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  • DOUBLE GENEALOGY
    Marilee Wein
    Surprise adoptee, Grandfather was a coal picker in Scotland, at 29, and Chief Inspector of Mines for British Columbia, at 43. He had shared his date and place of birth, or so, it seemed. This genealogy embraces late 18th to early 20th Century, Scotland, with US implications. His family is lovingly presented in “who done it”, under evaluation, as his potential birth parents. His...
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    20,57 €

  • Close to Forever
    Victoria D. Loggins / Victoria DLoggins
    Alexis had known since she was a young girl that if she wanted something she would have to work for it.  Not born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she knew the road to success and having it all would be a challenging and sometimes difficult path to take.  What Alexis didn't see coming was Oliver, the man who would take her heart almost from the second she met him.  Almost ...
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    21,13 €

  • ALL ABOUT ILYAS
    APRIL MARTIN
    I wonder what it would feel like to meet your family – your parents, siblings, aunts and uncles for the first time in the middle of your childhood? At a time when making friends, and being accepted is anxiety ridden and tenuous. What if you were damaged, fragile and angry? What if this was your last chance to be part of a family before being sent permanently to a group home for...
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    20,01 €

  • Caregiving 101
    Dave Leffmann
    This personal yet clinically relevant guide stands out as a must read for anyone faced with caregiving. These pages, penned from the heart and soul of a physical therapist turned caregiver, offers simple yet well thought through and medically accurate essays, external links, even video, to help you with most everything you will face on your journey. The links are written out so...
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    21,47 €

  • Sex Crimes
    Alice Vachss
    'NOBODY KNOWS RAPISTS BETTER'  After being fired from her post as Chief of the Special Victims Unit for refusing to 'go along to get along,' Alice Vachss published the incendiary Sex Crimes, described as 'a stark, passionate closing argument in [her] broader case against the criminal justice system' by the NY Times, which named it as a Notable Book of the Year. Nick (Goodfellas...
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    11,59 €

  • None Call Me Dad
    Ky Owen
    None Call Me Dad is the true, mesmerizing story of a 21st Century dad. On two weeks notice, Ky Owen becomes an adoptive father to a six-year-old son. Five years later, on two days notice, he becomes a father to a teenage daughter. Along the way he assumes the role of father figure to four other kids. “None call me dad,” Owen writes, “But they know that’s who I am.” Intriguing ...
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    11,12 €

  • Surviving Mother
    Gwen Head
    Just as Deb and her mother Estelle are learning how to mesh their individual lives together, nature’s destructive hand comes down, leaving them to wait for a new hope, and help from unexpected others.  In SURVIVING MOTHER Gwen Head has written a story of life struggles, tragedy, and getting one’s life back together to move forward. Written with the caregivers of the world in ...
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    11,15 €

  • ABC, Adoption & Me
    Casey Anne Swift / Gayle H. Swift
    A book about adoption that celebrates the miracle of family and addresses the difficult issues as well. With charming, exuberant illustrations and a diverse representation of families, ABC, Adoption & Me will warm hearts, deepen understanding of what it means to be an adoptive family and provide teaching moments that bring families closer, connected in truth, compassion, and jo...
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    10,16 €

  • A Life Let Go
    Patricia J Florin
    Closed adoption, heralded as the answer to the problem of unplanned pregnancy, shows its other side in A Life Let Go, A Memoir and Five Birth Mother Stories of Closed Adoption. These women tell how they experienced unplanned pregnancy in the restrictiveness of the last decades of the twentieth century. All gave up a child in closed adoption—the only option—understanding they wo...
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    10,55 €

  • Scattered
    Jana Panarites
    In November 2009 Jana Panarites was scrambling to make ends meet in LA, despite a lifetime of working hard and having recently earned a master’s degree from the University of Southern California. Her career spiraling out of control, she didn’t think life could get any worse until she learned of her father’s sudden death two days before Thanksgiving.She flew east for the funeral...
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    12,36 €

  • Speaking Out
    Alan Berman / Berman Alan / Shirleene Robinson
    Based on the largest survey of gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersex, transgender and queer reactions to violence and harassment ever undertaken in Australia, this book gives voice to the many victims who have suffered in the state once recognised as Australia’s most homophobic. It tells of the barriers people face in dealing with the legal system, the reasons why some do not report...
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    41,71 €

