Things haven't been easy for Jack recently - life as a teenager has its ups and downs. But when he meets a new group of friends, who are every bit as geek as they are chic, his luck seems to be changing. Each of the group is talented and when they pool together to create Generation Next, an incredible new kind of social media platform, it's clear that they're on to something special. What if your Instagram account grew by hundreds of thousands of followers overnight, and big companies were fighting each other to offer you photoshoots? When GenNext suddenly goes viral, Jack and his friends are thrust into a crazy world of fame which is as terrifying as it is awesome. Because someone out there is determined to trip Jack up at every step. If he doesn't stop them, soon everyone he cares about - his friends, his family, and the girl he's falling for - will be in danger...
In 1966, John Ashbery wrote: 'The English language is constantly trying to stave off invasion by the American language; it lives in a state of alert which is reflected to some degree in English poetry.' This book shows how the work of a major post-war American poet has been centrally concerned with questions of national identity and intercultural poetic exchange, by reading crucial episodes in Ashbery's oeuvre in the context of an 'other tradition' of modern English poets he himself has defined. This line runs from the editor of Ashbery's recent Collected Poems, Mark Ford, through Lee Harwood in the late 1960s, F. T. Prince in the 1950s, to 'chronologically the first and therefore most important influence' on his own work, W. H. Auden. Through detailed close readings of the poetry of Ashbery and these English poets, original interviews, and extensive archival research, a new account of Ashbery's aesthetic, and a significant re-mapping of post-war English poetry, is presented. The biographical slant of the book is highly significant, as it reads these writers' poetry and correspondence together for the first time, suggesting how major poetic innovations arose from specific social contexts, from the particulars of relations between poets, and also from a broader climate of Anglo-American exchange as registered by each poet. The book's presentation of the process of poetic influence is attentive to actual exchanges between contemporaries as evidenced in correspondence, as opposed to speculative relationships with dominant figures, and as such represents a departure from many other studies of Ashbery's work. Key themes include 'Englishness' as a national imaginary, the concept of the 'minor', reciprocal influence, and the poetry of coteries. The result is that both Ashbery himself, and the landscape of post-war English poetry, are presented in significantly new lights.
Filmic Cuts returns, with more tales of tickling terror for you to wirelessly inject into your ocular nerves. This time, take a trip to Tumorville. Have 40 Winks at your local hotel. And ask yourself, Do You Know What Fear Is? Including stories about the little beings who live in beards, nightmarish football fans, and the black-clad Observer, Filmic Cuts 6: The Lament of the Silver Badger contains 10 new stories from the mind that brought you Kirk Sandblaster, Bad Sandwich, and Wrapped Up In Nothing. As always, the author hopes you enjoy...
My watch is running backwards.' Colorado, 1981. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in Appletown - an idyllic village in the remote American desert where the townsfolk go peacefully about their suburban routines. But when two more strangers arrive, things begin to change. The first is a mad scientist - whose warnings are cut short by an untimely and brutal death. The second is the Doctor... As death falls from the sky, the Doctor is trapped. The TARDIS is damaged, and the Doctor finds he is living backwards through time. With Amy and Rory being hunted through the suburban streets of the Doctor's own future and getting farther away with every passing second, he must unravel the secrets of Appletown before time runs out... A thrilling, all-new time travel adventure featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory, as played by Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill in the spectacular hit Doctor Who series from BBC Television.
Check out the author's video to find out more about the book: https://vimeo.com/124247409 This book provides a comprehensive critique of the current Creative City paradigm, with a capital ‘C’, and argues for a creative city with a small ‘c’ via a theoretical exploration of urban subversion. The book argues that the Creative City (with a capital 'C') is a systemic requirement of neoliberal capitalist urban development and part of the wider policy framework of ‘creativity’ that includes the creative industries and the creative class, and also has inequalities and injustices in-built. The book argues that the Creative City does stimulate creativity, but through a reaction to it, not as part of it. Creative City policies speak of having mechanisms to stimulate individual, collective or civic creativity, yet through a theoretical exploration of urban subversion, the book argues that to be 'truly' creative is to be radically different from those creative practices that the Creative City caters for. Moreover, the book analyses the role that urban subversion and subcultures have in the contemporary city in challenging the dominant political economic hegemony of urban creativity. Creative activities of people from cities all over the world are discussed and critically analysed to highlight how urban creativity has become co-opted for political and economic goals, but through a radical reconceptualisation of what creativity is that includes urban subversion, we can begin to realise a creative city (with a small 'c').
