Social services and welfare, criminology

'Totally gripping' 5* reader review'One of the best crime fiction books I've read' 5* reader review*************************************************************Detective Alice Madison is back in a gripping new thriller, perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Kathryn Croft and Sharon Bolton.

'Marvellous first aid for couples' - SUSIE ORBACH'She knows her stuff' - LORRAINE CANDY'Good advice on how to navigate those tricky arguments' - MARIELLA FROSTRUP If you feel like you have the same arguments with your partner over and over again .

'Any bibliophile will find many enjoyable nuggets in this compendium of book chat' Stephen Poole, Guardian'An engaging little eye-opener about the publishing business, full of tasty nuggets about books, writers and their editors' Sunday Times'Enjoyable .

'The vital guide to old-age care NO family can afford to ignore' Mail on Sunday'Designed to lead carers through the emotional minefield of attempting to look after family and loved ones, primarily at home but also in care homes' The Sunday Times ScotlandWhether due to old age, illness or disability, more and more of us are becoming carers to loved ones.

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The indispensable guide to dementia from the UK's leading expert'Will help families and friends of people with dementia all over the world' Dame Judi DenchWritten by an expert, this essential guide will help those with dementia, and their families, make sure that they can stay well and happy for as long as possible.

One of the most powerful ways we can care for our future is to create a Power of Attorney.

Choosing a care home is one of the more emotional and expensive decisions that anyone ever has to make.

Across the world, 44 million people live with dementia.

On 17 March 1967, the 26-year-old David Sainsbury wrote out a cheque for GBP5 and established the trust which would become the Gatsby Charitable Foundation.

Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award Wealth and power on the trail of the super-richIn 2012, Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista was the eighth richest man in the world, his $30bn fortune built on Brazil's incredible natural resources.

Recently, fake news has become real news, making headlines as its consequences become crushingly obvious in political upsets and global turmoil.

Worldwide, an increasingly diverse and growing number of people are seeking therapy.

Self-harm is increasingly prevalent in our society.

Conspiracy theories are legion.

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We see mafias as vast, powerful organisations, harvesting billions of dollars across the globe and wrapping its tentacles around everything from governance to finance.

Choosing to have children is a private decision with global consequences.

THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY AND THE ENZO FILESAWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021'Peter May is one of the most accomplished novelists writing today.

Perfect for fans of Mick Herron and John Le Carr "e;The most important thing that's happened in Mexican literature in the last thirty years"e; Gaby Wood, Sunday Telegraph.

For millions of people across the world, lighting up a joint is no more controversial than having a cup of tea.

John Holmes was the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs from 2007 until 2010.

The geopolitics of American law enforcement and how it changed corporate criminal accountability in other countriesOver the past decade, many of the world's biggest companies have found themselves embroiled in legal disputes over corruption, fraud, environmental damage, tax evasion, or sanction violations.

Financial crime seems horribly complicated but there are only so many ways you can con someone out of what's theirs.

Despite its crises the European Union keeps on getting stronger its power comes from the decline of participation in national politics.

Break into Travel Writing, Make it Pay the Easy Way.

The Writer's Internet is the essential guide to the World Wide Web for writers and authors.

All need to know about lifestyle writing and how to use your own experiences to start your writing career.

Discover how forensic scientists are changing how we solve crime REVISED UPDATED EDITION The most remarkable weapon in the fight against crime, forensic science turns bullet trajectories, bodily fluids, and the very structure of our DNA into damning witnesses of our every act.

A compelling introduction to the global impact of organized crimeRuthless, cruel, and irresistibly cool: the Mafia has always appealed to the darker side of the imagination.

Does the digital age spell the end of journalism as we know it?

The inside story of a treasured profession, in the footsteps of Confessions of a GP and Kitchen ConfidentialSince making his journalistic debut breaking into Piers Morgans office, BBC foreign correspondent Nick Bryant has rattled Donald Rumsfeld, had tea with President Karzai, and lunched with the Tamil Tigers.

UK journalist falsely imprisoned by the Iran police stateNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY JON STEWART Maziar Bahari left London in June 2009 to cover Iran's contested presidential elections for Newsweek magazine.

The adventures and tribulations of Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children, and humble revolutionary Winner of the 2007 Daily Mail Biographer's Club PrizeAn unconventional biography of an unconventional woman.

With shocking new details from Madoff himself The definitive account of the worlds biggest Ponzi scheme an instant New York Times bestsellerWho was Bernie Madoff, and how did he pull off the biggest Ponzi scheme in history?

Murder in the Name of Honour is Rana Husseinis hard-hitting and controversial examination of honour crimes.

'The young bloods did not care whether they killed criminals or civilians .

The Mob was the biggest, richest business in America until it was destroyed from within by drugs, greed and the decline of traditional crime-family values.

Clubland UK is a story of violent men and the worlds they inhabit.

To all appearances, Kerry is an idyllic tourist destination.

Limerick is known as the Treaty City, commemorating the site where peace was made during one of Ireland s bloody wars.

The last time that anyone heard from 35-year-old Claudia Lawrence, a chef at the University of York, was when she sent a text message to a friend on 18 March 2009 at 8.

A beautiful island lying in the northern part of the Irish Sea between England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, the Isle of Man was once a popular holiday destination.

After a failed suicide attempt and recovery in the mad house, Martha is heading for France to be reunited with the one true love of her life.

Andrew Carnegie (1835 1922) was a mass of contradictions: a radical Chartist who became a rabid capitalist, an idealist who was also a profound cynic, a committed pacifist who also played a crucial role in the opening part of the American Civil War, and a ladies man who had to wait until his fifties (after his domineering mother died) before forming a meaningful relationship with a woman.

Athol Visser, or 'Ivan the Terrible', is a ruthless torture technician who has maimed and murdered his way around the globe.

Everybody in the unlicensed fight game knows that only one man has the honour of being titled 'Guv'nor' - and that man is Lew 'Wild Thing' Yates.

Fact is often stranger than fiction, and when Rod McLean, an escaped drug baron and alleged MI6 agent, was mysteriously found dead in a London flat after two months on the run, even Hollywood couldn't have scripted it better.