Wilding: 60 books

This thematically structured text offers an ideal introduction to the positive and negative effects of globalization on human welfare in industrial and developing societies. It documents the effects of globalization on economic growth, income distribution, poverty, education, health, social care and...

When Brooke Hastings and her new husband, Doctor Jason d'Winters, stop off at the small town of Bindi Creek - they have no idea that the small township will end up having such a dramatic impact on their lives. Lured by the peaceful town and its need for a doctor, the young family decide to settle...

Available for the first time as an ebook from the bestselling My Story series, TO KILL A QUEEN is set in the 1580s. In Elizabethan London, a wild plot is aflame. The Queen is in danger, and Kitty is embroiled in a mass of secrets, spies and betrayals...

The gripping true story of a plucky princess and her wartime romance! In 1939, on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. When war breaks out across Europe, Philip is sent to serve in the Navy. Meanwhile Elizabeth convinces her father, the...

The volume examines the risks and opportunities of a digital society characterized by the increasing importance of knowledge and by the incessant rise and pervasiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs). At a global level, the pivotal role of ICTs has made it necessary to rethink...

The favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro provide an ideal case study since they are renowned for high levels of police and gang violence resulting in high death rates among young black men, causing both outrage and fear. This book foregrounds women's experiences and how different forms of violence overlap and reinforce one another.

A TOOLKIT FOR IMPROVING YOUR SELF ESTEEM WITH CBT Healthy self esteem does not mean thinking you are the best at everything - it means being comfortable with yourself even when you are not. It is accepting yourself, with all your strengths and weaknesses, while still taking opportunities for...

This study guide will help education students to locate, evaluate and make effective use of information, from what appears to be a growing and bewildering variety of sources. Both in and out of university, students are faced with increasingly diverse information choices. This book presents a practical...

*‘Don’t mention it to anyone. Not that we are going to do anything. But don’t mention it anyway.’ Tim and Angela are on the edge of something irrevocable. A stranger’s accusation of infidelity has turned their perfect urban dream into a nightmare. Now, every corner of their inner-city...

Is someone or something trying to drive Jessica Pearce insane? Could it be the hereditary factor of insanity in her family tree? Is it Simon, her doctor husband? Or is something darker and more sinister happening to her on Norfolk Island?Jessica Pearce is a successful Perth barrister, until she suffers...

From the author of the bestselling Heart of the Outback and turn Left at Bindi Creek. After her mother's death, Rani Ashiramsi must leave her home in Bombay and join her father in the African village of Saringal. there she loses her heart to sugar cane plantation manager Willem Dewar - but Willem...

As Laura Beaumont struggles with the loss of love, her other life's passion comes under threat... Someone is trying to sabotage Ashworths, the exclusive department store set up by Laura Beaumont. Is the company about to be taken over? the timing is bad for the Beaumont family because Laura's health...

Is your stress threatening to take over your life? 'Beat Stress with CBT' is a clear, hands-on, practical guide to dealing with stress in every situation. It uses an effective, drug-free approach - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - that will give you lasting support and solutions to your stress. Using...

This book examines the nature and causal antecedents of superior memory performance. The main theme is that such performance may depend on either specific memory techniques or natural superiority in the efficiency of one or more memory processes. Chapter 2 surveys current views about the structure...