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Author : BJ Phillips
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1591607825
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (916 download)
Download or read book Rising Above the Violence written by BJ Phillips and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tammy Lofink
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578646855
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (468 download)
Download or read book Reclaiming My Life written by Tammy Lofink and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tammy Lofink, a wife and mother of two children, experienced a parent's worst nightmare. At the tender age of 18, her son, Robert Mason Lofink, died of a drug overdose. The grief, suffering and turmoil which followed were almost too much to bear. Tammy decided that she had to change the direction of her life after her son was gone. She co-founded Rising Above Addiction, which raises funds for urgently-needed treatment for addiction. Her son's legacy lives on through her vision to help other people, so that they never have to go through the pain she and her family have experienced and continue to endure.Reclaiming My Life is a poignant and triumphant journey through the loss of a child. It is also an introduction to the world of addiction through the eyes of people who have overcome the battle. The book is a testament to the ability to survive, cope and rise above even the most difficult circumstances in life.Tammy openly tells the story of her other life experiences, which shaped her along the way. Her wisdom, her courage and her bravery are sure to provide the hope which can help others who seek inner peace after a tragedy.Young people who are using drugs, adults whose pain medication has led to addiction, parents of youth who are worried, as well as family, friends and loved ones, will be riveted by Tammy's personal storytelling style. With each turn of the page, Tammy surprises, engages and comforts the reader through his or her journey.
Author : J.D. Dickey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643139290
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)
Download or read book The Republic of Violence written by J.D. Dickey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestselling author reveals the story of a nearly forgotten moment in American history, when mass violence was not an aberration, but a regular activity—and nearly extinguished the Abolition movement. The 1830s were the most violent time in American history outside of war. Men battled each other in the streets in ethnic and religious conflicts, gangs of party henchmen rioted at the ballot box, and assault and murder were common enough as to seem unremarkable. The president who presided over the era, Andrew Jackson, was himself a duelist and carried lead in his body from previous gunfights. It all made for such a volatile atmosphere that a young Abraham Lincoln said “outrages committed by mobs form the every-day news of the times.” The principal targets of mob violence were abolitionists and black citizens, who had begun to question the foundation of the U.S. economy — chattel slavery — and demand an end to it. Led by figures like William Lloyd Garrison and James Forten, the anti-slavery movement grew from a small band of committed activists to a growing social force that attracted new followers in the hundreds, and enemies in the thousands. Even in the North, abolitionists faced almost unimaginable hatred, with newspaper publishers, businessmen with a stake in the slave trade, and politicians of all stripes demanding they be suppressed, silenced or even executed. Carrying bricks and torches, guns and knives, mobs created pandemonium, and forced the abolition movement to answer key questions as it began to grow: Could nonviolence work in the face of arson and attempted murder? Could its leaders stick together long enough to build a movement with staying power, or would they turn on each other first? And could it survive to last through the decade, and inspire a new generation of activists to fight for the cause? J.D. Dickey reveals the stories of these Black and white men and women persevered against such threats to demand that all citizens be given the chance for freedom and liberty embodied in the Declaration of Independence. Their sacrifices and strategies would set a precedent for the social movements to follow, and lead the nation toward war and emancipation, in the most turbulent era of our republic of violence.
Author : Steven Pinker
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 0143122010
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book The Better Angels of Our Nature written by Steven Pinker and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think this is the most violent age ever seen. Yet as bestselling author Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true.
Author : Johnnetta McSwain
Publisher : Dreamwright Publications, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780615453019
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Rising Above the Scars written by Johnnetta McSwain and published by Dreamwright Publications, LLC. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rising above the scars is the true account of Johnnetta McSwain's triumphant life journey. Born to an alcoholic mother and absent father, the odds were unceremoniously stacked against her even as she drew her first breath, By the innocent age of five, she was viciously raped and incessantly battered by her three uncles while she was in custody of her grandparents. After battling extreme, traumatic experiences of child abuse and neglect and self destruction, Johnnetta McSwain beat all odds and not only narrowly escaped poverty, self destruction, prison, death, but has broken every generational cycle and is a symbol and voice of survival." -- Page 4 of cover.
Author : Slavoj Zizek
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312427182
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (124 download)
Download or read book Violence written by Slavoj Zizek and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-07-22 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosopher, cultural critic, and agent provocateur Zizek constructs a fascinating new framework to look at the forces of violence in the world.
