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In this acclaimed investigation, Owen Jones explores how the working class has gone from 'salt of the earth' to 'scum of the earth.' Exposing the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the chav caricature, he portrays a far more complex reality. The chav stereotype, he argues, is used by governments as a convenient fig leaf to avoid genuine engagement with social and economic problems and to justify widening inequality.

Behind our democracy lurks a powerful but unaccountable network of people who wield massive power and reap huge profits in the process. In exposing this shadowy and complex system that dominates our lives, Owen Jones sets out on a journey into the heart of our Establishment, from the lobbies of Westminster to the newsrooms, boardrooms and trading rooms of Fleet Street and the City. 

On 12th December 2019, the left died. That at least was the view of much of Britain's media and political establishment, who saw the electoral defeat of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party as the damning repudiation of everything it stood for. Yet, just over four years previously, the election of Corbyn as Labour leader seemed like a sea-change in politics: reanimating not just a party in apparently terminal decline but a country adrift, with a transformative vision based on a more just, more equal society and economy.

Bella Whittington’s caviar-and-Cristal life comes crashing down when she walks in on her fiancé and best friend tangled up in page 34 of the Kama Sutra, limbs everywhere. But her plan to dull the pain with Daddy’s credit card is totaled by the news that they’ve lost the family business. Suddenly, Bella’s both single and completely broke. Shivering in her dingy, new studio apartment, after a traumatic incident with a homemade turmeric face mask (Hello Tangerina Jolie!), Bella realizes she must pull up her Gucci socks and get a job, fast. 

Some might say she’s crazy, that her sanity cracked the night she lost her business, her best friend, and her house in one great margarita-themed disaster. But not Lucy; she knows that the final straw was when Zack—Mr. "I’m your infuriatingly laid-back yet impossibly ripped new yoga teacher"—decided to put in a competing offer to buy her childhood home. Which, as it turns out, neither of them can actually afford. But Lucy isn’t a type-A perfectionist for nothing: There is no way she’s backing down without those front door keys in her hand. 

A major new investigation into the Bhutto family, examining their influence in Pakistan from the colonial era to the present day. 

Lek was born the eldest child of four in a typical rice farming family. She did not expect to do anything any different from the other girls in her class in the northern rice belt of Thailand. Typically that would be: work in the fields for a few years; have a few babies; give them to mum to take care of and get back to work until her kids had their own children, and it would be her turn to stop working to take care of them.

La serie Megan la sensitiva è composta da ventitré romanzi che raccontano la crescente consapevolezza di una ragazzina di essere in grado di fare cose che nessuno della sua famiglia può fare.

From Paris to Prague, from the past to the present, authors and artists say farewell in this unique collection. In this audiobook you'll find personal letters, reminiscences, poetry, art and brand new fiction from some of the most talented and important voices at work today, including Jessie Burton, Alain de Botton, Matt Haig, Richard Herring, Owen Jones, Mark Kermode, Robert Macfarlane, Kate Mosse, Chris Riddell, Lionel Shriver and many others.

The content of this audiobook on koi garden ponds and related subjects is organized into 17 chapters that will help you choose a site for your koi carp pond, set up and maintain it all year around, and look after your valuable fish during the various seasons and even in particularly adverse weather conditions. 

A unique hill-walking guide to 20 of Britain’s peaks, adding up to the exact height of Everest. This audiobook allows you to embark on your own personal "Everest" without leaving England’s green and pleasant land. Ascending hills of varying sizes whose ascents add up to the same height as Everest, around 29,000 feet, celebrity vicar and countryman Peter Owen Jones guides the you on a road trip covering over 20 hill-climbs in different parts of England. 

Borrowing money has become more common that at any other time in decades, because of the state of the world’s economies after the ravages of the Covid epidemic, and the consequent ravages of inflation and joblessness.

It could easily be argued that body art is more popular than at any time in history. In days long gone by, sailors were the most heavily tattooed sector of society, but for decades now, that sector is the youth, which is a larger group than those who put to sea.

The information in this book on various aspects of train sets and related subjects is organized into 15 chapters of about 500-600 words each. I hope that it will interest those who have a young family or who are interested in trains and model train sets.

Bringing together some of the most beloved Christian authors and songwriters of today, Faithful guides listeners through the pages of Scripture to increase understanding of how God has always valued the integral role of females and how that shapes the lives of women today.

Katzen und Hunde sind fast auf der ganzen Welt die bekanntesten und beliebtesten Haustiere. Sie erfüllen unterschiedliche Rollen einschließlich dem Besitzer Zuneigung zu schenken und Zuneigung zu bekommen, unwillkommene oder lästige Besucher in menschlicher oder tierischer Form fernzuhalten und Kinder zu einer engeren Verbindung mit der Natur zu verhelfen. Sie müssen jedoch richtig gehalten werden und diese kurze Anleitung liefert Ihnen ein paar Tipps dazu.

J’espère que vous trouverez que les informations sont utiles, utilisables et qu’elles peuvent être mises en pratique. Dans cet ebook les informations concernant différents aspects ayant trait aux insectes, tout particulièrement en ce qui concerne la maison et le jardin, sont réparties en 16 chapitres comprenant chacun environ 500-600 mots.

Megan est une adolescente âgée de 13 ans, qui se rend compte qu’elle a des pouvoirs psychiques que les autres n’ont pas. Au début, elle a essayé d’en parler à sa mère, mais cela a eu des conséquences désastreuses et elle a donc appris qu’il valait mieux qu’elle se taise.

Décimo terceiro aniversário de Megan é o segundo volume de vinte e três da Série da Megan. É o aniversário da médium Megan e para comemorar a sua adolescência, os seus pais estão a dar-lhe uma grande festa. A família e os amigos estão convidados para a grande ocasião, onde o seu herói disc jockey local, Jack Hammer, vai tocar a música. Ela pergunta-se se alguém vai ver o seu enorme tigre siberiano fantasma, Grrr, mas ela não conta em conhecer um estranho bonito. A Série da Megan é para pessoas de todas as idades interessadas em assuntos psíquicos.

Rückenschmerzen sind weltweit zu einem der häufigsten Leiden geworden. Wie schade, denn Rückenschmerzen, die nicht durch ein Einzeltrauma verursacht wurden, sind als Ergebnis von Unwissenheit meist vermeidbar. Rückenschmerzen sind zum Schlagwort für Simulanten geworden, denn das Gegenteil ist schwer nachweisbar. Es gibt Leute, denen es als Entschuldigung dient, um nicht zur Arbeit zu gehen, obwohl sie eigentlich gesund sind. Das ist schlimm und eine Beleidigung für alle wirklich Betroffenen, die unter Rückenschmerzen leiden und als Simulanten abgetan werden.