The list below are suggested resources. Many of these books are available to be borrowed at Portsmouth Administrative Office. Call 603.436.4619 x14 for more information.

Domestic Violence
Stalking
Teen Dating Violence
Sexual Abuse
Self Help
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered
Multicultural
Feminist Issues
General Teen Issues
Health and Wellness
Substance Abuse
Jobs and Employment
Legal Issues
Children’s Issues
Spirituality
Pets and Abuse, Animals

Domestic Violence

1. A Community Secret: For the Filipina in an Abusive Relationship. Jacqueline Agtuca.
2. A Woman Like You: The Face of Domestic Violence. Vera Anderson.
3. Battered Wives. Del Martin.
4. Blossoms: A Story of Personal Growth.
5. Breaking Free from Partner Abuse: Voices of Battered Women Caught in the Cycle of Domestic Violence. Mary Marecek. (2 copies)
6. Chain Chain Change: For Black Women Dealing With Physical and Emotional Abuse. Evelyn White.
7. Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Animal Abuse. Ascione and Arkow
8. Coping With Family Violence: Research and Policy Perspectives. Ed’s Gerald Hotaling, David Finkelhor, John T. Kirkpatrick, Murray Straus.
9. Family Violence. Mildred Daley Pagelow.
10. Fighting Back: A Battered Woman’s Desperate Struggle to Survive. Robert Davidson.
11. Getting Out: Life Stories of Women Who Left Abusive Men. Ann Goetting.
12. Healing Your Life: Recovery from Domestic Abuse. Candace Hennekens. (3 copies).
13. I know You Really Love Me: A Psychiatrist’s Account of Stalking and Obsessive Love. Doreen Orion, M.D.
14. Mejor Sola Que Mal Acompanada: For the Latina in an Abusive Relationship. Myrna Zambrano. (2 copies)
15. Men Who Beat the Men Who Love Them: Battered Gay Men and Domestic Violence. David Island and Patrick Letellier.
16. Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them. Dr. Susan Forward.
17. On the Wings of a Unicorn: Surviving Emotional and Sexual Abuse. Mary Lou Fuller.
18. Preventing Violence Against Women: Not Just a Women’s Issue. National Crime Prevention Council.
19. Sharing Secrets. The Hawaii State Committee on Family Violence.
20. Sourcebook for Working with Battered Women. Nancy Kilgore.
21. Stalking: A Handbook for Victims. Emily Spence-Diehl.
22. The Battered Woman’s Survival Guide: Breaking the Cycle, A resource manual for victims, relatives, friends, and professionals. Jan Berliner Statman.
23. The Emotionally Abused Woman: Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming yourself. Beverly Engel.
24. Time to Stop Pretending. Stephanie Rodriguez.
25. To Be An Anchor in the Storm: A Guide for Families and Friends of Abused Women. Susan Brewster.
26. Violence in Gay and Lesbian Partnerships. Claire Renzetti, Charles Harvey Miley.
27. Walking on Eggshells: Practical Counseling for Women In or Leaving a Violent Relationship. Dr. Brian Ogawa.
28. What To Do When Love Turns Violent: A Practical resource for Women in Abusive Relationships. Marian Betancourt. (3 copies)
29. When Battered Women Kill. Angela Browne.
30. When Love Goes Wrong. Ann Jones, Susan Schecter.
31. When Men Batter Women: New Insights into Ending Abusive Relationships. Neil Jacobson, John Gottman.
32. When Violence Begins at Home: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Ending Domestic Abuse. K.J. Wilson. (2 copies)
33. You Are Not Alone. Linda Rouse.
34. You Can Be Free. Ginny Nicarthy and Sue Davidson.
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Stalking

1. Stalking: A Handbook for Victims. Emily Spence-Diehl.
2. I know You Really Love Me: A Psychiatrist’s Account of Stalking and Obsessive Love. Doreen Orion, M.D.
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Teen Dating Violence

1. Dating Violence : Young Women in Danger. Barrie Levy
2. Helping Teens Stop Violence. Allan Creighton with Paul Kivel. (2 copies)
3. In Love and In Danger: A Teen’s Guide to Breaking Free of Abusive Relationships. (2 copies) Barrie Levy.
4. Past Forgiving. Gloria Miklowitz.
5. What Parents Need to Know About Dating Violence. Barrie Levy and Patricia Occhiniuzzo Giggans.
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Sexual Abuse

1. A Life Without Fear: A Guide to Preventing Sexual Assault. Laura Martin.
2. Allies in Healing: When The Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child. Laura Davis.
3. On the Wings of a Unicorn: Surviving Emotional and Sexual Abuse. Mary Lou Fuller.
4. Our Guys. Bernard Lefkowitz.
5. Past Forgiving. Gloria Miklowitz.
6. Sexual Abuse: Let’s Talk About It. Margaret Hyde.
7. Stopping Sexual Assault in Marriage: A Guide for Women, Counselors and Advocates. Center for Constitutional Rights.
8. The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. Ellen Bass and Laura Davis. (2 copies).
9. When The Victim Is a Child. National Institute of Justice.
10. Why Me? Help for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse (even if they are adults now). Lynn Daugherty.
11. Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse. Mic Hunter.
12. Victims No Longer: Men Recovering From Incest and Other Sexual Child Abuse. Mike Lew.
13. Growing Through the Pain: The Incest Survivor’s Companion. Catherine Bronson.
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Self Help

1. A Woman’s Guide to Personal Safety. Janee Harteau and Holly Keegel.
2. After the Tears: Reclaiming the Personal Losses of Childhood. Jane Middleton-Moz and Lorie Dwinell.
3. Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing. Caroline Myss.
4. Assert yourself. Gael Lindenfield.
5. At Personal Risk: Boundary Violations in Professional Relationships. Marilyn R. Peterson.
6. Aware of the Wicked: Two Survivors and Their Shared Path of Recovery from Violent Crime. Judy Joyce and Amanda Somerville.
7. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring For Yourself. Melody Beattie.
8. Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment. Gay Hendricks & Kathlyn Hendricks.
9. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s all small stuff. Richard Carlson.
10. Family Matters: A Layman’s Guide to Family Functioning. Thomas A. Power.
11. Safe Encounters: How Women Can Say Yes to Pleasure and No to Unsafe Sex. Beverly Whipple and Gina Ogden.
12. Swept Away: Why Women Confuse Love and Sex…and How They Can Have Both. Carol Cassell.
13. The Centerfold Syndrome: How Men Can Overcome Objectification and Achieve Intimacy with Women. Gary R. Brooks.
14. The Codependency Conspiracy: how to Break the Recovery Habit and Take Charge of Your Life. Dr. Stan Katz and Aimee Liu.
15. The Danger Zone: How to Protect Yourself from Rape, Robbery, and Assault. Patricia Harman.
16. The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence. Gavin De Becker.
17. The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart. Constance Ahrons.
18. The Highly Sensitive Person’s Workbook. Elaine Aron.
19. The Secret Life Families. Evan Imber-Black
20. The Survivor’s Guide. Sharice Lee
21. Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming You Life. Dr. Susan Forward.
22. Women and Their Fathers: The Sexual and Romantic Impact of the First Man in Your Life. Victoria Secunda.
23. Women in Midlife Crisis. Jim and Sally Conway.
24. Women Who Love Too Much. Robin Norwood.
25. Repeat After Me. Claudia Black.
26. Dr. Weisinger’s Anger Work Out Book. Hendrie Weisinger.
27. We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love. Robert Johnson.
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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered

1. Coming Out to Parents: A Two-Way Survival Guide for Lesbians and Gay Men and Their Parents. Mary Borhek.
2. Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism. Suzanne Pharr.
3. Invisible Lives: The Truth About Millions of Women-Loving Women. Martha Barron Barrett.
4. Lesbian Health: Current Assessment and Directions for the Future. Institute of Medicine.
5. Lesbian Woman. Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon.
6. The Gay Men’s Wellness Guide. Robert Penn.
7. The New Our Right To Love: A Lesbian Resource Book. Ginny Vida.
8. Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men. Gary David Comstock.
9. Men Who Beat the Men Who Love Them: Battered Gay Men and Domestic Violence. David Island and Patrick Letellier.
10. Violence in Gay and Lesbian Partnerships. Claire Renzetti, Charles Harvey Miley.
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Multicultural