Author : Gregory Zuckerman
Publisher : Philomel Books
ISBN 13 : 039917382X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (991 download)
Download or read book Rising Above written by Gregory Zuckerman and published by Philomel Books. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Athlete after athlete in this book found discipline, hope, and inspiration on the playing field, rising above their circumstances. Filled with first-hand accounts from stars who exemplify the idea of enduring at all costs, Rising Above will serve as a must-read source of inspiration for kids and sports fans of all ages"--
Author : Beverly Engel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471454036
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (714 download)
Download or read book The Emotionally Abusive Relationship written by Beverly Engel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-08-13 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Engel doesn't just describe-she shows us the way out." -Susan Forward, author of Emotional Blackmail Praise for the emotionally abusive relationship "In this book, Beverly Engel clearly and with caring offers step-by-step strategies to stop emotional abuse. . . helping both victims and abusers to identify the patterns of this painful and traumatic type of abuse. This book is a guide both for individuals and for couples stuck in the tragic patterns of emotional abuse." -Marti Loring, Ph.D., author of Emotional Abuse and coeditor of The Journal of Emotional Abuse "This groundbreaking book succeeds in helping people stop emotional abuse by focusing on both the abuser and the abused and showing each party what emotional abuse is, how it affects the relationship, and how to stop it. Its unique focus on the dynamic relationship makes it more likely that each person will grasp the tools for change and really use them." -Randi Kreger, author of The Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook and owner of BPDCentral.com The number of people who become involved with partners who abuse them emotionally and/or who are emotionally abusive themselves is phenomenal, and yet emotional abuse is the least understood form of abuse. In this breakthrough book, Beverly Engel, one of the world's leading experts on the subject, shows us what it is and what to do about it. Whether you suspect you are being emotionally abused, fear that you might be emotionally abusing your partner, or think that both you and your partner are emotionally abusing each other, this book is for you. The Emotionally Abusive Relationship will tell you how to identify emotional abuse and how to find the roots of your behavior. Combining dramatic personal stories with action steps to heal, Engel provides prescriptive strategies that will allow you and your partner to work together to stop bringing out the worst in each other and stop the abuse. By teaching those who are being emotionally abused how to help themselves and those who are being emotionally abusive how to stop abusing, The Emotionally Abusive Relationship offers the expert guidance and support you need.
Author : Yael Navaro
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812253493
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Reverberations written by Yael Navaro and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2021-12-21 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reverberations aims to generate new concepts and methodologies for the study of political violence and its aftermath. Essays attend to the distribution, extension, and endurance of violence across time, space, materialities, and otherworldly dimensions, as well as its embodiment in subjectivities, discourses, and political imaginations.
Author : Lucy McBath
Publisher : 37 Ink
ISBN 13 : 1501187791
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Standing Our Ground written by Lucy McBath and published by 37 Ink. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the national spokesperson for Everytown for Gun Safety and a mother who “turned her sorrow into a strategy and her mourning into a movement” (Hillary Clinton) comes the riveting memoir of a mother’s loss and call to action for common-sense gun laws. Lucia Kay McBath knew deep down that a bullet could one day take her son. After all, she had watched the news of countless unarmed black men unjustly gunned down. Standing Our Ground is McBath’s moving memoir of raising, loving, and losing her son to gun violence, and the story of how she transformed her pain into activism. After seventeen-year-old Jordan Davis was shot by a man who thought the music playing on his car stereo was too loud, the nation grieved yet again for the unnecessary loss of life. Here, McBath goes beyond the timeline and the assailant’s defense—Stand Your Ground—to present an emotional account of her fervent fight for justice, and her awakening to a cause that will drive the rest of her days. But more than McBath’s story or that of her son, Standing Our Ground keenly observes the social and political evolution of America’s gun culture. A must-read for anyone concerned with gun safety in America, it is a powerful and heartfelt call to action for common-sense gun legislation.
Author : Karen Denise Alston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578587110
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (871 download)
Download or read book We Rise Above the Residue of Violence written by Karen Denise Alston and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barry Latzer
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 1594039305
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (94 download)
Download or read book The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America written by Barry Latzer and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling case can be made that violent crime, especially after the 1960s, was one of the most significant domestic issues in the United States. Indeed, few issues had as profound an effect on American life in the last third of the twentieth century. After 1965, crime rose to such levels that it frightened virtually all Americans and prompted significant alterations in everyday behaviors and even lifestyles. The risk of being mugged was a concern when Americans chose places to live and schools for their children, selected commuter routes to work, and planned their leisure activities. In some locales, people were afraid to leave their dwellings at any time, day or night, even to go to the market. In the worst of the post-1960s crime wave, Americans spent part of each day literally looking back over their shoulders. The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America is the first book to comprehensively examine this important phenomenon over the entire postwar era. It combines a social history of the United States with the insights of criminology and examines the relationship between rising and falling crime and such historical developments as the postwar economic boom, suburbanization and the rise of the middle class, baby booms and busts, war and antiwar protest, the urbanization of minorities, and more.
