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The Country of Lost Children: An Australian Anxiety
The figure of the lost child has haunted the Australian imagination. Peter Pierce's original and sometimes shocking study The Country of Lost Children traces this ambivalent and disturbing history. Drawing...
Orphans of War
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The book titled Orphans of War by the author Rose Taylor. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Getting to Grips with Asperger Syndrome: Understanding Adults on the
Getting to Grips with Asperger Syndrome is a practical, problem-solving guide for those caring for or supporting an adult with Asperger Syndrome (AS). It will help them understand the condition...
The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have
Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another...
The Complete Handbook of Coaching
This second edition provides the most comprehensive guide to the field of coaching, exploring a range of coaching theories and approaches, genres and settings, and professional issues. It supports trainees...
Del: Becoming a Voice for Young People
When Del Ellis was growing up, he lost his way. Turning to crime, he was on the wrong path -a one-way ticket to a life of regret and pain for...
Praise Song For The Butterflies
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019, a powerful, well-researched, fictional account exploring the trokosi tradition for the curious and the open-minded. Abeo Kata lives a comfortable, happy life...
Divine Discontent: The Brotherhood of St Laurence, a History
A comprehensive history of the Brotherhood of St Laurence since its foundation in 1930. Provides rich detail of the Brotherhood's almost continuous history of contributions to employment, poverty and housing.
No Country for Idealists: The Making of a Family of Subversives
This book is a dramatic account of the making of a family of 'subversives' in Australia and the USSR during the Cold War. It also captures the texture of everyday...
Making Progress: How Good Policy Happens
Learn about transformational reforms like paid parental leave, the NDIS, the Apology to the Stolen Generations, and revolutionising pensions from Labor's Jenny Macklin, with insights from Julia Gillard, Ross Garnaut,...
Australia's First Rotary Club: A History of the Rotary Club of
The Rotary Club of Melbourne was the first Rotary Club in Australia. Since its inaugural luncheon on 21 April 1921, the club has had an outstanding record of philanthropic endeavour...
Don't Leave Me Here: Saskia's true story of secrets, kidnap and abuse
'Don't leave me here! Please, don't leave me.' What possesses a mum to kidnap her own child? That's what Maggie asks herself when she's asked to foster 13-year-old Saskia, the...
Integrative Life Planning: Critical Tasks for Career Development and
A landmark book that offers a holistic counseling approach that joins career planning and the life path of an individual. The author details the concept of integrative life planning (ILP),...
Japanese Mirror: Heroes and Villains of Japanese Culture
The book titled Japanese Mirror: Heroes and Villains of Japanese Culture by the author Ian Buruma. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Philosophical Practice
This book provides a look at philosophical practice from the viewpoint of the practitioner or prospective practitioner. It answers the questions: What is philosophical practice? What are its aims and...
Beyond Our Control: Let Go of Unmet Expectations, Overcome Anxiety,
Realizing how little control we have over our lives can make us fearful and anxious--or it can lead to greater intimacy with God, a richer prayer life, and a joyful...
Too Hurt to Stay: The True Story of a Troubled Boy's Desperate Search
The fourth title from Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. Eight-year-old Spencer takes himself to social services and demands to be taken into care. It's a desperate act, a cry...
Against the Odds: Poverty in Addis Ababa
Klaus Serr, Associate Professor of Sociology at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, explores the conditions facing some of the world's most deprived people - the poor in Ethiopia. This book...
The Twyford Code: Winner of the Crime and Thriller British Book of the
'It totally foxed me. So clever and totally brilliant' - LISA HALL It's time to solve the murder of the century... Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of...
Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: A radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety 'A book that could actually make us happy' SIMON AMSTELL 'This amazing book will change your life'...
Nevertheless: The Incredible Story of One Man's Mission to Change
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The book titled Nevertheless: The Incredible Story of One Man's Mission to Change by the author John Kirkby. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...
Will You Help Me?: Ralph's true story of abuse, secrets and lies
'Please help me,' he said in a small voice. 'Will you help me?' Six-year-old Ralph has only been in the care system for three days and has already been rejected...
Hidden: Betrayed, Exploited and Forgotten. How One Boy Overcame the
ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING CARER TO MORE THAN 150 CHILDREN Betrayed. Exploited. Forgotten. Can one boy overcome the odds stacked against him? Tayo was surprisingly well-spoken...
Living Through Loss: Interventions Across the Life Span
Living Through Loss is the first book to identify the many ways in which people experience loss over the course of life and to discuss the interventions most effective at...
The Art of Counselling: For anyone who needs to listen, support and
Whatever you do at work, if you interact with people - either as colleagues or clients - you will need the skills to have sensitive conversations. We cannot all be...
