A rousing call to arms for a fairer society from the well-loved Guardian political journalist Zoe Williams.      Whether we have children or not we all want the future to be fairer and happier; and Zoe Williams believes that we need to make that happen collectively. Get It Together is a rousing call to arms for us all to play our part in creating a more equal society. Zoe believes that it's not enough to sit back and watch as our NHS slides away from us; as the young and low earners are forced out of London; as hundreds of thousands of people nationally drift into poverty; as education becomes increasingly divided and as the wealthiest five people in Britain earn more than the poorest 20%.      Zoe will address key questions including: has the NHS had its day; has an immigrant stolen your job; have you ever wondered why you can't afford a house; and who got us into this mess anyway? She will then offer up, in answer, a combination of fact, opinion and debate that will be as inspiring as it is important.      Zoe Williams brings together here all the arguments that occupy the current political landscape and shows us that on all levels, it's lunacy to be anything other than left-wing unless you're actually already an oligarch. She offers us the debate in a truly entertaining way -- she's pacey, conversational and funny.

Get it Together: Why We Deserve Better Politics

Politics & Social Sciences

Williams, Zoe

Philosophy

Hutchinson

In Trinitoga: Stories of Life in a Roughed-Up, Tough-Love, No-Good Hood, a novel-in-stories by middle school authors in Washington, DC, the fictionalized neighborhood of Trinitoga is populated with an endearing and heartbreaking cast of characters, not unlike the people these authors have encountered in their own lives. We begin with "Shoota," the gun-wielding "King of the Hood" whose transformation we witness from a sweet and trusting 8-year-old boy to a hardened angry man deserving of his nickname. We meet the mother of his children, Baquisha, who cares about her kids and tells them to do the right thing, but then can't set a good example herself. We meet their kids--Rude Boy, Rude Girl, and Tianna--all of whom struggle between love, disappointment, anger, and hope in their relationships with their parents and with each other. We meet grandmothers who do right by their grandkids and friends who stick up for each other, and characters of all ages determined to do better: for their loved ones and for themselves. The result is an action-packed and emotionally charged exploration of what it means to grow up in a place like Trinitoga, told from the perspective of highly astute young observers.   This book is powerful. The characters are complex. The conflicts are recognizable and searingly raw. Although these characters face daily stress and trauma that take their toll, they all long desperately for something better. That yearning is what breaks your heart, gives you hope, and keeps you turning the page.   Shout Mouse Press, in collaboration with the ShootBack Project, was honored to work with the young writers of Beacon House, a community-based organization in Washington, DC that aims to lift as many children as possible up and out of their often difficult circumstances. Learn more about the collaboration at ShoutMousePress.org.

Trinitoga: Stories of Life in a Roughed-Up, Tough-Love, No-Good Hood (Shout Mouse Press Young Adult Books)

Literature & Fiction

Haynesworth, Jonae

Whipple, Temil

Alston, Trinity

Davis, Reiyanna

Summers, Serenity

United States

Shout Mouse Press, Inc.

A refreshingly frank and funny take on motherhood that is not designed to make you feel guilty I have 10 worries, and the first nine are all variations on the theme of labor and "Is there really a baby in there, or just some lizards?"Over the course of the last three years and her first two pregnancies, Zoe Williams has shared her refreshingly forthright insights into impending and new motherhood in her regular Guardian "Anti-natal" column. Whether bemoaning the fact that simply being pregnant seemed to give overbearing people the urge to comment on everything she ate, drank, or wore (I'm drinking coffee and suddenly that makes me an evil mom-to-be. What is wrong with these people?) or inventing elaborate lies to explain why she was late to take her first born for his injections (Perhaps I moved to Italy, but the economic downturn destroyed my prospects and I had to move back.) her commentary is honest, feisty, and—in some cases—downright hilarious. This book will include new material as well as extracts from the columns, building into an idiosyncratic, individual take on becoming a mom—a pregnancy companion with attitude.

Bring It On, Baby: How to Have a Dudelike Pregnancy

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Women's Health

RANDOM HOUSE UK

A refreshingly frank and funny take on motherhood that is not designed to make you feel guilty I have 10 worries, and the first nine are all variations on the theme of labor and "Is there really a baby in there, or just some lizards?"
Over the course of her first two pregnancies, Zoe Williams shared her forthright insights into impending and new motherhood in her regular Guardian "Anti-natal" column, a straight-talking corrective to the sea of advice that engulfs pregnant women and new moms. Whether bemoaning the fact that simply being pregnant seemed to give overbearing people the urge to comment on everything she ate, drank, or wore (I'm drinking coffee and suddenly that makes me an evil mom-to-be. What is wrong with these people?) or inventing elaborate lies to explain why she was late to take her first born for his injections (Perhaps I moved to Italy, but the economic downturn destroyed my prospects and I had to move back.) her commentary is honest, feisty, and—in some cases—downright hilarious. This antidote to standard parenting books offers an idiosyncratic, individual take on becoming a mom—a pregnancy companion with attitude.

What Not to Expect When You're Expecting

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

<div> Combining laugh-out-loud tales of parenthood with myth-busting facts and figures, Zoe Williams provides a witty critique of the commercial pressures on modern parents. They managed perfectly well for centuries before this modern madness, so why do today's mothers and fathers make such an almighty fuss? Zoe Williams is a columnist for the Guardian. </div>

The Madness of Modern Parenting (Provocations)

Social Sciences

Biteback Publishing

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