Dec
10
2010
Adoption Agency
Adoption agencies – Learn before you start the process
The bliss and happiness of being a parent is hard to illustrate. You can make yourself proud by adopting a waiting child. If you Adopt A Child, you give someone life that he or she deserves. Even if you have your own child, you can adopt a child so that you are able to give someone a life better than he or she is getting. There are many orphans in the world and if you want to adopt an international child, you can get in touch with the relevant adoption agencies. When looking for china adoption agencies, you must educate yourself before that.
Read and understand the adoption policies of China so that you can search for a genuine adoption agency. There are certain requirements that are set and the china adoption agencies will ask you to fulfill them first. Learn about these requirements so that you are not turned down immediately. The couple who wishes To Adopt A Child from china must be married and within the age group of 30 to 50. Besides this, they should also possess positive health history. People who have mobility problems or are alcoholic are prohibited from adopting a Chinese child.
China Adoptions are very clear and strict when it comes to adoption conditions. They will only allow The Adoption Process to proceed when the couple fulfills and meets the criteria. Financial stability is also main aspect that is considered in china adoptions. Sometimes these china adoption agencies ask extremely personal questions. You should be prepared for that. Just keep in mind that it is their job and they have to assure everything before they hand over the child to you.
When you have made up your mind for Haiti adoption, you need to do some preparations before you actually enter into the process. Take your family into confidence and see that they are ready from within. Do some research on internet so that you find the right and legitimate agency from the various options available there. You must be assured that everything done is legal and officially permitted as well as acceptable to you.
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Jr. Detective Agency DVD $14.99 “>13-year-old Sam Steele Jr. forms his own private detective agency to emulate his father, Des Moines detective Sam Steele, and helps track down a jewel thief.> >The sleuthing son of a Des Moines police detective assists his father in nabbing a notorious jewel thief after transforming his clubhouse into the Junior Detective Agency. There’s no one in the world that Sam Steele, Jr. admires more than his father, and lately Sam, Sr. has been on the trail of a crafty burglar who calls himself The Cat. Convinced that it’s finally time to make the leap to the big leagues, Sam, Jr. begins looking over the evidence, and hires local tween Emma Marsh as his receptionist. Emma’s loyal canine Doug has the perfect nose for sniffing out crime, and after a few weeks of fruitless stakeouts he leads Emma and Sam, Jr. straight to The Cat. The Cat locks up Sam, Jr. and Doug in a dingy warehouse, it starts to look like he’ll escape scot free. But the one person The Cat didn’t count on was Emma, who quickly recruits Sam, Sr. to help out the elusive thief away once and for all.>>>>>Product Details:>>Rated: G >Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen>Language: English>Run Time: 86 Minutes>Released 01/2011>>>” |
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Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches $15.99 “>A stirring call to Christian families and churches to be a people who care for orphans, not just in word, but in deed. >The gospel of Jesus Christ-the good news that through Jesus we have been adopted as sons and daughters into God’s family-means that Christians ought to be at the forefront of the adoption of orphans in North America and around the world. >Russell D. Moore does not shy away from this call in Adopted for Life, a popular-level, practical manifesto for Christians to adopt children and to help equip other Christian families to do the same. He shows that adoption is not just about couples who want children-or who want more children. It is about an entire culture within Christianity, a culture that sees adoption as part of the Great Commission mandate and as a sign of the gospel itself. >Moore, who adopted two boys from Russia and has spoken widely on the subject, writes for couples considering adoption, families who have adopted children, and pastors who wish to encourage adoption.” |
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Happy Adoption Day! $2.99 Parents celebrate the day on which they adopted their child and continue to reassure the new addition to the family that he is wanted, loved, and very special. |
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Gotcha Day: A Celebration of Adoption $23.95 “no description” |
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Adoption Time Bomb $10.99 “The sound of far off sleigh bells drifted into her consciousness, and as Marne tried to remember where she was, she realized that a dark form was hovering above her. Marne struggled to scream as she saw the jagged edge of an unbent hanger as it descended toward her heart. Ken and Marne had been delighted to open their home to a beautiful baby boy in need of a loving family; little did they know that their adopted son had come with a hidden time bomb. Mark Tyler has known the heartbreaking loss of two members of his own family. Life with a child of severe behavior disorders was one of extreme challenges, but nothing could have prepared him for the way his own family story would tragically end. Study lessons of life from this grieving father; learn his most important truth and the family motto forged in pain that continues to give him strength to go on. Mark is hopeful that those who read this book will have a better understanding of hurting children and their families, providing a safe place where their fears are heard and their tears are understood.” |
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Private Adoption in Virginia $11.99 “no description” |
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Adoption By Merino, Noel (EDT) $53.66 Each title explores a specific issue by placing fourteen to sixteen carefully edited, accessible articles from a wide range of sources in a unique pro/con format, while useful charts, graphs, color photos, and cartoons illustrate each article. Author: Merino, Noel (EDT) Series Title: Introducing Issues With Opposing Viewpoints Publication Date: 2008/10/31 Number of Pages: 142 Binding Type: Library Grade Level: 79 Language: English Depth: 0.50 Width: 6.50 Height: 9.25 |
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The Adoption Decision By Christianson, Laura $21.13 Author: Christianson, Laura Subtitle: 15 Things You Want to Know Before Adopting Publication Date: 2007/08/01 Number of Pages: 252 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 0.75 Width: 5.75 Height: 8.50 |
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Issues in Adoption By Fisanick, Christina $58.2 Author: Fisanick, Christina Series Title: Current Controversies Publication Date: 2009/06/30 Number of Pages: 202 Binding Type: Library Language: English Depth: 0.75 Width: 6.25 Height: 9.25 |
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The Adoption Network By Christianson, Laura $16.76 Author: Christianson, Laura Subtitle: Your Guide to Starting a Support System Publication Date: 2007/09/01 Number of Pages: 111 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Height: 8.50 |
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A Treasury of Adoption Miracles: True Stories of God’s Presence Today $27 “Bestselling author Karen Kingsbury offers an inspiring collection of true stories to remind readers that God is present in every adoption.” |
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Adoption: Choosing It, Living It, Loving It; Straight Answers to Hearfelt Questions $14.99 “Ray Guarendi, psychologist, husband and father of ten adopted children, considers the most commonly asked adoption questions with insight, humor and a heart for the adoptive family. His aim? To dispel unsettling misperceptions about adoption, to encourage others to think about and act on adoption, and to guide adoptive parents to a more relaxed, rewarding family life for all involved. A must-have resource for those considering adoption, those who have already adopted and those in the mix as family members or friends of adoptive parents.” |
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Infertility, Adoption And…Say, How’s the Weather? $20.99 “Infertility, Adoption and]Say, Hows the Weather? is the true story of Gracie Longshore, who experienced the heartbreak of infertility. Then she and her husband Kevin experienced the joy of adopting their son Dmitry from Russia. Gracies joy turned to anguish when Dmitry (whom she loved very much) became too violent to continue being able to live with her and Kevin. For several months, Gracie searched for, and found, another family to take care of Dmitry. Unfortunately, what happened with the Longshores is typical of parents who have adopted a child diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder. As Gracie tells you the story of her family, she weaves in the Christ-centered spiritual lessons she learned, along with her infertility poems and communion meditations she wrote. Come and take Gracies hand as she leads you through her journey of motherhood and being a Them. Gracie Longshore graduated from high school in 1977. Three years later, she received her associate of arts degree in writing. Gracie has worked in the healthcare industry for sixteen years and thoroughly enjoys helping doctors and nurses get the medical reports they need for the care of their patients. Her hobbies include counted cross-stitch needlework, and feeding and watching birds. She also likes to learn about other cultures, and history on a wide range of topics.” |
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Demonstration of the Colored Inhabitants of NYCat the Adoption of 15th Amendment, April 8th 1870 $49.99 Demonstration of the Colored Inhabitants of NYCat the Adoption of 15th Amendment, April 8th 1870 – Giclee Print |
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New York Celebrating Adoption of the Us Constitution with a Parade Honoring Alexander Hamilton $49.99 New York Celebrating Adoption of the Us Constitution with a Parade Honoring Alexander Hamilton – Framed Art Print |
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10 Steps to Successful International Adoption $21.95 What prospective adoptive parent wouldnt delight in this incredible mixture of research, practical tools, and reflections from fellow adoptive parents? Dr. Uekert speaks with the wisdom of a coach and the heart of a mother. I consider this book a must read for those who are adopting internationally. Sherrie Eldridge, Author of Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents KnewTen Steps to Successful International Adoption is the definitive adoption guide. It is a concise, inspirational workbook that will help you make educated decisions and move forward in your adoption plans. Learn how to successfully complete an adoption by finding the best country from which to adopt, securing the services of a top-notch agency, paying for adoption expenses without going broke, sailing through the home study, traveling to a foreign country with ease, crafting an adjustment plan for your child, and building connections to your childs birth culture. Carefully orchestrated action steps will lead you toward your ultimate goal. In addition, you get: |
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A Girl Named Maria: The Story of an Adoption $0.99 Used – She was found abandoned in the lavatory of a cafeteria in Bogota, Colombia. The police who picked her up named her Maria Consuelo. From a stack of would-be parents, Colombia’s welfare agency chose Valerie Kreutzer’s application, and the toddler quickly bonded with her new mom in Washington, DC. At school Maria struggled with severe learning disabilities despite a superior I.Q., but also blossomed into an award-winning young artist. Her impulsive behavior led to fits and false starts durin |
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A Mommy in Mind $3.99 New – A young reporter learns that life does not always move in an expected path when, while doing a story on the Tiny Blessings adoption agency, she decides to adopt a baby girl. Original. |
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Adopt International: Everything You Need to Know to Adopt a Child from Abroad $2.1 New – As open-adoption laws and increased competition for children make adoption more complicated in the U.S., the demand for international adoption has increased as well. This guide provides step-by-step advice on selecting an agency, traveling abroad to pick up your child, adjusting to a new life at home, dealing with government regulations, and handling financial issues. The book also includes stories of people who have successfully adopted one or more children abroad. |
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Adopt International: Everything You Need to Know to Adopt a Child from Abroad $30 In recent years, the number of adopted children from abroad has grown dramatically in United States. As open adoption laws and increased competition for adoptable children have made adoption more complicated in this country, international adoptions offer an easier, faster, and less expensive alternative. A comprehensive guide, Adopt International provides step-by-step advice on everything from selecting an adoption agency to traveling abroad to pick up your child to adjusting to a new life at home. The book walks you through the myriad government regulations and complicated forms (both American and foreign) as well as the financial issues involved. Finally, it includes the stories of people who have successfully adopted one or more children from across the world. |
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Adopting in America: How to Adopt Within One Year $32.24 New – Hicks, one of the nation’s leading adoption author and attorneys and host of the PBS-TV series Adoption Forum, fully explains twelve types of adoptions, lists every licensed child-placing agency and adoption attorney for each state, reviews each state’s laws and procedures, tells how to spot a risky adoption, and much more information essential to a potential adoptive parent. |
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Adopting in America: How to Adopt Within One Year $32.24 New – Hicks, one of the nation’s leading adoption author and attorneys and host of the PBS-TV series Adoption Forum, fully explains twelve types of adoptions, lists every licensed child-placing agency and adoption attorney for each state, reviews each state’s laws and procedures, tells how to spot a risky adoption, and much more information essential to a potential adoptive parent. |
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Adopting in America: How to Adopt Within One Year $32.24 New – Hicks, one of the nation’s leading adoption author and attorneys and host of the PBS-TV series Adoption Forum, fully explains twelve types of adoptions, lists every licensed child-placing agency and adoption attorney for each state, reviews each state’s laws and procedures, tells how to spot a risky adoption, and much more information essential to a potential adoptive parent. |
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Adopting in America: How to Adopt Within One Year $32.24 New – Hicks, one of the nation’s leading adoption author and attorneys and host of the PBS-TV series Adoption Forum, fully explains twelve types of adoptions, lists every licensed child-placing agency and adoption attorney for each state, reviews each state’s laws and procedures, tells how to spot a risky adoption, and much more information essential to a potential adoptive parent. |
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Adopting in America: How to Adopt Within One Year $32.24 New – Hicks, one of the nation’s leading adoption author and attorneys and host of the PBS-TV series Adoption Forum, fully explains twelve types of adoptions, lists every licensed child-placing agency and adoption attorney for each state, reviews each state’s laws and procedures, tells how to spot a risky adoption, and much more information essential to a potential adoptive parent. |
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Adopting in America: How to Adopt Within One Year $32.24 New – Hicks, one of the nation’s leading adoption author and attorneys and host of the PBS-TV series Adoption Forum, fully explains twelve types of adoptions, lists every licensed child-placing agency and adoption attorney for each state, reviews each state’s laws and procedures, tells how to spot a risky adoption, and much more information essential to a potential adoptive parent. |
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Adopting in America: How to Adopt Within One Year $32.24 New – Hicks, one of the nation’s leading adoption author and attorneys and host of the PBS-TV series Adoption Forum, fully explains twelve types of adoptions, lists every licensed child-placing agency and adoption attorney for each state, reviews each state’s laws and procedures, tells how to spot a risky adoption, and much more information essential to a potential adoptive parent. |
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Adopting on Your Own: The Complete Guide to Adopting as a Single Parent $16 From the Publisher Adopting on Your Own addresses the questions and concerns of prospective single parents. Lee Varon, a practicing therapist specializing in adoption counseling and the single mother of two adopted children, helps readers make an evenhanded assessment of whether adoption is right for them, then leads them through the different stages of arranging and financing the adoption. She weighs the advantages of open versus closed and international versus domestic adoption for the single parent, and demystifies potentially daunting steps such as choosing an agency and preparing for the home study. Adopting on Your Own also offers up-to-date information on the latest developments in interracial adoption policy, the legal rights of gays and lesbians to adopt, and the evolving attitudes of agencies and social workers toward single-parent adoptions. Throughout the book, Varon draws on personal anecdotes and the experiences of her clients to offer honest, insightful advice on every step of the adoption process. Publishers Weekly Herself an adoptive mother of two and a counselor who has helped thousands of clients through their adoption decisions, Varon candidly covers just about every issue of concern to single men and women who are considering adoption in this excellent guide. She starts at the beginning–with making the decision–and offers insights on a variety of crucial questions: How old is too old to parent? How much money do I need to adopt a child? Can I adopt if I had cancer five years ago? Are there right and wrong reasons for wanting to adopt? She then walks readers through the adoption process, from determining which child is right for you to different types of adoption, including international. She covers the ins and outs of choosing an agency and preparing for the home study–including whether or not potential adoptive parents should be open about their sexual orientation. Varon also discusses issues that |
