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  • Unfaithful Angels

    How Social Work Has Abandoned its Mission

    by Harry Specht, Mark E. Courtney ...
    In this provocative examination of the fall of the profession of social work from its original mission to aid and serve the underprivileged, Harry Specht and Mark Courtney show how America's excessive trust in individualistic solutions to social problems have led to the abandonment of the poor in this country.A large proportion of all certified social workers today have left the social services to ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Residential Care of Children

    Comparative Perspectives

    Edited by Mark E. Courtney, Dorota Iwaniec ...
    For centuries, societies have relied upon residential care settings to provide homes for children, and for much of that period a debate has raged over whether such settings are appropriate places for children to be raised. In recent years this debate has taken on an international dimension as human rights policies have called into question the legitimacy of residential care of children. ... Read more

    $62.09 USD

  • From Child Abuse to Foster Care

    Child Welfare Services Pathways and Placements

    by Richard P. Barth, Mark E. Courtney, Jill Duerr Berrick, Vicky N. Albert ...
    More than two million child abuse reports are filed annually on behalf of children in the United States. Each of the reported children becomes a concern, at least temporarily, of the professional who files the report, and each family is assessed by additional professionals. A substantial number of children in these families will subsequently enter foster care. Until now, the relationships between ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Youth

    Developing Evidence-Based International Practice

    by Hans Grietens, Erik Knorth, Richard Barth, Megan Cummings, Mike Stein, Mark Courtney, Christopher Bellonci, Ronald Thompson, Charles Izzo, Amaia Bravo, Patricia McNamara, Sigrid James, James Anglin, Susan Ramsey, Frank Ainsworth, Annemiek Harder, June Thoburn, Turf Jakobsen, Nathanael Okpych, Bethany Lee, Iriana Santos, Martha Holden, Daniel Daly, Ana Sainero, Michael Nunno, Anat Zeira, Mette Lausten, Nicole Obeid, Lauren Schmidt, Richard Small, John Lyons ...
    Series series Child Welfare Outcomes
    Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth takes a fresh look at therapeutic residential care as a powerful intervention in working with the most troubled children who need intensive support.Featuring contributions from distinguished international contributors, it critically examines current research and innovative practice and addresses the key questions: how does it work, what are its ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Atlas of Surgical Techniques for Colon, Rectum and Anus E-Book

    (A Volume in the Surgical Techniques Atlas Series)

    by James W. Fleshman, Elisa H Birnbaum, Steven R Hunt, Matthew G Mutch, Ira J Kodner, Bashar Safar, Courtney M. Townsend, B. Mark Evers ...
    Master the full range of colorectal procedures performed today with Atlas of Surgical Techniques for the Colon, Rectum, and Anus. In this volume in the Surgical Techniques Atlas Series, top authorities provide expert, step-by-step guidance on surgery of the large bowel, rectum, and anus - including both open and closed approaches for many procedures - to help you expand your repertoire and hone ... Read more

    $197.99 USD

  • Guns 360

    Differing Perspectives and Common-Sense Approaches to Firearms in America

    by Eric S. See, Christopher M. Bellas, Sarah A. See, Josiah R. Baker, Joseph Binns, Kayla Birmingham, Mikaela Brosh, Christopher Lee Cronin0, Matthew Dobra1, Steve Downs2, Michelle L. Foster3, Mark Kline4, Paul Knudson5, Sabrina Koncaba6, Haley Lapcevich7, J. Scott Lewis8, Bertha Llamas9, Lisa G. Long0, David A. Mackey1, Monica Merrill2, Amanda Moreschi3, Deborah Morris4, Courtney Platt5, Michael Potts6, Mark R. Regensburger7, Justin Shaughnessy8, Nicole A. Shoenberger9, Jason Simon0, Kevin Swift1, Robert Szewczyk2, Dan Trigoboff3, Mark Vecellio4, Karla Weinbrenner5, Mary G. Wilson6, David Wulff7, Madeline Yeung8 ...
    Guns 360 takes a comprehensive and common-sense approach to some of the most difficult issues facing not only the criminal justice system but also society as a whole: firearm possession, regulation, and control. Issues related to firearms cut across all dimensions of society and are a concern to everyone from the members of the general public, law enforcement, academics, politicians, public health ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood

    International Research and Practice

    by Roxana Anghel, Rami Benbenishty, Judy Cashmore, Renate Stohler, Jan Storo, David Vincent, Jim Wade, Wolfgang Schröer, Maren Zeller, Harriet Ward, Phillip Mendes, John Pinkerton, Erik Knorth, Stefan Köngeter, Rawan Ibrahim, Thomas Gabriel, Robbie Gilligan, Maria Herczog, Ingrid Hojer, Mark Courtney, Robert Flynn, Gabriela Dima, Annick Dumaret, Jorge Fernandez del del Valle ...
    Series series Child Welfare Outcomes
    The transition from care into adulthood is a difficult step for any young person, but young people leaving care have a high risk of social exclusion, both in terms of material disadvantage and marginalisation.In Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood leading academics gather together the latest international research relating to the transition of young people leaving care, outlining and ... Read more

    $86.09 USD

  • Children in State Care

    by June Thoburn ...
    Series series The Library of Essays in Child Welfare and Development
    This volume brings together a selection of the most influential and informative English language refereed journal articles on children in out-of-home care, their birth relatives and carers. The articles, which include empirical research and critiques of policy and practice, are mainly from the UK and USA, but include some coverage of child placement policy and practice in Australia and mainland ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Buddhist Tourism in Asia

    by Mark Michael Rowe, David Geary, John Marston, John N. Miksic, Matthew Steven Mitchell, Brian J. Nichols, Ian Reader, Justin R. Ritzinger, Matthew J. Trew, Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg ...
    Series series Contemporary Buddhism
    This innovative collaborative work—the first to focus on Buddhist tourism—explores how Buddhists, government organizations, business corporations, and individuals in Asia participate in re-imaginings of Buddhism through tourism. Contributors from religious studies, anthropology, and art history examine sacred places and religious monuments as they have been shaped and reshaped by socioeconomic and ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • American Parishes

    Remaking Local Catholicism

    by Tricia C. Bruce, Brian Starks, Nancy Ammerman, Mary Jo Bane, John A. Coleman, S.J., Kathleen Garces-Foley, Mark M. Gray, Brett Hoover, Courtney Irby0, Tia Noelle Pratt1, Gary J. Adler Jr.3 ...
    Series series Catholic Practice in North America
    Parishes are the missing middle in studies of American Catholicism. Between individual Catholics and a global institution, the thousands of local parishes are where Catholicism gets remade. American Parishes showcases what social forces shape parishes, what parishes do, how they do it, and what this says about the future of Catholicism in the United States. Expounding an embedded field approach, ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Welles, Kurosawa, Kozintsev, Zeffirelli

    Great Shakespeareans: Volume XVII

    by Professor Mark Thornton Burnett, Dr Courtney Lehmann, Marguerite Rippy, Dr Ramona Wray ...
    Series series Great Shakespeareans
    Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally.In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution of Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, Grigori Kozintsev and Franco Zeffirelli to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Legacy of Cain (UNABRIDGED)

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    by Wilkie COLLINS ...
    Narrated by Mark Guevara, Alissa Petersen, Sabina Wilkerson, Courtney Gaytan ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 16 min

    Eunice and Helena are sisters brought up by their father, the Reverend Abel Gracedieu. They grow up quietly and happily, until some dark secrets about their past come to light. One of the daughters is adopted: her mother was executed for murdering her husband. When the murdered husband's mistress and brother both enter the picture, a series of events is set into motion to finally reveal the truth. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD