He rescued her from a raging river, risking his own life against blizzard-like conditions. He drove her to his home over treacherous icy roads to render treatment for exposure. But when Nancy Barnett revived, she thought Wayne Crocker had kidnapped her, and Wayne doesnt have the words or the way to persuade her otherwise. Trapped together with no telephone or electricity, Wayne must keep Nancy from making an accusation that could imprison him until his dying day. She owed him her life -- b...

2 Timothy 3:16-1716 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.2 Peter 1:19-2119 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 knowing this first, that no prophe...

The bizarre death of a flatmate.A sinister, mysterious game.This game could make you win everything. This game could also lead to your utter ruin.The only question is-do you dare to play?

Why use knives, guns, swords, or spears to kill, only to end up covered in blood? A puddle of water, a piece of wire, or a few strands of hair-any of these can become deadly weapons! Through a series of ingeniously crafted accidents, countless crimes that had gone unpunished are brought to an abrupt end! When a group of individuals-each with their own story yet united by a common purpose-gathers around a brilliant mastermind, a team is born that strikes fear into the hearts of all evildoer...

In this innovative book, master clinician Michael Garrett shows how to weave together cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic therapy to support the recovery of persons suffering from psychosis. This integrated framework builds on the strengths of both methods to achieve lasting gains, even for patients with severe, chronic mental illness. The therapist is guided to use CBT to help the patient recognize the literal falsity of delusions, while employing psychod...

‘Systematically exposes the neoliberal myths in unequal societies’ - Niels Rosendal Jensen′A call to arms to challenge inequality and social exclusion.′ - Lel Meleyal‘An impassioned dissection of the highly coded lexicon of so-called welfare reform…get reading, get angry, get ready’. - Gargi BhattacharyyaWelfare Words analyses the keywords and phrases commonly used by policy-makers, news-outlets and wider so...

Drawing on a range of theorists and competing perspectives, this substantially updated and expanded second edition places social theory at the heart of social work pedagogy.This book imaginatively explores ways in which practitioners and social work educators might develop more critical and radical ways of theorising and working. It is an invaluable resource for students and contains features, such as Reflection and Talk Boxes, to encourage classroom and workplace discussions....

This book, from one of international social work’s leading radical educators, provides a richly compelling argument for the profession to become more critical and dissenting.Addressing the troubled times in which we find ourselves, Garrett’s book examines a broad range of theoretical frameworks and draws on diverse writers, such as Marx, Foucault, Brown, Zuboff, Rancière, Wacquant, Arendt, Levinas, Fanon and Gramsci. The author’s panoramic vision encompasses Ireland, the United Kin...

Rooted in a lively, critical approach to social work education and practice, Social Work and Common Sense challenges readers to think critically and more deeply about core facets of social work knowledge and ‘received ideas’. Garrett draws on the work of Antonio Gramsci to develop new, and often provocative, insights on attachment theory, creativity, anger, human rights, the ‘unmarried mother’ in Ireland’s past, and contemporary approaches to ‘decolonising’ social work education.

Recent years have witnessed a number of 'child protection' scandals where children, often from the poorest and most marginalised communities, have been on the receiving end of violence, abuse and social harm. In this short form book, part of the Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work series, Paul Michael Garrett looks at the impact of marketisation of social work services in both Ireland and England. He argues that marketisation has had a negative impact on policy regimes, working con...

Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, Ramsey Campbell, and others blur the lines between terror and temptation in fourteen hedonistic tales of horror.Crimes of Passion, ninth in the award–winning Hot Blood series of erotic horror, has a criminally good array of talent—fourteen stories by authors as diverse as literary giant Joyce Carol Oates, mystery giant Lawrence Block, horror giant Ramsey Campbell, musician Greg Kihn, and Brian Hodge, who pens the stunning...

The needle plunges into the red for Hottest Blood third in the pioneering Hot Blood erotic horror anthology series edited by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett. Nancy Holders Bram Stoker- winning I Hear the Mermaids Singing jump-starts a collection of 20 original stories with something to whet every appetite (Bayonne Journal) that will rev up your heart and drop you to the floor… Find yourself taken for a deathly ride in Black Cars join Grant Morrison in The Room Where Love Lives and check out ...