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Adoption For Dummies $21.99 Get the facts on adoption fees and legal issuesWhat to expect every step of the way when adopting a childAre you ready to adopt? This reassuring guide walks you through the process, from choosing the right form of adoption and finding an agency to filling out forms, meeting with birthparents, and getting through the waiting period. You get tips on surviving the home study, dealing with family members, and sharing the adoption story with your child.The Dummies Way |
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Adoption For Dummies $21.99 Get the facts on adoption fees and legal issues What to expect every step of the way when adopting a child Are you ready to adopt? This reassuring guide walks you through the process, from choosing the right form of adoption and finding an agency to filling out forms, meeting with birthparents, and getting through the waiting period. You get tips on surviving the home study, dealing with family members, and sharing the adoption story with your child. The Dummies Way |
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Adoption for Dummies $21.99 Get the facts on adoption fees and legal issuesWhat to expect every step of the way when adopting a childAre you ready to adopt? This reassuring guide walks you through the process, from choosing the right form of adoption and finding an agency to filling out forms, meeting with birthparents, and getting through the waiting period. You get tips on surviving the home study, dealing with family members, and sharing the adoption story with your child.The Dummies WayExplanations in plain English Get in, get out informationIcons and other navigational aidsTear-out cheat sheetTop ten listsA dash of humor and fun |
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An Analysis of the Proposals and Conceptions of Socialism $10.6 New – Excerpt from book: II THE INDUSTRIAL OUTCOME OF SOCIALISM In the previous lecture I endeavored to lay before you a picture of the industrial organization which the adoption of the fundamental proposals of Socialism proposals on which all Socialists are agreed must inevitably bring about. The main features of this organization we found to be the creation of a numerous, carefully graduated and strongly disciplined body of officials, culminating in one central all-directing agency for the man |
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Aski Awasis/Children of the Earth $17.95 A celebration of the work of Yellowhead Tribal Services Agency (YTSA) in Alberta, this collection of essays describes the agency”s bold new model that integrates First Peoples” adoption practices with provincial adoption laws and regulations. Now expecting closure to the long debate in Canada over adoption of Aboriginal children into non-Aboriginal families, the authors provide stories of good and bad adoptions over the years–and recommend ways to implement the new policies and practices. |
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Aski Awasis/Children of the Earth: First Peoples Speaking on Adoption $18.31 New – A celebration of the work of Yellowhead Tribal Services Agency (YTSA) in Alberta, this collection of essays describes the agency’s bold new model that integrates First Peoples’ adoption practices with provincial adoption laws and regulations. Now expecting closure to the long debate in Canada over adoption of Aboriginal children into non-Aboriginal families, the authors provide stories of good and bad adoptions over the years–and recommend ways to implement the new policies and practices. |
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Aski Awasis/Children of the Earth: First Peoples Speaking on Adoption $17.95 A celebration of the work of Yellowhead Tribal Services Agency (YTSA) in Alberta, this collection of essays describes the agency’s bold new model that integrates First Peoples’ adoption practices with provincial adoption laws and regulations. Now expecting closure to the long debate in Canada over adoption of Aboriginal children into non-Aboriginal families, the authors provide stories of good and bad adoptions over the years—and recommend ways to implement the new polici |
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Assessment of the Ahrq Patient Safety Initiative: Focus on Implementation and Dissemination Evaluation Report III (2004-2005) $1.81 Used – Updates the policy context of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) patient safety initiative; documents the current priorities and activities undertaken; and assesses contributions of health information technology projects and dissemination actions to support adoption of evidence-based safe practices. Discusses implications for future AHRQ policy, programming, and research; suggests ways to strengthen AHRQ activities. |
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Babies for Sale: The Tennessee Children’s Home Adoption Scandal $81.99 Used – The only nonfiction account of the adoption agency scandal that began in the 1920s and eventually implicated not only the agency’s administration but also local attorneys, court justices, and politicians. |
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Babies for Sale: The Tennessee Children’s Home Adoption Scandal $81.99 New – The only nonfiction account of the adoption agency scandal that began in the 1920s and eventually implicated not only the agency’s administration but also local attorneys, court justices, and politicians. |
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Blue Blood Runs Red $47.89 Rosie Kelly and Ellen Kerry are fledgling detectives. Their first minor job is tracking down the lover of philanderer A.F. Beaudelaire. Mrs. Beaudelaire suspects the lover will possibly be a guest at a large house party she is giving for the Save-Our-Strays Society. It becomes serious when the lover is discovered dead in a closet of the mansion, stripped clean of all her jewels. Cases of murder and mayhem bring Ellen and Rosie more business and notoriety than they dreamed of. The Polskis, Jewish Holocaust survivors, ask them to track a former Nazi prison guard, who occasionally comes into their deli downstairs from the detective agency. Finally, a long-disputed adoption case is resolved, and more and more money and cases keep their new business afloat. |
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Christiana and Alec: Traveling with Children $15.14 Used – Christiana, a social worker for Angel Adoption Agency, finds herself transporting adopted kids from international countries to the United States. On her first journey she finds herself juggling children and luggage, and wonders how she will manage when she meets a helpful stranger. |
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Christiana and Alec: Traveling with Children $15.14 New – Christiana, a social worker for Angel Adoption Agency, finds herself transporting adopted kids from international countries to the United States. On her first journey she finds herself juggling children and luggage, and wonders how she will manage when she meets a helpful stranger. |
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Cinderella Plan $5 New – The fourth title in the emotional new multi-author continuity series Tiny Blessings, centering around an adoption agency. |
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Complete Adoption Book: Everything You Need to Know to Adopt a Child $0.99 New – Takes readers through each step in the adoption process, from choosing an agency to bringing a child home, and discusses international adoptions, state requirements, medical issues, and other topics. |
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Crossing Years $165.24 New – In this meditation on identity and selfhood, loss and change, the real and the counterfeit, George Dzul tells the very real but often unbelievable story of a man’s life, a life that begins in 1939 and is still very much in process in 1999. An infant boy in wartorn Eastern Europe loses his mother, his past, and his heritage. Seemingly without direction, he drifts from rescue to adoption agency to a wealthy family in Michigan — and from there to life as a playboy, a forger, a wanderer, and |
