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Why Does He Do That?

Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

by Lundy Bancroft ...

Narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins, Beth Hicks, Vas Eli ...

Unabridged

14 hours 21 min

In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft—a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men—uses his knowledge about how abusers think to help women recognize when they are being controlled or devalued, and to find ways to get free of an abusive relationship.He says he loves you. So...why does he do that?You’ve asked yourself this question again and again. Now you have the chance to ... Read more

$26.99 USD

In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft—a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men—uses his knowledge about how abusers think to help women recognize when they are being controlled or devalued, and to find ways to get free of an abusive relationship.He says he loves you. So...why does he do that?You’ve asked yourself this question again and again. Now you have the chance to
... Read more
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Complex PTSD

From Surviving to Thriving

by Pete Walker ...

Narrated by Paul Brion ...

Unabridged

10 hours 28 min

The causes of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grew up in houses that were not homes—in families that were as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous.If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated, and/or despised for a lengthy portion of your childhood, trauma may be deeply engrained in your mind, soul, and body.This ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The causes of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grew up in houses that were not homes—in families that were as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous.If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated, and/or despised for a lengthy portion of your childhood, trauma may be deeply engrained in your mind, soul, and body.This
... Read more
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It Will Never Happen to Me

Growing Up with Addiction as Youngsters, Adolescents, and Adults

by Claudia Black, PhD ...

Narrated by Randye Kaye ...

Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

Claudia Black's bestselling classic on the experience and legacy of being raised in an addictive household.In an all too familiar scenario, played out in millions of homes every day, children who grow up in addictive families abide by certain rules: don't talk, don't trust, don't feel. The rigid survival roles and youthful coping behaviors they take on, such as the responsible child, the adjuster, ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Claudia Black's bestselling classic on the experience and legacy of being raised in an addictive household.In an all too familiar scenario, played out in millions of homes every day, children who grow up in addictive families abide by certain rules: don't talk, don't trust, don't feel. The rigid survival roles and youthful coping behaviors they take on, such as the responsible child, the adjuster,
... Read more
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Men Who Hate Women

From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth About Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All

by Laura Bates ...

Narrated by Tanya Eby ...

Unabridged

12 hours 37 min

Men Who Hate Women examines the rise of secretive extremist communities who despise women and traces the roots of misogyny across a complex spider web of groups. It includes eye-opening interviews with former members of these communities, the academics studying this movement, and the men fighting back.Women's rights activist Laura Bates wrote this book as someone who has been the target of many ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Men Who Hate Women examines the rise of secretive extremist communities who despise women and traces the roots of misogyny across a complex spider web of groups. It includes eye-opening interviews with former members of these communities, the academics studying this movement, and the men fighting back.Women's rights activist Laura Bates wrote this book as someone who has been the target of many
... Read more
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It's Not You

Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

by Ramani Durvasula PhD ...

Narrated by Ramani Durvasula PhD, Maria Shriver ...

Unabridged

11 hours 31 min

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom clinical psychologist and expert in narcissistic relationships Dr. Ramani Durvasula, a guide to protecting and healing yourself from the daily harms of narcissismAN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER**It’s not always easy to tell when you’re dealing with a narcissistic person. One day they draw you in with their charm and charisma, the next they ... Read more

$4.99 USD

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom clinical psychologist and expert in narcissistic relationships Dr. Ramani Durvasula, a guide to protecting and healing yourself from the daily harms of narcissismAN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER**It’s not always easy to tell when you’re dealing with a narcissistic person. One day they draw you in with their charm and charisma, the next they
... Read more
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Cord-Cutting 99 times Meditation Break the cycle

leave toxic unhealthy relationships, self-sabotage, let go of negative thought patterns people circumstances situations, draw boundary protection

by ThinkAndBloom ...

Narrated by Chantalia ...

Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

This guided mediation is for cutting the cords, ties to any people, circumstances, or situations that have negative influences in our life. We let go of the ties, toxic energies, or burdens. We allow the intuitions to guide us whoever, whatever that we need to cut the ties. We will cut the cords 99 times in this meditation.In this audiobook, you willcut the energetic ties between toxic ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This guided mediation is for cutting the cords, ties to any people, circumstances, or situations that have negative influences in our life. We let go of the ties, toxic energies, or burdens. We allow the intuitions to guide us whoever, whatever that we need to cut the ties. We will cut the cords 99 times in this meditation.In this audiobook, you willcut the energetic ties between toxic
... Read more
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The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Expanded Third Edition

How to recognize it and how to respond

by Patricia Evans ...

Narrated by Annette Romano ...

