Providing an exploration of the key issues, this book offers practical advice on how to improve the safeguarding and welfare of black children and young people in need.With contributions from academics, researchers and practitioners, it promotes an understanding of the particular cultural and social issues that affect black children in relation to child protection. It highlights how race and racism, as well as culture, faith and gender, can influence the ways need and risk are inte...

The Stoker Award–winning author of the acclaimed, eclectic anthology The New Dead returns with 21st Century Dead and an all-new lineup of authors from every corner of the fiction world, shining a dark light on our fascination with tales of death and resurrection—and with zombies! The stellar stories in this volume include a tale set in the world of Daniel H. Wilson’s Robopocalypse, the first published fiction by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter, and a...

'Russell has long woven satisfying, suspenseful thrillers around the profound moral conflicts of political consent in dangerous days. With The City in Year Zero he does so as well as ever' - The Irish Times'Agonising and compelling . . . captivating from the first page to the end' - reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐----------Nothing thrived here, but something grew...Germany, 1945. Year...

A chilling reenactment of the federal government’s anti-Communist investigationsThe testimony that Eric Bentley has gleaned for this book from the thirty-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee focuses on HUAC’s treatment of artists, intellectuals, and performers. This highly dramatic and compelling collection of significant excerpts from the hearings shows with painful clarity how HUAC grew from a panel that investigated possible subversive activities in a “digni...

"Extraordinary stuff wonderfully executed... another top-class novel, a brilliant addition to this series, an outstanding read." - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐----------In this dead city, the vultures are circling...Berlin 1944. The beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. And the beginning of a dark journey for Garda detective Stefan Gillespie as he makes his way through war-ravaged Europe to the German capital. H...

A woman lands on the Scottish coast from a German flying boat and goes to ground, hunted by British Intelligence.Suspended from the Irish police for reasons he won't explain, Detective Inspector Stefan Gillespie is working on his father's farm in Wicklow. One day he vanishes, leaving no sign of where he is heading - or why. Even in rural Ireland, rumours of assassination and Nazi spies fill the air, leaving Stefan's father to wonder whether he is in terrib...

Ireland 1941. A German spy escapes from Mountjoy Prison, clearly with inside help. Yet no one wants to catch him. When the head of Garda Special Branch sends Inspector Stefan Gillespie to find out why, it must be in secret. But he meets a web of deceit in which the past's dark shadows loom over the lies of the present. Alone, except for an alcoholic private detective and a woman who could betray him to the IRA, Stefan embarks on a journey that drags him into a plot to atta...

By " assembling" some of the most fascinating figures in world history, Meeting of Minds provided a groundbreaking opportunity for audiences to be exposed to ideas by way of a medium not normally known for its intellectual vigor. Portrayed by actors, panelists engage in stimulating round-table discussions that were conducted like any other talk show but featured prominent influencers from bygone generations— not just philosophers and politicians, but poets, playwrights, a...

Mathematik als ungewohnte Inspirationsquelle für Theologie: Das Buch entwickelt aus der Unterscheidungslogik der "Gesetze der Form" (George Spencer-Brown) und soziologischen Diagnosen zur "nächsten Gesellschaft" (u. a. Dirk Baecker) ein präzises Denk- und Arbeitsmodell für die Pastoral. Es macht komplexe Situationen sichtbar, ordnet Spannungen und eröffnet praktikable Entscheidungswege - ohne Widersprüche vorschnell zu glätten. "Logik trifft Logos" und führt mit klaren Strukturen vom Begri...

It's a fantastical adventure story for children. Kitto is a curious little bottlenose dolphin from Cornwall, UK. A pod of dolphins rides waves in the Atlantic when the hurricane strikes the coast. All of them should plunge into the deep waters to hide from the disaster. Will the playful child follow Mummy Bottlenose? Facing the excitement and dangers of his out-of-the-blue adventure, Kitto makes new friends in Lake Ontario. Yet, every child needs to come back home. How? Will he remember Mu...

Ein deutscher Krimiautor reist mit der Bahn an die Ostsee, um dort endlich die Geschichte zu schreiben, die er immer schon schreiben wollte – einen Thriller über das perfekte Verbrechen. Während der Zugfahrt lernt der Schriftsteller einen Mann kennen, der ihm zu verstehen gibt, dass es ein vollkommenes Verbrechen nicht geben kann.

They are icons of the literary world whose soaring works have been discussed and analyzed in countless classrooms, homes, and pubs. Yet for most readers, the living, breathing human beings behind the classics have remained unknown—until now. In this utterly captivating book, Dr. Elliot Engel, a leading authority on the lives of great authors, illuminates the fascinating and flawed members of literature’s elite. In lieu of stuffy biographical sketches, Engel provides fascinating anecdotes.