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Crossing Years $32.59 In this meditation on identity and selfhood, loss and change, the real and the counterfeit, George Dzul tells the very real but often unbelievable story of a man’s life, a life that begins in 1939 and is still very much in process in 1999. An infant boy in wartorn Eastern Europe loses his mother, his past, and his heritage. Seemingly without direction, he drifts from rescue to adoption agency to a wealthy family in Michigan — and from there to life as a playboy, a forger, a wanderer, and an owner of a company that cleanses what has been made unclean. His adventures, which are both sexual and personal, investigate the nature of family and the mystery of appearances. The picaresque and the profane are equally likely and equally phantasmagoric as narrated by George Dzul, a gifted new author. |
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Dancing In The Dark – Inside An Adoption Agency $13.95 Carl Pilsecker,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Virtualbookworm.com |
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Dancing in the Dark – Inside an Adoption Agency $14.99 Used – It is 1972; the world of adoption is changing significantly (fewer children available for adoption; adoptees seeking their first parents; interracial adoption). Anita Ashton, adoption agency social worker and ardent folk dancer, is “too soon” pregnant. This threatens to disrupt both her personal and professional life. And harboring a potentially devastating secret leaves her “dancing in the dark.” |
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Dancing in the Dark – Inside an Adoption Agency $14.99 New – It is 1972; the world of adoption is changing significantly (fewer children available for adoption; adoptees seeking their first parents; interracial adoption). Anita Ashton, adoption agency social worker and ardent folk dancer, is “too soon” pregnant. This threatens to disrupt both her personal and professional life. And harboring a potentially devastating secret leaves her “dancing in the dark.” |
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Derailed $1.58 From The Publisher:When an English teacher at Attica State Prison asks his incarcerated students to write about why they’re in prison, he is astounded by the story of Charles Schine. Schine is a white, upper middle-class ad exec who meets Lucinda, a married woman, on the Long Island Railroad. Sharing pictures of their kids soon leads to a rendezvous in a sordid downtown hotel. But before they actually enter the room, they are held up by a man who rapes Lucinda, assaults Charles, and steals both their wallets. He then proceeds to blackmail them.Desperate, Charles hires someone to eliminate him–but it’s the hit man who ends up dead. In a world where no one is who they seem to be, Charles sinks deeper into a labyrinth of deceit, murder, and betrayal, it’s clear why Charles is in Attica–and what he’s come to do there.About The Author:James Siegel is vice chairman, senior executive creative director and member of the Board of Directors of BBDO New York and is one of the agency’s top creative talents. His work includes such accounts as Visa, Frito-Lay (Tostitos), Charles Schwab, Office Depot and Pepsi Twist, where his contributions have played a significant role in enhancing the agency’s creative reputation.Siegel has been recognized for other spots, including two from Federal Express: the poignant and heartwarming Adoption, which received a gold and silver at the New York Festivals in 1991, and Secretary, which was selected most humorous and best 30-second commercial of 1992 by the Hollywood Radio and Television Society as well as being named both an Adweek and an Ad Age Best Spot. Beyond this, Jimmy has won numerous other awards from the London International Advertising Festival, National ADDY’s, Andy’s and other prestigious industry competitions.Most recently, Siegel was recognized by The Advertising Club for a poignant commercial he created for Visa following the September 11 attacks. As described by Adweek critic Barbar |
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Destination Branding: Creating the Unique Destination Proposition $22.49 Used – In today’s highly competitive market, many destinations – from individual resorts to countries – are adopting branding techniques similar to those used by ‘Coca Cola’, ‘Nike’ and ‘Sony’ in an effort to differentiate their identities and to emphasize the uniqueness of their product. By focusing on a range of global case studies, Destination Branding demonstrates that the adoption of a highly targeted, consumer research-based, multi-agency ‘mood branding’ initiative leads to success every t |
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Dick Berk – East Coast Stroll CD $17.79 This release from drummer Dick Berk & the Jazz Adoption Agency teams together three veterans (Berk, pianist John Hicks, and bassist Ray Drummond) with the promising young tenor Jay Collins and the … |
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Encouraging Adoption $25 Used – Hearing on making adoption more frequent. Witnesses: Mark Nadel, GAO; Maureen Hogan, Adopt a Special Kid/America; Kathi Grasso, Amer. Bar Assoc.; David Liederman, Child Welfare League of Amer.; Teresa Markowitz representing Hon. Bill Graves of Kansas; Richard Hoekstra, Michigan Family Independence Agency; Terry Cross, National Indian Child… |
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Family Matters: Secrecy and Disclosure in the History of Adoption $25.5 Adoption is a hot topic–played out in the news and on TV talk shows, in advice columns and tell-all tales–but for the 25 million Americans who are members of the adoption triad of adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents, the true story of adoption has not been told until now. Family Matters cuts through the sealed records, changing policies, and conflicting agendas that have obscured the history of adoption in America and reveals how the practice and attitudes about it have evolved from colonial days to the present. Amid recent controversies over sealed adoption records and open adoption, it is ever more apparent that secrecy and disclosure are the defining issues in American adoptions–and these are also the central concerns of E. Wayne Carp’s book. Mining a vast range of sources (including for the first time confidential case records of a twentieth-century adoption agency), Carp makes a startling discovery: openness, not secrecy, has been the norm in adoption for most of our history; sealed records were a post-World War II aberration, resulting from the convergence of several unusual cultural, demographic, and social trends. Pursuing this idea, Family Matters offers surprising insights into various notions that have affected the course of adoption, among them Americans’ complex feelings about biological kinship versus socially constructed families; the stigma of adoption, used at times to promote both openness and secrecy; and, finally, suspect psychoanalytic concepts, such as genealogical bewilderment, and bogus medical terms, such as adopted child syndrome, that paint all parties to adoption as psychologically damaged. With an unswerving gaze andincisive analysis, Carp brings clarity to a subject often muddled by extreme emotions and competing agendas. His book is essential reading for adoptees and their adoptive and biological families, and for the countless others who follow their fortunes. |
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Florida Law $18.95 - A practical, readable guide to your legal rights in Florida- Property Law – real estate, landlord/tenant, wills, trusts- Family Law – parent/child, marriage, divorce, guardianship, adoption- Business Law – corporations/partnerships, promissory notes/mortgages, contracts, agency/employment, insurance- Special Areas – torts, criminal law, small claims, consumer law |
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Florida Law $9.76 Used – - A practical, readable guide to your legal rights in Florida- Property Law – real estate, landlord/tenant, wills, trusts- Family Law – parent/child, marriage, divorce, guardianship, adoption- Business Law – corporations/partnerships, promissory notes/mortgages, contracts, agency/employment, insurance- Special Areas – torts, criminal law, small claims, consumer law |
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Florida Law 4th Edition $69.33 Are you buying or selling a home? Is it time to think about writing a will or setting up a trust? Are you incorporating a business or wondering about employee/contractor issues? Are you a renter or landlord unsure of your rights and obligations? Having some general knowledge of the law can help avoid costly mistakes. This newly revised and updated edition is for anyone who needs to know the basics of Florida law. It offers- A practical, readable guide to your legal rights In Florida- Property Law–landlord/tenant, wills, trusts- Family Law–parent/child, marriage, divorce, guardianship, adoption- Business Law–corporations/partnerships, promissory notes/mortgages, contracts, agency/employment, insurance- Special Areas–torts, criminal law, small claims, consumer law |
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Florida Law: A Layman’s Guide $39.95 New – — A practical, readable guide to your legal rights in Florida– Having some general knowledge of the law can help avoid costly mistakes– Newly revised and updated– For anyone who needs to know the basics of Florida law– Property Law — landlord/tenant, wills, trusts– Family Law — parent/child, marriage, divorce, guardianship, adoption– Business Law — corporations/partnerships, promissory notes/mortgages, contracts, agency/employment, insurance– Special Areas — torts, criminal law |
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Florida Law: A Layman’s Guide $39.95 New – — A practical, readable guide to your legal rights in Florida– Having some general knowledge of the law can help avoid costly mistakes– Newly revised and updated– For anyone who needs to know the basics of Florida law– Property Law — landlord/tenant, wills, trusts– Family Law — parent/child, marriage, divorce, guardianship, adoption– Business Law — corporations/partnerships, promissory notes/mortgages, contracts, agency/employment, insurance– Special Areas — torts, criminal law |
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Florida Law: A Layman’s Guide $39.95 New – — A practical, readable guide to your legal rights in Florida– Having some general knowledge of the law can help avoid costly mistakes– Newly revised and updated– For anyone who needs to know the basics of Florida law– Property Law — landlord/tenant, wills, trusts– Family Law — parent/child, marriage, divorce, guardianship, adoption– Business Law — corporations/partnerships, promissory notes/mortgages, contracts, agency/employment, insurance– Special Areas — torts, criminal law |
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Florida Law: A Layman’s Guide $39.95 New – — A practical, readable guide to your legal rights in Florida– Having some general knowledge of the law can help avoid costly mistakes– Newly revised and updated– For anyone who needs to know the basics of Florida law– Property Law — landlord/tenant, wills, trusts– Family Law — parent/child, marriage, divorce, guardianship, adoption– Business Law — corporations/partnerships, promissory notes/mortgages, contracts, agency/employment, insurance– Special Areas — torts, criminal law |
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Florida Law: A Layman’s Guide $39.95 New – — A practical, readable guide to your legal rights in Florida– Having some general knowledge of the law can help avoid costly mistakes– Newly revised and updated– For anyone who needs to know the basics of Florida law– Property Law — landlord/tenant, wills, trusts– Family Law — parent/child, marriage, divorce, guardianship, adoption– Business Law — corporations/partnerships, promissory notes/mortgages, contracts, agency/employment, insurance– Special Areas — torts, criminal law |
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Florida Law: A Layman’s Guide $113.8 New – — A practical, readable guide to your legal rights in Florida– Having some general knowledge of the law can help avoid costly mistakes– Newly revised and updated– For anyone who needs to know the basics of Florida law– Property Law — landlord/tenant, wills, trusts– Family Law — parent/child, marriage, divorce, guardianship, adoption– Business Law — corporations/partnerships, promissory notes/mortgages, contracts, agency/employment, insurance– Special Areas — torts, criminal law |
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Florida Law: A Layman’s Guide $39.95 New – — A practical, readable guide to your legal rights in Florida– Having some general knowledge of the law can help avoid costly mistakes– Newly revised and updated– For anyone who needs to know the basics of Florida law– Property Law — landlord/tenant, wills, trusts– Family Law — parent/child, marriage, divorce, guardianship, adoption– Business Law — corporations/partnerships, promissory notes/mortgages, contracts, agency/employment, insurance– Special Areas — torts, criminal law |
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Florida Law: A Layman’s Guide $39.95 New – — A practical, readable guide to your legal rights in Florida– Having some general knowledge of the law can help avoid costly mistakes– Newly revised and updated– For anyone who needs to know the basics of Florida law– Property Law — landlord/tenant, wills, trusts– Family Law — parent/child, marriage, divorce, guardianship, adoption– Business Law — corporations/partnerships, promissory notes/mortgages, contracts, agency/employment, insurance– Special Areas — torts, criminal law |
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Florida Law: A Layman’s Guide $39.95 New – — A practical, readable guide to your legal rights in Florida– Having some general knowledge of the law can help avoid costly mistakes– Newly revised and updated– For anyone who needs to know the basics of Florida law– Property Law — landlord/tenant, wills, trusts– Family Law — parent/child, marriage, divorce, guardianship, adoption– Business Law — corporations/partnerships, promissory notes/mortgages, contracts, agency/employment, insurance– Special Areas — torts, criminal law |
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Florida Law: A Layman’s Guide $39.95 New – — A practical, readable guide to your legal rights in Florida– Having some general knowledge of the law can help avoid costly mistakes– Newly revised and updated– For anyone who needs to know the basics of Florida law– Property Law — landlord/tenant, wills, trusts– Family Law — parent/child, marriage, divorce, guardianship, adoption– Business Law — corporations/partnerships, promissory notes/mortgages, contracts, agency/employment, insurance– Special Areas — torts, criminal law |
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Florida Law: A Layman’s Guide $3.67 Used – — A practical, readable guide to your legal rights in Florida– Having some general knowledge of the law can help avoid costly mistakes– Newly revised and updated– For anyone who needs to know the basics of Florida law– Property Law — landlord/tenant, wills, trusts– Family Law — parent/child, marriage, divorce, guardianship, adoption– Business Law — corporations/partnerships, promissory notes/mortgages, contracts, agency/employment, insurance– Special Areas — torts, criminal la |
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Gender Relations and Adoption of Ict in Uganda $120.01 New – Gender Relations and Adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Uganda is a book about the effect on gender relations of adoption of information and communication technologies and vice versa. Utilising feminist, development and diffusion of innovations theory, the book shows that power relations, agency and patriarchy mediate the means of technology adoption. The book unravels an intricate connection between especially mobile phone adoption and violence against women usi |
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Gender Relations and Adoption of Ict in Uganda $120.01 Used – Gender Relations and Adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Uganda is a book about the effect on gender relations of adoption of information and communication technologies and vice versa. Utilising feminist, development and diffusion of innovations theory, the book shows that power relations, agency and patriarchy mediate the means of technology adoption. The book unravels an intricate connection between especially mobile phone adoption and violence against women us |
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God on the Mountain $3.5 Used – The beautiful Tennessee Mountains become the backdrop for this novel of danger and intrigue. Tara, a young social worker discovers the adoption agency she works for is illegally placing children for profit and her testimony helps convict her boss and others. Now paroled, the vengeful boss returns to stalk and threaten Tara just when she has regained peace of mind while living in her beloved mountains. An unlikely romance blooms during the difficult time. God on the Mountain is a fast-pace |
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Heritage Transformed $80 How does heritage become objectified within public institutions and representative of a national past? This book proposes a model for this process and contains five case studies that explore variety in the transformation of heritage. The model proposes that heritage is transformed from concept to object and the agency of change is management. It explores management using strategic management analysis to understand the relationship between public institutions, heritage objects and their use. The analysis shows a development from administration to strategic management as a way of effecting change in public institutions over time, producing new heritage objects and markets for them, and demonstrates the need for public institutions to be aware of the way in which the adoption of management strategies creates new heritage as a cultural resource. |
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How I Was Adopted $3.74 New – A young girl named Samantha (“Sam for short”) provides a frank account of her adoption. Sam discusses how she developed in the uterus of her birth mother, and how after she was born, her parents adopted her through an adoption agency. In the story’s forward, the author urges adoptive families to share their own personal histories with each other. Watercolor illustrations accompany the text. |
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How I Was Adopted: Samantha’s Story $25.89 New – A young girl named Samantha (“Sam for short”) provides a frank account of her adoption. Sam discusses how she developed in the uterus of her birth mother, and how after she was born, her parents adopted her through an adoption agency. In the story’s forward, the author urges adoptive families to share their own personal histories with each other. Watercolor illustrations accompany the text. |
