Atheism's New Clothes
In recent years, the publication of best-selling books by Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens has given rise to the New Atheism. For the New Atheists, belief in God is a delusion because it is based on faith rather...
Carole King's Tapestry
Carole King's Tapestry is both an anthemic embodiment of second-wave feminism and an apotheosis of the Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter sound and scene. And these two elements of the album's historic significance are closely related insofar as the ...
Revolutionaries of the Cosmos
Galileo, Newton, Herschel, Huggins, Hale, Eddington, Shapley and Hubble: these astronomers applied ideas drawn from physics to astronomy and made dramatic changes to the world-pictures that they inherited. They showed that celestial objects are co...
Love Con
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En Fruktansvärd Hemlighet
Tilly hatar sin styvpappa, Dave. Han misshandlar hennes mamma, men hon vägrar att lämna honom.Orolig för sin egen säkerhet ber Tilly om att få komma till ett fosterhem och blir placerad hos Cathy. Tilly anländer med ett skrapsår på kinden och Cathy blir alltmer bekymrad över Daves beteende, speciellt när hon får reda på att han har överöst Tilly med presenter. Medan hon är upptagen med att se efter Tilly och försöka ge henne en trygg tillvaro, är Cathy också oroad för sin egen dotter, Lucy. Hon står inför ett stort val som kommer påverka resten av hennes liv, och Cathy hoppas att hon fattar rätt beslut.Cathy Glass har varit familjehemsförälder i över tjugofem år och har under denna tid tagit emot fler än etthundrafemtio barn i olika åldrar och med varierande bakgrund. Hon håller kurser för familjehemsföräldrar och tar fram nya arbetsmetoder och riktlinjer. Cathy har tre egna barn, varav ett, Lucy, adopterades efter en lång tids familjehemsplacering.
Neglected
Little Jamey, 2½ years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency. The police and social services have no choice but to remove two-year-old Jamey from home after his mother leaves him alone all night to go out party...
Too Scared to Tell
The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret. Oskar's school teacher raises the alarm. Oskar's mother is abroad and he has been left in the care of 'friends', but has been arriving in school hungry, unkempt, and with bruises on his ar...
Girl in the Mirror
Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass returns with her first novel. The Girl in the Mirror is a moving and gripping story of a young woman who tries to piece together her past and uncovers a dreadful family secret that has...
Cruel to Be Kind
Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes.
Peach
_______________ SELECTED BY THE INDEPENDENT AND THE OBSERVER AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 _______________ 'An immensely talented young writer ... Her fearlessness renews one's faith in the power of literature ' - George Saunders, winner of the 2017 ...
Syria in Ashes
A widely recognized expert on the unfolding crisis in Syria here melds reportage, analysis, and history in an accessible overview of events leading up to the toppling of the Assad regime and the fragile prospects for peace in its wake. How did the...
Air
Last year, one amazing summer was enough to turn Iris's world upside down. She met the boy of her dreams, the super talented Zeke, and the two of them set off on a pro-surfing adventure around the globe. Now, one week in Miami could be enough to t...
Hidden
ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING CARER TO MORE THAN 150 CHILDREN Tayo arrives at Cathy's with only the clothes he stands up in. He has been brought to her by the police, but he is calm, polite, and very well-spoken, and not at all l...