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This program is read by the author. A dark romance evolves between a high schooler and her English teacher in this breathtakingly powerful memoir about a young woman who must learn to rewrite her own story. “Have you ever read Lolita?” So begins seventeen-year-old Alisson’s metamorphosis...

Longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 Publishers Weekly, Best Books of 2020 New York Times New & Noteworthy Audiobooks Lit Hubs Most Anticipated Books of 2020 Starred Review Publishers Weekly Starred Review Shelf Awareness "Is Rape a Crime?...

»Dieses Buch war längst überfällig.« Günter Wallraff

Ein Großteil der deutschen Nachkriegskinder ist ins Leben hineingeprügelt worden. Doch wie konnte es sein, dass Schläge mit Teppichklopfer, Kochlöffel und Rohrstock in der Schule und zu Hause völlig üblich waren? Und was wurde aus diesen Kindern, die in der Gewissheit aufwuchsen: Ich bin ein Nichts, ich gehöre bestraft? Ingrid Müller-Münch spürt diesen Fragen nach und leistet damit einen wichtigen Beitrag zur gegenwärtigen Erziehungsdebatte.

“How did I get here?” Something feels wrong, but you can’t quite name it. The brain fog is thick. You’re second-guessing yourself constantly, wondering if you’re overreacting or if this is just what marriage looks like. You need clarity. And that’s exactly what this book offers. In...

I sommeren 1981 forsvinder 23-årige Else Marie fra den lille jyske by Ry. To måneder senere bliver hendes skelet fundet i et krat. Drabet på Else Marie er blot et af mange på unge kvinder og piger i slutningen af 1970’erne og begyndelsen af 80’erne, der stadig er uopklarede. Og noget...

Jenni er fra det andet Østerbro, langt fra spelt og snedkerkøkkener. Hun er født på antabus og opflasket med rejeost og discountcola, omgivet af fulde og dopede voksne. Kort efter sin mors selvmord er hun første gang udsat for jævnaldrende drenges overgreb. Hun er otte, og overgrebene...

True police fra forreste linje I denne bog står ni danske politibetjente frem som førstehåndsvidner til de værste øjeblikke i nyere dansk kriminalhistorie. De står ansigt til ansigt med koldblodige forbrydere og psykisk uligevægtige, der har taget deres livs mest fatale beslutning og nu...

En islamistisk afhopper krydser sit spor Hvad sker der i hovedet på en ung muslimsk mand, der går fra at have ikke-muslimske venner, klæde sig moderne, tage til fester og måske have en kæreste – til at slå hånden af sine venner, nægte at give hånd til det ­modsatte køn og tro på...

Fans of What My Bones Know will enjoy this story of triumph as one successful man finally breaks the silence and faces the demons of his past. The truth about male abuse remains hidden. Not because it is rare, but because it is rarely spoken. For decades, Ed Cohen was one of those silent voices...

Ante el despliegue estatal de una invisible y letal 'tecnología de la represión' para borrar sistemáticamente a toda disidencia, un riguroso investigador desentierra los secretos, estructuras e impunidad detrás de las desapariciones forzadas antes de que el olvido institucional borre la...

From Sarah Weinman, author of Scoundrel and The Real Lolita, comes an eye-opening story about the first major spousal rape trial in America and urgent questions it raised about women’s rights that would reverberate for decades. In 1978, Greta Rideout was the first woman in United States...

From the author of the bestselling books about the escalation of organised crime and gangs in New Zealand. The brutal execution of an innocent man. The undercover DEA agent who fooled the Hells Angels in a 400kg cocaine plot. The brutal execution of a not-so innocent man. The never-ending quest...

Bloomsbury presents The Peepshow by Kate Summerscale, read by Nicola Walker. FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER WINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times, Financial Times, Spectator, Independent, Tablet and New Statesman 'I loved...

The Catholic Church has long been featured in headlines regarding sexual abuse. Now, a Catholic priest gives the full inside scoop. Joseph Copperson, nonpracticing priest for an American Catholic parish, writes this memoir detailing decades of clerical abuse throughout the Catholic Church. Becoming ordained during the 1960s and the major cultural upheavals of the Vietnam war and the sexual revolution, Copperson’s experience winds from rigorous theological training in Europe to the ongoing, worldwide changes wrought by the Second Vatican Council.

The first and only comprehensive collection of writings by Elizabeth Garver Jordan, the groundbreaking journalist, suffragist, and editor whose fearless reporting on women preceded the #MeToo movement and popularized the true-crime genre A Penguin Classic The Case of Lizzie Borden and Other...

Enquête sur un sujet tabou : l'ensauvagement d'une nation. Chaque jour en France : 2860 violences physiques dont 360 avec arme - 660 violences sexuelles dont 300 viols et tentatives. Dans la Manche, un clandestin est jugé pour viol et agression sexuelle sur deux jeunes filles. Un " prédateur " pour la police, des " difficultés d’interprétation " selon son avocate. La cour estime que le prévenu n’a pas eu « conscience d’imposer un rapport sexuel ». Il ne mettra pas les pieds en prison. Pourquoi notre société protège-t-elle les criminels ? Dans notre pays, on agresse des pompiers à coups de marteau.

Kateryna ha 28 anni, ha fatto la modella, ha amici sparsi per l'Europa e all'inizio del 2022 spera che in Ucraina scoppi la guerra: «Non sono così vile da augurarmi di vivere sotto il ricatto di Vladimir Putin per anni, contando sul fatto che il compito di affrontarlo spetti poi a un'altra generazione invece che alla mia». Oggi Kateryna è un soldato. Assim ha 23 anni, studia Ingegneria aerospaziale all'università di Teheran e dal giorno in cui Mahsa Amini è morta, il 16 settembre 2022, con il suo gruppo ha cominciato a scrivere il nome di Mahsa nei bagni delle università e nei vagoni dei treni.

From award-winning journalists John Quiñones and María Elena Salinas comes One Year in Uvalde, a narrative that builds on yearlong ABC News reporting from Uvalde, Texas, chronicling how the community is forging on through grief with hope and activism in the shadow of tragedy.

Susannah Griffith wishes she had spent less time thinking about forgiveness. But as a Christian minister, a biblical scholar, and a survivor of abuse, she has learned a lot about it.

Matthew Goodman is tired, and his one wish is for something he can't have. Instead he focuses on the demands of his work as pastor of Chicagoland's Calvary Community, including bringing a new administrative assistant onboard. New hire twenty-five-year-old Trish Card watches him with somber, lake-clear eyes. What he doesn't know about Trish and her real reason for appearing will dismantle his world.