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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Darren Lough
Brutally honest and fearless, Poverty Safari is an unforgettable insight into modern Britain, and will change how you think about poverty.The Sunday Times Top Ten bestsellerWinner of the Orwell Prize.Named the most 'Rebellious Read of the 21st Century' in a Scottish Book Trust pollDarren McGarvey, award-winning author and presenter of BBC series The State We're In has experienced poverty and its devastating effects first-hand. He knows why people from deprived communities all around Britain feel angry . . . So he invites you to come on a safari of sorts. But not the kind where the wildlife is surveyed from a safe distance. This book takes you inside the experience of poverty to show how the pressures really feel and how hard their legacy is to overcome.Arguing that both the political left and right misunderstand poverty as it is actually lived, McGarvey sets out what everybody – including himself – could do to change things.'Another cry of anger from a working class that feels the pain of a rotten, failing system. Its value lies in the strength it will add to the movement for change.' - Ken Loach, director of Kes
Darren's new book - Trauma Industrial Complex - is available to pre-order now*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION**LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE*'An Orwell for today's poor' - The Times'The standout, authentic voice of a generation' - Herald'McGarvey is a rarity: a working-class writer who has fought to make the middle-class world hear what he has to say' - Nick Cohen, GuardianWhy are the rich getting richer while the poor only get poorer? How is it possible that in a wealthy, civilised democracy cruelty and inequality are perpetuated by our own public services? And how come, if all the best people are in all the top jobs, Britain is such an unmitigated bin fire?Join Darren McGarvey on a journey through a divided Britain in search of answers. Here, our latter-day Orwell exposes the true scale of Britain's social ills and reveals why our current political class, those tasked with bringing solutions, are so distanced from our lived experience that they are the last people you'd want fighting your corner.Praise for Darren McGarvey:'Utterly compelling' Ian Rankin, New Statesman'An absolutely fascinating individual' Owen Jones'Offer[s] an antidote to populist anger that transcends left and right... articulate and emotional' Financial Times
*The new book from the Orwell Prize-Winning author of Poverty Safari and The Social Distance Between Us*Today, trauma permeates media, from music and television to films and books – my own included. While the increasing openness is welcome, I’ve observed that this rise has been accompanied by a parallel explosion of disinformation and sometimes harmful guidance about how to deal with personal trauma.In Trauma Industrial Complex, I ask the question: How did we get here? And are the stories we’re telling ourselves liberating us or keeping us trapped? In this revealing and deeply personal book, I’ll pull back the curtain, sharing the hard-won wisdom I’ve gained from the events brought on by telling my own story.Praise for Darren McGarvey:‘An Orwell for today's poor’ – The Times‘The standout, authentic voice of a generation’ – Herald‘McGarvey is a rarity: a working-class writer who has fought to make the middle-class world hear what he has to say’ – Nick Cohen, Guardian
*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*'An Orwell for today's poor' - The Times'This is McGarvey at his best' - Observer'Breaks your heart and boils your blood' - Big IssueIf all the best people are in all the top jobs, then why is Britain such a fucking bin fire?Britain is in a long-distance relationship with reality. A ravine cuts through it, partitioning the powerful from the powerless, the vocal from the voiceless, the fortunate from those too often forgotten. This distance dictates how we identify and relate to society's biggest issues - from homelessness and poverty to policing and overrun prisons - ultimately determining how, and whether, we strive to resolve them. So why, for generations, has a select group of people with very limited experience of social inequality been charged with discussing and debating it?I've sat on cold pavements with beggars, asking them why they would rather wander the streets than live in supported accommodation. I've pleaded with alcoholics to give sobriety one last shot before they end up dead - and read their obituaries in the paper weeks later. I've sat with youth workers at their wits' end as diversionary services are cut amid a surge in gang and knife violence. Too many people remain so far from this nightmarish social reality that even when they would earnestly wish to bring about change, they don't know where to start. So start here.Praise for Darren McGarvey:'The standout, authentic voice of a generation' Herald'Utterly compelling' Ian Rankin, New Statesman'Brilliant' Russell Brand'An absolutely fascinating individual' Owen Jones'Offer[s] an antidote to populist anger that transcends left and right... articulate and emotional' Financial Times'McGarvey is a rarity: a working-class writer who has fought to make the middle-class world hear what he has to say' Nick Cohen, Guardian
Indigenous Peoples and UN Sustainability Goals in South America
Darren R. Reid; Neil Renwick; Leonel Piovezana; Claudia Battestin
Bristol University Press
2026
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This book uses three communities – the Kaingaing, the Kukama and the Guarani peoples – as case studies to reveal patterns of anti-Indigenous behaviours among governments and private organisations, which in turn limit progress towards achieving the SDGs.
Hired assassin Doom is on a mission to save her own life before Death catches up with her. If she can find the Doctor they might be able to help her - but where in Time and Space are they?These four missions - The Steel Cascade, The Martian Dilemma, An Ood Halloween and Dark Space - take Doom to a Mediterranean cruise ship in 1966, the planet Mars in the distant past, San Francisco in 1999, and finally a desolate planet in a dying solar system.Along the way she meets former TARDIS travellers Ian and Barbara, the mighty Ice Warriors, and Brian the Ood. But when a mysterious stranger with silver hair and sunglasses turns up, will he be Doom's salvation?Written by Darren Jones and read by Sooz Kempner, Jaye Griffiths and Silas Carson, these four original stories form part of the multi-platform Doom's Day adventure to celebrate Doctor Who's 60th anniversary.? 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution LtdReadings produced by Neil Gardner/Ladbroke Audio.Sound design by David Roocroft. Project editor: John Ainsworth. Doom's Day Project Manager: James Page.Executive producer for BBC Audio: Michael Stevens.
A full-throttle adventure in America for the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday, as played on TV by Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson.In a National Park in North-West America, the Doctor and Ruby are pursued by large, ape-like creatures who seem to literally disappear into the trees. When Ruby falls ill after apparently being stung, the Doctor believes the infection is extra-terrestrial in origin.They meet Dixie and Greg, two Bigfoot hunters determined to track down the mythical Sasquatch. Standing in their way is Ranger Peone, who’s adamant that the forest is too dangerous to explore. Dozens of people have vanished, or reappeared with no memory, in the last month alone.Then the ape creatures kidnap Ruby, and the Doctor is determined to both save her life and solve the mystery of the Sasquatch.Genesis Lynea, who played Harriet Arbinger in the BBC TV series, reads this tense and dramatic original story by Darren Jones.? 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design by David Roocroft. Project editor: John Ainsworth. Executive Producer: Michael Stevens
The Storm After The Storm: Living through, Surviving and Overcoming the storms of Life!
Darren Payne
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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My name is Darren L. Payne and I was born Oct. 6, 1962 in Monroe, La. And I am the survivor of the storm. If any of you have ever survived a destructive storm like a tornado, hurricane, or tsunami you understand that it is a stressful, traumatic, painful event that creates numerous losses, casualties, and victims. You realize that as you watch the formation of a storm you understand that it is caused by turbulent wind forces that gather wind, rain, and speed; as the storm builds it gets stronger, and stronger, bringing devastation and destruction to everything in its path. I live on the gulf coast and we have experienced numerous storms such as Hurricane Alicia, Katrina, and Ike. Many years later after these storms we are still trying to rebuild and restore all that was lost during these storms. You can still see evidence of their destruction even after years have passed. The same is true in our lives after we have gone through the storms of divorce, betrayal, rape, death, and loss. Many years later we can see the scars of these storms that have left us as victims, not knowing how to rebuild. This book is my testimony about the storms that have occurred in my life and how I survived storm after storm after storm which eventually allowed me to become more powerful and stronger than the storms of life that were trying to destroy me. The purpose of this book is to give you my testimony and then to show you the keys that God has given me to show you how to prepare for the storm, live through the storm, survive the aftermath of the storm, and how to rebuild after the storm.
Evolution of a Monster Hunter - Book One: What Reaches From the Shadows
Darren Griffin
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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"When the clouds gather and the rain and lightning make their appearance, I head to our shelves and grab a good scary book or movie. As the tempest rages outside and the horror story unfolds on paper or the screen, once again I know that I am perfectly safe. "I think that is why we enjoy horror. We get to glimpse unimaginable fear from a place of comfort and safety. We know we are merely observers, ultimately untouched by the scene that unfolds before us." --From the introduction. Here for the first time in one collection are the best short horrors stories from Darren Griffin. Selected from "Glimpses", "Echos", "Standing Room Only" and "Black Friday", these are the tales that haunt the author himself.
Zonescapes III: The Actiga Storm
Darren William Bailey
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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Interviews and Interrogations: Getting the information you want
Darren Dake
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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This book is specifically designed with police officers, investigators, and coroners in mind. Gathering information from potential witnesses, family, and medical staff is vital in police and coroner investigations. Most law enforcement officers get a small amount of this training in basic academy and then learn as they go from actual case work. This on-the-job approach does refine skills, but if the skills are flawed or underdeveloped to begin with, the flaws just get worse. Another vital area of communication is the suspect interrogation. A successful interrogation must be well planned, and investigator attitudes must be right from the start. Suspects will shut down and lawyer up fast when they are disrespected or frightened. This book will systematically walk the student through the process of gathering vital information from anyone who may have knowledge. Areas specifically covered are; the unique approach to take with family, interviewing children, conducting an area canvass, gaining vital medical information, and talking with victims of sexual assaults. The suspect interrogation portion will teach students how to get confessions. What approach to use and how to plan your interrogation. A portion of this course will focus directly on gaining confessions from sexual abuse and molestation offenders. The information and techniques taught in this book are not theories but actual steps successfully being used by hundreds of investigators across the country; and has been successfully used by the author for over 20 years.
How to Grow Citrus Practically Anywhere
Darren Sheriff
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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Evolution of a Monster Hunter - Book Two: Light and Dark
Darren Griffin
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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