What is life like as a donut? What is P22067? And dare you play a game of Roulette? Enter the darkened room of Filmic Cuts once more, as Oli Jacobs brings you Filmic Cuts 5: Suplex Sounds of the 70s. A book filled with tales glazed in greasy kebab meat, sparkling pastry sugar, and lashing of root beer from the Old West. That made you hungry? Well then, let's hope you have a strong stomach... From the mind that conjured up the madness that was Bad Sandwich, and the drunken adventures of Strange Days in High Wycombe, comes more tales of horror, comedy, and so much more. Listen to a ghost story, find out what links mobile phones & bananas, and discover who exactly Francis Penterland might be. Open up, and let the yarns wrap you nice and tight...
Everything you have been told about creativity is wrong. From line managers, corporate CEOs, urban designers, teachers, politicians, mayors, advertisers and even our friends and family, the message is 'be creative'. Creativity is heralded as the driving force of our contemporary society; celebrated as agile, progressive and liberating. It is the spring of the knowledge economy and shapes the cities we inhabit. It even defines our politics. What could possibly be wrong with this? In this brilliant, counter intuitive blast Oli Mould demands that we rethink the story we are being sold. Behind the novelty, he shows that creativity is a barely hidden form of neoliberal appropriation. It is a regime that prioritizes individual success over collective flourishing. It refuses to recognise anything - job, place, person - that is not profitable. And it impacts on everything around us: the places where we work, the way we are managed, how we spend our leisure time. Is there an alternative? Mould offers a radical redefinition of creativity, one embedded in the idea of collective flourishing, outside the tyranny of profit. Bold, passionate and refreshing, Against Creativity, is a timely correction to the doctrine of our times.
How one man's struggles with self-Identity and detransition lays challenge to the very foundation of the "gender ideology" movement. While documenting his own personal identity struggles with gender and self-identity, British K-Pop singer Oli London explores the root cause of the issue of trans ideology and gender identity, tackling the pressures of social media, the education system, media, and other factors that are pushing a growing number of young people into transitioning. He takes a close look at real world examples and examines laws, research, and data to help lift the lid on the multibillion-dollar gender affirming care industry. Gender Madness gives an intimate look into what led Oli London to want to become a "Korean woman" and how he overcame his battle to become an advocate for the millions of young people who question their own identity. He recently publicly announced he had detransitioned and is living as a male again and has since become an outspoken activist for children and women's rights, appearing regularly on numerous news networks including Fox News, Newsmax, OAN, EWTN, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Tucker Carlson Tonight, and Talk TV to campaign against gender affirming surgery in teenagers. This book shares his deeply personal life journey and his important message to others, all while encouraging readers to question the current societal trends and challenge their own way of thinking.
Curse of the Ellipsis... is the 3rd volume of Filmic Cut, short stories by Oli Jacobs. Featuring 13 stories that traverse the realms of horror, drama and comedy, with a little poetry in between, Curse of the Ellipsis... is possibly the darkest Filmic Cut yet. This time, prepare to meet 2 writers who can bend the world at their will, a dog whose situation grows more desperate, and Burlington Rathbone himself. There's plenty to enjoy within these pages, and Curse of the Ellipsis... is a delicious bitter addition to the Filmic Cuts series. Dare you taste it's nasty pleasures?
Title Pending is the 4th volume of Filmic Cuts, short stories by Oli Jacobs. Featuring 13 stories that traverse the realms of horror, drama and comedy, with a little poetry in between, Title Pending will bring a smile, bring a chill, and bring a chuckle (either confused or otherwise). Volume 4 brings many delights, including a groin-powered legend, a chilling vision from the near-future, and a new look at London's Underground. As always, Filmic Cuts brings you into a world that has born the likes of Kirk Sandblaster, Station 17, and Bad Sandwich, so you never know what you're going to expect. Pour a drink, take a seat, and enjoy Filmic Cuts 4: Title Pending...
Since 2008, the Fourniret affair has been devastating France and Belgium. The serial killer Michel Fourniret was sentenced to life imprisonment for a series of kidnappings, rapes and murders. His wife, Monique Olivier, was also given life imprisonment with preventive detention of twenty-eight years. Their shadows continue to hover over some thirty unsolved murders. In 2014, the journalist Oli Porri Santoro began his investigation; and in the process, he met and befriended Selim, the only son of the diabolical couple. Selim had since built a new life for himself in the south of France, under a new identity. The day after their meeting, fate intervened. Selim received a letter from his father, whom he had not heard from for ten years. Over the next ten years, Santoro and Selim began corresponding with Fourniret (there are more than a hundred letters) and met him in prison at Ensisheim in Alsace. This is a true story never before told, with unpublished confessions of murders never obtained by investigators, the revealing of the name of a potential accomplice, evidence of Michel Fourniret's presence at the Ranucci trial in 1976, and the truth about the fate of the remains of the Postiches gang treasure. Oli Porri Santoro, born in Nice to a Sicilian family, started out as a journalist in the local press at age 24. In 2013, he became known to the public when he investigated and identified the identity of the man who drove the truck that killed Coluche, the French comedian. As a freelance journalist, he published widely in VSD, Capital, Valeurs Actuelles, Closer and even Le Soir magazine. Then, in 2014, he met Selim, the son of Michel Fourniret and Monique Olivier. It was a meeting that changed his life forever.
Many healthcare improvement approaches originated in manufacturing, where end users are framed as consumers. But in healthcare, greater recognition of the complexity of relationships between patients, staff, and services (beyond a provider-consumer exchange) is generating new insights and approaches to healthcare improvement informed directly by patient and staff experience. Co-production sees patients as active contributors to their own health and explores how interactions with staff and services can best be supported. Co-design is a related but distinct creative process, where patients and staff work in partnership to improve services or develop interventions. Both approaches are promoted for their technocratic benefits (better experiences, more effective and safer services) and democratic rationales (enabling inclusivity and equity), but the evidence base remains limited. This Element explores the origins of co-production and co-design, the development of approaches in healthcare, and associated challenges; in reviewing the evidence, it highlights the implications for practice and research. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Usually biographies are written posthumously. Of course, thereare exceptions when the person concerned is so important: peoplewho have made a mark in society, people whose impact on societywas so great that a societal transformation has resulted from their activities, or their life and work has changed the way people live andthink. We have Gandhiji, Nehru and a host of other great people whose stories were written not by one but by many when they were alive..
** THE #1 BESTSELLER!** The thrilling sequel to YouTube sensation Oli White's smash-hit debut GENERATION NEXT. *Contains exclusive bonus content, including a Q&A with Oli!* School has finished for good, and Jack and his friends - Ella, Austin, Ava and Sai - are giving their online social media platform, Generation Next, the ultimate relaunch: a stage takeover at the world's biggest music festival. When you're interviewing famous stars and streaming the footage all over the globe, what could possibly go wrong? The takeover is the gang's most epic task yet, and when they meet TV producer Ethan, he seems like the perfect person to help out. Everyone loves Ethan: he's smart, talented and a natural addition to the group. But Jack isn't so sure. Ethan seems to be hiding something... and why can't the rest of GenNext see it? If Jack isn't careful, his dreams for Generation Next - and his relationships with Ella and his closest friends - could be about to go up in smoke...
“A plane fell out of the sky, and we happened to be on it” A man hijacks a plane. The plane begins to fall. Fight or flight. Back on the ground, survivors Ray and Sylvia struggle to reconcile their responses to this life-changing event. As cracks appear in their relationship, one closes themselves off, the other can't focus on anything else. A gripping story of the people we become in the aftermath of catastrophe from writer Oli Forsyth. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in October 2024.
Attempts to understand why African and Americans are over-represented in United States crime statistics have been made complex by the existence of a multiplicity of explanations. Every adult in the United States seems to know what causes crime, and is prepared to present some seasoned argument in support of their view. Because of the existence of this divergence, attempts to device a viable format for solving either the crime problem, the discrimination problem or the over representation problem continues to be difficult. Important aspects of authentic jurisprudence that acknowledge the need to examine a victim's contribution to the criminal event, retributive justice and collective responsibility, are essential attributes of traditional African culture. These attributes are conspicuously absent in the official social control systems that currently exist in the United States. This book suggests that to reduce or eliminate African American involvement in crime therefore, it is necessary to incorporate those attributes of equity and justice, which are essential components of the traditional legal systems of their ancestors into our official social control systems. Such incorporation will help to reconnect African Americans with their ancestral lgbo culture, reinforce their knowledge of African history, strengthen their self esteem and encourage the development of pride in their African heritage. It will also help to reduce their involvement as victims or participants in anti social behavior, and eventually solve the overreprentation problem.
These people who walk past us all day will happily send £10 a month to Oxfam...but you could be freezing to death right in front of them and they'll walk past you. Bess and Hannah are waiting. Sleeping rough on the streets of London they're hoping for help to arrive and for life to change, but they've been waiting for a long time.Until, that is, they meet Caz, a young woman who's not content to sit quietly, she's far more interested in taking what she needs. As Bess and Hannah get drawn further into this new way of thinking they discover a power in their position that opens up a world of change. Published to coincide with Smoke & Oakum's award-winning new production, Kings originally ran at the 2017 VAULT Festival before transferring to the New Diorama Theatre in October 2017.
WAR! That's the situation on the planet Zaaria. Overwhelmed by overpowered Rebels, the hopes of the planet rest in one space adventuring duo. Kirk Sandblaster & Xlaar. This time, though, it's personal. Zaaria is Xlaar's planet, and it's his family who give the call. Last time he was there, he left in disgrace, so has conflict changed his ways in the eyes of his father, King Zuur? Or is he still seen as the reckless warrior he once was. Join another thrilling Kirk Sandblaster adventure filled with twists, turns, and even more sandwiches than ever before. Find out who is behind the rebellion, the power of Super Power-Suits, and what a Zaarian Bond is... Amazon readers have called the Kirk Sandblaster series ""Absolutely fantastic read..."", ""utterly hilarious"" and ""humorous and smart"". Complete the collection today by adding Kirk Sandblaster & Xlaar's World War to your sci-fi comedy collection.
Find peace and joy through stress-free, mindful parenting, with bestselling author Oli Doyle's six-week guide. In Mindful Parenting, bestselling author and mindfulness guru Oli Doyle provides a six-week guide to reveal how mindfulness can help us be completely present in the messy reality that is parenting. This inspiring, empowering guide to making your parenting journey a means to achieve peace of mind, will give parents the skills to enjoy every moment with their children. Key learnings include: how to move beyond beliefs about parenting and the need to be the perfect parent; learn how to appreciate and enjoy the simple things in life; and how to make 'not knowing' a positive opportunity in family life. The Mindful Living series is a new series of short mindfulness books dedicated to enhance three important areas of our lives: parenting, relationships and work. Oli Doyle shows that all the key domains of life provide great opportunities to practice mindfulness and discover peace of mind.
Featuring 15 tales that range from the thrilling to amusing, 'Sunshine & Lollipops' is a delectable platter of tall tales and dark yarns. The stories range from a thrilling Western standoff, the Roald Dahl-esque 'He's a Growing Lad', and the dark 'Compulsion.' Characters include troubled headmasters, jovial zombies and even a dimension-hopping libertine.
