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Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different 2, by Ben Brooks, illustrated by Quinton Winter.
Tom Daley, Oliver Sacks, the Jamaican Bobsled team, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Carlos Acosta... all dared to be different.
... This is the follow-up to the much loved and hugely successful Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different, the bestselling book that changed countless boysвҖҷ lives around the world and gave them the confidence to be themselves.
What have the footballer Kylian MbappГ©, the philosopher Socrates and the singer Ed Sheeran all got in common? All three of them defied expectations вҖ“ going against the grain and pursuing their dreams вҖ“ despite a seemingly impossible barrage of obstacles and difficulties. Their stories are incredible, as are those of the tap-dancer Evan Ruggiero, the PokГ©mon creator Satoshi Tajiri, and the other inspirational boys who fill the pages of this extraordinary book.
ItвҖҷs books like these that can make a huge difference to parents and their childrenвҖҷs lives. In this day and age, any publication that shows how we can triumph in the face of adversity and prejudice deserves to be read over and over again.
Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different 2 is ВЈ20.00 (hardback) and is available to order from us here: http://www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk/books/D isplayBookInfo.phpвҖҰ
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The Brilliant Bard - a Shakespeare Festival - is taking place this week at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre!
'The works of William Shakespeare have always graced our stages with bold interpretations that are as relevant today as when they were first written. Why is his work so enduring and how can we use it to learn about our world today? WeвҖҷve gathered theatre makers and academics to answer these questions and more in our first Shakespeare Festival. Open to all, you can join us for masterclasses, workshops, study days and opportunities to share in discovering more about The Brilliant Bard.'
See the link below for full details and tickets.

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The Prison Letters Of Nelson Mandela
An unforgettable portrait of one of the most inspiring historical figures of the twentieth century, published on the centenary of his birth.
... Arrested in 1962 as South AfricaвҖҷs apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents, forty-four-year-old lawyer and African National Congress activist Nelson Mandela had no idea that he would spend the next twenty-seven years in jail. During his 10,052 days of incarceration, Mandela wrote hundreds of letters to unyielding prison authorities, fellow activists, government officials, and most memorably, to his wife Winnie and his five children.
Now, 255 of these letters, the majority of which were previously unseen, provide the most intimate portrait of Mandela since Long Walk to Freedom. Painstakingly researched, authenticated and catalogued by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the letters have been drawn from the FoundationвҖҷs archive as well as from public and private collections held by the Mandela family and South African government archives.
MandelaвҖҷs letters are organised chronologically and divided by the four prisons in which he was incarcerated. Each section opens with a short introduction to provide a historical overview of each of these periods and the collection features a foreword by Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela.
Whether writing about the death of his son Thembi after a request to attend the funeral was ignored, providing unwavering support to his also-imprisoned wife or outlining a human-rights philosophy that resonates today, The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela reveals the heroism of a man who refused to compromise his moral values in the face of extraordinary human punishment. Ultimately, they confirm MandelaвҖҷs position among the most inspiring historical figures of the twentieth century.
The Prison Letters Of Nelson Mandela is ВЈ25.00 (hardback) and is available to order from us here: http://www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk/books/D isplayBookInfo.phpвҖҰ
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On this day (3rd March) in 1985, the 1984-1985 UK Miner's Strike formally ended.
The Miners' Strike of 1984вҖ“85 was a major industrial action to shut down the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent colliery closures. It was led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) against the National Coal Board (NCB), a government agency. Opposition to the strike was led by the Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who called Scargill "t...he enemy within." At its height, the strike involved 142,000 mineworkers.
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%2 7_strike_(1984вҖ“85)
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The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners, by Seumas Milne.
Margaret Thatcher branded the leaders of the 1984-85 miners' strike "the enemy within."
In this classic account, Seumas Milne reveals the astonishing lengths to which her government and its intelligence machine were prepared to go to destroy the power of Britain's miners' union.
In this 30th anniversary edition new material brings the story up to date with further revelations about the secret war against organized labour and political dissent, and the devastating price paid for the Thatcher administration's onslaught by communities across Britain.
The Enemy Within is ВЈ12.99 (paperback) and is available to order from us here: www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk/books/DisplayB ookInfo.phpвҖҰ
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The Calder Stones, which are among the UKвҖҷs oldest and most significant monuments, have today returned to the North West following specialist conservation work in London. Overseen by national charity, The Reader, the Stones are now set to be installed in a purpose-built heritage facility that will open to the public in summer.

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Proud: Stories, Poetry and Art on the Theme of Pride, compiled by Juno Dawson.
... A stirring, bold and moving anthology of stories and poetry by top LGBTQ+ YA authors and new talent, giving their unique responses to the broad theme of pride. Each story has an illustration by an artist identifying as part of the LGBTQ+ community. Compiled by Juno Dawson, author of This Book is Gay and Clean.
A celebration of LGBTQ+ talent, Proud is a thought-provoking, funny, emotional read.
Contributors: Steve Antony, Dean Atta, Kate Alizadeh, Fox Benwell, Alex Bertie, Caroline Bird, Fatti Burke, Tanya Byrne, MoГҜra Fowley-Doyle, Frank Duffy, Simon James Green, Leo Greenfield, Saffa Khan, Karen Lawler, David Levithan, Priyanka Meenakshi, Alice Oseman, Michael Lee Richardson, David Roberts, Cynthia So, Kay Staples, Jessica Vallance, Kristen Van Dam and Kameron White.
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From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death, by Caitlin Doughty
... A New York Times bestseller - an eye-opening, entertaining and thought-provoking account of a mortician's journey around the world to discover how other cultures care for their dead
As a practising mortician, Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies. In From Here to Eternity she sets out in search of cultures unburdened by such fears. With curiosity and morbid humour, Doughty introduces us to inspiring death-care innovators, participates in powerful death practices almost entirely unknown in the West and explores new spaces for mourning - including a futuristic glowing-Buddha columbarium in Japan, a candlelit Mexican cemetery, and America's only open-air pyre. In doing so she expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with 'dignity' and reveals unexpected possibilities for our own death rituals.
From Here to Eternity is ВЈ8.99 (paperback) and is available to order from us here: http://www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk/books/D isplayBookInfo.phpвҖҰ
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Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets, by Feminista Jones.
... A treatise of Black womenвҖҷs transformative influence in media and society, placing them front and center in a new chapter of mainstream resistance and political engagement In Reclaiming Our Space, social worker, activist, and cultural commentator Feminista Jones explores how Black women are changing culture, society, and the landscape of feminism by building digital communities and using social media as powerful platforms. As Jones reveals, some of the best-loved devices of our shared social media language are a result of Black womenвҖҷs innovations, from well-known movement-building hashtags (#BlackLivesMatter, #SayHerName, and #BlackGirlMagic) to the now ubiquitous use of threaded tweets as a marketing and storytelling tool. For some, these online dialogues provide an introduction to the work of Black feminist icons like Angela Davis, Barbara Smith, bell hooks, and the women of the Combahee River Collective. For others, this discourse provides a platform for continuing their feminist activism and scholarship in a new, interactive way.
Complex conversations around race, class, and gender that have been happening behind the closed doors of academia for decades are now becoming part of the wider cultural vernacularвҖ”one pithy tweet at a time. With these important online conversations, not only are Black women influencing popular culture and creating sociopolitical movements; they are also galvanizing a new generation to learn and engage in Black feminist thought and theory, and inspiring change in communities around them.
Hard-hitting, intelligent, incisive, yet bursting with humor and pop-culture savvy, Reclaiming Our Space is a survey of Black feminismвҖҷs past, present, and future, and it explains why intersectional movement building will save us all.
Reclaiming Our Space is ВЈ11.99 (paperback) and is available to order from us here: http://www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk/books/D isplayBookInfo.phpвҖҰ
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A very happy birthday to Theodor Seuss Geisel - more commonly known as Dr. Seuss! рҹҺӮрҹҺҒрҹҺү
Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 вҖ“ September 24, 1991) was an American author, political cartoonist, poet, animator, book publisher, and artist, best known for authoring more than 60 children's books under the pen name Doctor Seuss. His work includes several of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages ...by the time of his death.
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss