Social Services & Welfare
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On Violence and on Violence Against Women
$20.00 Add to cartA blazingly insightful, provocative study of violence against women from the peerless feminist critic.
Why has violence, and especially violence against women, become so much more prominent and visibl- Author: Rose, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1250849373
- Language: English
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Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America
$17.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Paul Tough’s Whatever It Takes is “one of the best books ever written about how poverty influences learning, and vice versa” (The Washington Post).
What would it take?… [more below]
- Author: Tough, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 10 2009
- ISBN10: 0547247966
- Language: English
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Abolition and Social Work: Possibilities, Paradoxes, and the Practice of Community Care
$24.95 Add to cartA critical anthology exploring the debates, conundrums, and promising practices around abolition and social work in academia and within impacted communities.
Within social work–a profession that has b
- Author: Kim, Mimi E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 9798888900918
- Language: English
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Survival Spanish for Social Services
$25.00 Add to cartSurvival Spanish for Social Services is designed for adults working in any area of the social services profession. No experience in the Spanish language is needed for success. This book contains hundr… [more below]
- Author: Melton, Myelita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: March 08 2010
- ISBN10: 0978699882
- Language: English
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Remaking Society: A New Ecological Politics
$20.00 Read moreBreathing new life into revolutionary ideas.
According to Murray Bookchin, a humane solution to the climate crisis will require replacing industrial capitalism with an egalitarian, ecological society; … [more below]
- Author: Bookchin, Murray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1849354421
- Language: English
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The Disappeared: Remnants of a Dirty War
$39.95 Add to cartThe Disappeared tells the extraordinary saga of Argentina’s attempt to right the wrongs of an unspeakably dark past. Using a recent human rights trial as his lens, Sam Ferguson addresses two central q… [more below]
- Author: Ferguson, Sam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1640121528
- Language: English
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The Present Time – Imperium Press (Studies in Reaction)
$13.95 Add to cartIn The Present Time, Carlyle takes aim at modernity. This essay was, even in its time, seen as so blistering that the Southern Literary Messenger described its contents as “purely monstrous, and the m
- Author: Carlyle, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: March 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1922602027
- Language: English
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Counseling Victims of Violence: A Handbook for Helping Professionals
$26.95 Add to cartWith violence of all kinds — from child abuse and domestic violence to hate crimes and stalking — at an all-time high, today’s counselors must be prepared to treat many types of victims. Counseling … [more below]
- Author: Brown, Sandra L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 22 2006
- ISBN10: 0897934636
- Language: English
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Training Your Own Service Dog AND Psychiatric Service Dog: 2 Books IN 1 BUNDLE!
$34.99 Add to cartAre you suffering from PTSD?
Do you find it hard to go outside your home and do the things you have missed and loved doing in the past?
Have you been dealing with anxiety and panic attacks which leave y
- Author: Matthews, Max
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 450
- Publish Date: December 09 2019
- ISBN10: 1951764056
- Language: English
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The Lucky Poor
$12.00 Add to cart“Will appeal to a range of readers, from fans of Raina Telgemeier to comics on social issues.” — BOOKLIST
Mazie’s family has been offered a fantastic gift: their very own, brand-new house, built for- Author: Lovie, Mazie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1638991251
- Language: English
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The Complete Guide to Creating a Special Needs Life Plan: A Comprehensive Approach Integrating Life, Resource, Financial, and Legal Planning to Ensure
$43.95 Read moreThe purpose of special needs planning is to create the best possible life for an adult with a disability. This book provides comprehensive guidance on creating a life plan to transition a special need
- Author: Faber, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: July 28 2013
- ISBN10: 1849059144
- Language: English
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The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America
$32.99 Read moreA genre-bending work of journalism and memoir by award-winning writer Tracie McMillan tallies the cash benefit–and cost–of racism in America.
In The White Bonus, McMillan asks a provocative question- Author: McMillan, Tracie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1250619424
- Language: English
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Becoming a Social Worker for Dummies
$24.99 Read moreBe an agent of positive change with a rewarding career in social work
Social workers are trained to address major social issues and provide therapeutic services for children, youth, and families. Beco
- Author: Betru, Yodit
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 11, 2024
- ISBN10: 1394200870
- Language: English
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Crying for Help: The Shocking True Story of a Damaged Girl with a Dark Past
$9.99 Add to cartThe second book from Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson.
Two weeks after saying farewell to her first foster child, Casey is asked to look after Sophia, a troubled 12-year-old with a sad pas
- Author: Watson, Casey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 02 2012
- ISBN10: 0007436580
- Language: English
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Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services–Notes of a Former Caseworker
$28.99 Add to cart“It’s an invaluable insider account of a pressing social issue.” – Publishers Weekly
Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow, a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed investigation of the c
- Author: Pryce, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 19, 2024
- ISBN10: 0063036193
- Language: English
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Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families–And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World
$32.00 Read moreAn award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and calls for radical change
Many believe the child welfare system protects ch- Author: Roberts, Dorothy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1541675444
- Language: English
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Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor
$20.00 Add to cartWINNER: The 2019 Lillian Smith Book Award, 2018 McGannon Center Book Prize, and shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice
Astra Taylor, author of The People’s- Author: Eubanks, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 6, 2019
- ISBN10: 1250215781
- Language: English
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Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
$18.95 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of 2020
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Bo- Author: Case, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0691217076
- Language: English
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The Overlooked Americans: The Resilience of Our Rural Towns and What It Means for Our Country
$32.00 Read moreHow small-town America’s surprising success reshapes our understanding of the nation’s urban-rural divide, offering “the most balanced and broadest-ranging look at the topic” (Tyler Cowen, George Maso
- Author: Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 154164672X
- Language: English
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Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
$31.99 Add to cartNamed one of NPR’s Best Books of 2023
Learn more about Jennifer Pahlka’s work at recodingamerica.us. “The book I
Named one of Ezra Klein’s “Books That Explain Where We Are in 2023,” The New York Times- Author: Pahlka, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 13, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250266777
- Language: English
