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Young People Leaving Care

Supporting Pathways to Adulthood

by Mike Stein ...

The journey to adulthood is a big step for all young people. However, for young people leaving care it may be far more difficult, coping with major changes in their lives and at a younger age, especially if they lack preparation and support.Young People Leaving Care explores the journey from care to adulthood through the main challenges these young people face: in being in settled accommodation, ... Read more

$40.99 USD

The journey to adulthood is a big step for all young people. However, for young people leaving care it may be far more difficult, coping with major changes in their lives and at a younger age, especially if they lack preparation and support.Young People Leaving Care explores the journey from care to adulthood through the main challenges these young people face: in being in settled accommodation,
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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

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
Adolescent Neglect

Research, Policy and Practice

by Leslie Hicks, Sarah Gorin, Gwyther Rees, Mike Stein ...

Series series Safeguarding Children Across Services
Adolescent neglect is a significant problem within child protection, but focus on child neglect and other forms of maltreatment means that it can often be overlooked.This book outlines how adolescent neglect differs from child neglect, the context of why it is overlooked, how it is defined, the causes and consequences of neglect, young people's views, and what professionals can do. Based on ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Adolescent neglect is a significant problem within child protection, but focus on child neglect and other forms of maltreatment means that it can often be overlooked.This book outlines how adolescent neglect differs from child neglect, the context of why it is overlooked, how it is defined, the causes and consequences of neglect, young people's views, and what professionals can do. Based on
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The Hands-on Guide to the Foundation Programme

by Anna Donald, Mike Stein, Ciaran Scott Hill, Selina Chavda ...

About to start the Foundation Programme?Making the transition from medical school to professional life?The Hands-on Guide to the Foundation Programme, Fifth Edition is a practical guide for medical students and foundation doctors, dealing with the many challenges of the programme. With hints, tips and realistic advice on various aspects of the course, from self-care to prescribing, this guide ... Read more

$37.99 USD

About to start the Foundation Programme?Making the transition from medical school to professional life?The Hands-on Guide to the Foundation Programme, Fifth Edition is a practical guide for medical students and foundation doctors, dealing with the many challenges of the programme. With hints, tips and realistic advice on various aspects of the course, from self-care to prescribing, this guide
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The Hands-on Guide for Junior Doctors

by Anna Donald, Mike Stein, Ciaran Scott Hill ...

Series Book 11 - Hands-on Guides
Are you about to start the Foundation Programme? Do you know what to expect and how to thrive?The Hands-on Guide for Junior Doctors, Fourth Edition, is the ultimate, practical guide for junior doctors and medical students. It helps you tackle the emotional, intellectual and physical demands of being a new doctor and allays common insecurities to help you make the most of your time in clinical ... Read more

$37.00 USD

Are you about to start the Foundation Programme? Do you know what to expect and how to thrive?The Hands-on Guide for Junior Doctors, Fourth Edition, is the ultimate, practical guide for junior doctors and medical students. It helps you tackle the emotional, intellectual and physical demands of being a new doctor and allays common insecurities to help you make the most of your time in clinical
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The New One

Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad

by Mike Birbiglia, J. Hope Stein ...

**With laugh-out-loud funny parenting observations, the New York Times bestselling author and award-winning comedian delivers a book that is perfect for anyone who has ever raised a child, been a child, or refuses to stop acting like one."Mike Birbiglia and Jen Stein are the best collaborators since Emily Dickinson teamed up with her long-winded comedian friend. I'm joking because I cannot express ... Read more

$11.99 USD

**With laugh-out-loud funny parenting observations, the New York Times bestselling author and award-winning comedian delivers a book that is perfect for anyone who has ever raised a child, been a child, or refuses to stop acting like one."Mike Birbiglia and Jen Stein are the best collaborators since Emily Dickinson teamed up with her long-winded comedian friend. I'm joking because I cannot express
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The New One

Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad

by Mike Birbiglia, J. Hope Stein ...

Narrated by Mike Birbiglia, J. Hope Stein ...

