Lorraine: 728 books

Around three quarters of people who turn to adoption do so because of infertility and those working in this field need information, guidance and support to assist them in the process of adoption to support the adopters and to deal with any issues that may result from infertility. Adopting after...

Contemporary social work cannot be understood without an appreciation of the broader context of social policy in which it takes place. Such an understanding is increasingly important as social workers are expected to work across institutional, professional and even national boundaries in new ways...

More than half of the global and around eighty per cent of the western population grow up in cities. Here, Horschelmann and van Blerk provide a vivid picture of children and youths in the city, how they make sense of it and how they appropriate it through their social actions. Considering the...

Learning to Rival tells the inside story of college and high school writers learning to "rival"--to actively seek rival hypotheses and negotiate alternative perspectives on charged questions. It shows how this interdisciplinary literate practice alters with the context of use and how, in learning...

Violence against women is a pervasive problem in society and responding appropriately to those who experience it and those who perpetrate it is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professions today. This volume seeks to address issues surrounding violence against women...

The land now called Concord was originally inhabited by the Abenaki people and the Penacook tribe. Concord's first settlers, such as Ebenezer Eastman, began laying out the Plantation of Penacook, as it was known in 1725, along the fertile fields of the Merrimack River. It was incorporated in 1734...

"Te busqué en aquel bar, te busqué entre la gente, porque no podía dejar que aquella noche entre nosotros se convirtiese solo en un recuerdo". Después de una noche apasionada nada más conocerse, Adele y Mark continúan con sus vidas, ella en Nueva York y él en Los Ángeles,...

Twenty five year old Cassie Foster grew up knowing that someday she would inherit her grandparents fifteen hundred acre ranch, and that they expected her to carry on with its legacy. But, her staying on the ranch wasnt part of the plans that her high school sweetheart, Ethan King, had in mind for...

Verbier. Exclusive Swiss ski resort and the winter playground of the rich and famous = every chalet girl’s dream! Good for: Maximum time on the ski slopes – and in the bars at night! Looking for flings – or looking for rings! Super hot snowboarders such as Luxury Chalet Experiences owner Scott...

El vizconde Locksley había visto cómo se cumplía la premisa en el caso de su padre, tras la muerte de su adorada esposa. Pero cuando su progenitor decidió desposar a la cazafortunas de cabellos de fuego Portia Gadstone, Locke se sintió obligado a tomar medidas drásticas para impedir que esa...

Una noche de verano, años atrás, Edward Alcott había cedido a la tentación de besar a lady Julia Kenney en un jardín oscuro. Después de que la dama se hubiera casado con el hermano gemelo de Edward, el conde de Greyling, esa pasión que ella había despertado en él debía permanecer...

Segundo libro de la serie Amor en cadena. Andy regresa de su viaje a Texas para incorporarse a su trabajo después de las vacaciones. Pero algo ha cambiado. El anciano Cox ha relegado la dirección de la empresa en las manos de su aventurero nieto. Daniel trae consigo ideas innovadoras que pondrán...

In Florence, jewel city of the Renaissance, a premeditated murder unexpectedly opens the door to the rise of Rene Bianco, a man capable of both cruelty and creative genius. His inclusion as part of the retinue of Catherine de Medici propels him into the highest levels of the French royal court. As the...

This book is dedicated to all abused women. Who are trapped in relationships? Where circumstances tend to overcrowd their judgments? The emotional trauma is true and is fused in with fiction to give the reader a gripping story. Trapped in an emotional and physically abused marriage, Abella has a brief...