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Prisoners' Work and Vocational Training

by Frances H. Simon ...

Most prisoners in the UK are required to work. Yet prison work is a relatively neglected subject in the existing literature on imprisonment and few studies have focused on the nature of prison work, prisoners' experience of it, and the extent to which it meets the need of rehabilitating prisoners.Prisoners' Work and Vocational Training sheds new light on this crucial area in the work of prisons ... Read more

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Most prisoners in the UK are required to work. Yet prison work is a relatively neglected subject in the existing literature on imprisonment and few studies have focused on the nature of prison work, prisoners' experience of it, and the extent to which it meets the need of rehabilitating prisoners.Prisoners' Work and Vocational Training sheds new light on this crucial area in the work of prisons
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Dark Wine Waters

My Husband of a Thousand Joys and Sorrows

by Frances Simone ...

Puts the focus on the disease of addiction without blame or shame for either the addict or the codependent.Lyrical, uplifting prose style.A message of hope emerges from the tale of suicidal despair.Engrossing storytelling. ... Read more

$16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Puts the focus on the disease of addiction without blame or shame for either the addict or the codependent.Lyrical, uplifting prose style.A message of hope emerges from the tale of suicidal despair.Engrossing storytelling.
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Youth Work, Music Production and Measurement

Edited by Frances Howard, Brian McShane, Simon Glenister ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This book focuses on how youth work and music is measured and valued. The collection explores the landscape of youth work and music, music production and young people’s identities, and the opportunities and constraints within the measurement of these kinds of programmes. In addition, it analyses the impact of music-making on young people’s wellbeing, the criminalisation of minoritized groups of ... Read more

$166.99 CAD

This book focuses on how youth work and music is measured and valued. The collection explores the landscape of youth work and music, music production and young people’s identities, and the opportunities and constraints within the measurement of these kinds of programmes. In addition, it analyses the impact of music-making on young people’s wellbeing, the criminalisation of minoritized groups of
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Unemployment, Crime, and Offenders

by Iain Crow, Paul Richardson, Carol Riddington, Frances Simon ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Work & Society
The preoccupation with the unemployment-crime link has meant that a number of other concerns about the way that unemployment affects the criminal justice system, and ways of dealing with offenders, have been largely ignored. This book, originally published in 1989, brings together research from a variety of sources relating to unemployment. This research provides much information on the practical, ... Read more

$63.20 CAD

The preoccupation with the unemployment-crime link has meant that a number of other concerns about the way that unemployment affects the criminal justice system, and ways of dealing with offenders, have been largely ignored. This book, originally published in 1989, brings together research from a variety of sources relating to unemployment. This research provides much information on the practical,
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Adapting Chekhov in the 21st Century

Seven Contemporary Plays

by RashDash, Pan Pan Theatre, Bonnie Greer, Dead Centre, Anton Chekhov, Inua Ellams, MR Vinay Patel, Simon Stephens ...

Series series Methuen Drama Play Collections
Rediscover Anton Chekhov's acclaimed works in radical, creative new ways.The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard: Chekhov's major plays have been perennially popular since the late 19th century. But, as a new wave of diverse, contemporary theatre makers engage with his legendary works, these classics are transformed and reimagined by bold new approaches. In doing so, Chekhov ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

Rediscover Anton Chekhov's acclaimed works in radical, creative new ways.The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard: Chekhov's major plays have been perennially popular since the late 19th century. But, as a new wave of diverse, contemporary theatre makers engage with his legendary works, these classics are transformed and reimagined by bold new approaches. In doing so, Chekhov
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Impossible City

Paris in the Twenty-First Century

by Simon Kuper ...

Narrated by Tim Frances ...

Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

An entertaining and openhearted tale of a naïf eventually getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and often cruel society - at least a little.When Simon Kuper left London for Paris in his early thirties, he wasn't planning to make a permanent move. Paris, however, had otherplans. Kuper has grown middle-aged there, eaten the croissants, seen his American wife through life-threatening ... Read more

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An entertaining and openhearted tale of a naïf eventually getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and often cruel society - at least a little.When Simon Kuper left London for Paris in his early thirties, he wasn't planning to make a permanent move. Paris, however, had otherplans. Kuper has grown middle-aged there, eaten the croissants, seen his American wife through life-threatening
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The Patron Saint of Second Chances

A Novel

by Christine Simon ...

Narrated by Tim Frances ...

Unabridged

7 hours 54 min

SELECTED FOR THE RUSA 2023 LISTEN LIST FOR OUTSTANDING AUDIOBOOK NARRATION!The self-appointed mayor of a tiny Italian village is determined to save his hometown no matter the cost in this “charming farce that highlights the triumph of hope and community” (People).Vacuum repairman and self-appointed mayor of Prometto, Italy (population 212) Signor Speranza has a problem: unless he can come up with ... Read more

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SELECTED FOR THE RUSA 2023 LISTEN LIST FOR OUTSTANDING AUDIOBOOK NARRATION!The self-appointed mayor of a tiny Italian village is determined to save his hometown no matter the cost in this “charming farce that highlights the triumph of hope and community” (People).Vacuum repairman and self-appointed mayor of Prometto, Italy (population 212) Signor Speranza has a problem: unless he can come up with
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That'll Teach Her

One dead headmistress. Four suspects. Only the parents’ chat group can solve the crime...

by Maz Evans ...

