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"An award-winning journalist's intimate investigation of the true scope of domestic violence, revealing how the roots of America's most pressing social crises are buried in abuse that happens behind closed doors. We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate terrorism. But whatever we call it, we generally do not believe it has anything at all to do with us, despite the World Health Organization deeming it...
2) Bruised
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Since her parents died in an accident Daya Wijesinghe survived, bruises have become a way to keep her pain on the surface of her skin so she doesn't need to deal with the ache deep in her heart. When chance brings her to a roller derby bout, Daya is hooked. Yes, the rules are confusing and the sport seems to require the kind of teamwork and human interaction Daya generally avoids, but the opportunities to bruise are countless. As her rough-and-tumble...
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The largest organ in your body is your skin. It protects you, it helps keep you warm and it helps keep you cool, and it holds your insides, well, in. In Bumps, Bruises, and Scrapes discover what happens to injured skin, how to avoid these injuries, and how to be good to the skin you're in.
4) Rany kamieni
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Światowy bestseller autora Chemii śmierci. Ktoś ucieka... przez pola gdzieś we Francji. W zagajniku parkuje luksusowe audi. W strumieniu usiłuje zmyć krew z fotela, z pasa i rąk... Zaciera wszelkie ślady. Zabiera plecak i odchodzi. I zabiera coś jeszcze. W nieznośnym upale wśród obezwładniającej ciszy i w paraliżującym słońcu idzie przed siebie. Tylko dokąd? Tego nie wie. Nie ma pieniędzy, żadnych planów, za to ma siniaki na...
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"When someone is stricken with cancer, one of three things can happen: Doctors treat the disease and cure it; professionals can't cure the disease but can control it so that the person suffering can live with the disease for the rest of his or her life; or the cancer can be of a kind that cannot be treated and all the medicine and treatments in the world are powerless - the person dies. Emotional depression leading to suicide can work the same way....
7) Bruised
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When she freezes during a hold-up at the local diner, sixteen-year-old Imogen, a black belt in Tae Kwan Do, has to rebuild her life, including her relationship with her family and with the boy who was with her during the shoot-out.
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"Why do bruises change color? What should you do if you skin your knee? And what exactly is blood anyway? The second book in the Secret Life of ... series, The Secret Life of Boo-Boos is full of delightfully gross and informative facts about cuts, scrapes, burns, bumps, and bruises. Young readers will learn about how our bodies heal boo-boos, how to prevent boo-boos, and even basic first aid tips for their own boo-boos"--
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In the spring of 1970, British artist Ralph Steadman went to America in search of work and found more than he bargained for. At the Kentucky Derby he met a former associate of the Hell's Angels, one Hunter S. Thompson. Their working relationship resulted in the now-legendary Gonzo Journalism. This book tells the inside story of a remarkable collaboration that documented the turbulent years of the civil rights movement, the Nixon years, Watergate,...
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This is the story of Lunye' Williams a woman that suffered horrific physical, mental and sexual abuse by the hands of her mother and other family members from the time she was a child up until she became a teenager. Read how Lunye' survived the blistering whelps and the blood filled bruises received from her mother at the age of five to thirteen in this seven chapter book from her seven series novel as it unfolds. Each book will let her readers in...
18) Bruises
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While living in Holland, Michael meets Judith, who is frightened, bullied, and beaten by her mother and blames herself for the abuse she is enduring.
19) Bruises
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Provides a brief introduction to bruises explaining how they form and how they heal.
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