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Avoiding the Ageing Parent Trap, Second Edition: An expert's guide to
"An invaluable guide." Noel Whittaker, International bestselling author and finance writer Winner of the Australasian Journal on Ageing (AJA) Book Award. Informative and insightful, this is the essential family guide...
How to Change the World: How social entrepreneurs can go from initial
*AXIOM BUSINESS BOOK AWARD WINNER 2026 * *SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2026* 'Take your dream, read this, and let it fly.' JO YOULE OBE, CEO of Missing People...
Child-Centred Social Work: Theory and Practice
With an emphasis on professional expectations, values and practice skills such as building trust, listening and advocacy, this textbook helps enable social workers base their practice with children and young...
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...
A Talent for Giving: Creating a More Generous Society That Benefits
"A guide for how all of us can make a difference in the lives of others." Michael Bloomberg "Made me really think about what it means to give, to care,...
Understanding Trauma and Resilience
This book addresses the multifaceted nature of trauma by bringing together the many theoretical perspectives that explain how people cope with traumatic life experiences. Practitioners working across the people professions...
Impatient Optimist: Bill Gates in His Own Words
'This is how I see the world, and it should make one thing clear: I am an optimist. But I am an impatient optimist.'In the wake of Steve Jobs's recent...
Eight Weeks: Looking Back, Moving Forwards, Defying the Odds
A deeply moving and inspiring memoir that tells the remarkable life story of Baroness Young of Hornsey, from her childhood in foster care, to becoming one of the first Black...
Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity
A GRIPPING, FEARLESS EXPLORATION OF MASCULINITY The effects of traditionally defined masculinity have become one of the most prevalent social issues of our time. In this engaging and provocative new...
I Just Want to Be Loved
After taking a few weeks off work, Casey is presented with a new foster child: 14-year-old Elise, whose Mum left her at just five years old. At first, she's no...
Half a World Away: The heart-warming, heart-breaking Richard and Judy
DON'T MISS MIKE'S BRAND NEW NOVEL, A SONG OF ME AND YOU - AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW! 'His most accomplished and moving novel yet' Lisa Jewell 'Emotionally high-voltage' Metro ***...
Tenants: The People on the Frontline of Britain's Housing Emergency
Tony is facing eviction instead of enjoying retirement; Limarra isn't 'homeless enough' to get help from the council; and for Kelly and her asthmatic son Morgan, another new rented house...
Theraplay (R) - Innovations and Integration
Officially endorsed by The Theraplay (R) Institute, this handbook builds on the core concepts of Theraplay (R) and explores innovative ways to integrate the approach with other therapeutic models for...
Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival
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***The Instant New York Times Bestseller*** Endgame , the explosive book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the international blockbuster Finding Freedom, is a penetrating investigation into...
Travellers to Unimaginable Lands: Dementia, Carers and the Hidden
A Guardian 'Best ideas book of 2023' A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'The best book I have ever read that explores the effect on the brain of the...
Purpose Mindset: How Microsoft Inspires Employees and Alumni to Change
Learn the innovative strategies Microsoft pioneered that created a virtuous cycle of giving and volunteerism that has benefited the company and fulfilled its employees while making the world a better...
Women, Violence and Social Change
Women, Violence and Social Change is unique among books about violence against women. Focusing on the dynamic relationship between the battered women's movement and the State, the Dobashes show how...
Against Landlords: How to Solve the Housing Crisis
Against Landlords overturns the stale assumptions and YIMBY delusions as to why housing in the UK is so poor, and why rent is so high. Bano lays the blame squarely...
Against Landlords: How to Solve the Housing Crisis
Against Landlords overturns the stale assumptions and YIMBY delusions as to why housing in the UK is so poor, and why rent is so high. Bano lays the blame squarely...
Governing in Europe: Effective and Democratic?
The problem-solving capacity, and hence the democratic legitimacy, of national governments is being weakened by the dual processes of legal and economic integration in Europe; and the loss is not...
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.
Engaging with Ageing: What Matters as We Grow Older
"Most of us are loathe to address the realities of aging and dying, despite the wealth of evidence that satisfaction and serenity in late life are grounded in exactly that....
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite
Society has never been more egalitarian - in theory. Prejudice is taboo, and diversity is strongly valued. At the same time, social and economic inequality have exploded. In We Have...
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,...