Jennette McCurdy erzählt herzergreifend und mit bitterem Humor von ihrem traumatischen Leben als ehemaliger Kinder-Star in »iCarly« und der krankhaften Beziehung zu ihrer MutterSeit sie denken kann, wird Jennette von ihrer Mutter beherrscht, emotional erpresst und psychisch wie körperlich missbraucht.
**WINNER OF THE 2019 MOORE PRIZE ****THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** A riveting account of the multiple outrages of the criminal justice system of Alabama.
'A heart-breaking, inspiring read' ALAN CUMMING'ONE OF THE MOST MOVING ACCOUNTS OF NON-FICTION EVER WRITTEN' GUARDIAN 'If you like Shuggie Bain, then Slum Boy is for you' LEMN SISSAYJohn MacDonald is a four-year-old boy growing up in the slums of Glasgow.
For the first time, bestsellers Somebody Else's Kids and The Tiger's Child are combined to show Hayden's extraordinary attempt to rescue the children that no one else wanted to help.
Dieses Lebensbuch wurde nicht geschrieben, um mit irgendwelchen Personen oder Institutionen abzurechnen, auch nicht, um einer Sensationsmacherei willens.
'Outstanding' THE SECRET BARRISTER'It's brilliant, it's comprehensive, buy it' EVENING STANDARD'A powerful, illuminating, enraging and inspiring read' JESS PHILLIPS MP'Precise, heartfelt and anti-pompous' THE TIMESWhy is our criminal justice system so bad at protecting women from violence?
Diving doctor on the Thai Cave Rescue (now a Netflix series) and former joint Australian of the Year explores the stories of other people who regularly risk their lives and what we can learn from their expertise.
**Now watch the BBC drama Doing Money** They took me because I would not be missed This is the shocking true story of how an ordinary young girl was kidnapped off the street as she walked home and turned into a slave before fighting for her freedom and finding the courage to help the police in one of the UK s most shocking modern-day slavery trials.
Die Menschen, die hier von ihren Erinnerungen an den Zweiten Weltkrieg und die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus berichten, haben nur eins gemeinsam: Sie waren damals noch Kinder.
Mit der Föderalismusreform des Jahres 2007 hat eine bewährte Praxis auf der Grundlage eines Bundesgesetzes und bundeseinheitlich vereinbarter Verwaltungsvorschriften ein Ende gefunden.
Heart-rending, shocking and totally gripping, The Slave Across the Street is the incredible true story of how an ordinary girl was lured into the sinister world of human trafficking - and how she eventually escaped and rebuilt her life.
Previously published as Mandela's WayWritten by the co-author of international bestseller Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela: Portrait of an Extraordinary Man presents fifteen powerful lessons on life and leadership based on the life and work of Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013), whose fight against apartheid in South Africa has become an enduring example of resistance against injustice and oppression.
The devastating and powerful memoir from a French publisher who was abused by a famous writer from the age of thirteen'Dazzling' New York Times'A gut-punch of a memoir with prose that cuts like a knife' Kate Elizabeth Russell, author of My Dark VanessaThirty years ago, Vanessa Springora was the teenage muse of one of France's most celebrated writers, a footnote in the narrative of an influential man.
Shirley, Goodness & Mercy is a heart-warming, yet compellingly honest story about a young boy growing up in Newclare, Coronationville and Riverlea during the apartheid era.
Der Preis des Geldes in der StraffälligenhilfeAus dem Inhalt:- Geld, Gier und Betrug: Gedanken eines Psychoanalytikers- Ohne Schuldenregulierung keine Resozialisierung- Petition Rentenbeiträge für Strafgefangene- Privatisierung und Wettbewerb in der Straffälligenhilfe- Wege aus dem Schuldenturm - Umschuldung für ehemals Straffällige am Beispiel der Stiftung Resozialisierungsfonds für Straffällige in Hessen- Umgang und Motivation mit überschuldeten Inhaftierten in der täglichen vollzuglichen Arbeit- Geld, Frauen und Kriminalität- Geldverwaltung und Ersatzfreiheitsstrafe- Privatisiertes Einsperren und Gefangenenarbeit
A shocking expose of the terrible secrets at the heart of the Pitcairn Island community - a tale of systematic child abuse and rape which stretches back over 40 years.
A Uyghur poet's piercing memoir of life under the most coercive surveillance regime in history*WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK**WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER G.
A ground-breaking argument about children, racism and how to build the antiracist society of the future - from the author of the million-copy global bestseller How To Be an Antiracist*A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*'One of the pre-eminent intellectuals on race' OWEN JONESHow do kids think about race?
Traumatisierungen, hervorgerufen beispielsweise durch physischen oder psychischen Missbrauch, (emotionale) Vernachlässigung oder Kriegs- und Fluchterfahrungen, aber auch bindungs- und generationsübergreifende Traumata, lassen sich in allen gesellschaftlichen Schichten Deutschlands finden.
Andreas Tiede beschreibt in seiner Autobiografie sein Aufwachsen in der DDR als Sohn strenggläubiger Eltern, seinen daraus resultierenden Wunsch, Priester zu werden und den Waffendienst aus Glaubensgründen zu verweigern.
*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*Four Hundred Souls is an epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, told by ninety leading Black voices -- co-curated by Ibram X.
A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARIn the vein of the Costa-winning Dadland, with the biographical elements of H is for Hawk, The Fragments of my Father is a powerful and poignant memoir about parents and children, freedom and responsibility, madness and creativity and what it means to be a carer.
Trapped, the first in a series of highly anticipated new titles from foster carer Rosie Lewis, plus The Boy No One Loved, the first title in the bestselling series from foster carer Casey Watson, now combined into a single eBook-only volume.
An incisive and sympathetic examination of the case for ending the practice of imprisonmentDespite its omnipresence and long history, imprisonment is a deeply troubling practice.
'Fab-u-lous' Craig Revel Horwood'Uplifting' Fleur East'Brilliant' Sara Davies'Feel-good' Gemma AtkinsonChange your life for the better, starting today, with this primer on positivity from Strictly star and It Takes Two host, Janette Manrara.