Capitalism has become so dominant that it is difficult to ever imagine a world in which its injustices and inequalities are not violently present. In this ambitious and compelling book, Oli Mould turns his diagnosis of capitalism's perversions towards defining the new set of ethics we need to succeed in organizing a more just society. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, capitalism has been rocked to its foundations and 'the commons' as a means of providing for all people in our world has come crashing into the foreground. However, in order for the commons to be a viable alternative to the injustices of capitalism, it needs to be grown to a planetary scale. This is not an easy process, but if we can commit to act ethically in the world, then suddenly anything is possible. Blending theoretical thinking and real-life examples of commoning in action, Mould guides the reader through a suite of ethical mindsets – mutualism, transmaterialism, minoritarianism, decodification, slowness, failure and love – which can stand firm against capitalism's seemingly inexorable ability to co-opt and subsume all before it. When thought of collectively, these ethics can offer tantalizing visions and practical approaches towards a world beyond capitalism.
The year is 1952, and the town of Little Thwopping is prospering. The menfolk are working hard, the womenfolk are keeping the homes in order, and literally nothing can go wrong. In fact, things go horrifyingly right when every woman in Little Thwopping falls pregnant. Sure, the resulting children are 15-feet tall with bone-crunching long limbs, scream inhuman roars, and shoot lasers from their eyes, but every child goes through teething problems. Written by Wilthaven's resident author, Howard Williams, The Children of Little Thwopping is a fun tale that will leave you rolling on the floor, and nodding with much thought." - The BPD would like to clarify that this book is a piece of material found in conjuncture with their investigation into P1983, and brought to publication with the help of Oli Jacobs. As always, the BPD wishes you to remain safe.
Kirk Sandblaster is back! And this time, he's chilly... tasked by the Government of Universia to chart the Dark Quadrant, our valiant space adventurer dives straight in. Along with his Zaarian comrade, Xlaar, they land on a world of ice and snow, and dreaded Ice Pirates. Will they survive both nature and natives? Will Xlaar's new eye keep playing dubstep? And what lurks underneath all the tundra? Find out the answers to all this and more in... Kirk Sandblaster and the Ice Pirates of Llurr!
The Eleventh Doctor finds himself trapped in the virtual world of Parallife. As he tries to save the inhabitants from being destroyed by a deadly virus, Amy and Rory must fight to keep the Doctor's body in the real world safe from the mysterious entity known as Legacy.
The man they call Kirk Sandblaster is bored, and ready for the challenge of a lifetime. However, when that doesn't come along, he is enticed by the infamous Game of Yloria, a competition pitting the best of the best in Universia against each other to the temporary-paralysis. Along with Zaarian powerhouse, Xlaar, Kirk must face vengeful Rygans, beastly Horgorians and mysterious, dashing warriors. The third adventure in the Kirk Sandblaster series follows ""The Space Adventures of..."" and ""...Ice Pirates of Llurr"", and is Oli Jacobs' attempts to blend sci-fi and comedy in the vein of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. Some have described it as ""madcap antics"", while others say Kirk Sandblaster is ""a loveable moron"", one thing is for sure. You're in for an adventure!
This pocket-sized guide provides ratings and reviews of parents' favorite baby gear, including strollers, car seats, highchairs, toys, clothing and much more. Each listing in the guide provides manufacturers' information and product specs in addition to parent ratings and quotes/commentary. Alphabetical and Manufacturer Indexes make finding relevant information easy and fun.
Today’s changing security landscape requires a radical shift in the way the international community engages in conflict management. This report by the United nations Environment Programme aims to review the latest knowledge and field experience on the linkages between environment, conflict and peacebuilding, and to discuss the ways in which these issues can be addressed and integrated in a more coherent and systematic way by the UN, Member States and other stakeholders involved in peacebuilding interventions and conflict prevention.
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