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by Matt Delito
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Thieving ninjas, racist fast-food patrons, road traffic accidents, mischievous shoplifters, sudden deaths, car chases, and domestic violence – it’s all in a day’s work for London-based PC Matt Delito. Working at the front-line on the streets of London can be thrilling, frightening, rewarding,...
Welcome to the Jilted Generation
Young Britain in 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
This the 44-page Preface to the 2013 edition of Ed Howker and Shiv Malik's Jilted Generation: How Britain Bankrupted Its Youth. In 2010, 'Jilted Generation: How Britain Bankrupted It's Youth' revealed the plight of Britain's youngest adults for the first time while a new coalition government set out...
There's a Sucker Born Every Minute
A Revelation of Audacious Frauds, Scams, and Cons -- How toSpot Them, How to Sto p Them
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
One in nine Americans will lose money as a victim of fraud
• Every man and woman in the country (and every child with an email address) will be targeted by professional fraudsters-multiple times.
• Seven out of every eight frauds go unreported.
• Most fraudsters will get away with their...
The Work Versus Welfare Trade-off: 2018
An Analysis of the Total Level of Welfare Benefits by State
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
In 1995, the Cato Institute published a groundbreaking study, The Work Versus Welfare Trade-Off, which estimated the value of the full package of welfare benefits available to a typical recipient in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. It found that not only did the value of such benefits...
A Mighty Purpose
How Jim Grant Sold the World on Saving Its Children
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
The inspiring story of how the iconoclastic humanitarian Jim Grant succeeded in saving the lives of tens of millions of children through his extraordinary ability to win over world leaders
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Nicholas Kristof hailed Jim Grant as a man who “probably saved more lives than were destroyed by Hitler,...
by Shane Dunphy
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2007
In three amazing stories childcare worker Shane Dunphy reveals a world of hidden heartbreak and survival against the odds.
When Shane meets her, Gillian is starving herself to death and in thrall to a mother more interested in abusing and manipulating her daughter than cherishing and protecting...
by Virgie Tovar
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2018
Growing up as a fat girl, Virgie Tovar believed that her body was something to be fixed. But after two decades of dieting and constant guilt, she was over it - and gave herself the freedom to trust her own body again. Ever since, she's been helping others to do the same. Tovar is hungry for a world...
by Mark Davis
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
During the eighteenth century the plight of those considered insane was dismal. Many were locked up in madhouses or chained in the workhouse, their illnesses ignored. It was only with the advent of the Industrial Revolution that reform came into place. Within the West Riding of Yorkshire the first...
The Adopted Child
Family Life with Double Parenthood
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
This exploration of the experiences of adopting parents and children offers unusual insight into adoption's complexity and its profound impact on family life. Based on the author's research in Germany, where she lived and taught, The Adopted Child has a great deal to say about child rearing and identity,...
Making Volunteers
Civic Life after Welfare's End
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Volunteering improves inner character, builds community, cures poverty, and prevents crime. We've all heard this kind of empowerment talk from nonprofit and government-sponsored civic programs. But what do these programs really accomplish? In Making Volunteers, Nina Eliasoph offers an in-depth, humorous,...
by Shane Dunphy
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2008
Three heart-stopping stories of children trapped by their parents' pasts ...
Craig, the little boy who can't speak English, isn't allowed to use his real name and hides food around his playschool, afraid he'll be hungry again. His parents are trying to make a fresh start, but their gangland...
Remedy and Reaction
The Peculiar American Struggle over Health Care Reform, Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
In no other country has health care served as such a volatile flashpoint of ideological conflict. America has endured a century of rancorous debate on health insurance, and despite the passage of legislation in 2010, the battle is not yet over. This book is a history of how and why the United States...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2008
Exploring a variety of topics—including health, politics, education, art, literature, media, and film—Aboriginal Canada Revisited draws a portrait of the current political and cultural position of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. While lauding improvements made in the past decades, the contributors...
