Humanities and Social Sciences

 

When Bill Browder’s young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to death in a Moscow jail, Browder made it his life’s mission to go after his killers and make sure they faced justice. The first step of that mission was to uncover who was behind the $230 million tax refund scheme that Magnitsky was killed over. As Browder and his team tracked the money as it flowed out of Russia through the Baltics and Cyprus and on to Western Europe and the Americas, they were shocked to discovered that Vladimir Putin himself was a beneficiary of the crime.

As law enforcement agencies began freezing the money, Putin retaliated. He and his cronies set up honey traps, hired process servers to chase Browder through cities, murdered more of his Russian allies, and enlisted some of the top lawyers and politicians in America to bring him down. Putin will stop at nothing to protect his money. As Freezing Order reveals, it was Browder’s campaign to expose Putin’s corruption that prompted Russia’s intervention in the 2016 US presidential election.

At once a financial caper, an international adventure and a passionate plea for justice, Freezing Order is a timely and stirring morality tale about how one man can take on one of the most ruthless villains in the world.

لم نكن نطلب الكثير؛ فقط أن نشعر أننا على ما يرام، وأننا جيدون بما يكفي، ونستحق الحب هكذا تمامًا كما نحن.. دون أن نحتاج أن نقتلع جلودنا كل صباحٍ ونرتدي غيرها لنرضيهم! والآن نتحسس ندوب الإساءات القديمة تلك التي نواريها ولم تزل تؤثر على سلوكنا، فتمنحنا الغربة والشك في ذواتنا. هي جراحات لم تأخذ حقها من الالتئام، فكتمنا آلامها مبكرًا وارتدينا قناع القوة مدعين أننا بخير. حتى جاء ميقات الحرية وسلكنا طريق التعافي، وارتحلنا على مسارات الشفاء، وعلمنا أن في آخر نفق الألم المظلم نورًا.

All of us will be familiar with supporting friends, family and colleagues through the ups and downs of relationships. But could some of the more difficult times of argument and conflict be more than general relationship issues? Is there something more sinister going on?

Over the course of a lifetime, 30% of women and 16% of men will be subjected to abuse by a partner, yet so many of us are unsure exactly what constitutes domestic abuse, and wouldn't know how to react if we, or one of our friends or family, found ourselves in a relationship with an abuser.

Natalie Collins is the perfect guide to lead you through this subject, amassing over a decade's experience leading workshops, raising awareness and capturing national media attention in her work against domestic abuse.

Highly readable, invaluably insightful and steeped in theological insight, Natalie starts right from the basics, exploring what domestic abuse is, why it is perpetrated and the impact it has on children and adults. Filled with case studies, including Natalie's own story, this book offers much-needed advice on how we can address domestic abuse, both as individuals and as a church community.