Domestic abuse Books

Book SynopsisWhen we can have sex whenever we want, with whomever we want, why settle for a normal relationship? With the promise of fresh excitement just a swipe away, is Kat’s long-term lover really her lifelong dream? One Life Stand is a late-night search for intimacy across a hyperconnected, hypersexual city, exposing the loneliness sometimes found in modern relationships, where the expectations of love and lust are ever-changing.

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Book SynopsisOn Christmas Day 2016 Lola waits for Jamie to fall asleep and quietly, but quickly, gathers the clothes she hid the night before while he showered after abusing her, yet again. She's not a child though; she is a grown woman and, after discovering Jamie's continued his affair with the woman who has stalked her relentlessly for the last three years, Lola has finally had enough. A few months later, Lola is handcuffed, being swabbed for DNA, and shaking with shock and fear. She's about to sign the Sex Offenders' Register. What in all Holy Hell happened to Lola?

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Book SynopsisThe Language of Abuse provides the first comprehensive examination of marital violence in later medieval England. Drawing from a wide variety of legal and literary sources, this book develops a nuanced perspective of the acceptability of marital violence at a time when social expectations of gender and marriage were in transition. As such, Butler’s work contributes to current debates concerning the role of the jury, levels of violence in late medieval England, the power relationship within marriage, and the position of women in medieval society.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: Setting the Scene: Discourses of Passivity and Violence Chapter Two: Types and Frequency of Abuse in the Medieval Law Courts Chapter Three: Causes of Marital Tension Chapter Four: The Acceptability of Marital Violence: Six Case Studies Chapter Five: Regulating Marital Violence: The Family and the Community Chapter Six: Scolds, Personal Liability, and Marital Violence Conclusion Works Cited

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