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Social Services & Welfare, Criminology
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In Harm’s Way : The Memoir of a Child Protection Lawyer€14.99When the system fails the parents, how can it protect the children? Welcome to the secretive world of the Family Court. What's it like to act for a father who has recently overcome his drug problem but risks losing his beloved son to foster care?
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The Empathy Fix : Why Poverty Persists and How to Change it€23.99Poverty is bad for everyone. Being at the sharp end of disadvantage is shameful, reduces brainpower, and hampers positive action. It increases crime, burdens healthcare systems and raises taxpayers' bills.
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Eight Weeks : Looking Back, Moving Forwards, Defying the Odds€24.99Eight Weeks is a deeply moving and inspiring memoir that tells the remarkable life story of Baroness Young of Hornsey, from her childhood in foster care, to becoming one of the first Black women in the House of Lords.
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Social Care Practice Placement: an Essential Guide€36.99An essential guide for social care students, placement supervisors/educators and lecturers engaged in practice placement; from initial preparation through to engagement in learning from practice.
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Work Out Your Salvation : A Theology of Markets and Moral Formation€45.00In Work Out Your Salvation, D. Glenn Butner Jr. demonstrates that participation in markets forms our moral character, perceptions, actions, and ideas. Drawing on experimental economics and moral theology, he argues that the nature of such formation varies based on the design of the market and our interactions within it.
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Poverty, by America€12.99The United States is the richest country on earth, yet has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. One in seven Americans live below the poverty line, a line which hasn't shifted over the last fifty years, despite the efforts of successive governments.
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The Trading Game : A Confession (Hardback)€33.00An outrageous, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating world - from someone who survived the trading game and then blew it all wide open, 'If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around?'
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The Bill Gates Problem : Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire€20.99You know him as the founder of Microsoft; the philanthropic, kind-hearted billionaire who has donated endless funds to good causes around the world. But there's another side to Bill Gates.
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Cobalt Red : How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives€29.99Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever expose of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has traveled deep into cobalt territory to document the testimonies of the people living, working, and dying for cobalt.
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Truth and Repair : How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice€22.99Part manifesto, part exploration of what justice truly means for survivors of trauma and abuse, Judith Herman forces us to reconsider our perspective on victims, revealing uncomfortable truths about our justice systems and proposing new ways to implement justice.
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In Defence of Witches : Why women are still on trial€14.99Renowned journalist Mona Chollet recasts the witch as a powerful role model: an emblem of strength, free to exist beyond the narrow limits society imposes on women.
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Trauma and Recovery : The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror€24.99Part manifesto, part exploration of what justice truly means for survivors of trauma and abuse, Judith Herman forces us to reconsider our perspective on victims, revealing uncomfortable truths about our justice systems and proposing new ways to implement justice.
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Eichmann in Jerusalem : A Report on the Banality of Evil€15.99The classic work on 'the banality of evil', and a journalistic masterpiece. Hannah Arendt's stunning and unnverving report on the trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in the New Yorker in 1963.
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Child Health and Well-being (0-6 years)€28.99Comprehensive introduction to all key concepts and practices required for the care, well-being, safety and health of children aged 0–6 years in ELC settings in Ireland.
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Connecting with Young People in Trouble : Risk, Relationships and Lived Experience€24.99This powerful critique of youth justice based on lived experience, theory and practice looks at the topic through a refreshing new lens, suggesting that some existing ways of dealing with children and young people may do more harm than good.
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COVID-19 : The Greatest Cover-Up in History-From Wuhan to the White House€22.99In the final days of 2019, a new and deadly virus was quietly spreading through the city of Wuhan, China. Within six months it would kill half a million people worldwide, infect a further 10 million, and change the way all of us live, work and play forever.
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Down and Out in Paris and London€4.99HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
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From Burned Out to Beloved : Soul Care for Wounded Healers€14.50As a social worker, jail chaplain, and justice advocate, Bethany Dearborn Hiser pushed herself to the brink of burnout--and then kept going.
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Essential Safety and Health at Work in Healthcare€25.99This book interprets the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 for the healthcare sector in Ireland. It details the rights and responsibilities of both employer and employees in providing a safe and healthy work environment.
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Neuroscience: Exploring The Brain, Enhanced Edition€136.99Acclaimed for its clear, friendly style, excellent illustrations, leading author team, and compelling theme of exploration, Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, 4e takes a fresh, contemporary approach to the study of neuroscience, emphasizing the biological basis of behavior.