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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 €

  • Lasting Touch
    Jean-François Pinsonnault
    For nearly ten years Jean-François visited his widowed and unwell mother every other week, to ensure her comfort. Regularly, he invited her to come and live with him. Each time Lise, his mother, kindly refused saying she was not ready. One spring day, she called and asked: “Is the offer still good?” Not long after that life changing conversation began a journey of joy, challeng...
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    17,48 €

  • 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 €

  • Gabrielle’s Gift
    Lerone Landis
    The premise of Gabrielle’s Gift is a simple one - a child’s wish for a very special birthday gift. It is a gift that that nearly every kid will ask for at some point in their childhood, the gift of a pet! This everyday typical scenario is coupled with an atypical family dynamic in which Gabrielle’s parents are two dads. The unique family is never explicitly mentioned. The visu...
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    19,65 €

  • 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 €

  • Cybercrime and Cloud Forensics
    Keyun Ruan
    While cloud computing continues to transform developments in information technology services, these advancements have contributed to a rise in cyber attacks; producing an urgent need to extend the applications of investigation processes. Cybercrime and Cloud Forensics: Applications for Investigation Processes presents a collection of research and case studies of applications fo...
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    256,07 €

  • Corporate Hacking and Technology-Driven Crime
    In an age when computer crime is growing at a exponential rate and on a global scale, industry and government leaders are increasingly reliant upon answers from the academic and IT Security fields in order to keep cyber crime in check, and be ahead of the 'cyber criminal curve.' Corporate Hacking and Technology-Driven Crime: Social Dynamics and Implications addresses various as...
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    236,22 €

  • 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 €

  • The House by the Marsh
    William Blyghton
    One morning just before lunch, Caroline stopped breathing. Bereft and alone, a small madness fell upon William. Fleeing to his flat in London, he locked himself away and grew a beard. Some months later, whilst reluctantly attending a dinner party, William saw her, and felt that perhaps Providence had plans for him after all. Jennifer, however, saw things differently.Then, quite...
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    14,22 €

  • 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 €

  • Chicken and Hen
    Aefa Mulholland
    In the heartwarming and heartbreaking 'Chicken and Hen,' Aefa Mulholland recounts the story of her family's adoption of a tiny, talkative three-year-old from the other side of town, from his first words to her to his final goodbye. ...
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    4,90 €

  • 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 €

  • Família E Escola
    Aline Daise Teixeira Da Silva
    Esta Obra Considera O Tripé Família, Escola E Comunidade Como Aporte Fundamental Para A Socioeducação, E Principalmente Para A Construção De Projetos De Vida De Adolescentes A Quem São Atribuídos Autoria De Atos Infracionais. 10 ...
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    14,04 €

  • Há outro modo de construir a relação escola-família como uma experiência instituinte?
    Maria Angelita Djapoterama da Silva
    O presente livro compreende a análise de uma experiência instituinte no campo educacional, relacionada à extensão universitária, que objetivou a construção de relações entre a escola e a família que fortaleceram o trabalho da escola básica em contexto de intensa pobreza urbana. Tratou-se de experiência que uniu a Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) à Prefeitura Muni...
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    23,40 €

  • LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
    Maurice Hicks
    Leading an FBI Homicide Task Force and having run-ins with drug kingpins, murderers, and serial rapists would be the last thing you would expect from an introvert. But, as luck would have it, Maurice was that guy. Maurice spent his entire life trying to avoid trouble. Yet, ironically, Maurice was confronted with the most dangerous and horrific close encounters imaginable while ...
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    22,52 €

  • LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
    Maurice Hicks
    Leading an FBI Homicide Task Force and having run-ins with drug kingpins, murderers, and serial rapists would be the last thing you would expect from an introvert. But, as luck would have it, Maurice was that guy. Maurice spent his entire life trying to avoid trouble. Yet, ironically, Maurice was confronted with the most dangerous and horrific close encounters imaginable while ...
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    34,68 €

  • Tolerating State Violence
    Elizabeth Stanley
    Using contemporary case examples from three liberal democracies - Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom- this book questions: how do state institutions create the conditions for the tolerance of state violence and harms? And, from this knowledge, how might we make the violence and harms intolerable? ...
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    73,29 €

  • Fundamentals of Forensic Victimology
    This edited volume delves into the multifaceted field of victimology, exploring its historical roots, theoretical frameworks, and contemporary applications. It navigates through various forms of victimization, from intimate violence to stranger violence, shedding light on their prevalence and underlying causes. With a focus on psychological aspects and victim profiling, it equi...
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    169,04 €

  • Dreaming of a Better Life
    Yusy Widarahesty
    This book delves into a developing area of Japan’s labor migration studies, providing comprehensive insights to unveil the complexity of Japan’s Technical Intern Trainee Program (TITP), not only from the perspective of the receiving country but particularly from that of the sending country. In doing so, the book focuses on Indonesia’s participation in the TITP.With this, the bo...
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    166,94 €

  • School Shootings in American Culture
    Lisa Ross
    Explores the psychosocial causes of school shootings as a cultural trend and society’s strategies to maintain order in their aftermath.The tragedies at Uvalde, Texas, and Parkland, Florida, have shown that our national strategy to end school shootings is failing. School Shootings in American Culture uniquely applies systems-thinking to school shootings as a cultural trend. Auth...
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    154,59 €

  • Yang Xinhai
    Johann Bachmann
    Between 1999 and 2003, a wave of terror swept through rural China. Villages that had known only quiet isolation were shattered by the brutal crimes of one man - Yang Xinhai, the 'Monster Killer.' Moving silently through Henan, Shandong, and Anhui provinces, he slaughtered entire families, leaving behind no witnesses and almost no trace. For years, his reign of violence went unn...
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    27,73 €

  • Crime Without Borders
    Aaron Fichtelberg / Kai Lin / Nicole Fox
    This book introduces students to the challenges related to international crime and punishment, and the ways that criminal justice systems have sought to confront them. ...
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    74,85 €

  • Crime Without Borders
    Aaron Fichtelberg / Kai Lin / Nicole Fox
    This book introduces students to the challenges related to international crime and punishment, and the ways that criminal justice systems have sought to confront them. ...
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    257,98 €

  • O Assassino Das Noivas
    Sérgio Fragoso
    Estamos em Nova Iorque, a cidade onde tudo acontece! Uma mulher vestida em trajes nada comuns é encontrada morta no Central Park. Scott, o detetive responsável pelo caso, sabe que esse não é um crime comum, pois a maneira em que o cadáver foi deixado leva o investigador a acreditar que existe um psicopata em ação. E agora, detetive Scott? Vai juntar as pistas a tempo de encontr...
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    24,44 €

  • Hauntology
    Alex Simpson / Paul McGuinness / Tea Fredriksson
    In response to the recent ’spectral turn’ within criminology this book presents, for the first time, a concise, comprehensive, approachable, and critically engaged guide to hauntology for criminological researchers and graduate students. ...
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    73,55 €


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