From The Pit to The Palace (From the Pit to the Palace, #1)
by Abigail Neilson
Empower Yourself and Change the World“Becoming a strong woman starts with self-development and Rachael Wolff's book is a powerful tool to help you soar.” ―Louise Harmon, author of Happiness A to Z Become the very best and strongest women you can be with the unique tools and practices in Letters from a Better Me Self-esteem for empowerment. By practicing affirmations each day, you become stronger emotionally and psychologically. Writing letters to yourself can be a powerful affirming process th...
There's A Stranger In My House (The Silent Screams, #3)
by Johntavia "tae Tae Wallace and Yolanda Lee George
This revised and updated edition of "the most critically acclaimed book" (Publishers Weekly) on domestic violence includes new information on the effect of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, examines resources on the Internet, and details what you can do to help stop battering.
The relationship between class and intimate violence against women is much misunderstood. While many studies of intimate violence focus on poor and working-class women, few examine the issue comparatively in terms of class privilege and class disadvantage. James Ptacek draws on in-depth interviews with sixty women from wealthy, professional, working-class, and poor communities to investigate how social class shapes both women's experiences of violence and the responses of their communities to th...
This book describes what has been done and what remains to be done to prevent elder abuse, treat its effects, and ensure justice. It further addresses the broader need to fortify our long-term care, protective service, and legal systems to meet the new and imminent demands of a burgeoning elderly population.Nerenberg explores trends that have shaped or define practice in the field including the ""criminalization"" of elder abuse, the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision, an increasingly multicultur...
