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First published in 1894, the Jungle Book is perhaps Rudyard Kiplings most well regarded and beloved book. Containing not just the adventures of Mowgli, but also that of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and Kotick the White Seal, the Jungle Book explores themes such as fostering and of the laws of society...

'It's all my fault, I was supposed to be looking after her!' After suffering domestic abuse from her boyfriend, teen mum Sherrie has her four-month-old daughter Maisy sent to live with Maggie. Torn between being protective of Maisy and heartbroken for Sherrie, Maggie is unsure what to do. In the...

By understanding and acknowledging the pain of your past experiences, you can begin to address and heal your wounded inner child. And that’s exactly what you are going to learn in “Healing your Inner Child”.

Bestselling Author Harriet Lerner leads you in the most magnificent dance of all: The Mother Dance! Her phenomenally successful audio books have profoundly changed the way we think about anger and intimacy. Now psychologist and mother Harriet Lerner tackles the most emotionally charged, issue of...

Faith Jones was raised to be part of an elite army preparing for the End Times. Isolated on a farm in Macau, she practised devotions and read letters of prophecy written by her grandfather, the leader of the now infamous cult The Children of God. A direct decedent of the founding family, Faith featured in international media coverage - she was celebrated as extraordinary and then published doubly as a sharp reminder that she was not. With indomitable grit, Faith created a world of her own, pilfering books and educating herself in secret. 

"What mattered was that someone listened to me. Someone believed me, after 25 years. That means everything." A mum of three who was abused and raped as a child by her own father has revealed her ordeal drove her into the clutches of middle-aged paedophiles. Trish Hinde, 35, was sexually abused...

All those years you tried your best to break me, and I'm still here. One day you'll see, I'm going to make something of myself. These words were Dave Pelzer's declaration of independence to his mother, and they represented the ultimate act of self-reliance. Dave's father never intervened as his mother abused him with shocking brutality, denying him food and clothing, torturing him in any way she could imagine. This was the woman who told her son she could kill him any time she wanted to—and nearly did.

Shame is one of the most destructive of human emotions. If you suffered childhood physical or sexual abuse, you may experience such intense feelings of shame that it almost seems to define you as a person. In order to begin healing, it's important for you to know that it wasn't your fault. In this gentle guide, therapist and childhood abuse expert Beverly Engel presents a mindfulness and compassion-based therapeutic approach to help you overcome the debilitating shame that keeps you tied to the past.

'BREATHTAKING' Dolly Alderton, 'REMARKABLE' Marian Keyes, 'LIFE-CHANGING' Emma Jane Unsworth, 'COMPELLING' Amy Liptrot, 'STUNNING' Cathy Rentzenbrink, 'EXTRAORDINARY' Sali Hughes To everyone else, Terri White appeared to be living the dream, named one of Folio’s Top Women in US Media and...

Stephen Smith is the boy who did not exist. Born out of wedlock in the early 1960s, Steve's parents hid him away from the world by locking him in the cellar...for thirteen years. Starved and beaten, the little boy's world was a darkened room that measured just eight feet by ten with a single...

Like millions of women, Eve Ensler has been waiting much of her lifetime for an apology. Sexually and physically abused by her father, Eve has struggled her whole life from this betrayal, longing for an honest reckoning from a man who is long dead. After years of work as an anti-violence activist, she decided she would wait no longer; an apology could be imagined, by her, for her, to her.

This is the second volume of true, heinous child-abuse stories.

At eight years old, Tuesday Storm's childhood is forever lost when the death of her older sister Audrey sends her family spiraling out of control into the darkest of dysfunction. In the wake of the tragedy, Tuesday's mother, distraught and looking for a scapegoat, singles Tuesday out from her siblings to take on the blame for Audrey's death, and then targets her for unspeakable abuse.

What lengths would you go to to save a troubled little girl? A Sunday Times bestseller, Terrified is a deeply personal memoir from foster carer Angela Hart. It tells the emotionally devastating but ultimately uplifting true story of Vicky, a little girl who arrives on Angela's doorstep unwanted...

When Misty was six years old, her family started to live and dress like the Amish. Misty and her sister were kept as slaves on a mountain ranch where they were subjected to almost complete isolation, sexual abuse, and extreme physical violence. When Misty reached her teens, her parents feared she and her sister would escape and took them to an Amish community where they were adopted and became baptized members. Misty was devastated to once again find herself in a world of fear, animal cruelty, and sexual abuse. 

Przełam milczenie wokół emocjonalnego zaniedbania i ulecz rany z dzieciństwa, by wreszcie odzyskać swoje prawdziwe ja. Ta intymna, terapeutyczna podróż to bezpieczna przestrzeń dla osób w kryzysie tożsamości, które szukają głębokiego ukojenia. Zanurz się w refleksyjnych...

حماية طفلك تبدأ بتعليمه وضع الحدود والموافقة عبر حوارات التربية اليومية، لا من خلال المحاضرات المعقدة والمخيفة. وسط زحام المهام العائلية وتحديات التعامل مع...

童年遭遇的父母遗弃与情感忽视，正以取悦他人和压抑渴求的方式，在成年后的亲密关系中隐秘回响。那些门外不再响起的脚步声和空荡的碗筷，最终都变成了将真实自我深锁的沉重枷锁。这部真诚且克制的回忆录，将带你重...

Overwin emotionele verwaarlozing en heel je jeugdtrauma via deze rauwe, diepgaande autobiografie over zelfacceptatie. Voor iedereen die vastloopt in destructieve relaties of dagelijks worstelt met een onzichtbaar gevoel van eenzaamheid, biedt dit eerlijke verhaal een spiegel. Ontdek hoe het...

Esta memória íntima guia sua jornada de cura emocional para resgatar a identidade apagada pelo abandono na infância. Perfeito para momentos de introspecção ou durante um trajeto silencioso, este relato vulnerável explora o peso de ser uma criança forçada a consertar adultos. É um...