**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist** **The People's Book Prize Longlisted Title 2024/25** When a working woman becomes a mother, she faces what can seem like an impossible dilemma: how can she continue to excel at work AND be a good mum? In the light of childcare costs, does it even make sense for many women to continue to work at all? Workplaces need women. And most women want to work – not just for financial security but for personal fulfilment and because their work can often be a key part of their identity. Working Mother offers simple, practical tools for each stage of this complex but rewarding life change, allowing you to become the coach you need by your side every step of the way.

Want more energy? Try a plant based diet! Doctors have long touted the benefits of eating a plant-based diet, and people are listening. The plant-based food industry is booming, and more food establishments are catering to the trend as people aim to increase their consumption of vegetables, fruits, and whole foods. Plant Based for Tired People addresses questions and concerns people have in order to ensure they find success from the get-go. First, we explore the evolution of the trend and explain exactly what it means to go plant-based. We also take a look at how adopting a primarily plant-based diet can positively affect one’s health, weight loss, and even the environment. Next, we give readers the tools they need to get started with a detailed plan for transitioning to the diet and a must-have food-shopping guide. We also inspire and encourage with real people’s success stories and expert advice on everything from cooking for a meat-loving family to eating out when following a plant-based diet. We end on a delicious note with 30 pages of drool-worthy recipes that even self-proclaimed carnivores will gobble up.

Who would have thought that I, Anne Whitmore, beloved daughter of a wealthy Boston businessman, would be bouncing along in this dirty, uncomfortable Conestoga wagon, wearing this dreadful, faded homespun dress and the most unfashionable bonnet I could have imagined? My hair is filthy and stringy. My nails are short and chipped. I have scratches and bug bites all over my body. I have become the family maid and caregiver to my ungrateful, complaining parents. We are headed West to who knows where with robbers, Indians, and broken wagon wheels for excitement. And now, how can I ever keep my promise to my grandmother? I want to remember my pleasant life in Boston with its fresh sea breezes, the refreshing carriage rides in the park, our fine home with a maid and butler, and hopefully, a proposal from the banker’s son—not the constant, choking, gritty dust of this hot, endless prairie as we ride into an unknown future. Yet I have watched the Quaker family who are at peace with each other. Eli the carpenter, their tall, handsome son with the sparkling blue eyes, is so kind to me in spite of my tatty appearance. How very different he is from the banker’s son.

Life as a single parent can seem daunting. You have to play all the roles in your children's life -- homemaker, provider, nursemaid, disciplinarian and teacher to name a few -- and you may wonder how you'll manage to fulfil every one or perhaps survive the grind. Being a sole parent is not straightforward but it can be deeply rewarding. Here, with insightful advice and humour, the author shares personal experiences and information to guide you through the maze to a life that you and your children can enjoy: discover how to build the four corners of your life for greater happiness; understand how your children may feel and react from infancy to teens; learn the practical steps you can take to make family life run more smoothly; find out where to get advice or help for the essentials from housing to finances and your legal rights; ditch the guilt and have more fun with your children.

Beans are considered a basic staple in most kitchen cupboards, yet these unassuming foodstuffs have a very long history: there is evidence that beans have been eaten for 9,000 years. Whether dried, frozen, or canned, beans have substantial nutritional and environmental benefits, and can easily be made into a wholesome, satisfying meal. From garbanzos to lentils, and from favas to soybeans, Beans: A Global History brings to life the rich story of these small yet mighty edibles. Featuring historic and modern recipes that celebrate the wide variety of bean cuisines, this book speaks to the modern trend for healthy eating, taking readers on a vivid journey through the gastronomical, botanical, cultural, and political history of beans.

Since the Conservative government's reform of the law and policy relating to accommodation for Travelling People (Gypsies and Travellers) in 1992, there have been no changes to the legislation, despite a major review of housing law and policy commenced by the current Labour government in 2000. A primary motive given for the 1992 legal reforms was financial: that the cost to the public purse of providing sites for Travelling People was unjustifiably high. Yet no study was ever done into the costs of not providing sites. In addition to exploration of the financial costs experienced by local authorities in the UK, both as landowners and as providers of public services, the book also examines the financial, human and social costs suffered by private landowners, police services and Travelling People themselves. The book places these costs in context both by exploring the process of change to law and policy in this field in 1992, and the issues now raised by the 'Best Value' regime and other new obligations placed on public bodies by human rights and race relations laws. The book will be invaluable reading for practitioners and policy makers in housing, planning, equality issues, education, welfare and policing at local and national levels. It will also be of interest to social policy and social work academics and students, and to Travelling People themselves.

"A penetrating and unbiased account of what makes Bob Carr tick, and where his driving ambition might lead." - cover.

This book was inspired by Rachel Morris. Officer is a wonderful, fictional children's story told from the animal's perspective. The accounts and events of this puppy's life will surely pull on your heart strings and open your eyes. We follow along as tough decisions are made and promises are kept no matter how hard it was to do. This story is about loyalty, love, compassion, acceptance and being an overcomer. This story is about not always understanding why some things happen in life, but embracing them nonetheless. Officer is about second chances. This story is an example of how everyone, and everything, has purpose and meaning in life. As the story unfolds, you will see how animals make our lives better. Officer teaches us not to give up. Never lose hope. Keep dreaming. Believe love will find you. Know there is a reason you exist. Remember, shelter and recue animals are perfect pets and they want a FUR-EVER home. Once you have read the story, please go volunteer at an animal shelter or local rescue, say 'thank you' to a Service Member, give and donate out of the kindness of your heart, say 'I love you' to your family and then pass the book along to someone else who needs to read this heartfelt and heartwarming tale. My deepest adoration to Cricket Stemmermann. I appreciate all your help. Thank you Chloe Mooring for the beautiful illustrations. You are gifted and talented beyond measure. It was a joy to work with you. Rachel, my Rae of Sunshine, thank you for the inspiration and love you give every day. Jenni Wilde Hendricks, thank you for being the Hands & Feet of Christ for those without a voice. God bless all those that serve our great country and communities. God bless America.

One summer, teenager Karen Hark finds herself immersed in a new, unknown world of science and medical technology after discovering anonymous messages meant only for her. These clues will lead her to find their sender, to fully understand the power of words, and to try to stop a killer. But when a villain can physically paralyze you with only the uttering of a few simple phrases, what can you do but lie down and take your fate as it may come?