This book critically examines the 25-year journey of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) since the radical Patten reforms initiated since the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement of 1998. To what extent did the reforms designed to complement political change succeed in building legitimacy for the police system in Northern Ireland as a shared, impartial institution based on human rights and the rule of law? Drawing on academic research and practitioner experience, including interviews wi...

Hopes for a peaceful settlement in Northern Ireland have again put the politics of the province under the spotlight. This new text, written by acknowledged experts on Northern Ireland, provides an immediately accessible introduction to the multi-faceted nature of the politics of the region.

The contribution of this book to the field of reconciliation is both theoretical and practical, recognizing that good theory guides effective practice and practice is the ground for compelling theory. Using a Girardian hermeneutic as a starting point, a new conceptual Gestalt emerges in these essays, one not fully integrated in a formal way but showing a clear understanding of some of the challenges and possibilities for dealing with the deep divisions, enmity, hatred, and other effects of...

Jamie's Pet Children's Audiobook is about a little boy who wants to have a pet. He is not sure what kind of pet to get. Jamie and his mother make a trip to the local pet store. At the pet store, Jamie discovers there are all types of pets available for adoption. Jamie realizes he has a tough decision about which pet he would like. Jamie walks throughout the pet store looking at all sorts of different animals. Jamie holds an animal and knows instantly that this is the kind of pet he wants. ...

Anna Dewdney's Bestselling Llama Llama series continues with Llama learning to read!Llama Llama learns at school.Counting, writing, reading, rules.Friends and school -- there's nothing better.Llama learning all the letters!Anna Dewdney's beloved Llama Llama is growing up and learning to read! Throughout the school day*,* the teacher helps Llama Llama and the other children practice their letters, show...

Llama Llama learns a lesson in telling the truth in this new book in the bestselling Llama Llama series.When Llama Llama accidentally breaks Mama Llama's favorite picture frame, he decides to tell a little lie about how it happened. In the end, Llama Llama learns a powerful lesson about telling the truth, even if it's hard to say.Told with Anna Dewdney's signature sweet rhyme, this newest installment of the Llama Llama series is timeless and can be used as ...

**A Netflix Original seriesFrom bestselling author and storyteller Anna Dewdney comes a back-to-school story featuring the beloved Llama Llama!**Summer days are getting shorter and it's almost time for the first day of school for Llama! But Llama Llama isn’t ready for summertime to end. It's been full of backyard camping, family picnics, and ice cream with friends. All he wants is for summer to go on forever! He’s anxious about his first day back at school but maybe, with s...

Anna Dewdney's Bestselling Llama Llama series continues with Llama learning to read!Llama Llama learns at school.Counting, writing, reading, rules.Friends and school -- there's nothing better.Llama learning all the letters!Anna Dewdney's beloved Llama Llama is growing up and learning to read! Throughout the school day*,* the teacher helps Llama Llama and the other children practice their letters, show...

A Netflix Original seriesWith over 30 million copies in print, Anna Dewdney's New York Times bestselling Llama Llama books have provided hours of comfort and fun-to-read-aloud rhyme."I have something new to talk about . . . tonight I will be going out," Mama gently tells Llama Llama.At first, Llama feels okay with this. After all, Mama has gone out before and Gram and Grandpa have stayed with him. But this time they can't. Someone new is coming over,...

A Netflix Original seriesWith over 30 million copies in print, Anna Dewdney's New York Times bestselling Llama Llama books have provided hours of comfort and fun-to-read-aloud rhyme."I have something new to talk about . . . tonight I will be going out," Mama gently tells Llama Llama.At first, Llama feels okay with this. After all, Mama has gone out before and Gram and Grandpa have stayed with him. But this time they can't. Someone new is coming over,...

**A Netflix Original seriesFrom bestselling author and storyteller Anna Dewdney comes a back-to-school story featuring the beloved Llama Llama!**Summer days are getting shorter and it's almost time for the first day of school for Llama! But Llama Llama isn’t ready for summertime to end. It's been full of backyard camping, family picnics, and ice cream with friends. All he wants is for summer to go on forever! He’s anxious about his first day back at school but maybe, with s...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...