1. Gender. Race and Class in the Media. Gail Dines and Jean Humez.
2. Life on the Color Line. Gregory Howard Williams.
3. Life on the Line. Faye Wattleton.
4. Reading Black, Reading Feminist. Henry Louis Gates.
5. The Black Women’s Health Book. Evelyn White.
6. Chain Chain Change: For Black Women Dealing With Physical and Emotional Abuse. Evelyn White.
7. Mejor Sola Que Mal Acompanada: For the Latina in an Abusive Relationship. Myrna Zambrano.
8. A Community Secret: For the Filipina in an Abusive Relationship. Jacqueline Agtuca.
9. Working With Battered Immigrant Women: A Handbook to Make Services Accessible. Leti Volpp.
10. Race and Ethnic Relations 95/96. John Kromkowski.
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Feminist Issues

1. Reading Black, Reading Feminist. Henry Louis Gates.
2. Life on the Line. Faye Wattleton.
3. Gender. Race and Class in the Media. Gail Dines and Jean Humez.
4. Ecological Revolutions: Nature, Gender, and Science in New England. Carolyn Merchant.
5. A History of Their Own: Women in Europe, From Prehistory to the Present. Volume I. Bonnie Anderson, Judith Zinsser.
6. A History of Their Own: Women in Europe, From Prehistory to the Present. Volume II. Bonnie Anderson, Judith Zinsser.
7. In a Different Voice. Carol Gilligan.
8. For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Expert’s Advice to Women. Barbara Ehrenreich, Deidre English.
9. The Heart of a Woman. Maya Angelou.
10. Controversy and Coalition: The New Feminist Movement. Myra Marx Feree, Beth Hess.
11. Glass Celings and Bottomless Pits: Women’s Work, Women’s Poverty. Randy Albelda and Chris Tilly.
12. How People Get Power: Organizing Oppressed Communities for Action. Si Kahn.
13. Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions. Gloria Steinem.
14. The Evolutions of Women’s Asylums Since 1500. Sherrill Cohen.
15. This River of Courage: Generations of Women’s Resistance and Action. Pam McAllister.
16. Women’s America: Refocusing the Past. Ed. Linda Kerber and Jane DeHart Mathews.
17. Women’s Rights. Janet Stevenson.
18. All About Women. Barbara Wachman.
19. Growing Up Female in America. Eve Merriam.
20. Woman’s Worth: Sexual Economics and the world of Women. Lisa Leghorn and Katherine Parker.
21. The Emancipation of Women. V.I. Lenin.
22. Reform or Revolution. Rosa Luxembourg.
23. Women’s Rights, Human Rights. Julie Peters, Andrea Wolper.
24. Feminism and Equality. Ed. Anne Phillips.
25. Women and Men in Society. Charlotte O’Kelly.
26. Second Chances: Men, Women and Children A Decade After Divorce. Judith Wallerstein, Sandra Blakeslee.
27. Transforming A Rape Culture. Ed. Emilie Buchwald, Pamela Fletcher, Martha Roth.
28. Language and Sex: Difference and Dominance. Ed. Barrie Thorne, Nancy Henley.
29. Outrageous Practices: How Gender Bias Threatens Women’s Health. Leslie Laurence and Beth Weinhouse.
30. Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female in America. Susan J. Douglas.
31. The Stronger Women Get, The More Men Love Football: Sexism and the American Culture of Sports. Mariah Burton Nelson.
32. Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings. Ed. Miriam Schneir.
33. Revolution from Within. Gloria Steinem.
34. Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the United States 1776-1990. Ed. Michael Kimmel, Thomas Mosmiller.
35. Sisterhood is Powerful. Ed. Robin Morgan.
36. Women, Resistance and Revolution. Sheila Rowbotham. (2 copies)
37. Amazon Odyssey: The First Collection of Writings by the Political Pioneer of the Women’s Movement. Grace Atkinson.
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General Teen Issues

1. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger.
2. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger.
3. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: Journal. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger.
4. Deadly Consequences: How Violence Is Destroying Our Teenage Population and A Plan to Begin Solving the Problem. Deborah Prothrow-Stith.
5. Helping Teens Stop Violence. Allan Creighton with Paul Kivel. (2 copies)
6. High Times/Low Times: The Many Faces of Adolescent Depression. John Meeks.
7. Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self. Sara Shandler.
8. Putting It Together: Teenagers Talk About Family Breakup. Paula McGuire.
9. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Mary Pipher.
10. Teenagers and Parents: 10 Steps for a Better Relationship. Roger McIntire.
11. The On My Own Handbook: 100 Secrets of Success to Prepare Young People for Life. Bobb Biehl.
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Health and Wellness

1. The Black Women’s Health Book. Evelyn White.
2. The Yeast Connection. William Crook, M.D.
3. Fit for Life. Marilyn and Harvey Diamond.
4. A Woman’s Book of Strength: An Empowering Guide to Total Mind/Body Fitness. Karen Andes.
5. Healthwise Handbook: A Self-care Guide for You. NHMA.
6. The Vegetarian Mother and Baby Book. Rose Elliot.
7. Taking Care of Your Child: A Parent’s Guide to Complete Medical Care. Robert Pantell, James Fries, Donald Vickery.
8. Yoga for Pregnancy. Sandra Jordan.
9. A Child is Born. Lennart Nilsson.
10. Tension in Repose. Millicent Linden.
11. Spontaneous Healing. Andrew Weil, M.D.
12. From Woman to Woman. Lucienne Lanson.
13. The American Association Book of Womancare. Linda Hughey Holt, M.D., and Melva Weber.
14. Potatoes not Prozac. Kathleen DesMaisons.
15. Take This Book to the Hospital With you: A Consumer’s Guide to Surviving Your Hospital Stay. Charles Inlander and Ed Weiner.
16. Women’s Health Consortium Member Library List.
17. Jane Fonda’s Workout Book for Pregnancy, Birth, and Recovery. Femmy DeLyser.
18. To Live Until We Say Goodbye. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.
19. The American Red Cross CPR: Infant and Child.
20. The New Our Bodies, Ourselves.
21. Our Bodies, Ourselves.
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Substance Abuse

1. “It Will Never Happen to Me!” Claudia Black.
2. Prescription Drugs. Consumer Guide.
3. Stage II Recovery: Life Beyond Addiction. Earnie Larsen.
4. Alcoholics Anonymous. 3rd Edition.
5. Drinking: A Love Story. Caroline Knapp.
6. Prevention Primer: An Encyclopedia of Alcohol, Tobacco, and other drug prevention terms. DHHS.
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Jobs and Employment

1. Awaken the Giant Within. Anthony Robbins.
2. Cash-Saving Strategies for Tough Times.
3. One to One: Win the Interview Win the Job. Theodore Pettus.
4. Swim With the Dolphins: How Women Can Succeed in Corporate America on Their Own Terms. Connie Glaser and Barbara Steinberg Smalley.
5. Talking 9 to 5: How Women’s and Men’s Conversational Styles Affect Who Gets heard, Who Gets Credit and What Gets Done at Work. Deborah Tannen.
6. The 1990 What Color Is Parachute? A Practical manual for Job-Hunters and Career Changers. Richard Nelson Bolles.
7. The Couple’s Business Guide: How to Start and Grow a Small Business Guide. Amy Lyon.
8. The Smart Woman’s Guide to Resumes and Job Hunting. Julie Adair King and Betsy Sheldon.
9. You Don’t Have to Take It! A Woman’s Guide to Confronting Emotional Abuse at Work. Ginny Nicarthy.
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Legal Issues

1. Black’s Law Dictionary. 5th Edition.
2. Divorced from Justice: The Abuse of Women and Children by Divorce Lawyers and Judges. Karen Winner.
3. Domestic Crisis Intervention for Law Enforcement Officers. Thomas Stanley Duncan.
4. Family Violence: Access to Justice Manual. Suffolk Academy of Law.
5. From Poor Law to Welfare State. A History of Social Welfare in America. Walter Trattner.
6. Materials for a Basic Course in Civil Procedure. Richard Field, Benjamin Kaplan.
7. New Hampshire Criminal Code. 199-97 Edition.
8. Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State. Frederick Engels.
9. Redress for Success: Using the Law to Enforce Your Rights as a Woman. Dana Shilling.
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Children’s Issues

