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When Michael Clark was arrested for domestic violence and his wife moved out, he saw his world falling apart. He knew this was not the person he wanted to be. He was eager to change, but didn't know how. Everything he'd tried in the past to control his behavior had fallen short.
Part memoir, part how-to, From Villain to Hero is unique among domestic violence and domestic abuse books. Michael's true story provides readers rare, first-hand insight into...
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Abused for fifteen years by my first husband, Jesse, my life was pure hell and cursed! I had six children, which made it harder to escape. I lost my firstborn son when he was four. After his death, Jesse couldn't hit me hard enough to hurt me more than the pain of losing my child. I got used to his punches and him stomping me. Unless you have been in an abusive relationship, it's hard to understand the power and control an abuser has. What he uses...
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Do you wonder if you are being abused or if someone you know is being abused?
Do you want to heal from abuse and learn how to live an abuse-free peaceful life?
Overcoming Abuse: Embracing Peace Volume II is an encyclopedic handbook that answers questions on the problem-abuse trauma. No truth is left untold. Detailed Clinical Faith-based treatment strategies are provided. The path is enlightened as the victim takes possession of her life! Triumphant...
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When you think about abuse, do you think of someone being, slapped? Or, punched? I did too until I found myself in a toxic marriage, in which I was emotionally, verbally, mentally, and financially abused. I did not even know I was being, abused until I was, taken out of the situation and started seeing a therapist. This is my story of how the abuse, changed my life, of how I had, to fight, to rebuild my life.
I want to educate others to know that...
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Domestic violence, mental health issues, addiction, and suicide rob millions of people of their lives each year. SL Cook believes that by talking about these issues, the taboo is, removed and healing can begin. This inspiring and empowering book is about her abusive marriage, the poor choices she made, the victory of finally leaving that destructive situation, and the life lessons she learned along the way.
If you are struggling with any of these...
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A Safe Place for Women tells a harrowing, but ultimately hopeful, story of one woman's ordeal with an abusive husband and how she gained the strength to leave him and thrive in a new life with her children. Noted women's advocate Kelly White unsparingly revisits the dark periods of her husband's irrational, violent moods. Her narrative makes clear why women often stay in such situations-and also how to end them. After each section of personal narrative,...
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This is a memoir about a man's life that covers so many social and personal aspects of life that highlight major areas of concern in our current society. It is a raw, honest portrayal that will surely affect its readers as only the best of writing can do. It is the story of an immigrant man who came to America with nothing, became a Marine, then a police officer, only to end up in prison. It is about making mistakes, surviving, resilience and redemption....
9) Finally Free
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"You called me bitch for the last time!"
Click. Shami hung up the phone. It felt as though a refrigerator was lifted off her chest instantly. "Wow!" I said to myself. "It was that easy? I don't believe it."
Shami is a young woman who dreamed of falling in love, getting married, raising a beautiful child, and keeping them together by any means necessary. She met and fell in love with a gorgeous man, John. Then her world turned upside down, and in...
10) Tears in a Jar
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This is a story about loss and restoration. Instead of a tale of woe and loneliness, it is a tale of freedom, redemption, and rebuilding. During a very painful divorce, I lost everything and everyone I knew. My ex-husband aided by our church, my family of origin, and many of our friends, built a wall around my children and refused to give me meaningful access to them.Throughout these challenging and painful events, I continued to keep the faith that...
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When you say the words 'domestic abuse', the first image that comes to mind for most is male violence towards women. Despite what some may believe, the very real truth is that domestic abuse is not a gendered crime, with men making up an estimated third of all victims. Break the Silence — A Support Guide For Male Victims Of Domestic Abuse explores the world of the male victim in an attempt to break the social stereotypes and gendered beliefs when...
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· Here's what you'll find inside Are You a Victim of Insane Relationships?
Why newly found seemingly ideal relationships often quickly fall apart
Why those who look for love are those least likely to find it
Why you can intensely hate your partner but not be able to break up the relationship
How your partner can psychologically change your behavior-without you ever knowing it
How your partner can destroy your identity and ruin...
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This workbook will help you recognize that your brain has to be retrained. It will help break the shackles not only from your physical body, but the shackles that have your mind, body and soul incarcerated. Your soul will no longer be your cellmate, it will become your divine soul mate. A divine transformation must take place. It is a process that begins with the soul awakening to the spiritual essence. It touches on trauma that results from exposure...
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Do you wonder if you are being abused or if someone you know is being abused?
Do you want to heal from abuse and learn how to live an abuse-free peaceful life?
Overcoming Abuse: Embracing Peace Volume III is an encyclopedic handbook that answers questions on the problem-abuse trauma. No truth is left untold. Detailed Clinical Faith-based treatment strategies are provided. The path is enlightened as the victim takes possession of her life! Triumphant...
15) La cascada
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El sol se pone en la autovía del Norte mientras Nathalie huye de Madrid. Huye de una relación asfixiante con un hombre celoso y autoritario. De una casa a la que nunca pudo llamar hogar porque es como una herida abierta que le recuerda todos los días que su vida es un fracaso, tal y como atestigua su historial de trabajos precarios, y como evidencian los lienzos y el material de pintura olvidados en uno de los cuartos. También huye de la incomprensible...
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Eve was only three years old when she first witnessed domestic abuse. Eve was only eight years old when she was first sexually abused. This is her story, but her story is not alone. Unfortunately studies show that one in four little girls and one in six little boys have been, or will, be sexually abused.
Abuse is a cycle. It starts with one generation and is passed down to the next.
My Sister, My Protector is based on the true story of one family....
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This book is about a man and his wife, their deep love for each other, and how it survived until death did they part. Then blind justice intervened. He was accused of killing his wife, the only love of his life. Justice did prevail in the end, which was much too late. I am sure a lot of people out there know about blind justice and broken dreams.
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In the end, if there is an end to such wrong, Mrs. Primm, bedridden for six-years, passed away peacefully. Ironically, she passed just one year before her boss, Mr. Dynamic. Old Kernal lived on another two years. He married again and moved to Mexico.
The angel survived another two-years before passing. She is very, much missed but will surely be up in heaven next door to doggie heaven with her loyal companion, Sam.
Mrs. Proper and Cowboy live on...
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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.
20) Just Breathe
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Just Breathe summarizes the necessity of taking time to look into the situations that occur in the lives of many women in this present day. They are held captive to men's verbal and mental abuse to the point that they don't always see and understand who they are and what has really happened to them.
This book brings recognition to those qualities being used against them and the realization of the need to find freedom in who they really are.
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