This book explores the rich, diverse opportunities and challenges afforded by research that analyses the stories told by, for and about women. Bringing together feminist scholarship and narrative approaches, it draws on empirical material, social theory and methodological insights to provide examples of feminist narrative studies that make explicit the links between theory and practice. Examining the story as told and using examples of narratives told about childhood sexual abuse, domestic/relationship abuse, motherhood, and seeking asylum, it raises wider issues regarding the role of storytelling for understanding and making sense of women's lives. This thought-provoking work will appeal to students and scholars of women's studies, feminist and narrative researchers, social policy and practice, sociology, and research methods.

New Paths to Public Histories challenges readers to consider historical research as a collaborative pursuit enacted across a range of individuals from different backgrounds and institutions. It argues that research communities can benefit from recognizing and strengthening the ways in which they work with others.

• Contains a series of responses to questions posed by those seeking to understand pluralism as an approach and guiding framework for counselling and psychotherapeutic practice. • Pluralistic therapy is a rapidly developing field but there are very few books written on the subject and this is the first to specifically respond in dialogue with practitioners and professionals interested in the approach. • Fills a gap in literature by extending and deepening the understanding of pluralism from the vantage point of developed practice and directly speaking to contemporary issues such as equality and diversity in a post-COVID world.

• Contains a series of responses to questions posed by those seeking to understand pluralism as an approach and guiding framework for counselling and psychotherapeutic practice. • Pluralistic therapy is a rapidly developing field but there are very few books written on the subject and this is the first to specifically respond in dialogue with practitioners and professionals interested in the approach. • Fills a gap in literature by extending and deepening the understanding of pluralism from the vantage point of developed practice and directly speaking to contemporary issues such as equality and diversity in a post-COVID world.

Poor Little Rusty Tractor, she had been left in the shed for years. All she wished for was to be useful again just like her friend Big Green Tractor. Then one special day in spring her dreams came true.

This book explores the rich, diverse opportunities and challenges afforded by research that analyses the stories told by, for and about women. Bringing together feminist scholarship and narrative approaches, it draws on empirical material, social theory and methodological insights to provide examples of feminist narrative studies that make explicit the links between theory and practice. Examining the story as told and using examples of narratives told about childhood sexual abuse, domestic/relationship abuse, motherhood, and seeking asylum, it raises wider issues regarding the role of storytelling for understanding and making sense of women's lives. This thought-provoking work will appeal to students and scholars of women's studies, feminist and narrative researchers, social policy and practice, sociology, and research methods.

Bringing together two key areas within early childhood- play and literacy - this book offers an innovative approach to examining literacies within the context of children's play. This book: Introduces students to contemporary theory and research in the field Explores the debates surrounding young children's play and how language and literacies are created through a range of play activity Helps students to reflect on how this knowledge can be applied in their future professional lives working to support young children Advocating for young children's play and diverse literacies, this book supports students to develop a depth of knowledge about how play can extend children's literacies, and encourages early childhood educators to reflect on and enhance their literacy practices with young children.

Cities use large amounts of costly energy to supply water and treat wastewater, especially in China, one of the world's largest providers of urban water and sanitation services. Reducing Energy for Urban Water and Wastewater shows how cities can reduce energy use, cut costs and curb greenhouse gas emissions. First, it guides the reader through water supply and wastewater treatment, explaining how energy is used at each step. Then the authors: * Outline the most effective ideas for reducing energy use in cities, using China as a case study. * Provide a decision-making framework to help cities focus their efforts. * Investigate an often-overlooked high energy user in dense cities and suggest a way to cut energy. * Assess the unintended downside of stricter wastewater standards and how to optimise the upside. * Provide suggestions for increasing water and energy recovery in water-scarce cities. The focus throughout is China, the biggest greenhouse gas emitter in the world.

Pluralistic therapy offers an open, inquiring, flexible framework for client-centred practice. It was introduced in response to the schoolism that emerged from the growing numbers of competing schools and models of therapy in the early years of the 21st century. Built on the principles of pluralism, it promotes partnership and equality between client and practitioner, client-defined goals, and a willingness and flexibility in the therapist to adapt their ways of working and draw on a range of models and approaches to best suit the client's needs and preferences. It values difference and promotes inclusivity and dialogue within the field. In this long-awaited book, Kate Smith and Ani de la Prida summarise the principles, underpinning philosophy and key features of the approach. They also consider the emerging research into pluralistic therapy and what it can look like in practice.

Correspondence, travel writing, diary writing, painting, scrapbooking, curating, collecting and house interiors allowed British women scope to express their responses to imperial sites and experiences in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Taking these productions as its archive, British Women and Cultural Practices of Empire, 1775-1930 includes a collection of essays from different disciplines that consider the role of British women's cultural practices and productions in conceptualising empire. While such productions have started to receive greater scholarly attention, this volume uses a more self-conscious lens of gender to question whether female cultural work demonstrates that colonial women engaged with the spaces and places of empire in distinctive ways. By working across disciplines, centuries and different colonial geographies, the volume makes an exciting and important contribution to the field by demonstrating the diverse ways in which European women shaped constructions of empire in the modern period.

Bringing together two key areas within early childhood- play and literacy - this book offers an innovative approach to examining literacies within the context of children's play. This book: Introduces students to contemporary theory and research in the field Explores the debates surrounding young children's play and how language and literacies are created through a range of play activity Helps students to reflect on how this knowledge can be applied in their future professional lives working to support young children Advocating for young children's play and diverse literacies, this book supports students to develop a depth of knowledge about how play can extend children's literacies, and encourages early childhood educators to reflect on and enhance their literacy practices with young children.