Unabridged

5 hours 9 min

**With laugh-out-loud funny parenting observations, the New York Times bestselling author and award-winning comedian delivers a book that is perfect for anyone who has ever raised a child, been a child, or refuses to stop acting like one."Mike Birbiglia and Jen Stein are the best collaborators since Emily Dickinson teamed up with her long-winded comedian friend. I'm joking because I cannot express ... Read more

$24.99 USD

**With laugh-out-loud funny parenting observations, the New York Times bestselling author and award-winning comedian delivers a book that is perfect for anyone who has ever raised a child, been a child, or refuses to stop acting like one."Mike Birbiglia and Jen Stein are the best collaborators since Emily Dickinson teamed up with her long-winded comedian friend. I'm joking because I cannot express
... Read more
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With the Deadeyes on Leyte and Okinawa

A Memoir of the 96th Infantry Division in the Pacific War

by Brig. Gen. Harvey R. Ball (Ret.), Jacquelyn Stein ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

15 hours

Recounts a frontline soldier's Pacific War experience, blending combat hardship, personal reflection, and wartime artistry.Harvey Ball, communications sergeant in Company L, 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division, served on the front lines in the Pacific during World War II. His memoir recounts the division's training, and the horrific conditions endured during months of brutal fighting ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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Recounts a frontline soldier's Pacific War experience, blending combat hardship, personal reflection, and wartime artistry.Harvey Ball, communications sergeant in Company L, 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division, served on the front lines in the Pacific during World War II. His memoir recounts the division's training, and the horrific conditions endured during months of brutal fighting
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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

$86.99 USD

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
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You're Doing Great!

And Other Reasons to Stay Alive

by Tom Papa ...

Narrated by Tom Papa ...

Unabridged

6 hours 36 min

**This program is read by the author.“You’re Doing Great! is your no-nonsense go-to collection of essays to get you through the increasing noise and chatter of self-doubt and confusion in the new millennium. Tom Papa is a funny, empathetic guide and your new best friend." — Patton Oswalt**"Read it. Listen to it. Whatever, do what you want. According to Tom you’re doing great." — Whitney ... Read more

$22.99 USD

**This program is read by the author.“You’re Doing Great! is your no-nonsense go-to collection of essays to get you through the increasing noise and chatter of self-doubt and confusion in the new millennium. Tom Papa is a funny, empathetic guide and your new best friend." — Patton Oswalt**"Read it. Listen to it. Whatever, do what you want. According to Tom you’re doing great." — Whitney
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No One Asked For This

Essays

by Cazzie David ...

Narrated by Cazzie David, Gabra Zackman, James Langton ...

Unabridged

7 hours 54 min

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. From writer/director Cazzie David comes a series of acerbic, darkly funny essays about anxiety, social media, misanthropy, and growing up in a wildly eccentric family.For Cazzie David, the world is one big trap door leading to death and despair and social phobia. From shame spirals caused by hookups to panic attacks about being alive and everyone else having to be ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. From writer/director Cazzie David comes a series of acerbic, darkly funny essays about anxiety, social media, misanthropy, and growing up in a wildly eccentric family.For Cazzie David, the world is one big trap door leading to death and despair and social phobia. From shame spirals caused by hookups to panic attacks about being alive and everyone else having to be
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Why Fish Don't Exist

A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

by Lulu Miller ...

A Best Book of 2020: The Washington Post * NPR * Chicago Tribune * SmithsonianA “remarkable” (Los Angeles Times), “seductive” (The Wall Street Journal) debut from the new cohost of Radiolab, Why Fish Don’t Exist is a dark and astonishing tale of love, chaos, scientific obsession, and—possibly—even murder.“At one... ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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A Best Book of 2020: The Washington Post * NPR * Chicago Tribune * SmithsonianA “remarkable” (Los Angeles Times), “seductive” (The Wall Street Journal) debut from the new cohost of Radiolab, Why Fish Don’t Exist is a dark and astonishing tale of love, chaos, scientific obsession, and—possibly—even murder.“At one...
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