Unabridged

9 hours 29 min

You deserve respect.In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal abuse is more widespread than ever, and how you can deal with it. You'll get more of the answers you need to recognize abuse when it happens, respond to abusers safely and appropriately, and most important, lead a happier, healthier life.In two all-new chapters, Evans reveals the ... Read more

$25.99 USD

You deserve respect.In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal abuse is more widespread than ever, and how you can deal with it. You'll get more of the answers you need to recognize abuse when it happens, respond to abusers safely and appropriately, and most important, lead a happier, healthier life.In two all-new chapters, Evans reveals the
... Read more
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Trauma and Recovery

The Aftermath of Violence-—From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

by Judith Lewis Herman, MD ...

Narrated by Alison Mathews, Xe Sands ...

Unabridged

11 hours 33 min

The groundbreaking work on trauma that remains a “classic for our generation” (Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of The Body Keeps the Score)Trauma and Recovery is the foundational text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a political frame, psychiatrist Judith L. Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from its social and political context. Drawing ... Read more

$27.99 USD

The groundbreaking work on trauma that remains a “classic for our generation” (Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of The Body Keeps the Score)Trauma and Recovery is the foundational text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a political frame, psychiatrist Judith L. Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from its social and political context. Drawing
... Read more
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Damaged

The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child

by Cathy Glass ...

Narrated by Denica Fairman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 41 min

The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller.At just eight years old, Jodie is violent, aggressive and extremely challenging. Five carers in four months have been unable to cope, but there is one last hope: Cathy Glass…As Jodie begins to trust Cathy and make progress, shocking details about her past come to light. No one had noticed the glaring signs of abuse by those who were supposed to love her most.One ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller.At just eight years old, Jodie is violent, aggressive and extremely challenging. Five carers in four months have been unable to cope, but there is one last hope: Cathy Glass…As Jodie begins to trust Cathy and make progress, shocking details about her past come to light. No one had noticed the glaring signs of abuse by those who were supposed to love her most.One
... Read more
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Living and Loving After Betrayal

How to Heal from Emotional Abuse, Deceit, Infidelity, and Chronic Resentment

by Steven Stosny, PhD ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

Unabridged

6 hours 54 min

Betrayal has many faces, including anger, abuse, deceit, and infidelity. These feel like betrayal because they violate the implicit promise of emotional bonds, that your loved one will care about your well-being and never intentionally hurt you. If you've recently left a relationship where you felt betrayed by your partner, you may have difficulty moving on. In fact, it can seem impossible to view ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Betrayal has many faces, including anger, abuse, deceit, and infidelity. These feel like betrayal because they violate the implicit promise of emotional bonds, that your loved one will care about your well-being and never intentionally hurt you. If you've recently left a relationship where you felt betrayed by your partner, you may have difficulty moving on. In fact, it can seem impossible to view
... Read more
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All We Knew But Couldn't Say

by Joanne Vannicola ...

Narrated by Joanne Vannicola ...

Unabridged

6 hours 53 min

Finalist for the 2020 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Nonfiction and the July/August selection for the Amnesty International Book Club.Joanne Vannicola grew up in a violent home with a physically abusive father and a mother who had no sexual boundaries.After being pressured to leave home at fourteen, and after fifteen years of estrangement, Joanne learns that her mother is dying. Compelled to ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Finalist for the 2020 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Nonfiction and the July/August selection for the Amnesty International Book Club.Joanne Vannicola grew up in a violent home with a physically abusive father and a mother who had no sexual boundaries.After being pressured to leave home at fourteen, and after fifteen years of estrangement, Joanne learns that her mother is dying. Compelled to
... Read more
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Mummy Told Me Not to Tell

The true story of a troubled boy with a dark secret

by Cathy Glass ...

Narrated by Denica Fairman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 55 min

ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN.OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING.THE STORY OF ONE CHILD SHE COULD NEVER FORGET.The true story of a troubled boy with a dark secret…Seven-year-old Reece is the last of six siblings to be taken into foster care. He can't cope with school and is often excluded for his violent and aggressive outbursts. But behind that anger is a kind little boy with secrets – he's just too scared ... ... Read more

$27.99 USD

ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN.OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING.THE STORY OF ONE CHILD SHE COULD NEVER FORGET.The true story of a troubled boy with a dark secret…Seven-year-old Reece is the last of six siblings to be taken into foster care. He can't cope with school and is often excluded for his violent and aggressive outbursts. But behind that anger is a kind little boy with secrets – he's just too scared ...
... Read more
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Unspeakable

Surviving My Childhood and Finding My Voice

by Jessica Willis Fisher ...

Narrated by Jessica Fisher ...

