Stalking may seem like something that happens only to celebrities. In fact, it is an overlooked, yet extremely prevalent form of domestic violence--far more widespread than many people suppose. Now journalist Linden Gross provides all the necessary tools readers need to know to handle inappropriate obsessive attention. Readers will discover how to control their natural reactions (which often put victims at a disadvantage), how to stop feeding the obsessive interaction that perpetuates stalking situations, and how to protect their privacy and safety. Gross explains how these dangerous obsessions begin, the patterns they take, and what potential victims can do before the nightmare becomes real. Surviving a Stalker also draws on the expertise of psychologists and offers secrets from personal security professionals.
This book is written to help you protect yourself from cyberabuse and stalking and to empower you to fight back. It is vital to regaining control over your life in case you and a cyberpredator or stalker ever cross paths. Many victims find little or no help from any law enforcement agency or victim service providers, even though there are stalking and cyberabuse laws. Regulations fail to evolve quickly enough to address the creativity and spontaneity of today's predators. Alexis Moore is the foremost cyberstalking authority in the world and cyberabuse can take many forms. In this book she shares her creative tactics overcoming stalking and cyberstalking for those in similar situations, and how to utilize tools that are available to help readers protect and defend themselves.
In this provocative essay collection, the author “leans into her roles as both victim and predator [with] prose that’s casual and cool and often funny” (The New York Times). In six wide-ranging essays, Kathleen Hale traces some of the most treacherous fault lines in modern America—from sexual assault to Internet trolling, from environmental illness to our own animal nature. From hunting wild hogs in Florida to a standoff with an anonymous blogger, Hale takes no prisoners and fears no subject. “First I Got Pregnant. Then I Decided to Kill the Mountain Lion” recounts the month Hale spent tracking a wild cat in the Hollywood Hills while pregnant. “Prey” tells the troubling story of her sexual assault as a freshman in college. Through these and other essays, Hale wields razor-sharp wit, deep empathy, and daring honesty, even in detailing some of the most difficult moments of her life.
The book is about a family who did not want children so when they had twinsmy father decided to drown one of us....it was afraid of the dark so I stayed by the camp fire while my sister went off to the lake with my father....she never returned.... The book is about a family not fit for children or any one they did not like to be around......they murdered my aunt by injecting a triple shot of morphine in her arm just to get her money.... The book also tells of the only daughter who was mistreated but survived but never knew which one she was.....they called her one name but all thru life went by another name....there were 2 birth cert....so which one was the right name for the only girl left....did she survived or did she....
TO SOME, ARKAS IS A TERRORIST. TO OTHERS, HE’S THEIR SAVIOUR. TO THE CREW OF THE SOLITUDE, HE’S THEIR NEXT PAYDAY. Following a devastating campaign of sabotage on a vital agricultural colony, the figure known only as Arkas makes his final threat: if the Federation fails to meet his demands within five days, he will permanently cripple the star system’s food supply. Bounty hunters Dom Souza and Eddie Gould have the contract on Arkas’ head. But as they race to find Arkas before the deadline expires, Dom begins to doubt everything she was told about this so-called terrorist. As the fires of rebellion spark across the colony, Dom will have to unravel the truth behind Arkas. Because if she can’t, her bounty will turn to dust. And the colony with it.
At the close of the Chaos War that destroyed the golden city of Drendrelex, a new breed of creatures arose from the backlash of chaos magic that was unleashed in the battle at beginning of the age of chaos. As the chaos spawned began killing, they had but one goal, to rule the world. The Night Stalkers formed to quell the onrush of chaos spawn and end their attempts to rule Santellex. After their hunt for the vampire dragon, Nostoullous, ended successfully, Kollouns and his companion, the black dragoness, Wynllousthrellynthea "Moon Rose," now found themselves on the hunt of the lycanthrope lord, Vorthox of Thornesterra. Hunting for the elusive lycanthrope may not be as easy as it originally appeared to be. Standing in their path is someone they presumed dead, and she may not appear what she seems to be.
THE BASIS FOR THE MAJOR 6-PART HBO® DOCUMENTARY SERIES #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post | Maureen Corrigan, NPR | Paste | Seattle Times | Entertainment Weekly | Esquire | Slate | Buzzfeed | Jezebel | Philadelphia Inquirer | Publishers Weekly | Kirkus Reviews | Library Journal | Bustle Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Nonfiction | Anthony Award Winner | SCIBA Book Award Winner | Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime | Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence The haunting true story of the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California during the 70s and 80s, and of the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case—which was solved in April 2018. The haunting true story of the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California during the 70s and 80s, and of the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case—which was solved in April 2018. Introduction by Gillian Flynn • Afterword by Patton Oswalt “A brilliant genre-buster.... Propulsive, can’t-stop-now reading.” —Stephen King For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area. Three decades later, Michelle McNamara, a true crime journalist who created the popular website TrueCrimeDiary.com, was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." Michelle pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark—the masterpiece McNamara was writing at the time of her sudden death—offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment in American history and a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the wreckage he left behind. It is also a portrait of a woman’s obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth. Utterly original and compelling, it has been hailed as a modern true crime classic—one which fulfilled Michelle's dream: helping unmask the Golden State Killer.
Public figures require attention, whether from a constituency who votes them in or out of office, shareholders who decide their economic benefit to the corporation, or fans who judge their performances. However, on the periphery of this normal attention resides a very real risk; that of a much smaller group of individuals who lack the ability to discriminate between their own private fantasies and the figure's public behavior. They may be personally insulted by perceived betrayal, fanatically in love due to a perceived affectionate or sexual invitation, or simply preoccupied with the daily life of the public figure. Such individuals may fixate and do nothing more. Others communicate or approach in a disturbing way. A few will threaten. And on rare occasions, one will breach the public figure's security perimeter and attack. Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures is a comprehensive survey of the current knowledge about stalking, violence risk, and threat management towards public figures. With contributions from forensic psychologists and psychiatrists, clinicians, researchers, attorneys, profilers, and current and former law enforcement professionals, this book is the first of its kind, international in scope, and rich in both depth and complexity. The book is divided into three sections which, in turn, focus upon defining, explaining, and risk managing this increasingly complex global reality. Chapters include detailed case studies, analyses of quantitative data, reflections from attachment theory and psychoanalytic thought, descriptions of law enforcement and protective organization activities, mental health and psychiatric categorizations and understandings, consideration of risk assessment models and variables, victim perspectives, and others.
Emotional abuse is more than just derogatory insults and name-calling. Some forms of emotional abuse can be difficult to recognize. Even though they may be less obvious and therefore harder to detect, these tactics can severely affect your mental and emotional well-being, especially if the abuse continues. The forms of emotional abuse that damage your mental health are common in relationships, but unrecognizable to many who encounter them. Emotionally Abusive Husbands and Boyfriends provides personality profiles to help you uncover these forms of emotional abuse. It names the different types of emotionally abusive behaviors so that you can easily identify them in your relationship and includes information about stalking. This guide explores the possible reasons that men engage in abusive behaviors. It explains why you shouldnt confront an abuser about his behavior and what steps you can take to protect yourself and heal from the abuse. If you cannot figure out whats wrong in your relationship, its time to take action. The personality profiles this guide offers could be just what you need to end the confusion and correct the problem so that you can heal.