Miles to Go: A Personal History of Social Policy
Has liberalism lost its way--or merely its voice? This book by one of the nation's most insightful, articulate, and powerful Democrats at last breaks the silence that has greeted the...
Muhammad Ali Unfiltered: Rare, Iconic, and Officially Authorized
The fighter, the activist, the man, the icon. An officially authorized collection, Muhammad Ali Unfiltered is Jeter Publishing's intimate look at one of the most inspiring figures of our age....
Remote and Rural Dementia Care: Policy, Research and Practice
This collection is the first book to focus on dementia in remote and rural areas. As the number of people affected by dementia continues to rise, this is the first...
Operation Pedro Pan: The Untold Exodus of 14,048 Cuban Children
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
the Volunteers: How Ordinary Australians Brought About the
The Sydney Olympics and Paralympics brought to the world's attention the army of fifty thousand volunteers who got the Olympic show on the road. Max Walker, a sporting hero himself,...
Creative Capitalism
Bill Gates is not only the world's most successful capitalist; he's the world's biggest philanthropist. Gates has approached philanthropy the same way he revolutionized computer software: with a fierce ambition...
Supporting Trans People of Colour: How to Make Your Practice Inclusive
'Essential reading' DIVA MAGAZINE 'Highly accessible and important' EUGENCE ELLIS 'A deeply helpful and engaging read' MEG-JOHN BARKER Providing an accessible and authoritative introduction to issues around People of Colour...
Praise Song For The Butterflies
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019, a powerful, well-researched, fictional account exploring the trokosi tradition for the curious and the open-minded. Abeo Kata lives a comfortable, happy life...
Case Studies in Clinical Practice with Trans and Gender Non-Binary
Exploring clinical examples of the lived experiences of trans people across the lifespan, this unique and authoritative book addresses topics such as attending school, puberty, employment issues, suicide, bullying, autism...
Making a Difference in Families: Research that creates change
'This 'must read' volume will challenge every researcher to re-examine their assumptions and approach to research with families. Munford and Sanders emphasise the positive contribution research can make through the...
Promoting Family Change: The optimism factor
'This book heralds an exciting new chapter in the history of family-centred practice. It takes us a long way down the road toward the destination of strength-based family work.' From...
Making Progress: How Good Policy Happens
Learn about transformational reforms like paid parental leave, the NDIS, the Apology to the Stolen Generations, and revolutionising pensions from Labor's Jenny Macklin, with insights from Julia Gillard, Ross Garnaut,...
A Place for Lost Souls: A psychiatric nurse's stories of hope and
'Ultimately, my experiences as a mental health nurse have taught me that we should judge less and open our hearts more.' Belinda Black was just seventeen years old when she...
Down and Out: Surviving the Homelessness Crisis, by the 2023 Orwell
***Shortlisted for the 2023 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness*** ***Winner of an RSL Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction*** 'Part memoir, part howl of fury' GUARDIAN 'Enrich[es] our impoverished sociological...
The Art of Counselling: For anyone who needs to listen, support and
Whatever you do at work, if you interact with people - either as colleagues or clients - you will need the skills to have sensitive conversations. We cannot all be...
The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness
The Second Emancipation , a work of Odyssean dimension, recasts the liberation of post-World War II colonial Africa and the American civil rights struggle through the lens of Ghana's revolutionary...
With Charity For All: Why Charities Are Failing and a Better Way to
Based on his experiences at NPR and other major nonprofits, Ken Stern exposes the flaw in the United States' charity model--organizations that raise millions of dollars without ever cracking the...
Signs of Hope
In April 1987 the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) issued the report "Our Common Future", which pointed out that the world could no longer afford to think of...
The Business of Philanthropy: Perspectives and Insights from Global
A collection of one-on-one discussions with 40 of the world's greatest thought and action leaders and prominent philanthropic figures. THE BUSINESS OF PHILANTHROPY features diverse insights into the power of...
The Cambridge Handbook of Stigma and Mental Health
The persistence of stigma of mental illness and seeking therapy perpetuates suffering and keeps people from getting the help they need and deserve. This volume, analysing the most up-to-date research...
Reflective Social Work Practice: Thinking, Doing and Being
Reflective Social Work Practice demonstrates how social workers can creatively and consciously combine 'thinking, doing and being' when working with individuals, families, groups, communities and organisations, and when undertaking research....
Mummy Told Me Not to Tell: The true story of a troubled boy with a
ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN. OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING. THE STORY OF ONE CHILD SHE COULD NEVER FORGET. Seven-year-old Reece is the last of six siblings to be taken into foster...