Unabridged

9 hours 55 min

Read by the author.Using the written word as her witness statement, Jessica Willis Fisher gives a lacerating portrait of a girl finding her voice after years of being silenced and an unforgettable story of risk and faith.Growing up the eldest daughter in a large, highly controlled, fundamentalist Christian household, Jessica Willis was groomed to perform, and to conform to her father's disturbing ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Read by the author.Using the written word as her witness statement, Jessica Willis Fisher gives a lacerating portrait of a girl finding her voice after years of being silenced and an unforgettable story of risk and faith.Growing up the eldest daughter in a large, highly controlled, fundamentalist Christian household, Jessica Willis was groomed to perform, and to conform to her father's disturbing
... Read more
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Hidden

Betrayed, Exploited and Forgotten. How One Boy Overcame the Odds.

by Cathy Glass ...

Narrated by Denica Fairman ...

Unabridged

9 hours 20 min

ONE REMARKABLE WOMANOVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERINGCARER TO MORE THAN 150 CHILDRENBetrayed. Exploited. Forgotten.Can one boy overcome the odds stacked against him?Tayo was surprisingly well-spoken boy when he arrived at Cathy's but something about his story didn't add up. Tayo has no past. Without a clear history, it would take time and persistence to discover the truth of Tayo's life bef... ... Read more

$27.99 USD

ONE REMARKABLE WOMANOVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERINGCARER TO MORE THAN 150 CHILDRENBetrayed. Exploited. Forgotten.Can one boy overcome the odds stacked against him?Tayo was surprisingly well-spoken boy when he arrived at Cathy's but something about his story didn't add up. Tayo has no past. Without a clear history, it would take time and persistence to discover the truth of Tayo's life bef...
... Read more
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A Baby’s Cry

by Cathy Glass ...

Narrated by Denica Fairman ...

Unabridged

9 hours 16 min

What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy’s care, and the potentially fatal family secret of his beginnings.When Cathy is first asked to foster one-day old Harrison her only ... Read more

$27.99 USD

What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy’s care, and the potentially fatal family secret of his beginnings.When Cathy is first asked to foster one-day old Harrison her only
... Read more
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You're Not the Problem

The Impact of Narcissism and Emotional Abuse and How to Heal

by Helen Villiers, Katie McKenna ...

Narrated by Helen Villiers, Katie McKenna ...

Unabridged

7 hours 49 min

Two popular psychotherapists explore narcissism in family of origin, unpacking the fallout from being raised by narcissistic parents, and offering strategies for how to heal.Many emotionally abusive behaviors from parent to child have become socially acceptable because of the way we repeat things our parents said and did, things passed down from generation to generation that persist today. You're ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Two popular psychotherapists explore narcissism in family of origin, unpacking the fallout from being raised by narcissistic parents, and offering strategies for how to heal.Many emotionally abusive behaviors from parent to child have become socially acceptable because of the way we repeat things our parents said and did, things passed down from generation to generation that persist today. You're
... Read more
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Sold To Be A Wife

Only a determined foster carer can stop a terrified girl from becoming a child bride

by Maggie Hartley ...

Narrated by Penelope McDonald ...

Series Audiobook 11 - A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
Unabridged

6 hours 4 min

Fourteen-year-old Shazia has been taken into care after a conversation at school leads her teacher to suspect that the teenager's family are planning to send her to Pakistan for an arranged marriage.To her family's fury, Shazia is sent to live with foster carer Maggie Hartley whilst social services investigate. But with Shazia denying everything and social services unable to find any evidence to ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Fourteen-year-old Shazia has been taken into care after a conversation at school leads her teacher to suspect that the teenager's family are planning to send her to Pakistan for an arranged marriage.To her family's fury, Shazia is sent to live with foster carer Maggie Hartley whilst social services investigate. But with Shazia denying everything and social services unable to find any evidence to
... Read more
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Find Her Alive

The start of a gripping psychological crime series

by Diane Saxon ...

Narrated by Katy Sobey ...

Series Audiobook 1 - DS Jenna Morgan
Unabridged

10 hours 38 min

The first in a high-adrenaline psychological crime series from bestselling author Diane Saxon, introducing Detective Sergeant Jenna Morgan.Responding to reports of deadly screams in the Ironbridge Gorge, Detective Sergeant Jenna Morgan is first on the scene to investigate.As the search intensifies, Jenna is horrified to discover her sister Fliss's severely injured Dalmatian, Domino and the naked, ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The first in a high-adrenaline psychological crime series from bestselling author Diane Saxon, introducing Detective Sergeant Jenna Morgan.Responding to reports of deadly screams in the Ironbridge Gorge, Detective Sergeant Jenna Morgan is first on the scene to investigate.As the search intensifies, Jenna is horrified to discover her sister Fliss's severely injured Dalmatian, Domino and the naked,
... Read more
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KERI 7

The Original Child Abuse True Story

by Kat Ward ...

