Nonfiction resources on abuse and domestic violence

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Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men 4.48 avg rating — 16,874 ratings
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Masked: Relationship Abuse and Recovery Guide
Masked: Relationship Abuse and Recovery Guide 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond
The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond 4.25 avg rating — 4,832 ratings
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Broken and alone... right?: I think we should talk...
Broken and alone... right?: I think we should talk... 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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When Dad Hurts Mom: Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse
When Dad Hurts Mom: Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse 4.57 avg rating — 336 ratings
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The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help
The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help 4.17 avg rating — 999 ratings
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Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That?
Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That? 4.57 avg rating — 401 ratings
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The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics
The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics 4.43 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Not To People Like Us: Hidden Abuse In Upscale Marriages
Not To People Like Us: Hidden Abuse In Upscale Marriages 3.87 avg rating — 142 ratings
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Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror 4.39 avg rating — 15,056 ratings
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Black Eyes All of the Time: Intimate Violence, Aboriginal Women, and the Justice System
Black Eyes All of the Time: Intimate Violence, Aboriginal Women, and the Justice System 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Woman-to-Woman Sexual Violence: Does She Call It Rape?
Woman-to-Woman Sexual Violence: Does She Call It Rape? 4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Verbal Abuse: Survivors Speak Out on Relationship and Recovery
Verbal Abuse: Survivors Speak Out on Relationship and Recovery 4.23 avg rating — 180 ratings
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Victory Over Verbal Abuse: A Healing Guide to Renewing Your Spirit and Reclaiming Your Life
Victory Over Verbal Abuse: A Healing Guide to Renewing Your Spirit and Reclaiming Your Life 4.17 avg rating — 225 ratings
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Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try to Control You
Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try to Control You 3.91 avg rating — 1,046 ratings
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How Many Lies Are Too Many?
How Many Lies Are Too Many? 3.62 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Outgrowing the Pain: A Book for and About Adults Abused As Children
Outgrowing the Pain: A Book for and About Adults Abused As Children 3.94 avg rating — 360 ratings
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Womanarchy
Womanarchy 3.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
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To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence
To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence 4.03 avg rating — 184 ratings
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Nobody's Home
Nobody's Home 3.78 avg rating — 82 ratings
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All the Silent Spaces: A Memoir
All the Silent Spaces: A Memoir 4.26 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Mangoes in the Rain: No one can take away your Imaginations
Mangoes in the Rain: No one can take away your Imaginations 4.58 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Life is Big
Life is Big 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Release: Love Defamed
Release: Love Defamed 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Owning My Crazy: Learning To Overcome Trauma
Owning My Crazy: Learning To Overcome Trauma 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Hey! I Could Use a Little Help Here! My Story of Healthcare Workplace Violence
Hey! I Could Use a Little Help Here! My Story of Healthcare Workplace Violence it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Mia’s Odyssey: Taking Back My Soul
Mia’s Odyssey: Taking Back My Soul
by: Mia Odeh
4.63 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse 4.21 avg rating — 8,236 ratings
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Narcissistic Women. The Concrete Healing Guide for Abused Men: How to Handle a Narcissist. Divorcing and Co-parenting After a Destructive Marriage. Thriving and Dating Again After Narcissistic Abuse.
