That ‘poor law was law’ is a fact that has slipped from the consciousness of historians of welfare in England and Wales, and in North America. Welfare's Forgotten Past remedies this situation by tracing the history of the legal right of the settled poor to relief when destitute. Poor law was not simply local custom, but consisted of legal rights, duties and obligations that went beyond social altruism. This legal ‘truth’ is, however, still ignored or rejected by some historians, and thus ‘lost’ to social welfare policy-makers. This forgetting or minimising of a legal, enforceable right to relief has not only led to a misunderstanding of welfare’s past; it has also contributed to the stigmatisation of poverty, and the emergence and persistence of the idea that its relief is a 'gift' from the state. Documenting the history and the effects of this forgetting, whilst also providing a ‘legal’ history of welfare, Lorie Charlesworth argues that it is timely for social policy-makers and reformists – in Britain, the United States and elsewhere – to reconsider an alternative welfare model, based on the more positive, legal aspects of welfare’s 400-year legal history.

When Derrick discovers that his mother and sister are missing, hes determined to find them. As he retraces their steps, he encounters Jason, whose sister also disappeared. The two embark on a journey that leads them to Arhka where the connections between the aliens, Arhka, Earth, and the fate of the three women they're searching for slowly become clear.

We’ve all been taught about kings and queens, great battles and the rise and fall of empires. The term historians have coined for this is ‘history from above’. But what about the ordinary folk? What about almost everybody who ever existed? What about the places where no earth-shattering events have ever occurred? This book is comprised of fascinating stories and anecdotes throughout history, such as how a Bristol merchant may have played a part in giving America its name; why a First World War naval battle was fought in a jungle, and how Sir David Attenborough helped to solve a Victorian murder mystery.

Forgotten Past is a collection of four stories. The Furnace tells the tale of Mary Lou Bell, a woman with an evil side. Owe her money, and your family will burn! The Sanatorium follows a doctor by the name of Stephen Delve who continues his work in the afterlife. Looking for a cure for Tuberculous, he uses the Sanatorium patients as lab rats. Stranger in a Strange Land finds Annabelle Church transported from 1945 to 2000. As doctors try and dissect her, wanting fame for finding out the secrets she hides within, they discover all too late the secret she carries is the demise of the human race. The House God Damned, starts with a death back in 1885 in a newly built Victorian house. In 1985, a reporter for the Star Phoenix begins investigating. The more questions he asks, the more people in the church stand in his way. As the threats fly, Vincent weathers the storm, attempting to find the answers to this house.

"Forgotten Past" is the story of Moon Township's initial settlement and its demise during the American Revolution. Reborn after the Treaty of Paris, the settlers gradually restored the remnants of their frontier farms and succeeding generations proceeded to make them self-sufficient. As the nineteenth and twentieth centuries arrived, daily life is revealed in the context of local government, economic transition, social amenities, educational advances and the diversity of religious affiliations.

History cannot tell us about everything that has ever happened and what it can tell us is but a tiny fraction of everything that has ever happened. Andrew Vinken examines the history we do know about, but which has been largely forgotten. Kings and queens and famous places do make occasional appearances, but they do so in secondary roles. The stories that are included in this volume are about people and places that, for the most part, do not spring readily to mind, but which, partly because of their obscurity, form fascinating tales nonetheless. In volume two of The Forgotten Past, Andrew Vinken continues to explore the history that did not make it into the school curriculum, predominantly focussing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

LOST MEMORIES Faith McKenzie was the only survivor of a brutal home invasion. Viciously attacked and left for dead, Faith can't remember anything about that night--including the identity of the killer. All she knows is that he's stalking her from every place she flees and has tracked her to a small Maine island. Her neighbor, private investigator and security specialist JT Wyatt, rescues her twice. Now JT is insisting on the whole story--a story that Faith can't remember. Desperate to feel safe, Faith puts her trust in the handsome P.I. Yet a killer is dead set on ensuring that Faith's memory never returns.

Orphaned on the island of Altasia as a young boy, Derik dreamed of nothing more than to journey the great land of legend. But he soon learns just how deep the secrets of Altasia's past run. The people of Altasia are about to confront what history has only hinted at and its inhabitants no longer dare to whisper. The growing presence of evil creeping through Altasia is shifting the balance between purity and darkness, bringing to surface fables of the past that would rather be forgotten. When he learns of plans to release the evil enchanter, Elanore, from her stone prison, Derik's journey for adventure will prove to be a true test of courage.