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Murderous Hugs

by Delphine Paquereau ...

Narrated by Mary Cloud ...

Unabridged

6 hours 23 min

Delphine was 4 years old when her hell began. "We always promised each other, my Mom and I, that we would not talk about it anymore, that it was over. Except that after this promise, which I never broke, I had many bad times to go through. I was always trying to find out why I felt so bad about myself, why the fear of dying came over me again, as in childhood. I gradually became aware that this ... Read more

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Delphine was 4 years old when her hell began. "We always promised each other, my Mom and I, that we would not talk about it anymore, that it was over. Except that after this promise, which I never broke, I had many bad times to go through. I was always trying to find out why I felt so bad about myself, why the fear of dying came over me again, as in childhood. I gradually became aware that this
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History of Human Rights

by Blake Carson ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook box set - History of
Unabridged

3 hours 22 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What does it mean to be truly free? The history of human rights is a story of progress, resistance, and perseverance. From the Magna Carta to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, societies have fought to establish fundamental freedoms for all people. This book explores the evolution of human rights across cultures and legal systems, highlighting ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What does it mean to be truly free? The history of human rights is a story of progress, resistance, and perseverance. From the Magna Carta to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, societies have fought to establish fundamental freedoms for all people. This book explores the evolution of human rights across cultures and legal systems, highlighting
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The Happiness Policy Handbook

How to Make Happiness and Well-Being the Purpose of Your Government

by Laura Musikanski, Rhonda Phillips, Jean Crowder ...

Narrated by Victoria Cruz ...

Unabridged

4 hours 15 min

Build a better society through happiness policyThomas Jefferson said that “the purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness.” Yet only now, 270 years later, is the happiness of citizens starting to be taken seriously as the purpose of government.While happiness science is advancing rapidly, and governments and organizations are creating indices for ... Read more

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Build a better society through happiness policyThomas Jefferson said that “the purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness.” Yet only now, 270 years later, is the happiness of citizens starting to be taken seriously as the purpose of government.While happiness science is advancing rapidly, and governments and organizations are creating indices for
... Read more
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Skill Development for Generalist Practice: Core Competencies, Tools, and Real-World Scenarios for Emerging Social Workers

by Jonathan Keller ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keller ...

Unabridged

1 hour 50 min

Transform abstract social work theory into confident, real-world practice and conquer new-practitioner overwhelm. Whether you are commuting to your first field placement or preparing for a complex client intake, this audio guide grounds you in actionable micro, mezzo, and macro strategies. Learn exactly what to say and do when navigating the daily realities of modern human services.Move beyond the ... Read more

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Transform abstract social work theory into confident, real-world practice and conquer new-practitioner overwhelm. Whether you are commuting to your first field placement or preparing for a complex client intake, this audio guide grounds you in actionable micro, mezzo, and macro strategies. Learn exactly what to say and do when navigating the daily realities of modern human services.Move beyond the
... Read more
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The CPS Pipeline

State Sanctioned Kidnapping

by Maureen Steele, Ann Vandersteel, Christopher Burns ...

Unabridged

1 hour 56 min

Bracing, urgent, and unapologetically direct, CPS Pipeline is a wake-up call to every American who believes families should be sacred, not state-controlled.Every year, thousands of American families are torn apart by Child Protective Services. Behind the language of “safety” and “welfare” lies a dangerous pipeline – a system that profits from the removal of children, often without due process, and ... Read more

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Bracing, urgent, and unapologetically direct, CPS Pipeline is a wake-up call to every American who believes families should be sacred, not state-controlled.Every year, thousands of American families are torn apart by Child Protective Services. Behind the language of “safety” and “welfare” lies a dangerous pipeline – a system that profits from the removal of children, often without due process, and
... Read more
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The Queen

The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth

by Josh Levin ...

Narrated by January LaVoy ...

Unabridged

12 hours 44 min

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in BiographyIn this critically acclaimed true crime tale of "welfare queen" Linda Taylor, a Slate editor reveals a "wild, only-in-America story" of political manipulation and murder (Attica Locke, Edgar Award-winning author).On the South Side of Chicago in 1974, Linda Taylor reported a phony burglary, concocting a lie about stolen furs and jewelry. ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in BiographyIn this critically acclaimed true crime tale of "welfare queen" Linda Taylor, a Slate editor reveals a "wild, only-in-America story" of political manipulation and murder (Attica Locke, Edgar Award-winning author).On the South Side of Chicago in 1974, Linda Taylor reported a phony burglary, concocting a lie about stolen furs and jewelry.
... Read more
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To the End of June

The Intimate Life of American Foster Care

by Cris Beam ...