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How to Adopt Internationally $32.25 New – Whether the choice is agency-directed or a result of independent efforts, international adoption is a complicated and confusing process with as many different requirements as there are countries offering children for foreign placement. Writing from their own experience as well as their considerable research, the authors have assimilated a huge quantity of data into an easy-to-use, step-by-step guide to adopting outside the United States. |
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How to Adopt Internationally $32.25 New – Whether the choice is agency-directed or a result of independent efforts, international adoption is a complicated and confusing process with as many different requirements as there are countries offering children for foreign placement. Writing from their own experience as well as their considerable research, the authors have assimilated a huge quantity of data into an easy-to-use, step-by-step guide to adopting outside the United States. |
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How to Adopt Internationally $32.25 New – Whether the choice is agency-directed or a result of independent efforts, international adoption is a complicated and confusing process with as many different requirements as there are countries offering children for foreign placement. Writing from their own experience as well as their considerable research, the authors have assimilated a huge quantity of data into an easy-to-use, step-by-step guide to adopting outside the United States. |
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How to Adopt Internationally $32.25 New – Whether the choice is agency-directed or a result of independent efforts, international adoption is a complicated and confusing process with as many different requirements as there are countries offering children for foreign placement. Writing from their own experience as well as their considerable research, the authors have assimilated a huge quantity of data into an easy-to-use, step-by-step guide to adopting outside the United States. |
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How to Adopt Internationally $32.25 New – Whether the choice is agency-directed or a result of independent efforts, international adoption is a complicated and confusing process with as many different requirements as there are countries offering children for foreign placement. Writing from their own experience as well as their considerable research, the authors have assimilated a huge quantity of data into an easy-to-use, step-by-step guide to adopting outside the United States. |
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How to Adopt Internationally $32.25 New – Whether the choice is agency-directed or a result of independent efforts, international adoption is a complicated and confusing process with as many different requirements as there are countries offering children for foreign placement. Writing from their own experience as well as their considerable research, the authors have assimilated a huge quantity of data into an easy-to-use, step-by-step guide to adopting outside the United States. |
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How to Adopt Internationally $32.25 New – Whether the choice is agency-directed or a result of independent efforts, international adoption is a complicated and confusing process with as many different requirements as there are countries offering children for foreign placement. Writing from their own experience as well as their considerable research, the authors have assimilated a huge quantity of data into an easy-to-use, step-by-step guide to adopting outside the United States. |
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How to Adopt Internationally $32.25 New – Whether the choice is agency-directed or a result of independent efforts, international adoption is a complicated and confusing process with as many different requirements as there are countries offering children for foreign placement. Writing from their own experience as well as their considerable research, the authors have assimilated a huge quantity of data into an easy-to-use, step-by-step guide to adopting outside the United States. |
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How to Adopt Internationally $32.25 New – Whether the choice is agency-directed or a result of independent efforts, international adoption is a complicated and confusing process with as many different requirements as there are countries offering children for foreign placement. Writing from their own experience as well as their considerable research, the authors have assimilated a huge quantity of data into an easy-to-use, step-by-step guide to adopting outside the United States. |
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How to Adopt Internationally $22.5 How to Adopt Internationally is organized around 23 easy-to-follow steps that lead readers through every phase of the international adoption process from finding an agency and organizing a home study to choosing a country to adopt from, working through emigration and immigration, traveling abroad, and adjusting to a new life with a child. The book includes detailed instructions for estimating the cost of an international adoption and also provides samples of almost all forms and documents parents will be required to fill out or provide including sample guidelines used to conduct a home study. The last half of the book provides up-to-date and in-depth information on the adoption laws and requirements for 68 child-placing countries including Russia, Romania,Ukraine, Bulgaria, China, Korea, Guatemala, Chile, Mexico, and Colombia. This latest edition also includes Internet addresses for finding important updates regarding international adoption on the World Wide Web including sites for downloading INS forms, contacting Embassies and agencies overseas, finding country-specific adoptive parent support groups, up-to-date travel information, and much more. |
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How to Adopt Internationally: A Guide for Agency-Directed and Independent Adoptions $2.54 New – Whether the choice is agency-directed or a result of independent efforts, international adoption is a complicated and confusing process with as many different requirements as there are countries offering children for foreign placement. Writing from their own experience as well as their considerable research, the authors have assimilated a huge quantity of data into an easy-to-use, step-by-step guide to adopting outside the United States. |
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Immediate Family $14.99 Linda and michael, married for 10 years, desperately want a baby and turn to an adoption agency which introduces them to lucy, a teenage girl expecting her first baby. The three agree that linda and michael will adopt lucy’s baby and that lucy will sign away custody. Things don’t go quite as planned however… |
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Inside The Adoption Agency $11.95 Jean Nelson-Erichsen,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by iUniverse, Incorporated |
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Intercountry Adoption: A Multinational Perspective $117.39 New – Howard Altstein and Rita Simon are the editors of this volume which describes the experiences of foreign born adoptees and their families. Countries discussed include the United States, Canada, Norway, West Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Israel. Agency sponsored intercountry adoption (ICA) first began with the end of World War II when European orphans were adopted by American families. This book provides a brief history of intercountry adoption; specifies the rules and procedures e |
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Intercountry Adoption: A Multinational Perspective $112.99 Howard Altstein and Rita Simon are the editors of this volume which describes the experiences of foreign born adoptees and their families. Countries discussed include the United States, Canada, Norway, West Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Israel. Agency sponsored intercountry adoption (ICA) first began with the end of World War II when European orphans were adopted by American families. This book provides a brief history of intercountry adoption; specifies the rules and procedures employed in the various countries; and evaluates the pros and cons and successes and failures in the seven nations. For each country the book provides information on the number of transracial and intercountry adoptions since the end of World War II (or 1960). It discusses each country’s formal statutes on transracial and intercountry adoption, and describes the organizations and/or social movements advocating such adoptions as well as those opposing them. The editors conclude with a summary, drawn from the case studies, which assesses the successes and failures of the adoption policies and experiences. Compiled by leading scholars in the adoption field, this volume is designed for use by social workers, adoption agencies, sociologists, and psychologists. |
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Is Adoption for You: The Information You Need to Make the Right Choice $17.95 Adoption is the right option for many more types of parents and children than we imagined a few decades ago. However, it is not the right choice for everyone. Is Adoption for You? is a guide to thinking through the issues. from the Foreword by Jerri Ann Jenista, M.D. Would adopting a child be a good choice for you? Would you want to adopt an infant or an older child? What about a child from another country? A child of another race? Would you be willing to adopt a child with medical problems? Could you agree to involvement and openness with the birthmother? Would you be better off working with an agency or an attorney? Do you have to be married? How much does it really cost? Before you decide, make sure you have all the facts. In this warm, straightforward new book, adoption expert and adoptive parent Christine Adamec gives you the information you need to make this important decision. From financial considerations to the myriad emotional issues involved, there are numerous questions to explore. Adamec’s expert guidance, drawn from personal stories, clinical studies, and academic research, helps you find the answers that are right for you. |
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Loving Journeys Guide to Adoption $24.38 New – In Part I, general requirements and procedures are carefully explained, providing in-depth answers to many often asked questions: What kind of child would they like to adopt? What kind of children are they able to adopt? Can people who are “different” adopt? When is it best to adopt through an agency? When is it best to adopt independently? How do they select an agency or attorney? What are the critical emotional and financial risks in each type of adoption? How much does it cost? How long |
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Loving Journeys Guide to Adoption $0.99 Used – In Part I, general requirements and procedures are carefully explained, providing in-depth answers to many often asked questions: What kind of child would they like to adopt? What kind of children are they able to adopt? Can people who are “different” adopt? When is it best to adopt through an agency? When is it best to adopt independently? How do they select an agency or attorney? What are the critical emotional and financial risks in each type of adoption? How much does it cost? How lon |
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Megan’s Birthday Tree $15.95 Megan is adopted, but she and her parents keep in touch with her birth mother, Kendra. Every year, Kendra decorates the tree she planted when Megan was born and takes a picture of it to send to Megan. Megan cherishes this Birthday Tree, for it ties her and Kendra together. But one day Kendra writes that she is getting married and moving to a different town. Will she forget Megan, without the tree to remind her? Open adoption, where the birth parents and adoptive family can stay connected, is now the prevalent form of adoption in this country. Laurie Lears’s warm and tender story shows how open adoption works and can benefit everyone involved. Bill Farnsworth’s rich paintings express Megan’s deep emotions. The story is accompanied by a note about open adoption written by the director of one agency’s adoption services. |
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Missionary Daddy (Love Inspired Series #408 $4.95 To: Ashley From: Samantha Re: Sis, I’ve seen him again! Remember the handsome missionary I met during the modeling shoot? Well, his name’s Eric Pellegrino–he’s the new assistant director at the adoption agency here in Chestnut Grove! He’s trying to find homes for the world’s orphans, including two he’s crazy about. International adoption isn’t easy, especially with Tiny Blessings rocked by scandal–something we Harcourts unfortunately know all about. Eric wa |
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My Portable Life: Reluctant Runaway Finds Families for Thousands of Children $27.2 Sacred Heart, Minnesota, 1934: Born in the Great Depression to a sadly mismatched couple, a child is moved from one small town to another in her family”s quixotic search for affluence. She is neglected, abused, kept penniless in a middle-class family. She dreams of helping children find the stable family she is denied. Forced out of her home at sixteen, she”s a runaway, a child bride, a battered teenage mother. While she observes major events of the twentieth century, she wins her private struggle for independence. Through romance with a former World War II German soldier during the social revolution of the 1960s, to moving to Texas in the 1980s, Jean Erichsen becomes an innovator in international adoptions and a widely acclaimed and emulated agency director, social worker, and author. On an international journey spanning three decades, she and her husband raise children while traveling abroad and shaping ethical adoption practices for the benefit of thousands of orphans. |
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Narrating Nationalisms $116.09 This book rereads five major works by John Okada, Louis Chu, Frank Chin, and Maxine Hong Kingston in order to reconceptualize the relationship between the past and present of post-WWII Asian American literary history. Drawing on work in cultural studies, postmodern and poststructuralist theory, social history, and neo-pragmatism, Ling offers fresh perspectives on the cultural politics and formal strategies of texts too often seen in recent criticism as devoid of complexities and fraught with totalizing implications. In challenging uncritical adoption of posthumanist views of history, agency, and identity in Asian American cultural criticism, this pioneering book opens an approach to Asian American literary texts that simultaneously registers their rich specificity and relatedness to works before and after. |
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On the Doorstep $0.99 New – The third title in the heartwarming new six-month, multiauthor continuity series Tiny Blessings, which centers around an adoption agency. About the author: Dana Corbit made her publishing debut with her October 2002 Love Inspired title, A Blessed Life. This is her fifth novel for the line and follows her contribution to the November 2004 anthology, A Family For Christmas. |
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On the Outskirts of Normal: Forging a Family Against the Grain $5.4 Used – Mired in debt and on the run from a series of broken homes, about-to-be-divorced Debra Monroe pulls up in front of a tumbledown cabin outside a small Texas town. Its isolation – miles from her reaching job in a neighboring city – feels right. She buys the house and ultimately doubles its size as she waits for the call from the adoption agency to tell her she’s going to be a mom. Now in her forties, she is swept into the strange new world of single motherhood, complicated by the fact that |
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On the Outskirts of Normal: Forging a Family Against the Grain $14.99 New – Mired in debt and on the run from a series of broken homes, about-to-be-divorced Debra Monroe pulls up in front of a tumbledown cabin outside a small Texas town. Its isolation – miles from her reaching job in a neighboring city – feels right. She buys the house and ultimately doubles its size as she waits for the call from the adoption agency to tell her she’s going to be a mom. Now in her forties, she is swept into the strange new world of single motherhood, complicated by the fact that s |
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Otto, the Boy at the Window: Peter Otto Abeles’ True Story of Escape from the Holocaust and New Life in America $40 New – In this meditation on identity and selfhood, loss and change, the real and the counterfeit, George Dzul tells the very real but often unbelievable story of a man’s life, a life that begins in 1939 and is still very much in process in 1999. An infant boy in war-torn Eastern Europe loses his mother, his past, and his heritage. Seemingly without direction, he drifts from rescue to adoption agency to a wealthy family in Michigan — and from there to life as a playboy, a forger, a wanderer, and |
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Otto, the Boy at the Window: Peter Otto Abeles’ True Story of Escape from the Holocaust and New Life in America $40 New – In this meditation on identity and selfhood, loss and change, the real and the counterfeit, George Dzul tells the very real but often unbelievable story of a man’s life, a life that begins in 1939 and is still very much in process in 1999. An infant boy in war-torn Eastern Europe loses his mother, his past, and his heritage. Seemingly without direction, he drifts from rescue to adoption agency to a wealthy family in Michigan — and from there to life as a playboy, a forger, a wanderer, and |
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Otto, the Boy at the Window: Peter Otto Abeles’ True Story of Escape from the Holocaust and New Life in America $40 New – In this meditation on identity and selfhood, loss and change, the real and the counterfeit, George Dzul tells the very real but often unbelievable story of a man’s life, a life that begins in 1939 and is still very much in process in 1999. An infant boy in war-torn Eastern Europe loses his mother, his past, and his heritage. Seemingly without direction, he drifts from rescue to adoption agency to a wealthy family in Michigan — and from there to life as a playboy, a forger, a wanderer, and |
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Otto, the Boy at the Window: Peter Otto Abeles’ True Story of Escape from the Holocaust and New Life in America $40 New – In this meditation on identity and selfhood, loss and change, the real and the counterfeit, George Dzul tells the very real but often unbelievable story of a man’s life, a life that begins in 1939 and is still very much in process in 1999. An infant boy in war-torn Eastern Europe loses his mother, his past, and his heritage. Seemingly without direction, he drifts from rescue to adoption agency to a wealthy family in Michigan — and from there to life as a playboy, a forger, a wanderer, and |
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Otto, the Boy at the Window: Peter Otto Abeles’ True Story of Escape from the Holocaust and New Life in America $40 New – In this meditation on identity and selfhood, loss and change, the real and the counterfeit, George Dzul tells the very real but often unbelievable story of a man’s life, a life that begins in 1939 and is still very much in process in 1999. An infant boy in war-torn Eastern Europe loses his mother, his past, and his heritage. Seemingly without direction, he drifts from rescue to adoption agency to a wealthy family in Michigan — and from there to life as a playboy, a forger, a wanderer, and |
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Otto, the Boy at the Window: Peter Otto Abeles’ True Story of Escape from the Holocaust and New Life in America $40 New – In this meditation on identity and selfhood, loss and change, the real and the counterfeit, George Dzul tells the very real but often unbelievable story of a man’s life, a life that begins in 1939 and is still very much in process in 1999. An infant boy in war-torn Eastern Europe loses his mother, his past, and his heritage. Seemingly without direction, he drifts from rescue to adoption agency to a wealthy family in Michigan — and from there to life as a playboy, a forger, a wanderer, and |
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Otto, the Boy at the Window: Peter Otto Abeles’ True Story of Escape from the Holocaust and New Life in America $40 New – In this meditation on identity and selfhood, loss and change, the real and the counterfeit, George Dzul tells the very real but often unbelievable story of a man’s life, a life that begins in 1939 and is still very much in process in 1999. An infant boy in war-torn Eastern Europe loses his mother, his past, and his heritage. Seemingly without direction, he drifts from rescue to adoption agency to a wealthy family in Michigan — and from there to life as a playboy, a forger, a wanderer, and |
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Otto, the Boy at the Window: Peter Otto Abeles’ True Story of Escape from the Holocaust and New Life in America $40 New – In this meditation on identity and selfhood, loss and change, the real and the counterfeit, George Dzul tells the very real but often unbelievable story of a man’s life, a life that begins in 1939 and is still very much in process in 1999. An infant boy in war-torn Eastern Europe loses his mother, his past, and his heritage. Seemingly without direction, he drifts from rescue to adoption agency to a wealthy family in Michigan — and from there to life as a playboy, a forger, a wanderer, and |
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Otto, the Boy at the Window: Peter Otto Abeles’ True Story of Escape from the Holocaust and New Life in America $3.28 Used – In this meditation on identity and selfhood, loss and change, the real and the counterfeit, George Dzul tells the very real but often unbelievable story of a man’s life, a life that begins in 1939 and is still very much in process in 1999. An infant boy in war-torn Eastern Europe loses his mother, his past, and his heritage. Seemingly without direction, he drifts from rescue to adoption agency to a wealthy family in Michigan — and from there to life as a playboy, a forger, a wanderer, an |
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Otto, the Boy at the Window: Peter Otto Abeles’ True Story of Escape from the Holocaust and New Life in America $40 New – In this meditation on identity and selfhood, loss and change, the real and the counterfeit, George Dzul tells the very real but often unbelievable story of a man’s life, a life that begins in 1939 and is still very much in process in 1999. An infant boy in war-torn Eastern Europe loses his mother, his past, and his heritage. Seemingly without direction, he drifts from rescue to adoption agency to a wealthy family in Michigan — and from there to life as a playboy, a forger, a wanderer, and |
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Past Secrets, Present Love $4.99 To: JaredFrom: KellyRe: More shocking newsAs director of Tiny Blessings adoption agency, I appreciate the unbiased way you’ve reported all the scandalous information that has come out recently. Well, I have another exclusive for you: investigator Ross Van Zandt broke the news to me last night I am the missing baby, the child taken from her mother at birth. It was quite a shock, but with God’s help, I can come to terms with this. I’m hoping Ross wil |
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Past Secrets, Present Love $4.5 To: JaredFrom: KellyRe: More shocking newsAs director of Tiny Blessings adoption agency, I appreciate the unbiased way you’ve reported all the scandalous information that has come out recently. Well, I have another exclusive for you: investigator Ross Van Zandt broke the news to me last night I am the missing baby, the child taken from her mother at birth. It was quite a shock, but with God’s help, I can come to terms with this. I’m hoping Ross wil |
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Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 $69.6 Used – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 is an International Labour Organization Convention. It was established in 1960, with the preamble stating: Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the protection of workers against ionising radiations, … The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secret |
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Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 $70.2 New – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 is an International Labour Organization Convention. It was established in 1960, with the preamble stating: Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the protection of workers against ionising radiations, … The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secreta |
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Raising Arizona $14.98 Nicholas Cage, Holly Hunter and John Goodman star in Ethan and Joel Coen’s acclaimed screwball love story filled with mad chases, unexpected plot twists and wild pyrotechnics. Vowing to go straight, a convenience store bandit (Cage) proposes marriage to the police department’s photographer (Hunter). All is wedded bliss until they discover she’s unable to get pregnant and are turned down by every adoption agency in town. It doesn’t take long before they realize the only solution is to kidnap one of the town’s celebrated quintuplets and hit the road! |
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Raising Arizona-Ws/Fargo-Wp $19.98 In this exclusive 20th Century Fox Double Feature, you will get two of the greatest crime comedies of the last 20 years! Includes the critically-acclaimed and criminally hilarious Raising Arizona and Fargo, both directed by the crazed Coen Brothers!Raising Arizona: Nicholas Cage, Holly Hunter and John Goodman star in Ethan and Joel Coen’s acclaimed screwball love story filled with mad chases, unexpected plot twists and wild pyrotechnics. Vowing to go straight, a convenience store bandit (Cage) proposes marriage to the police department’s photographer (Hunter). All is wedded bliss until they discover she’s unable to get pregnant and are turned down by every adoption agency in town. It doesn’t take long before they realize the only solution is to kidnap one of the town’s celebrated quintuplets and hit the road! Nominated for seven Oscars including Best Picture, and winnner of two (Actress and Original Screenplay), this darkly amusing (Los Angeles Times) thriller about an unusual kidnapping plot unravels in the Midwest like never before.Fargo: Fargo combines a first-rate cast (Variety) with a dazzling mix of mirth and malice (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone) into an enthralling film that’s in a class by itself (The Boston Globe). Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy), a saccharine-sweet car salesman in a small Minnesota town, is bursting at the seams with debt…but he’s got a plan. He’s gonna hire two thugs (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It’s gonna be a snap and nobody’s gonna get hurt. But as soon as the bumbling criminals get into town and casually off three locals, poor Jerry’s plan goes awry. Enter Police Chief Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand), a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing–and extremely pregnant–investigator who’ll stop at no |
