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  • Doc Holliday

    A Family Portrait

    by Karen Holliday Tanner ...
    John H. Holliday, D. D. S., better known as Doc Holliday, has become a legendary figure in the history of the American West. In Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait, Karen Holliday Tanner reveals the real man behind the legend. Shedding light on Holliday’s early years, in a prominent Georgia family during the Civil War and Reconstruction, she examines the elements that shaped his destiny: his birth ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Last of the Old-Time Outlaws

    The George West Musgrave Story

    by Karen Holliday Tanner, John D. Tanner Jr. ...
    Soft-spoken, cheerful, handsome, and well dressed, George West Musgrave “looked more like a senator than a cattle rustler.” Yet he was a cattle rustler as well as a bandit, robber, and killer, “guilty of more crimes than Billy the Kid was ever accused of.” In Last of the Old-Time Outlaws, Karen Holliday Tanner and John D. Tanner, Jr., recount the colorful life of Musgrave (1877-1947), enduring ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Enhancing the Well-being of Children and Families through Effective Interventions

    International Evidence for Practice

    by Jim Wade, Arnon Bentovim, Danielle Turney, David Quinton, Kate Wilson, Karen Tanner, Ian Sinclair ...
    Services for families and children are rightfully the focus of intense scrutiny and debate, and there is a clear need to establish a knowledge of which services work well.This volume provides a comprehensive overview of research evidence from the UK and USA on the effectiveness of selected child welfare interventions. It addresses the challenges of measuring effectiveness in child welfare and ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

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  • Tia Sharp - A Family Betrayal: The True Story of how a Step-Grandfather Murdered the Young Girl Who Trusted Him.

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    On 3 August 2012, as London was gripped by the Olympics, Tia Sharp, a 12-year old schoolgirl, was reported missing from her grandmother's home in New Addington, south London. A call made by her mother, Natalie, alerted police to Tia's disappearance and so began a massive search operation to find the missing girl. Police were seconded from the Olympic village to make house-tohouse enquiries, while ... Read more

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  • Midwife on Call

    by Agnes Light ...
    Agnes Light trained as a nurse in the 1960s and went on to become a midwife - helping to bring new lives into the world for over thirty years.After fainting from shock at the first birth she attended as a student, Agnes grew to adore her job and the lifelong friends that worked with her on the maternity ward. In her enchanting memoir, she recalls how she struggled at first with the strict rules of ... Read more

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  • Scandinavian Unexceptionalism

    Culture, Markets and the Failure of Third-Way Socialism

    by Nima Sanandaji ...
    Series series Readings in Political Economy
    This book is important to help an international audience understand the cultural peculiarities behind the Scandinavian “success story”. It is also vital that Scandinavians themselves read this book to help them understand the market reforms that are essential for a successful future. ... Read more

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  • Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor

    The hilarious and thought-provoking account of life on the NHS frontline by Daily Mail's Dr Max

    by Max Pemberton ...
    The bestselling real life story of a hapless junior doctor, based on his columns written anonymously for the Telegraph.'Reads like Scrubs: The Blog . . . funny and awful in equal measure' - Observer'Absurdly funny and beautifully observed' - Maureen LipmanIf you're going to be ill, it's best to avoid the first Wednesday in August. This is the day when junior doctors graduate to their first ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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  • Echoes of Heartsounds

    A Memoir of Healing

    by Martha Weinman Lear ...
    This New York Times–bestselling author's memoir of her own heart attack is "a refresher course in handling life's meanest challenges with grace" ( Library Journal).It begins late one afternoon in her kitchen. There is no collapse, no massive pain. Just a slight fluttering sensation in her chest, then chills, and finally, nausea. Probably nothing to worry about, the doctor assures her on the phone. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Witch-Hunt Narrative

    Politics, Psychology, and the Sexual Abuse of Children

    by Ross E. Cheit ...
    In the 1980s, a series of child sex abuse cases rocked the United States. The most famous case was the 1984 McMartin preschool case, but there were a number of others as well. By the latter part of the decade, the assumption was widespread that child sex abuse had become a serious problem in America. Yet within a few years, the concern about it died down considerably. The failure to convict anyone ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • A Twisted Fate

    My life with Dystonia

    by Brenda Currey Lewis ...
    Can a body turn against itself and still find the strength to laugh?At just seven years old, Brenda Currey Lewis was an active, typical child. But in the summer of 1974, her trajectory changed forever when a sudden, baffling neurological invader took hold of her muscles. Diagnosed with generalized dystonia—a rare and debilitating movement disorder that forces muscle groups to twist, tug, and lock ... Read more

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  • Responding to Domestic Violence

    Emerging Challenges for Policy, Practice and Research in Europe

    by Philip McCormack, Ingunn Rangul Askeland, Gemma Carney, Matt Barnard, Elizabeth Martin, Hana Smitkova, Sibel Korkmaz, Zuzana Ocenasova, Claire Houghton, Davina James-Hanman, Marius Råkil, Gene Feder, Nusha Yonkova, Nicola McConnell, Lucy Potter, Dalila Cerejo, Per Moum Hellevik, Julie Taylor, Maria Pentaraki, Els Leye, Gloria Kirwan, Joanna Goodey, Declan Coogan ...
    This book offers a critical overview of established and emerging manifestations of domestic violence across Europe.It describes how countries within and outside the EU are responding to the problem in policy, practice and research. Eminent academics and professionals from a range of European countries share their findings from new groundbreaking victim surveys, and weigh up the legal, social and ... Read more

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