Narrated by Susan Ericksen ...

Unabridged

12 hours 15 min

Who are the children of foster care? What, as a country, do we owe them? Cris Beam, a foster mother herself, spent five years immersed in the world of foster care looking into these questions and tracing firsthand stories. The result is To the End of June, an unforgettable portrait that takes us deep inside the lives of foster children in their search for a stable, loving family.Beam shows us the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Who are the children of foster care? What, as a country, do we owe them? Cris Beam, a foster mother herself, spent five years immersed in the world of foster care looking into these questions and tracing firsthand stories. The result is To the End of June, an unforgettable portrait that takes us deep inside the lives of foster children in their search for a stable, loving family.Beam shows us the
... Read more
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Psychodynamic Counselling in Action

by Michael Jacobs ...

Narrated by Greg Patmore ...

Series series Counselling in Action series
Unabridged

8 hours 56 min

This substantially revised fifth edition of a classic text includes an updated preface, new content on the therapeutic relationship, substantially revised chapters on the middle phase of counselling and reflections on the influence of other modalities and shared aspects of practice across approaches. Each chapter now includes an annotated Further Reading section to help deepen knowledge and ... Read more

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This substantially revised fifth edition of a classic text includes an updated preface, new content on the therapeutic relationship, substantially revised chapters on the middle phase of counselling and reflections on the influence of other modalities and shared aspects of practice across approaches. Each chapter now includes an annotated Further Reading section to help deepen knowledge and
... Read more
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Altenpflege mit Herz

Ganz im Sinne des Betroffenen

by Sascha Sandhorst ...

Narrated by Armin Dallapiccola ...

Abridged

6 hours 58 min

Die Pflege von Menschen, die auf diese angewiesen sind, ist einer der wichtigsten Dienstleistungsbereiche in unserer Gesellschaft, da die Familien heutzutage kaum mehr in der Lage sind, dies für ihre betroffenen Angehörigen zu leisten. Umso wichtiger zu wissen, dass diejenigen, die sich um einen selbst oder die lieben Verwandten kümmern, dies mitunter genauso liebevoll tun, wir man sich das ... Read more

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Die Pflege von Menschen, die auf diese angewiesen sind, ist einer der wichtigsten Dienstleistungsbereiche in unserer Gesellschaft, da die Familien heutzutage kaum mehr in der Lage sind, dies für ihre betroffenen Angehörigen zu leisten. Umso wichtiger zu wissen, dass diejenigen, die sich um einen selbst oder die lieben Verwandten kümmern, dies mitunter genauso liebevoll tun, wir man sich das
... Read more
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Saving Michael

How Rescuing a "Throwaway Child" Turned Me into a Foster Care Advocate

by Keri Vellis ...

Narrated by Carlotta Brentan ...

Unabridged

8 hours 25 min

Describes what being a foster mom is really like, the effects of foster care on the whole family, and how the foster care system fails severely abused children.Foster children are society's throwaway kids, the children no one wants—until someone finally does. Saving Michael provides an inside look at Keri Vellis's struggle to secure the best possible services for two severely abused and ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Describes what being a foster mom is really like, the effects of foster care on the whole family, and how the foster care system fails severely abused children.Foster children are society's throwaway kids, the children no one wants—until someone finally does. Saving Michael provides an inside look at Keri Vellis's struggle to secure the best possible services for two severely abused and
... Read more
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Where Angels Fear to Tread

The Memoir of a Humanitarian Aid Worker

by Sally Becker ...

Narrated by Lucy Tregear ...

