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Everyone Helps, Everyone Wins: How Absolutely Anyone Can Pitch in, Help Out, Give Back, and Make the World a Better Place

by David T. Levinson

The director of one of the largest grassroots volunteer programs in the country shows how everyone can give back.

Just in time for the season of giving, Everyone Helps, Everyone Wins will change how Americans...


A Place Called Canterbury: Tales of the New Old Age in America

by Dudley Clendinen

An "affectionate, touchingly empathetic" (Janet Maslin, The New York Times) look at old age in America today Welcome to Canterbury Tower , an apartment building in Florida, where the residents are busy with...


The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good

by William Easterly

From one of the world's best-known development economists-an excoriating attack on the tragic hubris of the West's efforts to improve the lot of the so-called developing world

In his previous book, The Elusive...


Culture Is Our Weapon

by Patrick Neate & Damian Platt

An inspiring mission to rescue young people from drugs and violence with music

At a time when interest in Brazilian culture has reached an all-time high, and the stories of one person's ability to improve...


Effective Grant Writing and Program Evaluation for Human Service Professionals: An Evidence-Based Approach

by Francis K. O. Yuen, Kenneth L. Terao & Anna Marie Schmidt

A state-of-the-art guide for developing grants witha strong emphasis on using program outcome measurement to underscore need and accountability

Based on the authors' many years of experience in the public and...


Poor People

by William T. Vollmann

That was the simple yet groundbreaking question William T. Vollmann asked in cities and villages around the globe. The result of Vollmann's fearless inquiry is a view of poverty unlike any previously offered....


Design to Survive: 9 Ways an IKEA Approach Can Fix Health Care and Save Lives

by Pat Mastors

The U.S. spends the most in the world on health care and research, yet our outcomes are among the worst in industrialized nations. Hundreds of thousands die every year from medical harm. Imagine a world where...


The Wages of Relief: Cities and the Unemployed in Prairie Canada, 1929-39

by Eric Strikwerda

The Wages of Relief examines the Depression experiences of three municipal governments-Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg-and the individuals and families who relied on them for unemployment relief through the...


Goodness to Go: A Handbook for Humanitarians

by Fran I. Hamilton

Goodness To Go-A Handbook for Humanitarians is your personal guide to inspire, clarify, mobilize, and sustain your compassion in action. Self-care is essential as you discover ways to contribute to your community...


Social Work With Adults

by Georgina Koubel

A definitive textbook on adult services, bringing the topic alive for students with a perspective and depth of understanding.


An Introduction To Applying Social Work Theories And Methods

by Barbra Teater

This practical book provides a basic introduction to the most commonly used theories and methods in social work practice.


Anger Management Games for Children

by Deborah Plummer & Jane Serrurier

This book helps adults to understand, manage and reflect on children's anger. Featuring a wealth of games, it is designed to foster successful anger management strategies for children aged 5-12. It covers the...


One Day the Soldiers Came

by Charles London

Today, in violence-torn regions across the globe, 20 million children have been uprooted, orphaned, or injured by war, famine, and poverty. This is their story . . . and ours.

In this powerful and unforgettable...


Working for Justice: A Handbook of Prison Education and Activism

THE POCKETBOOK GUIDE TO MENTAL HEALTH ACT ASSESSMENTS

by Claire BARCHAM

This pocketbook for Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHP) is a useful guide, not only for social workers but also those in the social care profession considering a route into AMHP and doctors. It provides...


APPLYING A PERSONALISED APPROACH TO ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

by Daisy BOGG

This book provides a guide to assessing and supporting individuals with complex needs in the context of personalisation. This step-by-step pocketbook shows how these issues can be applied to the eligibility...


Social Work in the Middle East

by Hussein Hassan Soliman

Countries across the Middle East face a number of social problems such as poverty, unemployment, housing, internal immigration and caring for vulnerable groups such as children, women, the disabled and the elderly....


Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

by Eleanor Lutman & Elaine Farmer

Using findings from a research study conducted over five years, this book gives an insight into current social care provision for children suffering from neglect. It highlights the complex and enduring needs...


Taking Stock: The Status of Criminological Theory

by Francis Cullen, John Wright & Kristie Blevins

Criminology is in a period of much theoretical ferment. Older theories have been revitalized, and newer theories have been set forth. The very richness of our thinking about crime, however, leads to questions...


Thinking about Social Problems: An Introduction to Constructionist Perspectives

by Donileen R. Loseke

The new second edition of this distinctive and widely adopted textbook brings into the classroom an overview of how images of social problems can shape not only public policy and social services, but also the...