1. A Family That Fights. Sharon Chesler Bernstein.
2. A Fine Young Man: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do to Shape Adolescent boys into Exceptional Men. Michael Gurian.
3. America’s Homeless Children New Outcasts. The Better Homes Fund.
4. Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence. Myriam Miedzian.
5. Cherishing Our Daughters: how to Parents Can Raise Girls to Become Confident Women. Evelyn Bassoff.
6. Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Animal Abuse. Ascione and Arkow.
7. Don’t Take It Out on Your Kids. Katharine Kersey.
8. Help for Children From Infancy to Adulthood. Miriam Williams Wilson.
9. Helping Children Cope With Separation and Loss. Claudia L. Jewett.
10. Hope for the Children: A Personal History of Parent’s Anonymous by Patte Wheat with Leonard Lieber.
11. How Schools Shortchange Girls: The AAUW Report.
12. Mothering Your Nursing Toddler. Norma Jane Bumgarner.
13. Ourselves and Our Children: A Book By and For Parents. The Boston Women’s Health Collective.
14. Play It Safe: The Kids Guide to Personal Safety and Crime Prevention. Kathy Kyte.
15. Please Don’t Sit on the Kids. Clare Cherry.
16. Preventing Violence in America. Robert Hampton, Pamela Jenkins, Thomas Gullotta.
17. Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys. Dan Kindlon, Michael Thompson.
18. Ready to Use Self-Esteem Activities for Young Children. Jean Feldman.
19. Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood. William Pollack.
20. Repeat After Me. Claudia Black.
21. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Mary Pipher
22. Surviving the Breakup. How Children and Parents Cope With Divorce. Judith Wallerstein and Joan Berlin Kelly.
23. Teaching Peace. Jan Arnow.
24. The Compassionate School: A Practical Guide to Educating Abused and Traumatized Children. Gertrude Morrow.
25. The Courage to Raise Good Men. Olga Silverstein, Beth Rashbaum. (2 copies)
26. The Misunderstood Child: A Guide for Parents of Learning Disabled Children. Larry Silver.
27. The Self-Esteem Teacher. Robert Brooks.
28. The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors, and Educators Can Do to Shape Boys Into Exceptional Men. Michael Gurian.
29. Things Will Be Different For My Daughter: A Practical Guide to Building Her Self-Esteem and Self_reliance. Mindy Bingham, Sandy Stryker.
30. Tired of Yelling: Teaching Our Children to Resolve Conflict. Lyndon Waugh.
31. Violence Proof your Kids Now: How to Recognize the 8 Warning Signs and What to Do About Them. Erika Shearin Karres.
32. When Anger Hurts Your Kids: A Parent’s Guide, McKay, Paleg, Landis, Fanning.
33. When Your Child is Missing: A Family Survival Guide.. U.S. Department of Justice.
34. Whole Parent Whole Child: A Parent’s Guide to Raising A Child With A Chronic Illness. Patricia Myniham, Broatch Haig.
35. Your Five Year Old. Louise Bates Ames, Francis Ilg.
36. The Vegetarian Mother and Baby Book. Rose Elliot.
37. Taking Care of Your Child: A Parent’s Guide to Complete Medical Care. Robert Pantell, James Fries, Donald Vickery.
38. Yoga for Pregnancy. Sandra Jordan.
39. A Child is Born. Lennart Nilsson.
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Spirituality

1. Chasing Grace. Reflections of a Catholic Girl Grown Up. Martha Manning.
2. Creating With the Angels. Terry Lynn Taylor.
3. Earth Prayers: From Around the World. Elizabeth Roberts, Elias Amidon.
4. Holy Bible.
5. Meditations with Meister Eckhart. Matthew Fox.
6. Spirit Guides: Angels in the Army of God. Norma Kalina.
7. The Angelspeake Book of Prayer and Healing. Barbara Mark, Trudy Griswold.
8. The Celestine Prophecy. James Redfield.
9. When Angels Speak. Inspiration from Touched By An Angel. Martha Willaimson.

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Pets and Abuse, Animals

1. • Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Animal Abuse. Ascione and Arkow.
   • Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals. Ed.’s Linda Hogan, Deena Metzger, Brenda Peterson.
   • Through Other Eyes: Animal Stories by Women. Ed. Irene Zahava.
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