Author : Lawann a Moses
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (212 download)
Download or read book Rising Above Statistics written by Lawann a Moses and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you facing challenges in life? Have you completely lost sight of your dreams and unsure what steps to take next? Are you feeling stuck, discouraged, and desperately in need of a plan? Whether you are currently dealing with challenges or trying to find your way out of a situation, Rising Above Statistics will help you create a plan to overcome the obstacles in your life and achieve success on your own terms. In the pages of this book, author LaWann Moses gives you the steps she followed to transform from a teen mom dealing with depression and systems to a businesswoman living a life of boldness, purpose, and authenticity. Through stories, tips, and guided exercises, LaWann shows you how you can strengthen your sense of self, reclaim your personal power, and rise above any challenges you encounter. In these pages, you'll discover: -Why your mindset matters-How to overcome unexpected challenges-How to let go of the past-How to take ownership of your lifeRising Above Statistics goes beyond LaWann's personal story. These pages are filled with tips, tools, and strategies you can use to create your own personal success story. If you are in need of a plan to help you get unstuck, and transform your life, then this book has just what you need. You do not have to be a statistic. With determination and a plan, you can succeed against all odds
Author : WYNN, QUAMEL@2071 Stone
Publisher : Quamel Wynn
ISBN 13 : 1943280231
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (432 download)
Download or read book Rising above written by WYNN, QUAMEL@2071 Stone and published by Quamel Wynn. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christian Parenti
Publisher : Bold Type Books
ISBN 13 : 1568586620
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (685 download)
Download or read book Tropic of Chaos written by Christian Parenti and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Africa to Asia and Latin America, the era of climate wars has begun. Extreme weather is breeding banditry, humanitarian crisis, and state failure. In Tropic of Chaos, investigative journalist Christian Parenti travels along the front lines of this gathering catastrophe--the belt of economically and politically battered postcolonial nations and war zones girding the planet's midlatitudes. Here he finds failed states amid climatic disasters. But he also reveals the unsettling presence of Western military forces and explains how they see an opportunity in the crisis to prepare for open-ended global counterinsurgency. Parenti argues that this incipient "climate fascism" -- a political hardening of wealthy states-- is bound to fail. The struggling states of the developing world cannot be allowed to collapse, as they will take other nations down as well. Instead, we must work to meet the challenge of climate-driven violence with a very different set of sustainable economic and development policies.
Author : Candie Bynum
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781545500606
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (6 download)
Download or read book On Wings Like Eagles written by Candie Bynum and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RISING ABOVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Author : Bandy X. Lee
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119240700
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (192 download)
Download or read book Violence written by Bandy X. Lee and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of the integrative study of violence Violence continues to be one of the most urgent global public health problems that contemporary society faces. Suicides and homicides are increasing at an alarming rate, particularly in younger age groups and lower-income countries. Historically, the study of violence has been fragmented across disparate fields of study with little cross-disciplinary collaboration, thus creating a roadblock to decoding the underlying processes that give rise to violence and hindering efforts in research and prevention. Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Causes, Consequences, and Cures assembles and organizes current information into one comprehensive volume, introducing students to the multiple sectors, disciplines, and practices that collectively comprise the study of violence. This innovative textbook presents a unified perspective that integrates the sociological, biological, politico-economic, structural, and environmental underpinnings of violence. Each chapter examines a distinct point of learning, beginning with an overview of the content and concluding with discussion questions and an analytical summary. The chapters focus on key domains of research encouraging interdisciplinary investigation and helping students to develop critical analytical skills and form their own conclusions. Fills a significant gap in the field by providing a coherent text that consolidates information on the multiple aspects of violence Examines current legal, medical, public health, and policy approaches to violence prevention and their application within a global context Illustrates how similar causes of violence may have dissimilar manifestations Presents a multidisciplinary examination of the symptoms and underlying processes of violence Offers a thorough yet accessible learning framework to undergraduate and graduate students without prior knowledge of the study of violence More than just an accumulation of facts and data, this essential text offers a broad introduction to a thinking process that can produce rigorous scholarship across disciplines and lead to a deeper understanding of violence in its many forms.