Narrated by Bridget Thomas ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Child Abuse True Stories
Unabridged

8 hours 38 min

VOLUME 7 OF KAT WARD'S SENSATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY!After nearly a million words, three thousand pages, and countless nights of blood, sweat and tears, this truly is the book that needs no introduction!Kat Ward, the perennial survivor, has taken readers on a rollercoaster journey throughout her first six books, in which she lays bare the horrific events of her early life.Now, in this penultimate ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

VOLUME 7 OF KAT WARD'S SENSATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY!After nearly a million words, three thousand pages, and countless nights of blood, sweat and tears, this truly is the book that needs no introduction!Kat Ward, the perennial survivor, has taken readers on a rollercoaster journey throughout her first six books, in which she lays bare the horrific events of her early life.Now, in this penultimate
... Read more
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Unwanted

The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?

by Cathy Glass ...

Narrated by DeNica Fairman ...

Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she was put into foster care. The care system failed Lara and now she is failing her son.Lara and her one-year-old son, Arthur, are brought to experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, by their social worker. Lara has fled an abusive relationship and Arthur has suspected non-accidental injuries. ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she was put into foster care. The care system failed Lara and now she is failing her son.Lara and her one-year-old son, Arthur, are brought to experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, by their social worker. Lara has fled an abusive relationship and Arthur has suspected non-accidental injuries.
... Read more
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Coercive Control

How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life

by Evan Stark ...

Narrated by William Sarris ...

Unabridged

21 hours 32 min

Evan Stark, founder of one of America's first battered women's shelters, shows how "domestic violence" is neither primarily domestic nor necessarily violent, but a pattern of controlling behaviors more akin to terrorism and hostage-taking. Drawing on court records, interviews, and FBI statistics, Stark details coercive strategies that men use to deny women their very personhood, from "beeper games ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Evan Stark, founder of one of America's first battered women's shelters, shows how "domestic violence" is neither primarily domestic nor necessarily violent, but a pattern of controlling behaviors more akin to terrorism and hostage-taking. Drawing on court records, interviews, and FBI statistics, Stark details coercive strategies that men use to deny women their very personhood, from "beeper games
... Read more
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Remember Me?

An addictive psychological thriller that you won't be able to put down

by Amanda Ashby, Sally Rigby ...

Narrated by Thomas Judd ...

Unabridged

8 hours 53 min

A perfect life…Paul Henderson leads a normal life. A deputy headteacher at a good school, a loving relationship with girlfriend Jenna, and a baby on the way. Everything seems perfect.A shocking message…Until Paul receives a message from his ex-fiance Nicole. Beautiful, ambitious and fierce, Nicole is everything Jenna is not. And now it seems Nicole is back, and she has a score to settle with Paul ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A perfect life…Paul Henderson leads a normal life. A deputy headteacher at a good school, a loving relationship with girlfriend Jenna, and a baby on the way. Everything seems perfect.A shocking message…Until Paul receives a message from his ex-fiance Nicole. Beautiful, ambitious and fierce, Nicole is everything Jenna is not. And now it seems Nicole is back, and she has a score to settle with Paul
... Read more
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KERI 8

The Original Child Abuse True Story

by Kat Ward ...

Narrated by Bridget Thomas ...

Series Audiobook 8 - Child Abuse True Stories
Unabridged

14 hours 26 min

THE FINAL VOLUME OF KAT WARD'S SENSATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY!When Kat Ward put down her pen after finishing the seventh book in her “KERI” series, she considered her mission complete.Nearly twenty years had passed since her therapist originally recommend writing as a means of healing her childhood wounds. And after taking readers on a stomach-twisting journey through her hellish formative years, she ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

THE FINAL VOLUME OF KAT WARD'S SENSATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY!When Kat Ward put down her pen after finishing the seventh book in her “KERI” series, she considered her mission complete.Nearly twenty years had passed since her therapist originally recommend writing as a means of healing her childhood wounds. And after taking readers on a stomach-twisting journey through her hellish formative years, she
... Read more
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Leaving Darkness Behind

Recovery From Childhood Sexual Abuse

by Dr. Elizabeth M. Altmaier, PhD ...

Narrated by Kim Niemi ...

Series series APA Life Tools
Unabridged

8 hours 9 min

This book helps survivors find the road to recovery and learn healthy practices that will lead to thriving, not just surviving.Survivors of childhood sexual abuse can begin a recovery journey informed by accurate understandings, not myths, and empowered by processes that help them thrive. Written for men and women by an author who is herself a survivor, this guide tells the truth about what ... Read more

$19.99 USD

This book helps survivors find the road to recovery and learn healthy practices that will lead to thriving, not just surviving.Survivors of childhood sexual abuse can begin a recovery journey informed by accurate understandings, not myths, and empowered by processes that help them thrive. Written for men and women by an author who is herself a survivor, this guide tells the truth about what
... Read more

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