social workers

Traces the lives of six women who have devoted their lives to helping those in need.

Collects issues seven through thirteen of "The Maxx" comics, which follow the adventures of Maxx, a huge purple homeless man who thinks he is a superhero and lives both in the real world, and in the dream world of the outback.

Maxx is a homeless man who lives in a cardboard box. As sexy Julie Winters, a freelance social worker, tries to help him, he has delusions about being a superhero called The Maxx, travelling to the "Outback, " fighting a villain named Mr. Gone, and saving Julie over and over. But are they really delusions?.

Antonia Pantoja recounts the major milestones of her life and discusses how those milestones reflect the larger experiences of New York-area Puerto Ricans.

A brief biography of Jane Addams, who established Hull-House in Chicago in 1889 to provide medical and legal services, educational opportunities, and social interactions to immigrants and other victims of poverty.

An illustrated biography of Jane Addams, who dedicated her life to helping immigrants to Chicago, Illnois.

Discusses what it takes to achieve success in the field of human services, and gives practical advice on how to use vocational school, training programs, and college to obtain such careers as social worker, psychologist, addiction counselor, or daily living aide.

After his social-worker wife Roxanne has a confrontation with the father of neglected children she has removed, ex-reporter Jack McMorrow sees his life further turned upside down when the mysterious Mandi enters the picture, bringing with her dangers that threaten Jack, Roxanne and their daughter.

"After trying to help Benjamin Pearl, an undernourished, nearly feral eleven-year-old boy living in the Montana wilderness, social worker Pete Snow comes face-to-face with the boy's profoundly disturbed father, Jeremiah. With courage and caution, Pete slowly earns a measure of trust from this paranoid survivalist itching for a final conflict that will signal the coming End Times. But as Pete's own family spins out of control, Pearl's activities spark the full-blown interest of the FBI, putting Pete at the center of a massive manhunt from which no one will emerge unscathed"--Provided by publisher.

"After losing her parents, fifteen-year-old Ivy Hart is left to care for her grandmother, older sister and nephew as tenants on a small tobacco farm. As she struggles with her grandmother's aging, her sister's mental illness and her own epilepsy, she realizes they might need more than she can give. When Jane Forrester takes a position as Grace County's newest social worker, she doesn't realize just how much her help is needed. She quickly becomes emotionally invested in her clients' lives, causing tension with her boss and her new husband"--Provided by OCLC.