During the Golden Age of comics, publishers offered titles supporting the war effort - presenting fighting men and their feminine counterparts - babes in arms! Comic books during this period featured US service-women fighting all of the axis bad guys and gave several of the most noteworthy women artists of the era opportunities to create action-packed, adventure-filled, four-color stories. Now for the first time renowned pop-culture historian Trina Robbins assembles comic book stories by artists Barbara Hall, Jill Elgin, Lilly Renee, and Fran Hopper together with insightful commentary and loads of documentary extras to create the definitive book chronicling the work of these important Golden Age artists. This magnificent art book offers page-after-page of good girl action!

This accessible book takes a unique person-centred approach to working with older people and provides an introduction to the legislation, policy, theory and research needed by social workers. The authors explore the experience of being an older person and how practitioners can work to make positive differences to older people's lives. In addition, the book: Goes beyond the mechanistic care management approaches to social work and encourages the reader to see older people holistically Features case studies and exercises to assist readers in reflecting on their practice Examines a range of contexts and perspectives, including sexuality, spirituality, learning disabilities Encourages wider reflection on the constraints posed by organisations employing social workers and the impact on their practice Provides an up-to-date exploration of safeguarding issues The authors take into account financial constraints with regard to the care of older people and the impact of a changing demography, but remain upbeat and positive about the value of social work intervention.

"Social Work with Older People" is relevant for students on placement in adult services or voluntary organizations and social work practitioners working with older people.

"Contributors Gill Butler, Rick Fisher, Chris Gaine, David Gaylard, John Gisby, Vivienne Killner, Andrea Linell, Andy Mantell, Debbie Smallbones, Chris Smethurst, Sally Stapleton, Graham Tooth, Christine Wright

The third annual compilation of 80 cryptic crosswords from The Sunday Times. The cryptic crossword in The Sunday Times poses one of the greatest puzzle challenges, and here -- in the third collection of The Sunday Times Cryptic Crossword -- are 80 brainteasers to test you to the limit. All the puzzles are set out in an easy-to-use, double-page spread to view layout, with all the solutions clearly laid out at the back of the book. So, if you reckon you can solve 'It helps one keep up one's reading' (7) -- answer 'bookend' -- or 'Wet swan seen on reservoir' (6) -- answer 'dampen' -- or 'Professional man beginning to panic over crime' (6) -- answer 'parson', this is the mindstretching book for you.

Haunted by a nightmare she can't remember, Krista Redding seeks the help of a professional psychologist. What he uncovers is a shocking secret that has been kept for fifteen years. Cade Sheridan is an undercover FBI agent posing as Andrew Walker. He has been after Robinson Kane for as long as he can remember. Together, he and Krista discover that her painful past is harsh reality. Can a killer be caught before it is too late?

Caves may not cave in Nor those within them. Choice! Nor without. Choice, choice, choice... For ages ten and over A story of enjoyment, adventure and happiness - children, their friends, families and animals, in the countryside and seaside of New Zealand. Barbara Hall. Bachelor of Commerce, Diploma of Teaching, New Zealand.

In another life, perhaps, For cats will never tell, He may have been their version Of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Belying the appearance Of a dandy or a fop, By helping French aristocats Escape a nasty chop. From A to Z there is a cat for every letter in this delightful collection of poetry. Meet Borovitch, the Russian dissident, Victor and Viva and their circus acts and Lancelot, the reincarnation of the famous medieval knight. Join Barbara Hall on this trip down memory lane as she immortalises all the cats she has known over the years and brings to life their adventures, escapes and escapades.

Dutch Peyton has spent all of her fourteen years in the small farming town of Marston, Virginia, and life is pretty good. It seems so, at least, until that blazing hot drought-plagued summer when Dutch's sophisticated and apparently flawless cousin, Norma arrives. Norma knows all about life, all about love, all about how to get what she wants--and she's ready to teach Dutch everything she knows.
But even with Norma's advice, Dutch can't seem to decipher the feelings of red-haired Ethan Cole. And she feels helpless against the drought crippling both the tobacco crop and her family's morale. Dutch's troubles build like summer rain clouds as she uncovers family secrets that threaten to bring changes as powerful as the Dixie storm so desparately needed by the parched land.
"Includes an interview with the author."

In the aftermath of a violent incident and near-death experience, Sarah Lange is plagued by heavenly voices and dogged by a desire to return “home.” Frightened by her desire to terminate her existence on earth, she checks into a trauma center in Malibu, California, and meets Dr. David Sutton, an intellectual, scientist, reductionist, and someone who believes in nothing beyond his immediate experience. David’s world is as divorced from mystery and magic as Sarah’s is alive with and animated by it. Their sessions open up a dialogue about the separation of worlds—one easily defined and explained and one unknowable and waiting on the other side of human experience. Even as his faith in his profession fades, David struggles to bring his disturbed patient back to the real world. In a desperate effort to define herself, Sarah “escapes,” and David must decide how far he is willing to go to save a patient, and ultimately, himself.

Do you find cryptic crosswords too much of a chore? Do you want your general knowledge to be tested but not put through the mill? Are you on the lookout for something to pass the time on a long train or aeroplane journey? The Sunday Times Concise Crossword Book 3 could be just what you are looking for. It includes 80 crosswords, set out in a clear, easy-to-use double-page spread to view layout, plus all the solutions at the back of the book.

So, if you reckon you can solve ‘ecclesiastical residence’ (5) – answer ‘manse’ – or ‘barrow-boys’ (6-7) – answer ‘coster-mongers’, this is the brainteasing book for you.

Haunted by visions and voices for most of her life, Sarah Lange manages to shut them out, until a violent incident and near death experience shatter her earthly existence. She is plagued by heavenly voices and dogged by a desire to return "home." Frightened by her desire to terminate her existence on earth, she checks into a trauma center in Malibu, California and meets Dr. David Sutton, an intellectual, a scientist, a reductionist, someone who believes in nothing beyond his immediate experience. David's world is as divorced from mystery and magic as Sarah's is alive and animated by it. Their sessions open up a dialogue about the separation of worlds-one easily defined and explained and one unknowable and waiting on some other side of human experience. David, worn down by a mean spirited and demanding family, has grown disillusioned in his work as a therapist while Sarah has come to feel liberated by her impulse to escape all worldly demands. Even as his faith in his profession leaks away, David struggles to bring his disturbed patient back into the rules of the real world. The sessions between the two evolve into an exploration of what it takes to exist in the world, the courage required to confront life on its own terms, and the even greater courage it takes to deny the constrictions of life. In a desperate effort to define herself, Sarah "escapes," putting her own life as well as the life of a fellow trauma patient at risk and David must decide how far he is willing to go to save a patient and ultimately himself.