Ive always wanted to write but the constant question was always who would by a book about poetry these days. Its not the most popular form of reading anymore but maybe if I put it across differently I may get a response. Having nothing to loose, I started here, hoping to touch someones heart. Maybe these words could let people see the world as I do an amazing place of beauty in the tiniest of things. Trees, a river system, a single cloud, lightning dancing ahead of the rain and the thunder...

★★★ Does your dog bark at passing pedestrians? ★★★Does your beloved pet growl at every visitor that steps into your yard? Does Fido hide in a corner whenever fireworks go off in the distance? Does a fun day at the dog park often boil over into a snarling standoff? Does your sweet pet bully or get bullied by other dogs?Whether your dog is aggressive, socially inexperienced, or perpetually anxious, the constant tension and discord that is cre...

The child has a very special place in society, and society defines and shapes childhood. Understanding childhood is essential to early years students and this book offers a great introduction.Taking a thematic approach, chapters cover:Historical and Cultural PerspectivesPolicy and Economic PerspectivesPsychological and Biological PerspectivesContemporary Views.Each chapter prompts you to reflect on core issues and interroga...

What are the influences that govern how people view their worlds? What are the embedded values and practices that underpin the ways people think and act?Discourses We Live By approaches these questions through narrative research, in a process that uses words, images, activities or artefacts to ask people – either individually or collectively within social groupings – to examine, discuss, portray or otherwise make public their place in the world, their sense of belonging to (and ide...

Workplace discrimination is an experience that, despite four decades of equality legislation, continues to blight the lives of thousands every year. Discrimination persists on the protected grounds of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief and gender reassignment, as well as where no legal protection exists such as in relation to class background or migration status. The Handbook discusses recent changes in equality legislation as well as considering the limitat...

The screenplay writer in Hollywood was a pen-for-hire. Whatever your status elsewhere in the world here, in Hollywood, you were usually a high-paid weekly contract where your talents, your genius, were at the beck and call of others who spoke of Art but were really mad but we're really the mouthpieces of Commerce.But radio for the Hollywood studio system was all about marketing. On that basis something approaching art could be produced on a regular basis. This series produced some ...

Social workers spend their time trying to ease social suffering. They encounter the extreme casualties of social inequality: the victims of poverty, illness, addiction, and abuse; they work with abusers and offenders; and operate in the space between the State and the poor or marginalized. Social work is replete with vivid human stories: the troubled teenage boy who cannot settle in a foster home; the frail older woman who is desperate for social contact; the community seeking a way to tac...

A young noble has a mountain of a problem in his back yard, and he must seek the unfamiliar help of an alchemist to deal with it. But the help he receives is not at all what he expects. A fantasy short story

This book brings together key themes in Childhood Studies to provide an accessible yet scholarly introduction for students and practitioners.

A bitter hate filled wizard seeks revenge against one who has cheated him of his rightful place to rule the city of Lardenmuk.But the question is how was he cheated? His only clue lies within one unknown word. Maferentuss!If you read this story, I would very much appreciate a review...be it good or bad! THE CHOICE IS YOURS MORTAL!!!

Life is about the interplay among people. Mom always used to say to me "It takes two to tango", and "There are two sides to every story". For me, it's about all of us being our full selves, communicating as best we can with others, while earnestly listening to the other "Voices of Reasons" out there. That works on building a sense of understanding, acceptance of, and mutual respect for one another.

The new edition of this established core textbook continues to give an insightful, authoritative and accessible overview of competing theoretical positions on the sociological study of childhood. The book explores the ways these theories inform key themes, including education, work, identity and agency.The study of childhood has taken on an increasingly global focus in recent years, honing in on how issues of rights, protection and development shape the lives of children and those ...