Climbing trees is how Tiana finds peace. Every time she touches the sky she feels strong and free.After moving from Cuba to Montreal to Florida to California, peace is something Tiana needs now more than ever. But with the summer ahead full of camping in La Sierra Nevada while her biologist parents help conduct a wildlife survey, peace seems like more and more of a distant fantasy. It's not until finding Tree Dog nestled at the top of a towering aspen that she rea...

Mountains Are Free by Julia Davis Adams is a compelling historical novel that brings to life a dramatic struggle set against the sweeping backdrop of the European Alps during a time of political unrest and cultural awakening. Rich in atmosphere and emotional depth, the story explores themes of freedom, resistance, and the enduring human desire for self-determination. At the heart of the novel is a community bound by tradition and survival, whose way of life is threatened by external forces...

Connecting with Australian Tort Law is a practical introduction to the principles and application of tort law. It guides students to expand their knowledge of tort law, improve their problem-solving and communication skills and advance their professional development. Now in its third edition, Connecting with Australian Tort Law maintains its clear two-part structure. Part 1 introduces students to the fundamentals of tort law, and provides practical tools needed to succeed academically. Stu...

In an increasingly fast-paced world, talking and listening circles are a helpful tool for yoga teachers and other wellbeing professionals to offer connection, build community, and address specific topics in a safe and professional manner. This practical resource guides the reader through the various stages of talking and listening circles, including the initial intention for setting up a circle, opening the circle, sharing guidelines, introducing topics, and closing the circle.Fill...

The ideal first book for prospective adopters.When you decide to adopt a child, you might assume that all the important work begins when the child comes to live with you. In fact the preparation stage before is crucial in ensuring that the adopted child will arrive to a safe and secure family. Preparing for Adoption provides clear advice on how to prepare for you adoptive child and create a strong foundation for a healthy and loving relationship. Julia Davis explains how many diffe...

All four series of the acclaimed comedy sketch show, written by and starring Kevin Eldon'Bleak but addictive listening' The ListComic phenomenon Kevin Eldon has appeared in almost every hit comedy series in the last 25 years, from Fist of Fun, Brass Eye and This Morning with Richard Not Judy to Jam, Harry & Paul and Inside No. 9. Having starred alongside Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Chr...

This short read has been designed to help you identify if you are suffering with depression, anxiety, panic attacks or anger and to help sufferers begin their journey to overcome these feelings by getting to the source of any issues and introducing 10 easy Self-Help Techniques that anyone can implement into their daily lives. In life, we carry the experiences of life often burying them deep inside. Unresolved, any issues can have a detrimental impact on all that we say, do, or feel. Cognit...

Attaching in Adoption is a comprehensive guide for prospective and actual adoptive parents on how to understand and care for their adopted child and promote healthy attachment. This classic text provides practical parenting strategies designed to enhance children's happiness and emotional health. It explains what attachment is, how grief and trauma can affect children's emotional development, and how to improve attachment, respect, cooperation and trust. Parenting techniques are matched to...

Toddler Adoption looks at the unique joys and challenges of adopting and parenting a toddler. When a child aged is adopted between the ages of 12 to 36 months, they often show signs of cognitive and emotional immaturity, which can cause behavioral and relational issues. This book offers support and practical tools to help parents prepare for and support the toddler's transition between the familiar environment of their biological parent's home or foster home to a new and unfamiliar one, an...

Born in a prison and removed from his drug-dependent mother, rejection is all that 7-year-old Alex knows.When Cathy is asked to foster little Alex, aged 7, her immediate reaction is: Why can’t he stay with his present carers for the last month? He’s already had many moves since coming into care as a toddler and he’ll only be with her a short while before he goes to live with his permanent adoptive family. But the present carers are expecting a baby and the foster mother isn’t copin...

As seen in the hit documentary Three Identical Strangers • “[A] poignant memoir of twin sisters who were split up as infants, became part of a secret scientific study, then found each other as adults.”—Reader’s Digest (Editors’ Choice)WINNER OF A BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARDElyse Schein had always known she was adopted, but it wasn’t until her mid-thirties while living in Paris that she searched for her biological mother....

Meredith Hall's moving but unsentimental memoir begins in 1965, when she becomes pregnant at sixteen. Shunned by her insular New Hampshire community, she is then kicked out of the house by her mother. Her father and stepmother reluctantly take her in, hiding her before they finally banish her altogether. After giving her baby up for adoption, Hall wanders recklessly through the Middle East, where she survives by selling her possessions and finally her blood. She returns to New England and ...