Narcissistic Women. The Concrete Healing Guide for Abused Men: How to Handle a Narcissist. Divorcing and Co-parenting After a Destructive Marriage. Thriving and Dating Again After Narcissistic Abuse. 4.45 avg rating — 51 ratings
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When Love Goes Wrong: What to Do When You Can't Do Anything Right
When Love Goes Wrong: What to Do When You Can't Do Anything Right
by: Ann Jones
3.94 avg rating — 49 ratings
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The Courage to Heal Workbook: A Guide for Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
The Courage to Heal Workbook: A Guide for Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse 4.27 avg rating — 2,219 ratings
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The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse 4.23 avg rating — 796 ratings
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Dangerous Relationships
Dangerous Relationships 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Chain Chain Change: For Black Women in Abusive Relationships
Chain Chain Change: For Black Women in Abusive Relationships 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Reclaiming Your Life: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Regression Therapy Overcome Effects Childhood Abuse
Reclaiming Your Life: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Regression Therapy Overcome Effects Childhood Abuse 4.29 avg rating — 85 ratings
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It's My Life Now: Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship or Domestic Violence
It's My Life Now: Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship or Domestic Violence 3.96 avg rating — 263 ratings
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The healing way: Adult recovery from childhood sexual abuse ([The Hazelden recovery series])
The healing way: Adult recovery from childhood sexual abuse ([The Hazelden recovery series]) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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In Love and In Danger: A Teen's Guide to Breaking Free of Abusive Relationships
In Love and In Danger: A Teen's Guide to Breaking Free of Abusive Relationships 4.25 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Emotional Abuse: The Trauma and the Treatment
Emotional Abuse: The Trauma and the Treatment 3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Mejor sola que mal acompañada: para la mujer golpeada / For the Latina in an Abusive Relationship
Mejor sola que mal acompañada: para la mujer golpeada / For the Latina in an Abusive Relationship 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Mother I Carry: A Memoir of Healing from Emotional Abuse
The Mother I Carry: A Memoir of Healing from Emotional Abuse 4.24 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Into the Light: A Guide for Battered Women
Into the Light: A Guide for Battered Women really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Obsidian Mirror: An Adult Healing from Incest
The Obsidian Mirror: An Adult Healing from Incest 4.31 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Women's Sexuality After Childhood Incest
Women's Sexuality After Childhood Incest 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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What Parents Need to Know About Dating Violence: Advice and Support for Helping Your Teen
What Parents Need to Know About Dating Violence: Advice and Support for Helping Your Teen liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Naming the Violence: Speaking Out about Lesbian Battering (New Leaf Series)
Naming the Violence: Speaking Out about Lesbian Battering (New Leaf Series)
by: Lobel
4.33 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Lesbians Talk Violent Relationships
Lesbians Talk Violent Relationships 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Same-Sex Domestic Violence: Strategies for Change (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)
Same-Sex Domestic Violence: Strategies for Change (SAGE Series on Violence against Women) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Childhood Experiences of Domestic Violence: The Herd, Primal Horde, Crowds and Masses
Childhood Experiences of Domestic Violence: The Herd, Primal Horde, Crowds and Masses 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Children Who See Too Much: Lessons from the Child Witness to Violence Project
Children Who See Too Much: Lessons from the Child Witness to Violence Project 4.01 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Divorced from Justice: The Abuse of Women and Children by Divorce Lawyers and Judges
Divorced from Justice: The Abuse of Women and Children by Divorce Lawyers and Judges 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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To Be An Anchor in the Storm: A Guide for Families and Friends of Abused Women
To Be An Anchor in the Storm: A Guide for Families and Friends of Abused Women 4.08 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Safety Planning with Battered Women: Complex Lives/Difficult Choices (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)
Safety Planning with Battered Women: Complex Lives/Difficult Choices (SAGE Series on Violence against Women) 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Next Time, She'll Be Dead: Battering and How to Stop It
Next Time, She'll Be Dead: Battering and How to Stop It
by: Ann Jones
4.10 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Rural Women Battering and the Justice System: An Ethnography (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)
Rural Women Battering and the Justice System: An Ethnography (SAGE Series on Violence against Women) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Coordinating Community Responses to Domestic Violence: Lessons from Duluth and Beyond (Sage Series on Violence Against Women)
Coordinating Community Responses to Domestic Violence: Lessons from Duluth and Beyond (Sage Series on Violence Against Women) 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence
Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Battered Wives
Battered Wives 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change?: A Woman's Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Go
The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change?: A Woman's Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Go 4.18 avg rating — 310 ratings
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No More Secrets: Violence in Lesbian Relationships
No More Secrets: Violence in Lesbian Relationships 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings