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Author
Publisher
J. Wiley
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
v, 266 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the second edition of The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing, internationally recognized therapist Beverly Engel walks listeners through a proven program designed to help then get to the core of their unhealthy behavior patterns.
This book was written specifically for two types of couples-those who mutually abuse each other and those with abusive partners who are willing to honestly look at themselves...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Jinger Vuolo, the sixth child in the famous Duggar family of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On, recounts how she began to question the unhealthy ideology of her youth and learned to embrace true freedom in Christ"--
Growing up in the public eye-- a reality star in the Duggar family documentaries-- Vuolo grew up believing the Bible was primarily a rulebook and that faith was about executing God's laws to perfection. These ingrained principles...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A razor-sharp debut novel about an ambitious young opera singer caught between devotion to her craft and an all-consuming affair with an older man"--
Anna doesn't fit in. Not with her wealthy classmates at the selective London Conservatory where she unexpectedly wins a place after university, not with the family she left behind, and definitely not with Max, a man she meets in the bar where she sings for cash. He's everything she's not--rich, tailored...
Author
Publisher
Bonneville Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xi, 163 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Emotional and verbal abuse often go unnoticed -- sometimes even by the abused -- until they become something much more serious. This book will teach you about the miracle principle and the proven respect-me method to help you recognize the problem, regain self-respect, and change for the better.
5) Bedfellow
Author
Publisher
A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
221 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
From Jeremy C. Shipp comes a tense dark fantasy novel of psychological horror in Bedfellow. It broke into their home and set up residence in their minds. When the... thing first insinuated itself into the Lund family household, they were bemused. Vaguely human-shaped, its constantly-changing cravings seemed disturbing, at first, but time and pressure have a way of normalizing the extreme. Wasn't it always part of their lives? As the family make more...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Berkley trade paperback edition ; expanded edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 285 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever been in a relationship with a psychopath? Chances are, even if you did, you would never know it. Psychopaths are cunning charmers and master manipulators, to the point where you start to accept the most extreme behaviors as normal... Even if it hurts you,"--Amazon.com
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sutton starts with diagnosis: what kind of asshole problem, exactly, are you dealing with? From there, he provides field-tested, evidence-based, and sometimes surprising strategies for dealing with assholes-- avoiding them, outwitting them, disarming them, sending them packing, and developing protective psychological armor. By helping you develop an outlook and personal plan that will help you preserve the sanity in your work life, Sutton also help...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Torture is banned because it is cruel and inhumane. But as Shane O'Mara writes in this account of the human brain under stress, another reason torture should never be condoned is because it does not work the way torturers assume it does. In countless films and TV shows such as Homeland and 24, torture is portrayed as a harsh necessity. If cruelty can extract secrets that will save lives, so be it. CIA officers and others conducted torture using precisely...
Author
Publisher
Warner Business Books
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
210 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Robert Sutton spent years studying a phenomenon that almost everyone has experienced and/or participated in, while on the job: that breed of coworker specifically tasked with making work more difficult for everyone around them. Here he shows listeners effective ways to identify and combat these bullies, creeps, and despots while making a place of business more conducive for actual work.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of a woman on the run from catastrophe, searching for love, home, healing, a swimming pool, and perhaps someone who can stop the bleeding from her head"--
Allison Brody is thirty-two and newly arrived on the East Coast after just managing to flee her movie producer boyfriend. She has some money, saved up from years of writing and waitressing, and so she spends it, buying a small house on the beach. But then a Category 3 hurricane makes...
Author
Publisher
Safe Place Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xvi, 205 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist: Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse is the most comprehensive and helpful book on the topic of covert narcissism. This type of narcissism is one of the most damaging forms because the abuse is so hidden and so insidious. You can be in a relationship that can last for decades and not realize you are being psychologically and emotionally controlled, manipulated, and abused. These people...
14) Jane Anonymous
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In chapters alternating between "then" and "now," seventeen-year-old Jane Anonymous chronicles the events leading up to her abduction and seven-month captivity and her painful return to family and friends.
Author
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
345 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Educational and empowering, Stop Signs exposes the discernible attributes, tactics, and deterrents of abusers, arming women with the tools they need to choose a safe and loving partner. In the first section, Fairweather familiarizes readers with the topic of intimate partner violence and explains how to develop the combination of self-esteem, preparation, and assertive awareness that can protect women from involvement with abusive individuals; in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Description
The sequel to the highly acclaimed Vita Nostra takes readers to the next stage in Sasha Samokhina's journey in a richly imagined world of dark academia in which grammar is magic--and not all magic is good.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When new boy in school, Alec, sweeps Zephyr off her feet, their passionate romance takes a dangerous and possessive turn when Alec begins manipulating Zephyr"--
18) Permission granted: the journey from trauma to healing from rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse
Author
Publisher
CheyWind Center for Trauma and Healing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
222 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
19) Vita nostra
Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Harper Voyager hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
406 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
While vacationing at the beach with her mother, Sasha Samokhina meets the mysterious Farit Kozhennikov under the most peculiar circumstances. The teenage girl is powerless to refuse when this strange and unusual man with an air of the sinister directs her to perform a task with potentially scandalous consequences. He rewards her effort with a strange golden coin.As the days progress, Sasha carries out other acts for which she receives more coins from...
Author
Publisher
J. Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
ix, 245 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking book, Engel helps women confront the beliefs and behaviors that keep them stuck in their Nice Girl act while replacing them with healthier, more empowering ones.
CONTENTS PART I. STRONG WOMEN ARENT NICE Chapter 1: The High Price of Being Too Nice: The 7 Types of Nice Girls Chapter 2: How Did We Get So Nice? Chapter 3: The Ten False Beliefs That Set Women Up to Be Used and Abused PART II. FROM FALSE BELIEFS TO EMPOWERING BELIEFS...
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