Narrated by Maz Evans, Fiona Sheehan, Hollie Taylor, Justin Avoth, Kat Kumar, Simon Harvey, Frances Wilding, Phillipe Bosher, Angus King ...

Unabridged

11 hours 52 min

'Fabulous' JANICE HALLETT'Great fun...clever and wickedly funny' THE SUN'Deliciously funny' MARTINA COLEA headmistress is dead. The circumstances are suspicious.And as every parent knows, being on the school group chat can be murder...As educators go, Claudia Stitchwell makes Miss Hannigan look like Miss Honey.But when the reviled headteacher drops dead in the sc... ... Read more

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'Fabulous' JANICE HALLETT'Great fun...clever and wickedly funny' THE SUN'Deliciously funny' MARTINA COLEA headmistress is dead. The circumstances are suspicious.And as every parent knows, being on the school group chat can be murder...As educators go, Claudia Stitchwell makes Miss Hannigan look like Miss Honey.But when the reviled headteacher drops dead in the sc...
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Murder at the Palace

A witty and compelling locked room mystery

by N. R. Daws ...

Narrated by Penelope McDonald ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Royal Housekeeper Mysteries
Unabridged

9 hours 27 min

*A mind-boggling locked door mystery written in collaboration with the Historic Royal Palaces*'Love, Love, Love! I absolutely devoured this book... The ultimate locked room mystery' READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐When one of the ladies in residence at Hampton Court Palace fails to answer her maid's call in the morning, Mrs Lydia Bramble, palace housekeeper, is called in to investigate.What Mrs Bramble finds ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

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*A mind-boggling locked door mystery written in collaboration with the Historic Royal Palaces*'Love, Love, Love! I absolutely devoured this book... The ultimate locked room mystery' READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐When one of the ladies in residence at Hampton Court Palace fails to answer her maid's call in the morning, Mrs Lydia Bramble, palace housekeeper, is called in to investigate.What Mrs Bramble finds
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The Six Murders of Daphne St Clair

a darkly witty and unputdownable debut thriller to keep you hooked in 2026

by MacKenzie Common ...

Narrated by Ebony Jonelle, Jenny Lee, Alexa Allen-Batifoulier, Anne Perry, Calah Singleton, Dan Harasemchuk ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

Readers are loving Daphne St Clair:'I couldn't put this book down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A fresh and witty take on the whodunnit' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I was drawn in from the first few pages and couldn't put it down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'The author's wry voice sings through this modern and feminist murder mystery' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐Meet Daphne St Clair:✅ Glamorous ninety-year-old grandmother✅ Care home resident<br /... ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

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Readers are loving Daphne St Clair:'I couldn't put this book down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A fresh and witty take on the whodunnit' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I was drawn in from the first few pages and couldn't put it down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'The author's wry voice sings through this modern and feminist murder mystery' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐Meet Daphne St Clair:✅ Glamorous ninety-year-old grandmother✅ Care home resident<br /...
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Julie Tudor Is Not a Psychopath

A Novel

by Jennifer Holdich ...

Narrated by Clare Corbett ...

Unabridged

8 hours 52 min

Julie Tudor is not a psychopath.Julie Tudor is forty-nine and has it all: a fantastic job (well-maintained spreadsheets are the lynchpin of an efficient office), a beautiful house (some may wonder how she got the money for it, but nothing has been proved), and the man of her dreams.Julie Tudor is not a stalker.Sean is twenty-five and the love of Julie's life. The only problem is, he thinks he's in ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Julie Tudor is not a psychopath.Julie Tudor is forty-nine and has it all: a fantastic job (well-maintained spreadsheets are the lynchpin of an efficient office), a beautiful house (some may wonder how she got the money for it, but nothing has been proved), and the man of her dreams.Julie Tudor is not a stalker.Sean is twenty-five and the love of Julie's life. The only problem is, he thinks he's in
... Read more
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A Murder for Miss Hortense

A Mystery

by Mel Pennant ...

Narrated by Debra Michaels ...

Unabridged

11 hours 45 min

“A beautiful novel, suffused with fondness and wit. . . . A real triumph!”—Alexander McCall SmithRetired nurse, avid gardener, and renowned cake maker Miss Hortense has lived in Bigglesweigh, a quiet suburb of Birmingham, England, since she emigrated from Jamaica in 1960. She takes great pride in her home, starching her lace curtains bright white, and she can tell if she’s being shortchanged on ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

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“A beautiful novel, suffused with fondness and wit. . . . A real triumph!”—Alexander McCall SmithRetired nurse, avid gardener, and renowned cake maker Miss Hortense has lived in Bigglesweigh, a quiet suburb of Birmingham, England, since she emigrated from Jamaica in 1960. She takes great pride in her home, starching her lace curtains bright white, and she can tell if she’s being shortchanged on
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