"But what about me?""Is it possible to go one day without dealing with the survivor's issues?""Will we ever make love again?""Will the survivor love me in the end?""How do I know if I should throw in the towel?"Based on in-depth interviews and her workshops for partners across the country, Laura Davis offers practical advice and encouragement to all partners—girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses, and lovers—trying to support the survivors in their lives while...

In her classic books The Courage to Heal and Allies in Healing, Laura Davis helped millions cope with the trauma of child sexual abuse. Her supportive guide Becoming the Parent You Want to Be taught parents to create a vision for their families. Now, in I Thought We'd Never Speak Again, she tackles another critical, emerging issue: reconciling relationships sundered by betrayal, anger, and misunderstanding.With her trademark clarity and compassion, Davis maps the reconciliation pro...

"But what about me?""Is it possible to go one day without dealing with the survivor's issues?""Will we ever make love again?""Will the survivor love me in the end?""How do I know if I should throw in the towel?"Based on in-depth interviews and her workshops for partners across the country, Laura Davis offers practical advice and encouragement to all partners—girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses, and lovers—trying to support the survivors in their lives while...

For almost ten years, Von has been a prisoner on the desolate planet of Lawless--his only obsession, finding the next poker game. But then the sister of a powerful telepath, named Reader, draws him into a game which is destined to change his life forever. With a motley crew of characters, he is suddenly plunged headfirst into a battle for the planet Earth, where Von will rediscover a part of himself which he thought dead, and be surprisingly reawakened by love.

New Perspectives on The Spectator: Form, Style and Contexts offers a fresh approach to the much-referenced but rarely thoroughly read periodical The Spectator. Breaking free from the constraints of existing scholarly debates, which are dominated by issues of commercial and urban life and the emergence of the ‘public sphere’, this book brings to light previously unnoticed themes and features, building an alternative picture of the content, form, style, and signifi...

This riveting memoir by Laura Davis, author of The Courage to Heal, examines the endurance of mother–daughter love, how memory protects and betrays us, and the determination it takes to fulfill a promise when ghosts from the past come knocking.When she published The Courage to Heal in 1988, Laura Davis helped more than a million women work through the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. But her decision to go public with her grandfather’s incest deepened an already painful estrangeme...

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This book analyses how the European Union translates its principles of peace and justice into policy and puts them into practice, particularly in societies in or emerging from violent conflict.The European Union treaty states that in its relations with the wider world, the EU is to promote peace, security, the protection of human rights, and the strict observance and the development of international law. The EU is active in peace processes around the world, yet its role in internat...

This riveting memoir by Laura Davis, the author of The Courage to Heal, examines the endurance of mother-daughter love, how memory protects and betrays us, and the determination it takes to fulfill a promise when ghosts from the past come knocking.When she published The Courage to Heal in 1988, Laura Davis helped more than a million women work through the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. But her decision to go public with her grandfather's incest deepened an alre...

A quiet cottage. Two little boys. One man next door who might change everything.Lily Harper did not come back to Willowmere for love.At twenty seven, Lily is already a widow, a mother of two, and a woman trying to hold her life together one ordinary day at a time. After losing her husband, her job, and the future she thought she had, she returns to the small lakeside village of her childhood with her sons, Ben and Toby, hoping only for peace, routi...

Life couldn’t get much better for Lauren. Her grades are good and Mistville High seems to be the best place to be, she’s surrounded by amazing friends, and she’s the co-captain of the cheerleading squad. She’s popular and full of love and curiosity. This dream life must be too good to be true…and it is. Her world is turned upside down when a violent murder takes place within the school. She is so afraid. Could the killer be someone she knows? Or worse, could it be someone she’s close to? W...

A tortoise cannot run very fast. But a person cannot live in a cool shell! When you focus on being the very best you, your true friends will love you just the way you are. Ben is a tortoise who wants to run fast like the rest of his friends. At first, he is determined to change himself, but keeps getting hurt in the process. His best friend helps him to realize there's no reason for him to be faster. When we accept each other the way God made us, that helps to get rid of all the yucky stuf...