HOPE FOR AMERICA’S YOUTH, BEYOND THE BLUE DOORS OF A BOYS & GIRLS CLUB is an exploration of how caring adults can ignite the bright potential of America’s youth. After the loss of her beloved mentor—when the doors of her career in government were slamming shut—Jane Sutter found new purpose, renewed faith, and hope as the CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County. Now retired, she catches up with some of her former “Club kids” to see where life has taken them since they walked out those ...

Music therapy is an internationally recognised field of professional evidence-based practice. Qualified music therapists use the engaging, non-verbal aspects of music to create relationships in which therapeutic goals can be pursued and needs of clients addressed. This is the first book to focus specifically on the ways that music therapists provide support for the development of the special and necessary bond between parents and their infants, where some vulnerability is experienced. In t...

Set amid the rugged beauty of mid-century American wildlands , Wilderness Warden follows the dedicated Robert "Bob" Lawson, the newly appointed forest ranger tasked with safeguarding a stretch of remote wilderness. Spanning steep ridges, dense pines, and rushing mountain streams, Lawson's responsibilities include fire prevention, wildlife preservation, and maintaining harmony with local loggers and Indigenous communities. Edward C. Janes delivers a gripping ...

Sleuth Astrid is a hi-tech chook, who rides a Harley, plays e-games and finds lost things.The Magician has lost his sense of humour. Astrid must find that before the 3pm show. Luckily, Astrid is also a mind-reading chook.

Trekking with their eco-photographer parents, Amy and Christopher suspect a thief on New Zealand's famous Milford Track.Is it Ms Tree, the Freedom Walker? Other suspects include a keen golfer, a rugby international and Zoe, the guide. When a mischievous kea bird steals from the twins, they change their minds. Dr Al, the celebrity explorer is being filmed on the Track, by their parents. Could he be involved in illegal kea or nugget smuggling?Backpack mix-ups, a loo-with-a-vi...

On Tournament Day, teams solve problems. Art the part-time spy doesn't want to take part. He's not keen on reading and he can't spell TOURNAMENT, but he's good at solving problems. His friend India makes him join her Tournament of Minds team. They get ready to present their problem. But then thieves try to steal secrets from the university. With India's help, Art solves an unexpected mystery. Tournament of Minds is where problems are solved, and Art is a great problem... Solver.

Art the part-time spy is at it again, and this time he's got birds on the brain.Mr Snippet's Crested Featherfoot Fantail is missing. It's his best bird and unless it's found, his wedding birds-for-hire service might go out of business.Art loves to be faced with a problem and he sets out to catch the thief, with help from his friend India (when she's not collecting dog droppings for her science experiment) and, as usual, no help from Mars Bar!

Amy and Christopher, the Frequent Flyer Twins, are on their way from Singapore to Cairns, where the International Games are going to be held. But more than one lot of games are being played!Amy and Christopher have heard that someone is smuggling steroids in on their flight. All passengers are suspects. So are the airline staff.Something doesn't add up, but what is it? The Frequent Flyer Twins are just the people to find out.

Slipper orchid' was the clue. But is it a flower, a pirated cassette or a group of smugglers?Pirated cassettes, tiger bones for traditional Chinese medicine, and the T-shirted gnome interest the sleuths Amy and Christopher as they leave Singapore's Changi Airport.Along the way, they discover some idea pirates and solve a mystery.

This multidisciplinary book shows how to foster meaningful relationships between therapists and vulnerable children, through exploring the concept of communicative musicality and creating rhythms of connection.It includes broad and in-depth contributions from leading therapists from diverse backgrounds - including Peter A. Levine, Daniel Hughes, Stephen Porges, Dennis McCarthy and many more. Contributors reflect on their own experiences, providing insights from the fields of music ...

"This is a thoughtful and sometimes challenging elaboration of some of the key concepts in contemporary family studies... Students and researchers will want to have this book close to hand, not simply as a reference work but as a stimulus to critical social analysis."- David H J Morgan, University of Manchester"Written in an intelligent, engaging, and accessible manner by two leading and highly respected family scholars whose contributions to the fi...

As her recent memories fade, Mary lives increasingly in the past―returning to the secrets of her turbulent interracial love story.Coming to terms with advancing dementia, Mary has no choice other than to move into her daughter’s home. Her daughter, Kayla, caught between her cognitively impaired mother and her belligerent teenage son, soon finds caregiving is more challenging than she imagined. Sage, the family’s golden retriever, offers comfort and unconditional lo...