Unabridged

13 hours 2 min

'I was filled with apprehension about crossing the front line, but I would have risked my life to save just one child. Ivan was giving me a chance to save them all…'This is the extraordinary work of Sally Becker, a humanitarian aid worker who for over three decades has risked it all in order to help the children of war.Where Angels Fear to Tread is a reminder that – with determination, unrelenting ... Read more

$31.99 USD

'I was filled with apprehension about crossing the front line, but I would have risked my life to save just one child. Ivan was giving me a chance to save them all…'This is the extraordinary work of Sally Becker, a humanitarian aid worker who for over three decades has risked it all in order to help the children of war.Where Angels Fear to Tread is a reminder that – with determination, unrelenting
... Read more
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Brückenleben

11 Mutmacher für die Zukunft im Jetzt

by Sabine Dariusz ...

Narrated by Sabine Dariusz, Michaela Adelberger, Stefan Franke, Klaus Haberl, Roman Kollmer, Bianca Kriel, Thomas Nash, Dimo Tabken, Renate Wein, Sabrina Worsch0 ...

Abridged

7 hours 41 min

Sollen wir zuerst das System oder uns selbst ändern? Diese Frage stellt sich erst gar nicht. Die Kunst besteht nämlich darin, das Richtige im Falschen zu tun. Wie uns das gelingt? Mit Strategien, die die Spannungen überbrücken. Brückenleben erzählt die berührenden Geschichten von 11 Menschen und ihren Herzensprojekten. Am Ende der Lektüre wissen Sie nicht nur über Wohnwagons, E-Learnings, Pay-as ... Read more

$34.99 USD

Sollen wir zuerst das System oder uns selbst ändern? Diese Frage stellt sich erst gar nicht. Die Kunst besteht nämlich darin, das Richtige im Falschen zu tun. Wie uns das gelingt? Mit Strategien, die die Spannungen überbrücken. Brückenleben erzählt die berührenden Geschichten von 11 Menschen und ihren Herzensprojekten. Am Ende der Lektüre wissen Sie nicht nur über Wohnwagons, E-Learnings, Pay-as
... Read more
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Transition to Common Work

Building Community at The Working Centre

by Joe Mancini, Stephanie Mancini ...

Narrated by Graham Yeates ...

Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

The Working Centre in the downtown core of Kitchener, Ontario, is a widely recognized and successful model for community development. Begun from scratch in 1982, it is now a vast network of practical supports for the unemployed, the underemployed, the temporarily employed, and the homeless, populations that collectively constitute up to 30 percent of the labour market both locally and across North ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Working Centre in the downtown core of Kitchener, Ontario, is a widely recognized and successful model for community development. Begun from scratch in 1982, it is now a vast network of practical supports for the unemployed, the underemployed, the temporarily employed, and the homeless, populations that collectively constitute up to 30 percent of the labour market both locally and across North
... Read more
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White Privilege Unmasked

How to Be Part of the Solution

by Judy Ryde ...

Narrated by Fenella Fudge ...

Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

A primer on understanding white privilege, with strategies for breaking down race barriers in professional organizations.All white people understand cultural differences from a platform of relative privilege, affecting their personal and professional interactions. How should they respond when confronted with this knowledge? This introductory book looks at the concept of whiteness, and shows how ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A primer on understanding white privilege, with strategies for breaking down race barriers in professional organizations.All white people understand cultural differences from a platform of relative privilege, affecting their personal and professional interactions. How should they respond when confronted with this knowledge? This introductory book looks at the concept of whiteness, and shows how
... Read more
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Behind Closed Doors: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING

Why We Break Up Families – and How to Mend Them

by Polly Curtis ...

Narrated by Polly Curtis, Penelope Rawlins ...

Unabridged

9 hours 50 min

Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing'Brilliant . . . I love this book' LEMN SISSAY'A must-read book' JACQUELINE WILSON'Extraordinary' OLIVER BULLOUGH'Everyone should read this book' HILARY COTTAM'Important' IAN BIRRELL'Vital' HANNAH JANE PARKINSONMeet the mother whose children were taken away, and the father who fought ... ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing'Brilliant . . . I love this book' LEMN SISSAY'A must-read book' JACQUELINE WILSON'Extraordinary' OLIVER BULLOUGH'Everyone should read this book' HILARY COTTAM'Important' IAN BIRRELL'Vital' HANNAH JANE PARKINSONMeet the mother whose children were taken away, and the father who fought ...
... Read more
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25 Million Sparks

The Untold Story of Refugee Entrepreneurs

by Andrew Leon Hanna ...

Narrated by Helene Maksoud ...

