Standing up for our rights to protest
This landmark book tells the story of Joe Boyd, a working-class, recovering addict from Liverpool who joins the frontlines of environmental anti-fracking protests across Northern England.
With suspicions rising about police infiltration in the movement and gaslighting from those positioning themselves as leaders, Joe questions everything and researches endlessly in a bid to make sense of what he – and others – experience. What he starts to witness is a war on rights to protest.
Joe then turns to defending our human rights, which eventually leads him to taking on the fight and defeating the years; he goes from near death to the Court of Appeal, London.
However, Joe knows that’s not the end of the regressive road to protest denial. He continues to monitor the actions of a new group Extinction Rebellion and sees a similar pattern.
The Road to Kill the Bill will make you question everything you thought was true and face the rising fascism we now witness where our rights to protest are hanging by a thread. A real and present story with lasting implications of one man taking on the state.
Published:
June 2021
Paperback:
217 pages
Price:
£9.99
ISBN:
9-781914-424113
Publication date: 10th June UK Only
£9.99 (+ £3 P&P UK only)
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Joseph Boyd is a recently graduated Public Health (addictions) masters graduate from Liverpool John Moores University.
For many years he has been involved in all aspects of environmental activism, learning about protest movements, energy policy and protest law.
This knowledge and experience led him to the Royal Courts of Justice in London to defend rights to protest in a landmark ruling.
He also has an International Studies degree from the Open University and received the Healthy Living Award at the Liverpool Echo Environment Awards.
Reviews...
28.6.2019 - ★★★★★ Compelling read A well written account of Joe's experiences as an environmental activist with the anti fracking movement, how those experiences and intelligence collected by the police and intelligence services have led to the recent implementation of the Police and Crime Bill.
This book sets out to reproduce in written form what takes place in Dr Symonds’s face-to-face quit-smoking sessions that have proved so successful with hundreds of smokers; it is the distillation of his twenty years of experience.
The Symonds Method is based on helping smokers to demonstrate to themselves why they really smoke and why quitting seems so hard. Once these are understood, smokers will find there should be no difficulty in refraining from something they don’t want to do anymore.
Unlike other quit-smoking books, the unique Symonds Method is simple and quick to learn. No nicotine products (including e-cigarettes), drugs, hypnosis, scare-tactics, or gimmicks are used.
Further —
* Do not choose a ‘quit date’ - this is setting yourself up for failure
* Do not worry about smoking ‘triggers’ - just carry on with your life (except for smoking)
* Forget ‘cravings’ - whatever these are
* For less than the cost of two weeks’ worth of nicotine patches, this e-book will show you how to get that Nicotine Monkey off your back for good.
VEGETARIAN FOOD FOR CARNIVORES
ISBN: 9781912419845
Hardback - 162 full-colour pages
Published Dec 2020
This unique cookery book can be used by anyone - to reduce their meat intake, to feed vegetarian or vegan friends, or to create vegetarian meals that even carnivores will enjoy.
Easy-to-follow recipes provide a host of popular alternatives to meat dishes, and all without losing any of the flavour. To make things even easier, the ingredients are readily accessible from mainstream supermarkets.
Sarah McLean’s family-friendly meals are based on traditional recipes that most of us know and love.
She has drawn on her experience as chef, nurse and mother-of-three to produce a feast of a book that crosses the boundary between vegetarian and meat-based cookery.
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PROFILE of the Authors...
Pammy Hutton FBHS is a Fellow of the British Horse Society, British Dressage Accredited Coach, Judge, an International Dressage rider and trainer. The joint owner with her husband Brian, of the world renowned Talland School of Equitation in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, she is the daughter of the late Colonel & Mrs Sivewright and the mother of two successful riders/trainers Charlie and Pippa. Five decades of international riding and teaching experience all over the world, have included working with Olympic Teams in Italy, Australia and Ireland with numerous
individual coaching successes, some of whom are featured in this book.
Her talents include being an able musician, gardener and cook, with a passion for helping the development of youth who share the enthusiasm and love of the horse.
Islay Auty FBHS BA(hons)Ed is a Fellow of the British Horse Society, British Dressage Accredited Coach, Coach Educator and Judge. Five decades in the horse industry including running a
riding school, producing young horses and competing in all three disciplines, has evolved into her areas of expertise, which are regarded as development of youth and coach education.
She has world wide international experience in these fi elds as well as regularly coaching competitive partnerships at home. Mentoring young professionals
in the horse industry has become an important part of her life in latter years. She is the author of 14 books.
Married to David with one son and two grandchildren, Islay remains passionate about the love of the horse as an enduring part of her life.
I have had ample opportunity throughout my unsettled life-journey to ponder on the reflective passages and to focus on the positive quotes and reminders that I share in this rich collection. With their aid I hope to bring light and hope into your life.
We all need a little extra inner sunshine and encouragement on those days when we walk in troubled waters - and on those days when we are flying high, may this book be an accompanying and reassuring guide.
Read from the beginning or let your heart guide you to a page by chance. Either way, may it serve you, inspire and enrich your journey as you unveil your life.
