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Resistance Behind Bars Resistance Behind Bars Victoria Law In 1974, women imprisoned at New York's maximum-security prison at Bedford Hills staged what is known as the August Rebellion. Protesting the brutal beating of a fellow prisoner, the women fought off… OL15673260W
Gender, violence and security Gender, violence and security Laura J. Shepherd How do understandings of the relationships between gender, violence, security and the international inform policy and practice in which these notions are central? What are the practical implications … OL15741964W
Invisible girls Invisible girls Patti Feuereisen Dr. Patti Feuereisen has been working with teenage girls for twenty-five years and has been a pioneer in helping abused girls find their voices. What she discovered in listening to hundreds of girls … OL15837314W
The politics of prisoner abuse The politics of prisoner abuse David P. Forsythe "When states are threatened by war and terrorism, can we really expect them to abide by human rights and humanitarian law? David Forsythe's bold analysis of US policies towards terror suspects after … OL15921681W
Tornado Warning Tornado Warning Elin Stebbins Waldal Parents, teens, and survivors are lucky that Elin Stebbins Waldal has the courage to share her own harrowing experience with teen dating violence. At 17 she unwittingly fell in love with an abusive m… OL16809678W
I Funny I Funny Chris Grabenstein,James Patterson Jamie Grim spends summer overcoming challeges,to be the next comedian on stage. OL17063362W
Stealing Candy Stealing Candy Allison Hobbs 353 p. ; 21 cm OL17501442W
Standard operating procedure Standard operating procedure Philip Gourevitch An utterly original literary and intellectual collaboration by two of our keenest moral and political observers has produced a nonfiction Heart of Darkness for our time: the first full reckoning of w… OL1894072W
Earth Star Earth Star Janet Edwards "Romance, science fiction, action, and a look at the false assumptions we make about others combine in this light-hearted, fun, and well-conceived science fiction future. Only She Can Save the World.… OL19662268W
Helping a friend in an abusive relationship Helping a friend in an abusive relationship Marty Gitlin A teen is trapped in an abusive relationship, and a friend wants to help. This comprehensive book shares how to spot the warning signs of an abusive relationship, how to be supportive of a friend who… OL19731662W
Vita nostra Vita nostra Марина Дяченко,Sergey Dyachenko,Marina Dyachenko "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 strang… OL19765058W
The shame borne in silence The shame borne in silence Abraham J. Twerski "Providing a religious lens on the topic, this book directly addresses the problem of spousal abuse in the Jewish community. Rabbi Twerski's book was one of the first titles to break open the issue, … OL1981099W
Families behind bars Families behind bars Kay Danes Explores the journeys of several families, from the UK, Australia, Canada and the US, who bear horrendous burdens having loved ones detained in foreign prisons. Includes interviews with some of the B… OL19953002W
Cinderland Cinderland Amy Jo Burns "Amy Jo Burns grew up in Mercury, PA--a small, conservative Rust Belt town fallen sleepy a decade after the steel industry's collapse. But the year Amy turned ten, everyone in Mercury woke up. That w… OL19988048W
Leaving Shangrila Leaving Shangrila Isabelle Gecils Leaving Shangrila: The True Story of A Girl, Her Transformation and Her Eventual Escape by Isabelle Gecils, is the captivating memoir of a charmingly complex heroine. Isabelle paints a colorful world… OL20037707W
The Chibok Girls The Chibok Girls Helon Habila "Acclaimed novelist Helon Habila, who grew up in northern Nigeria, returned to Chibok and gained intimate access to the families of the kidnapped to offer a devastating account of a tragedy that stun… OL20048087W
Witnesses of the unseen Witnesses of the unseen Lakhdar Boumediene xvii, 266 pages ; 24 cm OL20052318W
Elder abuse Elder abuse Allan M. Hoffman Product Description: Addresses key issues facing older people and our entire society. Topics include care pathway model, guidelines for health care professionals, understanding elder abuse in minorit… OL21179873W
Quiet wisdom in loud times Quiet wisdom in loud times Kayta Curzie Gajdos Women have come a long way since the 1960's, but that really isn't the whole story. In fact, the story is not even about women only. It is about men also. It is about something, in fact, beyond both … OL22300967W
Why not today Why not today Matthew Cork "Three hundred million - that's the number of people subjected to slavery, sex-trafficking, discrimination, and unspeakable poverty in India. That's the same number of people as live in the entire … OL23291471W
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