Subject(s): Social service | Social service -- Methodology Summary: "A basic introduction to the most commonly used theories and methods in social work practice. The book explores the concept of a theory and a method, the difference between the two and the ways in which they are connected. Teater also discusses the social worker-client rela

Subject(s): Crime -- United States | Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States | Criminology Summary: From the Publisher: Taking Sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summa

Subject(s): Face perception Summary: "How do we recognise familiar faces? What factors determine facial attractiveness? How does face processing develop in infants and children? Why do face reconstruction systems, such as Photofit and E-Fit, produce such poor likenesses of the original face? Face Processing: psychological, neuropsychologic

Subject(s): Web-based instruction -- Social aspects | Distance education -- Social aspects | Education, Higher -- Computer-assisted instruction | Human-computer interaction | Emotions and cognition Summary: "How can faculty create a strong E presence for their online classes? This volume highlights the need for creating a presence in the on

Subject(s): Zoroastrianism | Zoroastrianism -- History Summary: "Zoroastrianism is one of the world's great ancient religions. In present-day Iran significant communities of Zoroastrians (who take their name from the founder of the faith, the remarkable religious reformer Zoroaster, or--in the old Avestan language--Zarathustra) still pr

Subject(s): Neurolinguistic programming | Leadership | Management | Organizational change Summary: "A step-by-step guide to using NLP tools & techniques in your business. Covers four areas of management in both big and small businesses: personal, team, organization and clients. It looks at common challenges and shows how NLP can contrib

Subject(s): Special education | Special education -- Social aspects | Children with disabilities -- Education -- United States Summary: From the Publisher: TAKING SIDES: SPECIAL EDUCATION, fifth edition, is a debate-style reader designed to introduce students to controversies in special education. The readings, which represent the arguments o

Subject(s): Women school administrators -- United States | Educational leadership -- United States Summary: "In this book, the authors present a new way of looking at leadership that is grounded in research on women leaders. They flesh out what this kind of leadership looks like in practice and offer suggestions and ideas for how such leade

Subject(s): Widowers -- Fiction | Single fathers -- Fiction | Women teachers -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Montana -- Fiction Summary: Montana, 1910. Juliana loses the Indian school she runs, and the four children in her care are left with nowhere to go. They meet rancher Lincoln Creed, whose daughter is in desperate need of

Subject(s): Soldiers -- Fiction | Long-distance relationships -- Fiction Summary: John, a high school dropout, enlists in the Army not knowing what else to do with his life. While in the Army he meets Savannah, they fall in love and she awaits his return from the Army. After 9/11 John feels it's his duty to re-enlist. During their long sepa