Society & Social Sciences Books

As people who have a learning disability grow older, we need to ensure that support and services are geared towards meeting changing physical and mental health needs. The main objective of the guide...

This multi-contributor, multi-faceted book takes a comprehensive look at Non-violent Resistance (NVR) and New Authority techniques from theory through to practice. The views and experiences of...

In this revealing look at the history of assassinations, Kenneth Baker examines over a hundred political and religious murders or attempted murders, ranging from Julius Caesar to President Kennedy to...

Other Ranks is a First World War classic, first published in 1931 but quickly lost in the wave of war memoirs and novels. It is the fictionalised account of William Tilsley's war experiences through...

The invasion of Normandy was the most significant victory of the Allies in the Second World War. By 1944, over 2 million troops from over 12 countries were in Britain in preparation for the invasion...

Published for the first time since its creation in 1942, this most secret facsimile reveals the many marvellous and ingenius escape aids created by MI9 to help Allied personnel both evade capture and...

From humble birth in Suffolk, England, Francis Light struggles against the social prejudices of his day. His subsequent adventures as a naval officer and merchant sea captain take him from India to...

Thomas `Tom' Josiah Wedgwood (1797-1860) was the grandson of the English potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood, and the son of John Wedgwood and Louisa Jane (Jenny) Allen. Tom was a professional...

Armchair General brings British history to the reader by making a battle the focal point of an easy read 700 word per day narrative. Each day of the calendar year is the anniversary of a British...

Our body's clocks make the difference between happiness and depression, health and illness, and even life and death. The brilliant scientist Paul Kelley makes a compelling case for all organisations...

This powerful booklet aims to challenge our thinking about the way we communicate and interact with autistic people and those with learning (intellectual) disabilities. The '10 Rules' concept sets...

As a universal service, education is expected to safeguard and meet the needs of all children, some of whom may have complex issues, and to provide emotional support for children and their families...

Ten Rules for Ensuring Autistic People and People with Learning Disabilities Can't Access Healthcare...and maybe what to do about it aims to inspire a serious conversation about the difficulties...

Reading Fire examines the selection of appropriate tactics for the stages of fire development and burning profiles and includes a detailed comparison of techniques, including Tactical Ventilation,...

This fully revised and updated edition of Learning Disability Today provides an accessible and thought-provoking introduction to some of the key issues in the lives of people with learning...

A fully revised, new edition of Understanding and Responding to Autism: The SPELL Framework (2nd edition) including new video, self-study guide and learner workbook. These new training and self-study...

The TaSSeLs system uses touch to promote meaningful interaction with children and young people who have profound and complex learning disabilities, and often visual and/or hearing impairments. The...

This brand-new edition of our best-selling handbook, brings the topic fully up to date, with legal changes, latest approaches to supporting relationships and sexuality, plus the inclusion of...

Successful Health Screening through Desensitisation for People with Learning Disabilities: A training and resource pack for healthcare professionals provides a practical evidence-based framework,...

It will be forever known as Passchendaele: the very word is used to describe wretched and perilous conditions such as were encountered at the battles which became officially designated as Third Ypres...

Winston Churchill authorised the creation of a new wartime secret service, the Special Operations Executive(SOE), with the order "And now set Europe ablaze". On behalf of the Secret WW2 Network, an...

This handbook collects together three of Phoebe Caldwell's groundbreaking books on Intensive Interaction and other innovative techniques for communicating with people with autistic spectrum disorder...

Key Topics in Social Sciences is a collection of short articles summarising the most important concepts in sociology and psychology that nursing and healthcare students will need to understand. Each...

Developing Reflective Practice is suitable for students and practitioners in a variety of fields, including nursing, psychology, social work, therapeutic child care, and education. The book offers a...

This illustrated, multi-media resource offers a theoretically coherent, practice-based model for the application of attachment theory in working with any adults, including those who pose a risk to...

A detailed exploration of naval identity, period fashion and masculinity. This fully updated and expanded second edition of the 2007 publication provides a detailed analysis of naval uniform and its...

Every year, thousands of people come to the Royal Observatory Greenwich to have their photograph taken on the Prime Meridian Line - Longitude 0 Degrees - as they stand in the Eastern and Western...

Charlotte Ansell's territory, from her debut in 2002, has been the heart. In Amittere, the heart is stripped to its connections - parent to child in poems such as Navigation and Poiesis; between...

Defiant, humorous, empathetic and insightful, Not Quite Right For Us pierces through the hierarchical mechanics of class, race, gender. A celebration of outsiderness and an ode to otherness, Not...

This book offers a powerfully intimate account of the Battle of Britain, related by young pilots in their most unguarded moments, talking with their chaplain. Guy Mayfield was the Station Chaplain at...

Research shows that many people react differently to different types of hypnotic induction - yet many hypnotherapists are confined to using only one technique. This practical book makes three...

This refreshing approach to the act of dreaming allows you to explore your full potential through the very control of your dreams. It teaches the reader how to construct dreams that will improve...

Volume 2 of the Child Maltreatment Assessment serves to help readers identify and interpret sexual, emotional, and psychological forms of abuse in children by providingchapters on the topics of...

Provides a fascinating and scrupulously research account of the Chanak crisis, when an invasion, a leaked media story and a Prime Minister's decision divided the Australian public, and brought...

First published in the run-up to the new millennium, van Manen's seminal study remains a unique and important source for understanding the spiritual and karmic background to the Anthroposophical...

Examining the theory and practice of work with people with mental health problems, this volume makes an appraisal of policy and organization, based on a discussion of the circumstances of this client...

Professor Ian Stuart-Hamilton is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Glamorgan, Wales. He has over thirty years' research experience in a wide variety of psychological...

...provides some valuable insights...This book is helpfully divided into two sections addressing, first, the theory and methods and, second, practical applications.The Health Service Journal

Tonia Caselman is Associate Professor in Social Work at the University of Oklahoma, USA. She is an experienced clinical social worker and counsellor and has worked with families for many years.

With contributions from internationally recognized experts, this edited volume presents original thinking on the theory, research and practice surrounding child neglect.  Comprehensive and current,...

Employing a range of innovative and creative ideas, this book is full of tips to engage children and promote their wellbeing.     Children are vulnerable to low self-esteem, stress and anxiety...

The complete and authoritative guide to the use of hidden cameras to expose abuse or wrongdoing.Secret filming is no longer the preserve of specialist, professional journalists and private...

Informed by a wealth of research, this accessible book focuses on a strengths-based approach to promoting children's wellbeing and giving them the best opportunities to succeed.By identifying risk...

With contributions from experienced dementia researchers and care professionals, this book examines the impact of cultural and ethnic factors on the experience of dementia, both in general terms and...

Exploring concepts of ageing, personhood, capacity, liberty, best interests and the nature and ethics of palliative care, this book will help those in the caring professions to understand and engage...

Restorative justice is an innovative approach to thinking about, and addressing, conflict and bullying, as well as disruptive, challenging and criminal behaviour. The approach is increasingly used to...

Presenting the most up-to-date information available about dementia and intellectual disabilities, this book brings together the latest international research and evidence-based practice, and...

A balanced lifestyle enhances health, happiness and wellbeing. With practical techniques and strategies, this book explores how this balance can be found and how stress and anxiety, which are linked...