuse." -Marti Loring, Ph.D., author of Emotional Abuse and coeditor of The Journal of Emotional Abuse "This groundbreaking book succeeds in helping people stop emotional abuse by focusing on both the abuser and the abused and showing each party what emotional abuse is, how it affects... more...
But He Says He Loves Meby Dina L. McMillan
Allen & Unwin 2007; US$ 22.68This is the first self-help book for women that details the earliest signs of manipulative and abusive behaviour. It is designed to help women identify the dangers ùbeforeú they become emotionally entangled in a destructive relationship. more...
Hard Knocksby Janice Haaken
Taylor & Francis 2010; US$ 26.95Shows how cultural contexts shape how stories about domestic abuse get told, and offers tools for bringing psychology into discussions of group dynamics in the domestic violence field. This book explores the contentious issue of how to acknowledge forms of female aggression while still preserving a gender analysis of intimate partner violence. more...
Little Mollyby Rosemarie Smith
Grosvenor House Publishing 2011; US$ 8.74This is a true story of Molly, who by the age of four had suffered so many beatings and experienced so much sexual abuse that she suffered from an enormous fear of human contact. In a period of six years among a family of twelve only her abusers themselves were aware of her constant pain and suffering. Her other siblings, her father and her mother knew nothing until it was too late, and even then they found it difficult to accept that it happened in and around the house where they lived. more...
Victory Over Verbal Abuseby Patricia Evans
F+W Media 2011; US$ 15.95"You're too sensitive." "You'll never amount to anything." "You're crazy." If this is what you hear--from your spouse, your parent, your boss--then you've been the victim of verbal abuse. This insidious behavior permeates our culture--from the privacy of our own homes to the public glare of our schools, workplaces, and other institutions. But you don't have to live with it. In this groundbreaking companion to her bestselling The Verbally Abusive Relationship , acclaimed public speaker, educator and author Patricia Evans brings you the tools you need to triumph over verbal abuse, no matter where or how you encounter it. She'll guide you step by step through a powerful healing process that provides: A thorough review of available therapies... more...
Endangered Daughtersby Elizabeth Croll
Routledge 2000; US$ 63.95The increasing number of 'missing girls' in much of South and East Asia provides the disturbing focus of this key title. It is unique in its positive attention to daughter discrimination in these regions. more...
Masculinity, Law and Familyby Richard Collier
Routledge 1995; US$ 59.95An incisive exploration of representations in law of male sexuality, authority, paternity and men's violence in the family. This book is of central importance to our understanding of the social and political dimension of masculinity. more...
Representing Rapeby Susan Ehrlich
Routledge 2001; US$ 59.95Representing Rape is the first feminist analysis of the language of sexual assault trials from the perspective of linguistics. more...









