There are some things about me you should know.1. I always wear my butterfly shell - even when I'm swimming or sleeping2. I don't hurt myself any more3. I believe in ghosts.I'd better start at the beginning. The beginning of First Year. Here goes …The story of a strange year and a very special shell.

How you eat can reveal a lot about how you show up to life. What do you love to eat? Really Love? At a Soul level you know. That’s what Soul-Full Eating is all about, getting to the core of what we really love and allowing ourselves to experience that on a daily basis. It’s a whole new way of looking at not just how we eat, but how we look at ourselves and our entire lives. Here’s the key: Eat with love what’s grown with love, prepared with love, and served with love. In her provocative bo...

When Kate seeks help for her yo-yo dieting and weight gain, she’s looking for more than just another carb-counting quick fix. Tired of both herself and an endless parade of nutrition and fitness advice, Kate doubts that any diet can help her overcome her compulsive eating habits to find the perfect weight. But the seemingly ordinary “life coach” who agrees to take Kate on as a client, has more than Kate’s waistline in mind. This unconventional approach is a complete overhaul of body, mind,...

This edited collection offers the first system-wide account of the impact of COVID-19 on crime and justice in England and Wales. It provides a critical discussion of the challenges faced by criminal justice agencies (prison, probation, youth justice, courts, police), professionals and service users in adapting to the extraordinary pressures of the pandemic on policy, practice and lived experience.The text integrates first-hand narrative and artistic accounts from a variety of key s...

Born in Dundee in 1938, Maureen Reynolds grew up in wartime Scotland, a young girl surrounded by adult concerns. There was the endless queuing for rations that never seemed to stretch quite far enough, the blackouts and the air raids. But, if times were hard, they were also simpler, and in Voices in the StreetMaureen remembers with great fondness her early years with her wise old grandad, the enjoyment of riding on tram cars, the weekly wash house gossip and the people and places of her ch...

A general introduction to the social and legal issues involved in acts of violence against Native women, this book's contributors are lawyers, social workers, social scientists, writers, poets, and victims. In the U.S. Native women are more likely than women from any other group to suffer violence, from rape and battery to more subtle forms of abuse, and Sharing Our Stories of Survival explores the causes and consequences of such behavior. The stories and case-studies presented he...

This collection offers a comprehensive review of the origins, scale and breadth of the privatisation and marketisation revolution across the criminal justice system.Leading academics and researchers assess the consequences of market-driven criminal justice in a wide range of contexts, from prison and probation to policing, migrant detention, rehabilitation and community programmes. Using economic, sociological and criminological perspectives, illuminated by accessible case studies,...

An epic story of love, hope and survival from Scotland to Shanghai. When six-year-old Lizzie Flint's father, Peter, is killed in the trenches of the First World War, she knows life will never be the same again. And as Lizzie's mother Beth, who refuses to believe that Peter is dead, becomes isolated and embittered, she grows up taking care of her mother - at the cost of her own dreams of adventure. After her mother passes away, Lizzie finally tastes freedom when she travels to Hong Kong to ...

Molly McQueen needs a new challenge. Her move to Australia hasn't worked out and now she's back home and ready to start her new venture, McQueen's Agency. But Molly soon finds that hiring temps out to local businesses is tough going, until the day a lucrative job comes in which seems almost too good to be true.On her first day at the new job, Molly senses that something isn't quite right - but the Agency desperately needs the work. And when Molly begins to discover more about her e...

Maureen Reynolds' moving family saga which started with "The Sunday Girls" and continued in "Towards a Dark Horizon" now concludes in "The Sun Will Shine Tomorrow".As war continues to rage across Europe, the family are worried about Rosie who is pregnant and suffering from terrible morning sickness. Meantime Johnny goes to Orkney with the Home Guard where he suffers a fractured skull in a fall. When he eventually gets home Rosie is feeling better but then suddenly ...

A moving family saga from the author of the bestselling Voices in the StreetIt is the time of the Great Depression and jobs are scarce. Like many others in Dundee, the Neill family are struggling just to make ends meet. Ann would love to stay at school but, following the tragic death of her mother, she is forced to take a job as a housemaid to support her family. Her employer, Mrs Barrie, couldn't be kinder but the spiteful housekeeper, Miss Hood, has a gu...

The Eye of the Woman presents a compilation of photographs and mixed media. The photographer shows us art in ways that evoke a deeper meaning within. The camera is my brush and the scene is my canvas is this artists mantra. Strongly influenced by Georgia OKeefe, the photographer finds beauty in simple objects and shapes. The reader will find images from around the world, painted photographs, dramatic landscapes and symbolic creations of art. The artist believes that the artist must underst...