Introduction to Social work explains the background to social work; how it started and where we are now in contemporary social work. It enables the student to distinguish between the different concepts in the field for instance between social work and social welfare. The book also focuses on professional values; particularly on how to express these values through communication. Students need to know how to talk to clients; communication is a core skills, for instance How to approach different clients in different situations. The book includes exploration of core issues and challenges. Human rights would be a central focus (a rights-oriented paradigm) as well as issues of diversity and inclusion.

Russell/Hertz/McMillan, BIOLOGY: THE DYNAMIC SCIENCE 4e and MindTap teach Biology the way scientists practice it by emphasizing and applying science as a process. You learn not only what scientists know, but how they know it, and what they still need to learn. The authors explain complex ideas clearly and describe how biologists collect and interpret evidence to test hypotheses about the living world. Throughout, Russell and MindTap provide engaging applications, develop quantitative analysis and mathematical reasoning skills, and build conceptual understanding.

James Bond (Sean Connery) pits his wits against the power-crazed criminal mastermind Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) in the third of the long-running spy series. Mr Finger has secured most of the gold in the world and now plans to render the rest useless. Henchman Oddjob (Harold Sakata) helps him realise his plans, thanks to his unusually lethal bowler hat, whilst Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) is the glamorous pilot who Goldfinger hopes will execute the raid on Fort Knox that will make him the richest man in the world. Can Bond save the day again or has he finally met his match in the man with the Midas touch? Includes the famous customized Aston Martin DB5, complete with machine guns, smoke screen and ejector seat.

A straight-to-video parallel storyline to the Disney smash hit 'Beauty and the Beast'. Returning to the time when Belle was imprisoned in the Beast's castle, the film tells of the young woman's attempts to bring some Christmas cheer to her surroundings, even though the Beast doesn't like the festive season. To this end, Belle invites all the enchanted objects from the castle to help, encouraging them to sing and dance so that the spirit of Yuletide might thaw the Beast's heart.

Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy star as two mismatched cops in this comedy from 'Bridesmaids' director Paul Feig. Unaware that her colleagues hate her, prim and priggish FBI special agent Sarah Ashburn (Bullock) is seconded to Boston where she's forced to team up with foul-mouthed, take-no-prisoners detective Shannon Mullins (McCarthy). When the pair are ordered to take down a local drug baron, the two cops' wildly contrasting styles - and mutual hatred - soon threaten to derail their mission. But as the weeks pass, a grudging admiration for each others' methods brings about a thawing in hostilities, as the ill-starred crimefighters turn out to be a force to be reckoned with.

A double bill of children's feature films. 'Hop' (2011), a state-of-the-art blend of CGI-animation and live action, follows E.B. (voice of Russell Brand), the teenage son of the Easter Bunny. When E.B. arrives in Hollywood with ambitions of finding fame, his dreams are almost cut short when he is hit by a car driven by unemployed slacker Fred (James Marsden). Deciding to get what he can out of the situation, E.B. convinces Fred to take him home while he recovers from his injuries. Fred finds himself with a very demanding house-guest and the duo embark on a battle of wills that may just teach them both something important. 'Despicable Me' (2010), a computer-animated feature, follows an arch criminal who has a change of heart. Trying to outdo his main rival Vector (voice of Jason Segel), serial villain Gru (Steve Carell) hatches a plan to steal the moon, aided by his army of genetically altered corn pops. All goes according to plan until the arrival at his door of three little orphan girls, Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Agnes (Elsie Fisher) and Edith (Dana Gaier), in search of a father figure.

Ten episodes of the children's animation following Lily's adventures on Driftwood Bay. 5-year-old Lily (voice of Orlagh O'Keefe) lives with her Dad (Richard Dormer) in a little hut on the beach across the water from Driftwood Bay. With her best friend Gull (Paul Currie), Lily recovers new treasures washed up on her shore from Driftwood Bay and imagines the wild adventures taking place on the island. The episodes are: 'Message in a Bottle', 'Honking Haddock', 'Old Bertha', 'Stop That Pudding', 'Puffin Muffins', 'Starfish in the Sky', 'Silly Seals', 'Harbour Cookies', 'Seaweed Pie' and 'Runaway Stag'.

Crime thriller starring John Cusack, Rebecca Da Costa and Robert De Niro. Assassin Jack (Cusack) is given a new assignment by his ruthless boss Dragna (De Niro): he must collect a bag without looking inside it and stay at a motel until Dragna arrives. At the motel there are many suspicious characters who all seem to want to get their hands on the bag and the murder count rises as Jack protects its contents. He meets prostitute Rivka (Da Costa), who is hiding out in his room, and is unsure whether he can trust her but allows her to stay because she knows too much. When Dragna eventually comes to the motel Jack learns that there is more to the mission than he first realised...

Second series of the cult US prison drama, following the fortunes of a group of prisoners plotting a big breakout. This second season continues where the first left off, eight hours after the prison breakout. A significant development in this series is the introduction of FBI agent Alexander Mahone (William Fichtner), given the task of tracking down the eight escapees. The fugitives each follow their own journeys, which lead them across America, hotly pursued by the authorities. Episodes comprise: 'Manhunt', 'Otis', 'Scan', 'First Down', 'Map 1213', 'Subdivision', 'Buried', 'Dead Fall', 'Unearthed', 'Rendezvous', 'Bolshoi Booze', 'Disconnect', 'The Killing Box', 'John Doe', 'The Message', 'Chicago', 'Bad Blood', 'Wash', 'Sweet Caroline', 'Panama', 'Fin Del Camino' and 'Sona'.

In the second sequel to 'Alien', Officer Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) crash-lands on a mining colony planet worked by convicts. While coping with the difficulties of being the only woman on a planet populated by hardened criminals, Ripley comes across evidence that her nemesis, the resilient alien, may have accompanied her there.

Mike Vardy directs this big screen adaptation of the adventures of working class hero Joe Lampton (Kenneth Haigh). When Joe gets to know pharmaceutical tycoon Lord Ackerman (Harry Andrews) and his wife Alex (Nanette Newman), it results in an unexpected job offer. However, things aren't all plain sailing. While managing one of Ackerman's companies, Joe discovers that a former member of staff committed suicide for his part in producing a drug that proved harmful to women. How will Ackerman react when Joe tells him the news?

The first six episodes from the ninth series of the relaunched sci-fi adventure drama, with Peter Capaldi reprising his role as the legendary Time Lord. This time around, the Doctor and his companion Clara Oswald (Jenna-Louise Coleman) travel through time taking on foes including Vikings, The Master (Michelle Gomez), Davros (Julian Bleach) and the Daleks. The episodes are: 'The Magician's Apprentice', 'The Witch's Familiar', 'Under the Lake', 'Before the Flood', 'The Girl Who Died' and 'The Woman Who Lived'.

Paul Tanter directs this British crime sequel in which a reformed football hooligan who has testified against powerful London gangsters finds his safety under threat. Mike Jacobs (Nick Nevern) was never entirely comfortable with the company he kept in London and now lives in Spain, safeguarded by the Witness Protection Programme after his evidence put several of his former associates behind bars. However, Mike's fatal weakness is his passion for the England football team and his problems begin when he is spotted attending a game. Soon his life is turned upside down as those he betrayed seek revenge through the kidnapping of his friend Katie (Rita Ramnani). With less than a week to gather the two million pound ransom required to save her, Mike's quest will take him back to London and into grave danger.

Double bill of British crime dramas. 'The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan' (2012) follows Mike Jacobs (Nick Nevern), a football casual who is no stranger to finding himself on the wrong side of the law. However, the violence and intimidation he indulges in at football matches are one thing, the credit card fraud schemes proposed by his friend Eddie Hill (Simon Phillips) are something else, and Mike is soon in over his head. In 'The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan 2: England Away' (2013) Mike is living in Spain, safeguarded by the Witness Protection Programme after testifying against several of his former associates. Mike's fatal weakness is his passion for the England football team and his problems begin when he is spotted attending a game. Soon his life is turned upside down as those he betrayed seek revenge through the kidnapping of his friend Katie (Rita Ramnani).

The musical dinosaurs from the Great Valley are back for another song-filled adventure. Littlefoot (voice of Alec Medlock) dreams that he has found a land filled with brontosauruses like him. When he tells his grandparents (Kenneth Mars and Miriam Flynn) about the dream, they take it as a sign that they should set out and look for the land Littlefoot is describing. After many days of travelling, they are thrilled to discover a new world where longneck dinosaurs are in abundance. Then, when they run into his long-lost father, Bron (Kiefer Sutherland), who vanished before Littlefoot was born, the little brontosaurus is faced with a life-changing decision: stay behind with his newly rediscovered father, or go back with the grandparents who have cared for him all his life and be reunited with his friends.

Children's adventure drama following the unusual relationship between a military search and rescue robot and an unpopular schoolkid. When Henry (Bobby Coleman) finds an abandoned robot called Cody (voice of Jae Head) in a dumpster, he decides to take it home and fix it. As Cody then becomes conscious, Henry soon realises that he is much more than a toy when it becomes apparent that the military lab that created Cody would very much like to get him back.

Complete third series of the popular telefantasy about the trials and tribulations of the thinly clad busty warrior princess, Xena (Lucy Lawless) and her equally comely sidekick, Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor). Episodes are: 'The Furies', 'Been There, Done That', 'The Dirty Half Dozen', 'The Deliverer', 'Gabrielle's Hope', 'The Debt (Part 1)', 'The Debt (Part 2)', 'The King of Assassins', 'Warrior...Priestess...Tramp', 'The Quill is Mightier', 'Maternal Instincts', 'The Bitter Suite', 'One Against an Army', 'Forgiven', 'King Con', 'When in Rome...', 'Forget Me Not', 'Fins, Femmes and Gems', 'Tsunami', 'Vanishing Act', 'Sacrifice (Part 1)' and 'Sacrifice (Part 2)'.

This highly praised study traces the province's history from partition in 1921 to today's peace process. Widely acknowledged as the best informed academic observers of Northern Irish politics, the authors look behind the handshakes on the White House lawn and provide a fascinating insight into history as it unfolds in the headlines and on news bulletins.

Collins International Primary Maths supports best practice in primary maths teaching, whilst encouraging teacher professionalism and autonomy. A wealth of supporting digital assets are provided for every lesson, including slideshows, tools and games to ensure they are rich, lively and engaging. Each Workbook page has three levels of challenge which allow learners to practise and consolidate their newly acquired knowledge, skills and understanding of the mathematics they are learning. Questions throughout the course develops learners' Thinking and Working Mathematically skills, and each lesson offers an opportunity for personal reflection on progress. The series also supports Cambridge Global Perspectives (TM) with activities that develop and practise key skills. Provides learner support as part of a set of resources for the Cambridge Primary curriculum framework (0096) from 2020. This series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0096 from 2020.

Collins International Primary Maths supports best practice in primary maths teaching, whilst encouraging teacher professionalism and autonomy. A wealth of supporting digital assets are provided for every lesson, including slideshows, tools and games to ensure they are rich, lively and engaging. Each lesson is based on a ‘big idea’, providing an engaging, exciting theme which is anchored in a real-life international context. Activities, exercises and investigations provide opportunities for learners to apply their knowledge, skills and understanding of the mathematics they are learning. The course develops learners’ Thinking and Working Mathematically skills and offers opportunities for group and individual learning. The series also supports Cambridge Global Perspectives™ with activities that develop and practise key skills. Provides learner support as part of a set of resources for the Cambridge Primary curriculum framework (0096) from 2020. This series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0096 from 2020.

'Modern society is shaped in ways that were scarcely thought of a few years ago - and debates on regulation and governance have much work to do if they are to come to grips with new modes and sources of influence such as the new media and transnational engagements. This book makes an incisive contribution to the re-configuring of those debates and will appeal to all who look for an invigorated understanding of regulation, governance and social change.' - Robert Baldwin, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Society, Regulation and Governance critically appraises the issue of intentional social change through the lens of regulation and governance studies. A twofold understanding of regulation and governance underpins the conceptual and empirical engagement throughout the book. On the one hand, regulation and governance are understood to be innovatively minded. On the other hand the book argues that, at their respective cores, regulation and governance are continuously concerned with how intentional social change can be fostered and what results can be yielded in terms of shaping society. This book brings together sociologists, political scientists, legal scholars and historians to produce an interdisciplinary critical evaluation of alleged 'new modes' of social change, specifically: risk, publics and participation. It makes three key contributions by: offering a consolidation and re-appraisal of a debate that has become increasingly vague with its academic and political proliferation identifying a uniting conceptual-analytical core between regulation and governance which explains the adaptability and innovation-mindedness of processes of 'shaping society' re-focusing on the 'essence' of regulation and governance approaches - intentional modes of social change. Society, Regulation and Governance will give significant insight into the potential and limits of new methods of social change, suiting a wide range of social science and legal academics due to its collaborative nature. Contributors include: A.-L. Beaussier, A. Bora, E. Carmel, M. Huber, D. Kuchenbuch, M. Moelders, P. Munte, R. Paul, H. Rothstein, J.-F. Schrape, L. Viellechner

Collins International Primary Maths supports best practice in primary maths teaching, whilst encouraging teacher professionalism and autonomy. A wealth of supporting digital assets are provided for every lesson, including slideshows, tools and games to ensure they are rich, lively and engaging. Each Workbook page has three levels of challenge which allow learners to practise and consolidate their newly acquired knowledge, skills and understanding of the mathematics they are learning. Questions throughout the course develops learners’ Thinking and Working Mathematically skills, and each lesson offers an opportunity for personal reflection on progress. The series also supports Cambridge Global Perspectives™ with activities that develop and practise key skills. Provides learner support as part of a set of resources for the Cambridge Primary curriculum framework (0096) from 2020. This series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0096 from 2020.

The search for alternatives to capitalism and the problem of comparative assessment of the performance of socialist and capitalist systems have inspired one of the richest and most remarkable episodes in the history of economic thought. By the mid 20th century an entire field had emerged, conceptualizing, theorizing, monitoring, and analyzing the largest and most consequential social and economic natural experiment in human history: Real-life Socialism. This research review focuses on the fundamental literature associated with the comparative study of socialist and capitalist systems. It features both a well-rounded inquiry of the modern history of economic thought, as well as a vibrant and critical disentanglement of the role of the economic system from the role of environment and policy decisions, as determinants of economic performance. This review will be an interesting and invaluable research resource for academics and students alike.