Unabridged

4 hours 46 min

25 Million Sparks takes readers inside the Za’atari refugee camp to follow the stories of three courageous Syrian women entrepreneurs: Yasmina, a wedding shop and salon owner creating moments of celebration in Za’atari; Malak, a young artist infusing color and beauty in her adoptive community; and Asma, a social entrepreneur with a storytelling initiative enriching children’s lives throughout the ... Read more

$15.99 USD

25 Million Sparks takes readers inside the Za’atari refugee camp to follow the stories of three courageous Syrian women entrepreneurs: Yasmina, a wedding shop and salon owner creating moments of celebration in Za’atari; Malak, a young artist infusing color and beauty in her adoptive community; and Asma, a social entrepreneur with a storytelling initiative enriching children’s lives throughout the
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Por mi culpa, por mi culpa, por cual de mis culpas?

by Rosaura Rodriguez ...

Narrated by Ana Laura Santana ...

Unabridged

4 hours 3 min

"EL NOVENTA Y SIETE POR CIENTO DE LAS MUJERES SE SIENTEN CULPABLES AL MENOS UNA VEZ AL DIA". ROSAURA RODRIGUEZ, CON SU INIGUALABLE SENTIDO DEL HUMOR Y CAPACIDAD DE ANALISIS, INVESTIGA LAS RAZONES POR LAS QUE LAS MUJERES HOY EN DIA HAN HECHO DE LA CULPA UNA FORMA DE VIDA. SENTIRSE CULPABLES POR OLVIDAR EL PARTIDO DE FUTBOL DEL HIJO, POR NO LLEGAR A LA FIESTA DE LA MEJOR AMIGA, POR NO HABER ENVIADO ... Read more

$15.99 USD

"EL NOVENTA Y SIETE POR CIENTO DE LAS MUJERES SE SIENTEN CULPABLES AL MENOS UNA VEZ AL DIA". ROSAURA RODRIGUEZ, CON SU INIGUALABLE SENTIDO DEL HUMOR Y CAPACIDAD DE ANALISIS, INVESTIGA LAS RAZONES POR LAS QUE LAS MUJERES HOY EN DIA HAN HECHO DE LA CULPA UNA FORMA DE VIDA. SENTIRSE CULPABLES POR OLVIDAR EL PARTIDO DE FUTBOL DEL HIJO, POR NO LLEGAR A LA FIESTA DE LA MEJOR AMIGA, POR NO HABER ENVIADO
... Read more
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Dos Delitos e das Penas - "Inclui o tratado Crimes e Punições"

by Camelot Editora ...

Narrated by Mateus Prado ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

Esta obra traz um estudo sobre Cesare Beccaria, filósofo italiano que influenciou a legislação o com apenas 26 anos de idade, bem como do contexto europeu de sua época, quando o ordenamento jurídico permitia tortura, exílio e até pena de morte. Nesta tradução de Dos Delitos e das Penas, nota-se que “as punições são justas na proporção em que a liberdade, preservada pelo soberano, é sagrada e ... Read more

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Esta obra traz um estudo sobre Cesare Beccaria, filósofo italiano que influenciou a legislação o com apenas 26 anos de idade, bem como do contexto europeu de sua época, quando o ordenamento jurídico permitia tortura, exílio e até pena de morte. Nesta tradução de Dos Delitos e das Penas, nota-se que “as punições são justas na proporção em que a liberdade, preservada pelo soberano, é sagrada e
... Read more
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The Middle of Everywhere

Helping Refugees Enter the American Community

by Mary Pipher ...

Narrated by Karen White ...

Unabridged

14 hours 19 min

Over the past decade, Mary Pipher has been a great source of wisdom, helping us to better understand our family members. Now she connects us with the newest members of the American family—refugees.In cities all over the country, refugees arrive daily. Lost Boys from Sudan, survivors from Kosovo, families fleeing Afghanistan and Vietnam: they come with nothing but the desire to experience the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Over the past decade, Mary Pipher has been a great source of wisdom, helping us to better understand our family members. Now she connects us with the newest members of the American family—refugees.In cities all over the country, refugees arrive daily. Lost Boys from Sudan, survivors from Kosovo, families fleeing Afghanistan and Vietnam: they come with nothing but the desire to experience the
... Read more
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Changemakers

Embracing Hope, Taking Action, and Transforming the World

by Fay Weller, Mary Wilson ...

