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Tøjmilliardæren, Troels Friis-Jepsen, har mistet livsværket GreatSales og er flygtet fra Danmark. Journalist Xenia Holm har mistet sit livs kærlighed og er bortført til et ukendt land. Kriminalkommissær Henning Lorentzen og Louise Jensen indleder en hæsblæsende jagt for at redde hendes...

I Sønderborg er en dreng forsvundet sporløst under en tur i det lokale indkøbscenter, og politiet står på bar bund. Et uhyggeligt fund retter fokus mod en sag fra Florida, som FBI uden held har forsøgt at opklare gennem flere år. Specialagent Tara Dixon, der kæmper med eftervirkningerne...

In this incisive book, Reason editor Jacob Sullum untangles America’s twin crusades against guns and drugs, suggesting better-tailored alternatives that do more good while causing less harm. Does gun control work? What about drug prohibition? In this cogent examination of two of America’s...

HAVE YOU BEEN TOLD YOU'RE "TOO SENSITIVE" UNTIL YOU STARTED DOUBTING YOUR OWN MEMORY? That's not miscommunication. That's gaslighting—a subtle yet devastating form of psychological manipulation that can make you question your worth and your reality. This audiobook reveals the hidden tactics of...

Daring to Intervene A story about violence, courage, and the road to freedom We like to believe that violence in close relationships is something that happens to "other people." Something that goes on behind closed doors, far from our own safe everyday lives. But what happens when the facade...

Kadi har været udsat for incest, vold og mishandling. Hun flyttede hjemmefra, da hun blev 18 år, og der gik ikke længe, før hun blev diagnosticeret med borderline, PTSD og depression. Gennem årene førte Kadi dagbog, og hver eneste dag beskrev hun hændelser og tanker. Det er disse...

Schluss mit dem Täterschutz — Für radikales Umdenken in Politik und Gesellschaft Der Fall Collien Fernandes hat Deutschland aufgerüttelt und wieder einmal schonungslos offengelegt, wie alltäglich männliche Gewalt gegen Frauen ist – und wie unzureichend das deutsche Rechtssystem...

Andrea Dworkin’s 1981 critique of pornography is an important and urgent document about how the culture consumes and manipulates images of women. Essential and discomfiting reading in a social media era, where women’s bodies are being commodified and displayed more than ever. Andrea...

From an award-winning scholar of the political right comes an immersive and revelatory journey through the world of gun schools and the curriculum of fear they teach. "Sobering."—New York Times Book Review “At once page-turning and deeply disquieting, Harel Shapira’s Basic Pistol is a must...

“There is no them, there is only us.” “Margulies tells the stories of people who have done monstrous things but are not monsters, are not forever defined by their worst acts. He writes beautifully of pain and loss, but also of redemption and transformation….A wonderfully hopeful book...

A shocking encounter with American gun culture that reveals the devastating effects of how people are training their minds and bodies for violence. 'Exceptional . . . shows his readers a world full of complex people' - The Economist 'Utterly brilliant . . . deeply researched and thoughtful' -...

Um quartel em obras na Bahia, uma clínica de araque no centro de Curitiba e um sítio particular perto de São Paulo foram os últimos endereços clandestinos usados por torturadores durante a ditadura...

Licensed therapist and narcissism expert Vanessa M. Reiser offers a guide to identifying narcissistic abuse, especially in interpersonal relationships, sharing practical strategies for healing. Gaslighting. Love bombing. Hoovering. Triangulating. These are all insidious weapons in the...

The shocking secret history of twentieth-century orphanages—which for decades hid violence, abuse, and deaths within their walls. "Tenacious and jaw-dropping." —Jessica Garrison, author of The Devil's Harvest For much of the twentieth century, a series of terrible events—abuse, both...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A leading political scientist sounds the alarm on the increasing likelihood of a second civil war in the United States—and shows how to stop it before it’s too late. “Required reading for anyone invested in preserving our 246-year experiment in self-government...

In this provocative book, award-winning journalist Patricia Pearson argues that our culture is in denial of women's innate capacity for aggression. We don't believe that women batter their husbands or abuse the majority of children in North America. We ignore the 200 percent increase in crime by...

With groundbreaking interviews, behind-the-scenes reporting, and never-before-seen photos, All the President's Women records 43 allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump, including that of E. Jean Carroll, the woman at the center of the civil trial that found Trump liable for...

From a Harvard scholar and former Obama official, a powerful proposal for curtailing violent crime in America Urban violence is one of the most divisive and allegedly intractable issues of our time. But as Harvard scholar Thomas Abt shows in Bleeding Out, we actually possess all the tools...

We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding--"tribes." This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival. Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin...

Foreword by Tarana Burke. Awakening chronicles the remarkable global impact of the #MeToo movement. Since 2017, millions have joined the global movement known as #MeToo, catalyzing an unprecedented wave of women’s activism powered by technology that reaches across borders, races, religions...