Daniela began her journey in rural Italy, surrounded by scrutiny and judgement, searching for love, acceptance and purpose. Her determination and hopes led her on a tumultuous journey that has seen her deal with the dramatic realities of her life. Using the strength and knowledge gained she has sought and found a balance and tranquillity she now channels into guiding and supporting others. Through her counselling and public speaking, she is now dedicated to helping others face and overcome their difficulties and demons in life and continues to deliver her message of love, hope and peace.
In this highly engaging, instructive and even inspirational inquiry, Jonathan Mirvis illuminates the tapestry of Jewish education innovation with the lens of the work and theory of social entrepreneurship. He tells us how and why some Jewish educational innovators succeed and how to recognize the most promising ventures in the field. This work will appeal to anyone engaged in Jewish educational change or social entrepreneurship of any kind, as it contributes to our understanding of both worlds of thought – Jewish education and the applied theory of social innovation. Professor Steven M. Cohen Research Professor of Jewish Social Policy, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Jonathan Mirvis has written a provocative and invaluable tract for our times, and for the uncertain times ahead. Whether Jewish “peoplehood” will have any meaning for the next generation in Israel and the Diaspora, depends largely on whether Jewish education can re-invent itself. Not only for our children and grand-children, but for “adults” and whole communities as well. Jerry Silverman President/CEO, Jewish Federations of North America
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The good news is that Mirvis believes it can happen. He shows us how to build on the trailblazing initiatives of some of the visionary Jewish educators and funders who’ve “changed the rules” – and whose stories Mirvis tells with great warmth and insight. And, critically for the author, by adapting his theory of change as it applies to social entrepreneurship marketing, and the online knowledge revolution. This is not just an important book about the need for more “disruptive innovation” in the Jewish world; Mirvis is himself the “disruptive innovator”. He’s brought together his wide experience in adult Jewish education internationally, his deep immersion in Yiddishkeit, and some novel, even radical thinking about – dare we say it – how to market and sell a social product. Ever the teacher, he’s given educators, funders, policy-makers, and community leaders essential homework to complete. Read this book!
Dr. Jonathan Mirvis is a senior lecturer at the Melton Centre for Jewish Education at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He specializes in social entrepreneurship, social innovation and adult education. He lectures in these areas to graduate students studying Jewish education, nonprofit management, business administration, and community development.
Reviews...
Jewish Philanthropy.
Dr. Jonathan Mirvis has just released a very exciting book, It’s Our Challenge: A Social Entrepreneurship Approach to Jewish Education. Its most surprising aspect is that it has implications not just for Jewish education providers but also for all Jewish organizations and their professional and volunteer leadership around the globe. Dr. Mirvis, who is a senior lecturer at The Hebrew University’s Melton Centre for Jewish Education , is a pioneer in teaching social entrepreneurship to students in education, nonprofit management and business administration. Although the book gives a spot-on analysis of entrepreneurship in Jewish education, its salient contribution is demonstrating not only the importance of creative and innovative thinking but also the impact that volunteer leaders and professionals can have in the Jewish community by thinking differently about what they do and how they do it.
Following a near-death experience that left her contemplating her past, Karen O’Donnell set out with new determination to be seen and heard. The message?You don’t have to wait until some life-altering event forces you to wake up. The time to wake up is now.Have you ever wondered…Why does life seem to be passing me by?Why don’t I get the success I deserve?Why am I even here?These questions provoked a journey of self-discovery, resulting in a powerful system to explore your own life and experience it as you were meant to live it — with happiness, clarity and success.Discover Your Inner GPS is a simple and effective guide to personal transformation that will help you understand how you can change your life to one you desire and deserve.
Applying the strategies and techniques in this book, you will explore your inner world, uncover the beliefs that keep you on a road you no longer want to walk down and discover your true inner navigationalsystem — the key to staying forever true to you.Not living the life you’re supposed to be living? Discover your inner GPS and find the one that’s out there waiting for you. Even if you don’t yet know where it is... The title is very appropriate as it is a map for inner well-being and development of the self. Karen’s extensive studies in various fields, make her the ideal person to lay out a map for those seeking fulfilment. The book is set out in various steps to be followed and worked at to develop a healthy and holistic lifestyle. Dr. Frank McKenna
This book is the distillation of the professional wisdom of Renata Symonds (1913 – 2007), a London-based Jungian psychotherapist.
She deals with the perennial problems of humankind that may particularly become evident at the threshold of the second half of life: finding meaning in one’s existence; facing conflicts in work and marriage; dealing with depression, loneliness, and sexuality; and fear of death.
These great themes are explored from the perspective of the writer’s experience in helping people become aware of the unconscious aspects of their problems, especially through dream analysis. Many cases are described of how clients in this way – rather than by resorting to medical drugs to suppress symptoms – make real progress not only in resolving their difficulties but also in achieving inner growth as well.
No dry treatise or self-help book – how to recognise if you’re going through a midlife crisis and what to do about it – Renata Symonds speaks with warmth and enthusiasm of her approach to her clients’ difficulties. The text is enriched by references to Jung and Freud and contains many literary and mythological allusions.
This book will be of interest to the general reader with a basic knowledge of Jung’s ideas, as well as those undergoing or contemplating psychotherapy.
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