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Applying Strengths-Based Approaches in Social Work

by Guy Shennan, Steve Myers, Lauren Bailey, Simone Fox, Mhairi Fleming, Anne Edmondson, Michaela Rogers, Jennifer Cooper, Emily Weygang, David Miiligan-Croft, Sarah Pollock, Alex Withers, Will Golden, Ursula Lane, Bryan Thornton, Kirsten Wildbore, Alicia Lee, Mel Davidson, Lynne Robinson, Mica Halstead, Stacey Davies, Amy Udall ...

This textbook offers students and practitioners an accessible introduction to strengths-based approaches in Social Work and Social Care practice. Covering the theory and research in support of these approaches, and packed full of case studies, the book will allow readers to develop a critical understanding of how strengths-based approaches work, and how they can be successfully applied in order to ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

This textbook offers students and practitioners an accessible introduction to strengths-based approaches in Social Work and Social Care practice. Covering the theory and research in support of these approaches, and packed full of case studies, the book will allow readers to develop a critical understanding of how strengths-based approaches work, and how they can be successfully applied in order to
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Night Train

by Martin Amis ...

Narrated by Kate Udall ...

Unabridged

5 hours

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Dazzling . . . Whistles into the police-procedural structure only to blow it to bits." —Wall Street JournalDetective Mike Hoolihan has seen it all. A fifteen-year veteran of the force, she's gone from walking a beat, to robbery, to homicide. But one case—this case—has gotten under her skin.When Jennifer Rockwell, darling of the community and daughter of a respected career cop ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Dazzling . . . Whistles into the police-procedural structure only to blow it to bits." —Wall Street JournalDetective Mike Hoolihan has seen it all. A fifteen-year veteran of the force, she's gone from walking a beat, to robbery, to homicide. But one case—this case—has gotten under her skin.When Jennifer Rockwell, darling of the community and daughter of a respected career cop
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Diagnosis Human

How Unlocking Hidden Relationship Patterns Can Transform and Heal Our Children, Our Partners, Ourselves

by Amy Begel, David V. Keith ...

Narrated by Kate Udall ...

Unabridged

10 hours 3 min

Diagnosis Human offers a compelling alternative to the biomedical model of mental health as it's been promoted over the last thirty years—a model which says that mental distress is a problem of chemical imbalance, or brain chemistry. Biological psychiatry focuses on quantifying the "illness" by an almost exclusive focus on symptoms. In this model, symptoms are never good. They are always seen as a ... Read more

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Diagnosis Human offers a compelling alternative to the biomedical model of mental health as it's been promoted over the last thirty years—a model which says that mental distress is a problem of chemical imbalance, or brain chemistry. Biological psychiatry focuses on quantifying the "illness" by an almost exclusive focus on symptoms. In this model, symptoms are never good. They are always seen as a
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With a Mighty Hand

The Story in the Torah

by Amy Ehrlich ...

Narrated by Kate Udall, Francis J Spieler ...

Unabridged

3 hours 57 min

For thousands of years, the stories contained within the Torah—the first five books of the Hebrew Bible—have been passed down, revered, studied, and wondered at. From Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood, and Abraham’s near-sacrifice of Isaac, through Jacob and his twelve sons, Joseph and his coat of many colors, and finally to Moses, who led his people out of slavery in Egypt and accepted God’s Ten ... Read more

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For thousands of years, the stories contained within the Torah—the first five books of the Hebrew Bible—have been passed down, revered, studied, and wondered at. From Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood, and Abraham’s near-sacrifice of Isaac, through Jacob and his twelve sons, Joseph and his coat of many colors, and finally to Moses, who led his people out of slavery in Egypt and accepted God’s Ten
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Prose & Cons

The English Language in Just A Minute

by Gyles Brandreth ...

Narrated by Gyles Brandreth ...

Unabridged

6 hours 36 min

Brought to you by Penguin.As fans of Just a Minute know, the key to the game is knowing your way around the English language: how it works, how it’s evolved, and how words connect, often in surprising ways. When it comes to the English language (and Just a Minute), Gyles Brandreth has seen it all – and now he’s ready to put you through your linguistic paces, to become a Just a Minute expert ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

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Brought to you by Penguin.As fans of Just a Minute know, the key to the game is knowing your way around the English language: how it works, how it’s evolved, and how words connect, often in surprising ways. When it comes to the English language (and Just a Minute), Gyles Brandreth has seen it all – and now he’s ready to put you through your linguistic paces, to become a Just a Minute expert
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A Short History of British Architecture

From Stonehenge to the Shard

by Simon Jenkins ...

Narrated by Simon Jenkins ...

