With the push toward accountability and test performance in schools there has been a decline in emphasis on creativity, imagination, and feelings in schools. Psychodynamic Perspectives on Working with Children, Families, and Schools is designed for students and professionals who are interested in restoring such values to their work with children.There is an absence of psychoanalytic ways of thinking in conventional professional discourses of schooling. With a few notable exceptions...

Bricks and Mortar is the story of the sex trade in a big city in the former GDR, from just before 1989 to the present day, charting the development of the industry from absolute prohibition to full legality in the twenty years following the reunification of Germany. The focus is on the rise and fall of one man from football hooligan to large-scale landlord and service-provider for prostitutes to, ultimately, a man persecuted by those he once trusted. But we also hear other voices:...

International Booker-longlisted author Clemens Meyer returns with Dark Satellites, a striking collection of stories about marginal characters in contemporary Germany. A train driver's life is upended when he hits a laughing man on the tracks on his night shift; a lonely train cleaner makes friends with a hairdresser in the train station bar; and a young man, unable to return to his home after a break-in, wanders the city in a state of increasing unrest. From the home to places of ...

Journey into the Glory - Come and join these witnesses as they share some of their Powerful Encounters in the God-Realm! You will be filled with excitement, anticipation and faith as you learn what they learned. Yet, most importantly, you will find insights that will guide you into that supernatural sphere of Divine adventure. Patricia King says, “Every Christian has an invitation to experience the glories of that realm NOW!” Read, enjoy and then... encounter! Each chapter is filled with i...

Rico, Mark, Paul and Daniel were 13 when the Berlin Wall fell in autumn 1989. Growing up in Leipzig at the time of reunification, they dream of a better life somewhere beyond the brewery quarter. Every night they roam the streets, partying, rioting, running away from their fears, their parents and the future, fighting to exist, killing time. They drink, steal cars, feel wrecked, play it cool, longing for real love and true freedom. Startlingly raw and deeply moving, While We Were Dream...

Find your Happily Ever After with two feel-good stories of dogs unleashing romance in small-town settings.Finding love—and fur-ever families!The Puppy ProposalMillionaire hotelier Nic Caruso doesn't expect to fall for a dog in need—or his beautiful caretaker! The big-city bachelor is on Paradise Isle to wreak havoc on veterinary technician Jillian Everett's beloved hometown. But for the first time in forever, Nic realizes ther...

Harlequin Special Edition September 2021 – Box Set 1 of 2Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes:THE MOST ELIGIBLE COWBOY (A Montana Mavericks: The Real Cowboys of Bronco Heights novel)by Melissa SenateBrandon Taylor has zero interest in tying the knot—until his...

A new leash on lovePrim and proper socialite-turned-journalist Holly Harding is looking for her first big scoop. And what better topic than the infamous cattle king Brett Wyndham? But when the pair’s plane crashes in the middle of the Outback, she’s forced to rely on Brett for protection. How long can inexperienced Holly deny their sizzling attraction…?•When June Leavy finds two puppies abandoned, she immediately feels a bond with the adorable animals...

They've escaped the Breeders, yet their journey has just begun.Riley and Clay are once again on the run from the Breeders. The group may have escaped the deranged experiments at the hospital, but as one of the world's last free women, Riley can never be safe. On the road back home, Riley and her crew are captured by a band of savage men. Their destination: the Citadel, run by a bizarre religious prophet named the Messiah. Somehow he knows their secrets. He wants them to join his gr...

Sit, Stay…Fall In Love?Veterinary technician Jillian Everett has met plenty of canines-and some men who deserve "dog" tags. But when millionaire hotelier Nic Caruso strides into Paradise Animal Clinic, a scruffy border collie muddying his designer suit, Jillian has to sit up and take notice. Nic might be gorgeous, but she's had more than enough heartbreak for one lifetime in dog years.Nic doesn't expect to fall for a dog in need-or his beautiful ca...

The Maya. The Romans. The great dynasties of ancient China. It is generally believed that these once mighty empires eventually crumbled and disappeared. A recent trend in archaeology, however, focusing on what happened during and after the decline of once powerful societies has found social resilience and transformation instead of collapse. In Beyond Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on Resilience, Revitalization, and Transformation in Complex Societies, editor Ronald K. Fauls...

This fully updated second edition of Gender and Popular Culture examines the role of popular culture in the construction of gendered identities in contemporary society. It draws on a wide range of cultural forms – including popular music, social media, television and magazines – to illustrate how femininity and masculinity are produced, represented, used and consumed.Blending primary and secondary research, Milestone and Meyer introduce key theories and concepts in gender ...