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This book brings together researchers and practitioners from a range of fields to examine strategies and programs for preventing intimate partner violence (IPV). It provides paths to more efficacious prevention strategies and highlights ways that all stakeholders can work more effectively toward reducing violence.
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Los textos que componen esta publicación fueron presentados por sus autores al I Concurso de relatos cortos sobre violencia de género organizado por la Fundación Luz Casanova. Recogen el infierno que viven muchas mujeres, los usos y costumbres que perpetúan la discriminación por cuestión de género, el silencio cómplice del entorno o cómo los hijos se convierten también en «víctimas colaterales». Pero las lágrimas derramadas por estas...
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Comment déceler la maltraitance en milieu scolaire?
Toute personne appelée par son activité professionnelle à s''occuper d''enfants porte une responsabilité personnelle à l''égard de la prévention et de la détection de la maltraitance.
Pour les enfants en âge scolaire, l''école reste le principal lieu o des inquiétudes concernant le bien-être de l''enfant sont exprimées. Les enseignants sont en première ligne et souvent extrêmement...
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As people live longer, we face the challenges that come with caring for, and living as, an aging population. This collection focuses on the sad, funny, mundane reality of life in a nursing home. In her own words, Janice N. Harrington worked her way through college as a nurses' aide and wrote The Hands of Strangers because she "cannot forget the 'girls' I worked with or the 'residents' under my care. I haven't forgotten what I saw, heard, felt, or...
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Codependent No More: by Melody Beattie | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review Codependent No More by Melody Beattie is a self-help book that explains codependency and how to overcome it. Originally published in 1986, it was written before codependency was fully acknowledged in the mental health profession…
This companion to Codependent No More includes:
Overview of the book
Important People
Key Takeaways
Analysis of Key Takeaways
and much more!...
7) A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction
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Inside this Instaread Summary & Analysis of A Common Struggle • Summary of book • Introduction to the Important People in the book • Analysis of the Themes and Author's Style
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Acoso callejero, intentos de violación y parientes exhibicionistas son algunas de las escenas que aparecen en estas páginas como muestra del horror cotidiano que padece la mujer. Yo te creo. Testimonios de abuso a mujeres chilenas, contiene además testimonios anónimos extraídos del Informe Valech que sorprenden por su crudeza.
Bajo dictadura los militares chilenos torturaron y violentaron sexualmente a las mujeres que caían detenidas. Aparecen...
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Dear Sister,
It wasn't your fault; it was never your fault. You did nothing wrong. Hold this tight to your heart: it wasn't your fault.
At night when you lay there and your mind fills with images and you wonder if only, if you had ... if you hadn't ... Remember: it wasn't your fault.
In Oakland, California on March 24, 2015 a fire destroyed the AK Press warehouse along with several other businesses. Please consider visiting the AK Press website...
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Un classique (depuis plus de 45 ans)
Une présentation originale des première, deuxième et troisième Etapes du programme des AA (représentées par les trois pieds d'un tabouret).
Une étude des défauts de caractère que nous révèle la quatrième Etape (représentée par des bouteilles de whisky vides).
L'auteur aborde également à l'aide de 31 méditations quotidiennes les problèmes fréquemment rencontrés par les personnes en rétablissement....
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How much would it cost you in terms of lost wages and job opportunities if your police record were to include an arrest for possession of drugs or marijuana? This book was written to help you avoid arrests while you continue to partake. There's a lot sneaky snarky sh__ in this book that can save your career and keep your criminal record clean. In this book, you'll learn how to avoid the cops, thus allowing you to avoid marijuana charges and DUI's....
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Allen Carr's The Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Instaread Preview: The Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr is a self-help book designed to help smokers kick the habit and find freedom from the tyranny of their addiction. To date, Carr's unique method has helped millions of people stop using cigarettes, tobacco, and other forms of nicotine. It's a strategy that helped him quit-without stress or strain-after he had been...
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Most widely used illegal drug in Britain, surveys indicate that around 65% of all 15 - 59-year-olds have taken some form of illegal drugs - the majority being Cannabis.
Many of the millions of cannabis users have little idea of what it is, how it works, where it comes from and how to use it.
The Essential Guide to Cannabis addresses these issues in simple, every day, language.
It also gives in-depth information on buying cannabis, growing cannabis...
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Belief in God is clearly the preferred road to sobriety in A.A., despite a few Big Book disclaimers to the contrary. A.A.'s God doctrine often creates problems for non-Christians, atheists, agnostics and humanists, and has been critically addressed in my two other books: Daily Reprieve: A.A. for Atheists & Agnostics and Design For Living: Daily Meditations on the 12 Steps of A.A. for Atheists & Agnostics. Gods of Our Misunderstanding In A.A. - not...
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Sexual assault on the campuses of universities and private schools appears to be on the rise. Alcohol and fraternities are easy targets, but the issue is much more complicated. Despite attempts made by administrators to define consent clearly, it can be a legal gray area. Students condemned by a school's excessively broad definition of sexual assault can be branded rapists long after graduation. Victims must face their attackers on campus because...
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Despite the current survivor-affirming awareness around sexual violence, child sexual abuse, most notably when it's a family member or friend, is still a very taboo topic. There are approximately 42 million child sexual abuse survivors in the U.S. and millions of bystanders who look the other way as the abuse occurs and cover for the harm-doers with no accountability. Documentary filmmaker and survivor of child sexual abuse and adult rape, Aishah...
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Many people have been victims of rape, but we are all victims of what has been called a "rape culture." This topic deserves more attention towards education and prevention, and not just on the college campus. Rape culture is an idea that links rape and sexual violence to the culture of a society, and in which commonly-held beliefs, attitudes, and practices normalize, excuse, tolerate, and even condone rape. This edited collection examines rape culture...
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Are you working to build a new life of sustained sobriety? Are you a sober support for a loved one who's trying to move past addiction? Addiction, Recovery, Change: A How-To Manual for Successfully Navigating Sobriety provides the tools you need to meet the everyday challenges of not just getting sober, but staying sober. Based on decades of hands-on clinical experience, Addiction, Recovery, Change addresses the many pitfalls, questions, doubts, and...
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The Soulology Chronicles: Grit is a compilation of twelve people who have shared their riveting, raw, soulful and inspirational life stories.
The authors reveal their real life experiences, strength and thoughts as they learned about themselves, pushed through their obstacles, and demonstrate how they have become who they are today as a result.
These brave writers empower you with their words of wisdom and courage to help you with your life journey....
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