From the 1890s onwards, social reformers, volunteer lawyers, and politicians increasingly came to see access to affordable or free legal advice as a critical part of helping working-class people uphold their rights with landlords, employers, and retailers – and, from the 1940s, with the welfare state. Whilst a state scheme was launched in 1949, it was never fully implemented and help from a lawyer remained out of the reach of many people. Lawyers for the poor is the first full-len...

The Sanctuary meets Shutter Island in this chilling speculative thriller from the acclaimed author of The Sisterhood**.**BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.SOME FLY TO THEIR DEATHS.A group of students step off a platform into the path of an oncoming train.Only Billie survives.She remembers nothing.But ...

‘Frightening and timely, Bradley’s The Sisterhood is the book everyone should read this year. If you thought it ended with Orwell, think again . . .' CHRISTINA DALCHERVox meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this feminist reimagining of 1984In Oceania, whoever you are, Big Brother is always watching you and trust is a luxury that no one has. Juli...

I APPROACH Thy Altar.... Stay! Let me break away! Level stones of marble, brazen lights, Linen spread, flowers on the shelves and heights— I bow down, I kneel ... And far away, where the sun sets, would reel! For from forth Thy altar Thou Strikest on me now, Strikest on me, firm and warm to thrill, With the charm of one whose touch could kill; Giving me desire Toward substance, yet for flight the lightning’s fire. So, if close a lover kneels, Praying close, one feels All the body’s flow of...

**Use Dr. Bradley Nelson's bestselling Body Code techniques to remove the emotional walls around your heartThis program features multicast narration.**Honing in on the central concept of his runaway bestseller, The Emotion Code, Dr. Nelson presents an expanded, deeper look at Heart-Walls in his next book, The Heart Code. All of us, Dr. Nelson realized, have walls around our hearts—emotional barriers that prevent us from fulfilling our potential an...

Brought to you by Penguin.In***The Heart Code*** Dr Bradley Nelson hones in on breaking down our Heart-Walls, to unlock happiness and emotional freedom. All of us have walls around our hearts — emotional barriers that prevent us from fulfilling our potential and finding our true purpose.The Heart Code offers an in-depth exploration into the mechanisms of Heart-Walls and practical guidance toward breaking down these barriers around our hearts. You w...

Decades of theory, research, and practice have singled out sense of belonging (in its many derivative forms) as a pivotal component of healthy development: psychologically, socially, culturally, academically. The human need for belonging, and therefore its essential nature, have been well established across multiple arenas. Despite growth in this field, answers to the barriers to belonging among marginalized groups and contexts remain especially elusive. For decades, this work was anchored...

Bringing together the expertise of top evaluation leaders from around the world, The SAGE International Handbook of Educational Evaluationaddressesmethods and applications in the field, particularly as they relate to policy- and decision-making in an era of globalization. The comprehensive collection of articles in the Handbook compels readers to consider globalization influences on educational evaluation within distinct genres or families of evaluation ap...

Three out of five workers across the world say they feel burned out. A 2020 study claims that the figure is in fact three in four. Over the past 24 months, our relationship with work has changed beyond recognition. On one side, employees are now looking for more choice, flexibility and freedom than ever before and statistics show that if they don't get what they want, they are prepared to vote with their feet. On the other, employers across all industries and job roles are currently facing...

More than 25 of the greatest Science Fiction stories ever written—many in eBook form for the very first time. More than four hundred pages of top flight fiction selected by the editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com, including 'Ticking' by Allen M. Steele; 'All Cats are Gray' by Andre Norton; 'The Velvet Glove' by Harry Harrison; 'The Day of the Boomer Dukes' by Frederic Pohl; 'The Troubadour' by Peter Sherman; 'Riya's Foundling' by Algis Budrys; 'Asleep in the Forest of the T...

Our world is growing increasingly complex and confused—a unique and urgent context that calls for a grounded and fresh approach to Christian higher education.Christian higher education involves a distinctive way of thinking about teaching, learning, scholarship, curriculum, student life, administration, and governance that is rooted in the historic Christian faith.In this volume, twenty-nine experts from a variety of fields, including theology, the humanities, science, math...

In the realm of Mizora, where ancient magic and modern technology intertwine, a young woman named Anya embarks on a perilous quest. Haunted by visions of a forgotten past, she uncovers a sinister plot that threatens to destroy her world. As Anya delves deeper into the labyrinthine secrets of Mizora, she encounters enigmatic allies and formidable foes. With the fate of her people hanging in the balance, she must confront her own destiny and the true nature of her powers.