Parrott: 96 books

Direct connection with students’ unique identities is the key to teaching them. Every student possesses a distinct combination of strengths and insecurities that will not respond to a one-size-fits-all teaching method. Reach Before You Teach shows educators how to form the nurturing, individualized...

It is difficult to accurately describe what lies within except to say it is borne from a sometimes thoughtful, sometimes reckless, often illogical, but always imaginative, mind. The collective came into being one dreary, wet day when, bored with the thought of housework I cobbled together a raft of...

In the late sixteenth century, Spanish explorers described encounters with North American people they called "Jumanos." Although widespread contact with Jumanos is evident in accounts of exploration and colonization in New Mexico, Texas, and adjacent regions, their scattered distribution and scant documentation...

Here is a collection of capsulelike messages for those living under the pressures of the city, job, and schedules.

Psychiatry in Prisons provides a comprehensive overview of the history, problems and development of psychiatric health care in prisons, focusing particularly on the UK. The contributors tackle a broad range of issues, from familiar mental health issues such as substance misuse, self-injury and health...

This book examines key sociological theories that have contributed to the understanding of the nature of social work, its organisation and delivery. It provides key sociological concepts and theories to help student social workers better understand the nature of their work and the social and political...

Helen thought her life was complete with Brad and her children until she received a phone call from Brent, telling her Brad has been lying and deceiving her for months. Helen needed proof, which she got, and she kicked Brad to the curb. Brad went straight to Vicki, thinking he was the only one in...

Applying values and ethics to social work practice is taught widely across the qualifying degree programme, on both Masters and BA courses. This book is a clear introduction to this subject and will help students develop their understanding by showing social work students how ethics can have positive...

Donna Gordon grew up devoted to the Catholic faith. In her teen years, with an unwavering love for her religion, Donna entered the Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Kedron, Brisbane, where she trained as a postulant and later as a novice nun. In 1969, after nearly three years,...

LO QUE DICEN LOS EXPERTOS SOBRE:ASEGURE EL ÉXITO EN SU MATRIMONIO ANTES DE CASARSE¡Por fin un programa de preparación comprensivo para el matrimonio de la pareja actual!¿Está cansado de los libros para matrimonios que suenan como escritos hace treinta años? ¿Quiere consejos verdaderos, honestos,...

With lengthy waiting lists, reduced resources and demands for more clearly defined performance outcomes, more and more counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists are finding themselves under pressure to provide short-term treatment for their patients. In this book the authors argue that to work...

The raw and confronting journey of truth, hostility and isolation. Donna was a woman of devout Catholic faith so strong she committed three years to life as a nun. With a supportive family, a nursing career, a thirteen year marriage and a loving mother to five children; she had all she wanted....