Unabridged

9 hours 21 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The architecture of Britain is an art gallery all around us. From our streets to squares, through our cities, suburbs and villages, we are surrounded by magnificent buildings of eclectic styles. A Short History of British Architecture is the gripping and untold story of why Britain looks the way it does, from prehistoric Stonehenge to the lofty towers of today.Bestselling ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.The architecture of Britain is an art gallery all around us. From our streets to squares, through our cities, suburbs and villages, we are surrounded by magnificent buildings of eclectic styles. A Short History of British Architecture is the gripping and untold story of why Britain looks the way it does, from prehistoric Stonehenge to the lofty towers of today.Bestselling
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Tales from the Dancefloor

Manchester / The Warehouse Project / Parklife / Sankeys / The Haçienda

by Sacha Lord ...

Narrated by Sacha Lord ...

Unabridged

7 hours 10 min

The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Haçienda to The Warehouse Project.Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the heart of Manchester’s music culture with its most influential promoter.Over the past three decades, Sacha Lord has hosted countless iconic parties, booked legendary DJs, and shaped an underground scene ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

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The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Haçienda to The Warehouse Project.Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the heart of Manchester’s music culture with its most influential promoter.Over the past three decades, Sacha Lord has hosted countless iconic parties, booked legendary DJs, and shaped an underground scene
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Walk Me to the Distance

by Percival Everett ...

Narrated by Jared Zeus ...

Unabridged

6 hours 25 min

Haunting, provocative and bleakly funny, Walk Me to the Distance is Percival Everett's brilliant reexamination of the Western, and a laconic tragicomedy about what it takes to survive in the last days of a bygone big-sky country.In self-imposed exile after returning home from the war in Vietnam, David Larson meanders into the barren town of Slut's Hole, Wyoming, where a local widow takes him under ... Read more

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Haunting, provocative and bleakly funny, Walk Me to the Distance is Percival Everett's brilliant reexamination of the Western, and a laconic tragicomedy about what it takes to survive in the last days of a bygone big-sky country.In self-imposed exile after returning home from the war in Vietnam, David Larson meanders into the barren town of Slut's Hole, Wyoming, where a local widow takes him under
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'You have to read this book' MICK JAGGER

by Lorna Tucker ...

Narrated by Lorna Tucker ...

Unabridged

4 hours 25 min

I, Lorna Tucker, have lived a life that most of you can't even begin to imagine...The unflinching true story of one woman's fight to survive living on the streets of London - from Britain's most exciting filmmaker'You need to read this' MICK JAGGER'Truly changes your perception of what the words 'strength' and 'endurance' mean' CUBA GOODING JR'Heartbreaking and uplifting' KA... ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

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I, Lorna Tucker, have lived a life that most of you can't even begin to imagine...The unflinching true story of one woman's fight to survive living on the streets of London - from Britain's most exciting filmmaker'You need to read this' MICK JAGGER'Truly changes your perception of what the words 'strength' and 'endurance' mean' CUBA GOODING JR'Heartbreaking and uplifting' KA...
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Yesterday Will Make You Cry

by Chester Himes ...

Narrated by Ron Butler ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

From the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a masterful autobiographical novel about the injustices of the prison system and the humanity that flourishes despite itJimmy Monroe is serving a twenty-year sentence for robbery. Terror and chaos reign in the prison, where corrupt, racist guards mete out capricious punishments like time in "the hole," where inmates' sense of reality slips ... Read more

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From the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a masterful autobiographical novel about the injustices of the prison system and the humanity that flourishes despite itJimmy Monroe is serving a twenty-year sentence for robbery. Terror and chaos reign in the prison, where corrupt, racist guards mete out capricious punishments like time in "the hole," where inmates' sense of reality slips
... Read more
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Dead Babies

A Novel

by Martin Amis ...

Narrated by Wink Taylor ...

Unabridged

8 hours 5 min

Dead Babies, a hilarious Agatha Christie parody and Martin Amis’s second novel, was deemed his “most incendiary” (the BBC).Within the quiet walls of the Appleseed Rectory, a gorgeous five-bedroom, three-story home in rural England, anything goes: the drugs are consumed with gusto, the booze flows like water, and the sex is near constant and deliciously debauched.When six uppity twenty-somethings ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

Dead Babies, a hilarious Agatha Christie parody and Martin Amis’s second novel, was deemed his “most incendiary” (the BBC).Within the quiet walls of the Appleseed Rectory, a gorgeous five-bedroom, three-story home in rural England, anything goes: the drugs are consumed with gusto, the booze flows like water, and the sex is near constant and deliciously debauched.When six uppity twenty-somethings
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Mining Men

Britain’s Last Kings of the Coalface

by Emily P Webber ...

Narrated by Esme Patey Ford ...

Unabridged

8 hours 14 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The story of the last generation of British miners: fathers and sons, brothers and comrades, big hitters and broken men, strikers and scabs.Mining Men explores how these men felt when the pits were closed and what happened next, including former miners who became factory workers, detectives, driving instructors, counsellors, the local mayor and one who even ended up ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

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Brought to you by Penguin.The story of the last generation of British miners: fathers and sons, brothers and comrades, big hitters and broken men, strikers and scabs.Mining Men explores how these men felt when the pits were closed and what happened next, including former miners who became factory workers, detectives, driving instructors, counsellors, the local mayor and one who even ended up
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