  • Sonrisa tras las rejas
    J. I. Varela
    Múltiples circunstancias pueden cambiar la vida de una persona, pero pasar diez años en la cárcel es probablemente una de las más extremas. J.I. Varela pasó la mayor parte de su condena rodeado por muros de agua, sin que la brisa marina y la vida playera en las Islas Marías pudieran evitar las sensaciones de abandono, soledad y reclusión: el carcelazo.En «Sonrisa tras las rejas...
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    11,96 €

  • ¡Al llamado del barco!
    Elizabeth García Pérez
    «¡Al llamado del barco!» es el testimonio íntimo y revelador de Elizabeth García Pérez, quien, como trabajadora social, vivió entre 1993 y 1995 en la Colonia Penal Federal de las Islas Marías. A través de una narración honesta, sensible y profundamente humana, la autora nos conduce por la vida cotidiana de colonos, familias y empleados que habitaron este singular modelo peniten...
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    14,04 €

  • Voces desde la Investigación: Desafíos en Salud, Educación y Trabajo Social
    América Nicte Ha Quime Canul / Claudia Patricia Medrano Vargas / Diana Eugenia Moguel Ruz / Dora Alicia Martínez Morales / Eric Alejandro Catzin López / Gabriela Pérez Aranda / Jaime Arnoldo Cervantes Martínez / José Melchor Medina Quintero / Juan Carlos De la Cruz Maldonado / Karina Gabriela Magaña Valencia / Liliana
    Voces desde la Investigación: Desafíos en Salud, Educación y Trabajo Social es una obra colectiva que reúne diez investigaciones empíricas en torno a una premisa común: la salud, la educación y el trabajo social constituyen dimensiones interdependientes del bienestar humano y deben analizarse de manera articulada. Coordinado por el Cuerpo Académico Consolidado «Desarrollo Human...
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    22,36 €

  • Ayotzinapa, la falacia del crimen de Estado
    Gustavo Hirales Morán
    Es básicamente una investigación periodística sobre el caso Ayotzinapa, desde la llamada “verdad histórica” de Murillo Karam hasta el “Crimen de Estado” de Obrador/Encinas. Como miembro del Grupo Asesor de la CNDH, participé desde el inicio en la investigación del caso. Analizo cómo la suspicacia de la izquierda y los errores de la PGR propiciaron el surgimiento de la consigna ...
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    14,56 €

  • El indicio hemático
    Jesús Alberto Jiménez Ochoa
    La sangre suele ser considerada como el indicio más frecuente e importante en la investigación criminal; particularmente en aquellos hechos en los que se atenta contra la vida o la integridad corporal de las personas. Ante este tipo de eventualidades, la criminalística se ha apropiado de una selecta serie de conocimientos de la física, la química y la medicina para dar lugar a ...
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    40,04 €

  • Cuídate para cuidar a otros
    Miguel Marín Tejeda
    Las personas dedicadas a la asistencia social, desde cualquier enfoque de atención (niños abandonados, mujeres violentadas, migrantes indocumentados, personas con alguna discapacidad, etc.), llevan todo su esfuerzo y recursos para atender la causa que ayudan. Desafortunadamente, esta dedicación los lleva a poner su propia salud y vida en riesgo.Esta obra apunta a generar un com...
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    22,36 €

  • Wenn Angehörige rechtliche Betreuer werden
    Daniel Kim Ernst
    Der Praxisratgeber für Angehörige und Familienmitglieder, die ehrenamtlich rechtliche Betreuung übernehmen.Plötzlich rechtlicher Betreuer für die eigene Mutter, den Vater, den Partner oder ein anderes Familienmitglied - und jetzt? Viele Angehörige übernehmen diese Aufgabe, ohne darauf vorbereitet zu sein. Auf einmal geht es um Betreuungsgericht, Anträge, Behörden, Pflegekasse, ...
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    86,54 €

  • The All Fruits Theory
    Robbie Lloyd
    The All Fruits Theory is a framework for ’the quiet revolution that won’t be televised’ in all aspects of care between humans and nature. Whether in early childhood education centres, schools, mental health or disability support services, aged care centres or universities - we all need to reclaim ’onto-diversity for sustainability: wiser ways of knowing for more sustainable way...
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    15,24 €

  • The US Criminal Justice System
    Ryan J. Williams / Sarah Koon-Magnin
    A RUSA Outstanding Reference Source 2025This wide-ranging resource provides an authoritative overview of the criminal justice system in America, including its history, legal and philosophical foundations, dimensions of racial and economic inequality, and insights into daily life inside America’s complex court and correctional systems.Explore the origins and evolution of America...
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    37,79 €

