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The Book of Hope: 101 Voices on Overcoming Adversity

By Jonny Benjamin, Britt Pflüger

Understanding Voluntary Organizations

By Charles B. Handy

Shot in the Heart: One Family's History in Murder

By Mikal Gilmore

Cairngorm John: A Life in Mountain Rescue

By John Allen, Robert Davidson, Sir Chris Bonington

Oranges and Sunshine

By Margaret Humphreys

The Bobby Girls' Secrets: Book Two in the gritty, uplifting WW1 series about the first ever female police officers

By Johanna Bell

Dead Aid: Why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa

By Dambisa Moyo

Remarkable People: Extraordinary Stories of Everyday Lives

By Dan Walker, Jr.

Health and Health Care in the Nation's Prisons: Issues, Challenges, and Policies

By Melvin Delgado, Denise Humm-Delgado

Readings in Social Welfare: Theory and Policy

By Robert E. Kuenne (Princeton University)

The Provision of Public Services in Europe: Between State, Local Government and Market

By Hellmut Wollmann, Gerard Marcou

My Secret Sister: Jenny Lucas and Helen Edwards' family story

By Helen Edwards, Jenny Lee Smith

The Presumption of Guilt: The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates and Race, Class and Crime in America

By Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.

How To Be A Police Officer

By Graham Wettone

The Welfare State in Britain since 1945

By Lowe, Rodney

A Last Kiss for Mummy: A teenage mum, a tiny infant, a desperate decision

By Watson, Casey

Real-Life Stories - Living as a Refugee: From Afghanistan to a new life in America - Mohamed's Story

By Louise Armstrong

Changing the Face of Death - Pupil Book: The Story of Dame Cecily Saunders (Faith in Action)

By Boulay, Shirley Du

The Louder I Will Sing: A story of racism, riots and redemption: Winner of the 2020 Costa Biography Award

By Lee Lawrence

Low Cost Housing in Barbados: Evolution or Social Revolution?

Low Income Housing and the State in the Eastern Caribbean

The Mindful Way through Depression, Paperback + CD-ROM: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

By Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn

Les essentiels Milan: La police en France

By Serge Laget

The Shed That Fed 2 Million Children: The Mary's Meals Story

By Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow

Tendances: Social and Cultural Issues in Modern France

By Mark Stroud

The Politics of Mass Housing in Britain, 1945-75: Study of Corporate Power and Professional Influence in the Welfare State

By Patrick Dunleavy

Irrelevant or Indispensable?: The United Nations in the Twenty-first Century

By Paul Heinbecker, Patricia Goff

The International Committee of the Red Cross: A Neutral Humanitarian Actor

By David P. Forsythe, Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan, Barbara Ann J. Rieffer-Flanagan (Central Washington University, USA)

Caring for a Parent in Later Life: Getting Support, and Coping with the Financial, Legal and Emotional Issues

By Judith Cameron

The Creation of World Poverty

By Teresa Hayter