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Catherine Booth's achievements--as a revivalist, social reformer, champion of women's rights, and, with her husband William Booth, co-founder of The Salvation Army--were widely recognized in her lifetime. However, Catherine Booth's life and work has since been largely neglected. This neglect has extended...

Learn effective PTSD group treatment The awareness of psychological trauma has grown exponentially in the past decade, and clinicians in many areas have increasingly found themselves confronted with the need to provide trauma-related services to clients. Still, there remains a serious lack...

Over 60 million psychiatric drugs are prescribed in England every year. This lively and provocative overview provides the most complete examination to date of the lived experience of taking psychiatric drugs. The book examines the consequences of long-term psychiatric drug use from the perspectives...

Woodland habitats explores the history and ecology of British woodland and explains why they a re such a valuable resource. It examines the wide range of different types of woodland habitats and the typical species that live within them. It offers a practical guide to all the key woodland issues including:...

The mission of the International Tarts Society is to prevent world leaders from declaring war by distracting them with the delights of sex. Although they work as office assistants during the day, at night the Tarts’ assistance becomes quite personal. Carmela Sandoval, twenty-two, accepts the most...

An intensely moving, frequently shocking account of a child's life in an adult mental hospital.

After 25 years of marriage Stella has adapted her life satisfactorily around her husband's workaholic hours and his apparent disinterest in herself and their son. Until.....one day her world comes crashing down when he's forced to reveal that he's borrowed large sums of money, supposedly for his business,...

La vita ha l’abitudine di farci trovare sulla strada degli ostacoli, ma per una buona ragione: nascono per sfidare chi è scoraggiato, o per dissuadere i pigri. In ogni caso, quando ti imbatti in una città che le guide turistiche hanno ignorato, ti trovi a dover scegliere tra il proseguire...

When strange late-night letters start arriving at home, Emily's parents set off to investigate. But when her parents disappear completely and Emily is left home alone to face the weird strangers that begin to appear at her door, she takes all of the clues at her disposal and makes for the place where...

Field research - leaving one's home institution in order to acquire data, information or insights that significantly inform one's research - remains indispensable, even in a digitally networked era. This book, the first of its kind in political science, reconsiders the design and execution of field...

WINNER OF THE 2013 VIVA LA NOVELLA PRIZE When Jessica, a recently divorced mental-health carer, meets her new patient, Eloise, their lives quickly become entangled. The boundaries of their roles begin to dissolve and questions from the past are uncovered, revealing the fractured histories that brought...

This is a revision of the Handbook of Online Learning. It is a comprehensive reference text for teachers and administrators of online courses and programs. It presents a discussion of the conceptual and theoretical foundations of online learning along with an exploration of practical implementation...

Miguel has sold his truck and bought a mule. Everyone in the village believes he is crazy, but Miguel follows a wisdom far greater than those that mock him. Miguel's neighbours, his dog and the strange neighbour with the burnt trees are about to learn the benefits of going slow. This short...

2nd Edition: Now with Added Doctor's Travel Notes, extended Editor's comments, more illustrations, and (with 2019 paperback) QR-coded Future-proofed Glossary. Internationally renowned journalist, Gerald Greene, postpones his imminent retirement in order to complete One Last Thing: Travel back...