Narrated by Cherlandra Estrada ...

Unabridged

5 hours 26 min

The guidebook for ordinary people who want to create a new society now rather than wait for a pie-in-the-sky future.With every news report, the world seems to be careening off the rails. It's all too easy to slip into despair waiting for co-opted, self-serving governments to act.Hope and action is the antidote. We each hold the power to make personal changes that can drive local changes and ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The guidebook for ordinary people who want to create a new society now rather than wait for a pie-in-the-sky future.With every news report, the world seems to be careening off the rails. It's all too easy to slip into despair waiting for co-opted, self-serving governments to act.Hope and action is the antidote. We each hold the power to make personal changes that can drive local changes and
... Read more
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Runanubandh Raktache ऋणानुबंध रक्ताचे

Raktadanache Samruddha Bhavavishwa रक्तदानाचे समृद्ध भावविश्व

by Mahendra Wagh ...

Narrated by Prashant Jadhav ...

Unabridged

8 hours 3 min

This book provides a comprehensive overview of how the Janaklyan Blood Bank works in Pune, what are the things related to the blood bank, what technical aspects need to be met, what needs to be taken care of, and how efforts are made to preserve human values while doing all this. A series of 52 articles written for Mumbai Tarun Bharat's web portal has been converted into this book. The inspiration ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book provides a comprehensive overview of how the Janaklyan Blood Bank works in Pune, what are the things related to the blood bank, what technical aspects need to be met, what needs to be taken care of, and how efforts are made to preserve human values while doing all this. A series of 52 articles written for Mumbai Tarun Bharat's web portal has been converted into this book. The inspiration
... Read more
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No Place To Go

How Public Toilets Fail Our Private Needs

by Lezlie Lowe ...

Narrated by Amanda Wood ...

Unabridged

6 hours 15 min

This book is Number One in addressing the politics of where we're allowed to "go" in public.Adults don’t talk about the business of doing our business. We work on one assumption: the world of public bathrooms is problem- and politics-free. No Place To Go: How Public Toilets Fail our Private Needs reveals the opposite is true. No Place To Go is a toilet tour from London to San Francisco to Toronto ... Read more

$22.99 USD

This book is Number One in addressing the politics of where we're allowed to "go" in public.Adults don’t talk about the business of doing our business. We work on one assumption: the world of public bathrooms is problem- and politics-free. No Place To Go: How Public Toilets Fail our Private Needs reveals the opposite is true. No Place To Go is a toilet tour from London to San Francisco to Toronto
... Read more
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Person-Centred Counselling in Action

by Professor Dave Mearns, Professor Brian Thorne, John McLeod ...

Narrated by Joshua Manning ...

Series series Counselling in Action series
Unabridged

12 hours 45 min

It is now 25 years since the first edition of Person-Centred Counselling in Action appeared, offering the definitive exposition of the theory and practice of the person-centred approach. Since then the book has supported and inspired hundreds of thousands of trainees and practitioners worldwide.This important Fourth Edition maintains the book's accessibility, clarity and verve whilst incorporating ... Read more

$73.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

It is now 25 years since the first edition of Person-Centred Counselling in Action appeared, offering the definitive exposition of the theory and practice of the person-centred approach. Since then the book has supported and inspired hundreds of thousands of trainees and practitioners worldwide.This important Fourth Edition maintains the book's accessibility, clarity and verve whilst incorporating
... Read more
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Another Place at the Table

by Kathy Harrison ...

Narrated by Pam Ward ...

Unabridged

7 hours 15 min

The startling and ultimately uplifting narrative of one woman's thirteen-year experience as a foster parent.For more than a decade, Kathy Harrison has sheltered a shifting cast of troubled youngsters-the offspring of prostitutes and addicts; the sons and daughters of abusers; and teenage parents who aren't equipped for parenthood. All this, in addition to raising her three biological sons and two ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The startling and ultimately uplifting narrative of one woman's thirteen-year experience as a foster parent.For more than a decade, Kathy Harrison has sheltered a shifting cast of troubled youngsters-the offspring of prostitutes and addicts; the sons and daughters of abusers; and teenage parents who aren't equipped for parenthood. All this, in addition to raising her three biological sons and two
... Read more

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