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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...
The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go
The onset of COVID broke a 150-year social contract between America and its children. Tens of millions of students lost what little support they had from the government-not just school...
The Big Smoke: History of Air Pollution in London Since Mediaeval
A fascinating insight into the development of air pollution controls against a changing social and economic background.
Poor Women in Rich Countries: The Feminization of Poverty Over the
The first book to study women's poverty over the life course, this wide-ranging collection focuses on the economic condition of single mothers and single elderly women--while also considering partnered women...
Giving Back: How to Do Good, Better
Do you wish you could do more to change the world but don't know how? Do you ever look around at the many charities asking for donations and feel overwhelmed?...
Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis
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"A must-read ecological message of hope . . . Everyone with an interest in the future of this planet should read this book." --David Mitchell, The Guardian When climate activist...
Should I Stay Or Go?
Until now, couples facing the dilemma of deciding whether or not to stay in an unhappy marriage had three options: individual or couples therapy, separation, or divorce. "Should I Stay...
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...
Countryside in Trust: Land Management by Conservation, Recreation and
The development of agriculture has caused rapid changes to the rural environment. Today, with growing awareness and concern for environmental issues, there is a movement to stem further damage to...
Household's Work
This book is intended for students and researchers in gender studies, economics, soacila and welfare policy and the socilogy of the family.
Philanthro-capitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World
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An examination of how today's leading philanthropists are revolutionizing the field, using new methods to have a vastly greater impact on the world. For philanthropists of the past, charity was...
The Brightness of Stars: Stories from Care Experienced Adults to
In this poignant book, Lisa Cherry brings together a collection of candid and personal reflections on the care system in the UK, offering alternative ways of thinking about the care...
Crimeson: From the Dark Streets of Death and Crime in the UNDERBELLY
CrimeSon is the extraordinary story of Justin Gardner's life. Saved from the dark streets of death and crime in Melbourne, he was called by God to reach out to the...
Family Matters: Parents Living with Children in Old Age
The book titled Family Matters: Parents Living with Children in Old Age by the author Judith Healy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...
The Essential Dick Gregory
A soulful, generation-defining collection of thought-provoking, agitating, and liberating works from Dick Gregory, the activist and author of sixteen books, including the classic bestseller Nigger: An Autobiography and the 2017...
Third World America: How our politicians are abandoning the ordinary
It's not an exaggeration to say that "middle-class" Americans, the hard-working, average citizen on an average income, are an endangered species and that the American Dream of a secure, comfortable...
Spinning Out: Climate Change, Mental Health and Fighting for a Better
In 2019, climate activist Charlie Hertzog Young attempted suicide, following a succession of breakdowns. He jumped off a six-storey building, resulting in the loss of both legs. He spent a...
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...
Living Places: Twenty Houses
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The book titled Living Places: Twenty Houses by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Community Profiling: A Practical Guide
The new edition of this popular book has been substantially revised and provides a practical step-by-step guide to community profiling, invaluable for students and practitioners involved in community-based research. The...
Paris: The Memoir
PARIS: A MILLION MEANINGS IN A SINGLE NAME Heiress. Party girl. Problem child. Selfie taker. Model. Reality star. Self-created. The labels attached to Paris Hilton. Founder. Entrepreneur. Pop Culture Maker....
The Golden Rule: Lessons in living from a doctor of ageing
In a society obsessed with staying young, how can we age with confidence? We are living longer lives, and have choices now as never before about how we will age....
Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and
"Frostbite is a perfectly executed cold fusion of science, history, and literary verve . . . As a fellow nonfiction writer, I bow down. This is how it's done." -Mary...
Twelve Golden Gifts: Part lament, part love letter, part practical
How a mother's wisdom and grace helped one family come to terms with her dementia. Chrisoula had long been known for frying up honeyed Greek donuts anytime a guest arrived...
A Family Friend: There was only one man Sammy could turn to...
The new fostering memoir from The Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. With his young mother in and out of prison, Sammy has been in care since he was nine...
101 Career Myths Debunked: The Ultimate Career Planning Workbook
What if everything you know about careers is false? Bombarded by toxic misinformation about unemployment and failing career prospects, job hunters are often halted by fear. 101 Career Myths Debunked...
Assessing Adoptive Parents, Foster Carers and Kinship Carers, Second
Assessing prospective adoptive parents, foster carers, kinship carers and special guardians is an extremely complex task, and one that happens within a pressurized time frame. Currently, assessments draw substantially on...
Healing the Hurt, Retoring the Hope: How to Help Children and
Even when teenagers appear to be "doing well" at times of divorce, death or crisis in their lives, the truth is they are probably suffering in silence. This straight-talking and...
Infancy: The Basics
Infancy: The Basics offers an introduction to the developmental science behind the fascinating world of infant development. This book takes the reader from before birth through the moment infants come...
Understanding Women in Distress
Women are usually more in touch with their emotions than men and more readily seek help from professional sources when they encounter stress. The response they meet from doctors and...
The Depressed Mother: A Practical Guide to Treatment and Support
Depression in new mothers is very common, but it is often not simply a case of "the baby blues". Most mothers are suffering from general depressive disorders related to their...
Mission Control: How Nonprofits and Governments Can Focus, Achieve
In the last ten years the number of nonprofits and social sector organizations has grown by almost 25 percent, while charitable giving declined 30 percent over the same period. As...
Living in Sin?
Is celibacy the only moral alternative to marriage Should the widowed be allowed to form intimate relationships without remarrying Should the church receive people who identify as LGBTQ into its...
Against All Odds: The beating heart of Centrecare
This is the history of Centrecare a social welfare agency which came into existence and succeeded against all odds. Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing nation, this book traces...
The Book About Getting Older: The essential comforting guide to ageing
We are all living for longer, but how do we or those we love do it well? Now more than ever, we need to talk about getting older. Many of...
An Angel In The Court: The Life Of Major Joyce Harmer
"Here was this angel in the court who seemed to appear out of nowhere. In fact she's quite an earthy creature, not some saintly type. She's defi nitely no shrinking...
Older Australians: A Positive View of Aging
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Aimed at nurses and health professionals training to care for Australia's growing aged population. This book does not attempt to proceed from a pathological interpretation of aging but rather views...
The Stranger in Room Six
A gripping and emotional suspense about family, legacy and secrets that span generations, from the Sunday Times bestselling author. You may not know the stranger in room six. But they...
Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition: One Man's Journey to Change
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With the first cup of tea, you are a stranger. With the second ...a friend. With the third cup of tea, you are family. One day Greg Mortenson set out...
Featherhood: 'Ranks among the best modern coming-of-age memoirs'
'Wonderful - I can't recommend it too highly' Helen Macdonald 'One of those rare, enchanted books' Isabella Tree 'Beautiful - it made me cry' Simon Amstell 'I was entranced' Cathy...
Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services - Notes of a Former
Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow , a former caseworker's searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system-from foster care to incarceration-that exposes the deep-rooted biases...
Catherine, the Princess of Wales: The Biography: THE INSTANT SUNDAY
DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND THE HEADLINES, THE REVELATORY ROYAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR From the Sunday Times bestselling author and Royal correspondent, Robert Jobson - with his extensive connections within...