John is still reeling from the death of his parents. Somehow, everyone seems to be blaming him.With a United States Senator looking to blame him he is not surprised when the judge confines him until review at age eighteen.Green River Farm Facility is a work farm for juvenile offenders. Tormented without and within, John must survive and find a path to honor his parents. He can never forget, but maybe, someday, he will find a way to live.This short story provides som...

Young James Mann came from Texas to find his missing uncle in the lawless Indian Territory. Then the boy's father came after him. Now they've earned the wrath of the vicious McCoy-Maxwell gang, who are about to pull off their most savage attack. But the Manns of Texas have a secret weapon: Deputy Marshal Jackson Sixpersons.While repeating rifles are spreading across the frontier, Sixpersons carries an oddity: a 12-gauge, lever-action Winchester shotgun. Soon Sixpersons will use his...

Lance Kenyon exists day to day in the shadow of his former life. Most in the town of Two Falls suspect he is responsible in some way for the mystery of his missing wife. He doesn't understand why she left, but he can't let go. When he struggles to learn what happened to her, he is forced to ask questions about himself and the people he thought he knew.The answers will change his life forever.This mystery thriller romance is perfect for a three hour drive.

On a Sunday morning, massive earthquakes devastate the West Coast of the United States and other locations around the globe. That same day, Sofia, a disabled nine-year-old foundling girl, is miraculously healed during morning Mass. Mark Lawson is the last person to believe in miracles, and he doesn't know why he let Father Romero persuade him to shelter Sofia and her novitiate caretaker, Maria. Unexpectedly, he finds himself on the run from the public, the authorities, and something he can...

Under A Covered Sky is an eighty-seven thousand word supernatural techno-thriller romance which contains scenes of natural and personal disaster, personal and military violence, questions of spirtuality, and sweet romance.On a Sunday morning, massive earthquakes devastate the West Coast of the United States and other locations around the glove. That same day, Sofia, a disabled nine-year-old foundling firl, is miraculously healed during morning Mass.Mark Lawson is t...

This book guides the reader through the international development of social work and discusses how aspects of globalisation are making it an increasingly international activity and profession. Individual chapters locate the UK population historically and currently as a multicultural community and explore the international issues that social workers in the UK confront in their daily practice with children and families, people with mental health issues and older people. This text helps stude...

Lance Kenyon exists day to day in the shadow of his former life. Most of the town of Two Falls suspects he is responsible for the mystery of his missing wife. He doesn't understand why she left, but he can't let go. When he struggles to learn what happened to her, he is forced to ask questions about himself and the the people he thought he knew.The answers will change his life forever.This romantic suspense novella is perfect for an afternoon or evening read.

With social and community services coming under increasing pressure as austerity continues, Unfinished Business examines how social policy has operated in Ireland and how it has been affected by consistent government cutbacks. It examines a wide range of issues important to social care students, such as poverty, homelessness, disability, immigrants, mental health and many other issues pertinent to Irish society today. This book: Is the first Irish social po...

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.There has been an enormous increase in interest in the use of evidence for public policymaking, but the vast majority of work on the subject has failed to engage with the political nature of decision making and how this influences the ways in which evidence will be used (or misused) within political ar...

A contemporary snapshot of Irish education, this book positions 21st-century Irish education at the centre of the creation of the knowledge economy and outlines the challenges and changes presented as a result of a changing education system and society. Part 1: The Changing System charts selected changes that have taken place in Irish education in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries and considers educations's role in building a knowledge economy and social cohesion Part 2: Diversity and Incl...

Social Policy: Themes and approaches is a fully revised, updated and extended edition of a bestselling social policy textbook, extensively reworked and adapted to meet the needs of its international readership. The book lays out the architecture of social policy as a field of study, providing a sense of the scope, range and purpose of the subject while developing critical awareness of problems, issues and common fallacies.

This book is a comprehensive and critical introduction to the field of gender and crime, re-thinking the key themes and debates within a human rights framework.Integrating empirical, theoretical and policy-related material, this Second Editionhas been significantly updated, and now includes;Full consideration of the 2010-2015 Coalition Government and its effect on gender and crime within England and WalesA new chapter relating crimi...