  • Advances in Smart Heterogeneous Networks for Policing and Crime Prevention
    The evolution of communication technologies from Beyond 5G (B5G) to 6G is transforming how societies connect, interact, and operate. These next-generation smart heterogeneous networks enable ultra-low latency, massive connectivity, and intelligent automation. At the same time, they introduce complex challenges related to cybersecurity, cybercrime, and public safety. As digital ...
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    338,98 €

  • THE CLIENT
    AJR
    In 2004, Emma Caldwell was murdered, leaving behind a grieving family and a community desperate for answers. What followed was not only a difficult murder investigation, but also a disturbing story of missed opportunities, institutional failures, and a justice system that struggled to confront the truth.THE CLIENT examines the murder of Emma Caldwell and the long investigation ...
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    14,00 €

  • Your Criminal Mind
    Harrison Rose Tate
    A STANDARD THATAPPLIES ONLY SOMETIMESIS NOT MUCH OF A STANDARD AT ALLWhy do some people do terrible things?Why do good people hurt the people they love?Why do I keep making the same mistakes?Why is someone I care about so difficult to understand?Ever wonder why these questions continue to elude us, despite all our advances in psychology, neurology, artificial intelligence and p...
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    24,88 €

  • Envejecer en la frontera
    Erika Jaqueline Caro Durán / Juan Manuel Hernández Brito / Magdelis Moreno Ortega / Neilis Ransay Puñales Rodríguez
    Durante décadas, la narrativa predominante ha estigmatizado a las personas adultas mayores como simples pasivos económicos. Al mismo tiempo, el sistema de pensiones en México enfrenta una fractura estructural que compromete su viabilidad. A esta crisis se suma una trampa fiscal que desincentiva la previsión social privada y un pacto social debilitado, donde el cumplimiento punt...
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    24,96 €

  • What’s Going On In There?
    Jonathan C. Tetherly
    WHAT IS THE CULTURE OF A JAIL? What are the relationships between correctional staff and the inmates? How do teachers, clergy, counselors, and volunteers fit into the picture? Besides Sunday worship, what does a progressive chaplain do in a jail with its rapid turnover of inmates? What are their nationalities and races, their status in society, their sadness, hopes, fears, and ...
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    18,06 €

  • HOW CALIFORNIA BURNED DOWN ITS HOME INSURANCE MARKET AND WHY REGULATORY REFORM CAN REBUILD IT
    Steven Greenhut
    The reason, of course, is California’s long-distorted insurance market reached a level of dysfunction that had tangible consequences for ordinary middle-class people who spend their days working in sales, healthcare, education and whatnot.  ...
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    6,18 €

  • Crímenes que el sistema dejó pasar
    C. Sanz De La Hera
    ¿Fue realmente imposible preverlo? ¿O es que el sistema no quiso verlo? Crímenes que el sistema dejó pasar no es un libro más sobre asesinos. Es una investigación profunda y escalofriante sobre los fallos institucionales que convierten lo evitable en inevitable. A través de casos emblemáticos como los de Jeffrey Dahmer, el tiroteo de Southport o los femicidios en Argentina, est...
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    32,84 €

  • Not Assessed
    Ella Anderson
    He told them he had proof. He kept photographs in his pocket and showed them to doctors, to police, to anyone who would sit still long enough. Nobody ever looked.He had been a boy sent away to a children’s home. A young man who did his growing up in Texas prisons. A father who lost his daughter. At the end he was living in a shed, telling one emergency room after another that p...
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    16,72 €

  • The Weight of Someone Else’s Sin
    Jeff Hood
    Clarance Goode, Jr. has been on Oklahoma’s death row for nearly nineteen years for three murders he did not commit.No DNA. No fingerprints. No weapons. No physical evidence of any kind placing him at the Thompson house on the night of August 25, 2005. What the state had was the word of a woman who had threatened her brother’s life and was never charged, the word of a man who to...
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    7,95 €

  • Navigating VA Caregiver Programs
    John Lafferty
    Navigating VA Caregiver Programs is a comprehensive guide to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ caregiver support programs, including the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC), the Program of General Caregiver Support Services (PGCSS), and Veteran Directed Care (VDC).Designed for Veterans, family caregivers, Veteran Service Officers (VSOs), attorney...
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    37,92 €


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