In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britain’s Vicky Pollard to the demonization of Jade Goody, media and politicians alike dismiss as feckless, criminalized and ignorant a vast, underprivileged swathe of society whose members have become stereotyped by one, hate-filled word: chavs.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 figleaf to avoid genuine engagement with social and economic problems and to justify widening inequality. Based on a wealth of original research, Chavs is a damning indictment of the media and political establishment and an illuminating, disturbing portrait of inequality and class hatred in modern Britain. This updated edition includes a new chapter exploring the causes and consequences of the UK riots in the summer of 2011.

Product Description: The Story of William Jones' Near-Death Experience William Jones, a sheep farmer from the Brecon Beacons, had led a happy life, until his wife, Sarah, died young. It left him devastated and seemingly bent on self-destruction. His daughter, Becky tried to help, but even she was losing patience with her father...read more

Product Description: Megan the Psychic Teenager Volume Two Megan Evans is a thirteen year-old girl with psychic powers, who lives in a family, which doesn't believe in them. However, she knows they exist and hangs on to them, because of the constant support she receives from her companion and familiar - a huge Siberian tiger called Grrr - no matter how hard her mother and grandmother try to convince her that it is all her childish imagination The five stories in 'Megan the Psychic Teenager' tell how she looks desperately for someone to teach her what her powers are for and how to use them...read more

Product Description: The Dream takes up the story of Lek, her family and friends from two years further down the line. In the past, it has always been Lek who issued the ultimata, but this story opens with her having received one and it throws her. She is offered the fulfilment of her oldest dream, but can she take it? The fulfilment of any dream requires sacrifices, but is Lek prepared to make them now that her goal is within her grasp? It is a tough one, which means a hard time for her, although her family and friends are behind her as always...read more

Product Description: Megan Evans is a thirteen-year-old girl with psychic powers, who lives in a family, which doesn't believe in them. However, she knows they exist and hangs on to them, because of the constant support she receives from her companion and familiar - a huge Siberian tiger called Grrr - no matter how hard her mother and grandmother try to convince her that it is all her childish imagination The five stories in 'Megan the Psychic Teenager' tell how she looks desperately for someone to teach her what her powers are for and how to use them...read more

Product Description: Owen Jones Grammar of Ornament 2016 Wall Calendar features exotic patterns in a mid nineteenth-century masterpiece of chromolithography. On his grand tour of Europe and the Near East, young architect Jones (British, 1809Ã'Â-1874) was inspired to create an accurate and unprecedented record of colored decorations and ornamental motifs from many periods, countries, and cultures...read more

Product Description: After the devastating effect her rampage had on her own life and the citizens of Bangkok in her early days as a medical student there, Lily's life quietened, and she settled down to her studies. After two years, she won a scholarship to work in Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London and moved there without Ron, who continued his education in Bangkok...read more

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. Exposing the revolving doors that link these worlds, and the vested interests that bind them together, Jones shows how, in claiming to work on our behalf, the people at the top are doing precisely the opposite. In fact, they represent the biggest threat to our democracy today - and it is time they were challenged.

Product Description: Megan is a thirteen-year-old girl with Supernatural powers. Some of them are still only partially developed and others are working, but she doesn't know how to use them yet. Her biggest problems for the moment is finding a Teacher who can show her how to handle them properly...read more

Product Description: This book is a guide to obtaining a UK visitor's visa for a friend or loved one. It is sometimes referred to as a fiancée visa, because, in Thailand at least, many men try to get one for their girlfriend. Having said that, the details in this book apply to anyone trying to obtain a visa for someone else and to any country without special status...read more

Product Description: Megan’s grandparents ring up one night out of the blue to ask if they can come down for the week end. Megan and her parents are concerned that one of them may be sick, but that is not the case, they just have more time on their hands now that they are retired and want to get to know Megan better...read more

Product Description: Megan is a thirteen-year-old teenage girl, who realises that she has psychic powers that others do not have. At first, she tried to talk to her mother about them, but with disastrous consequences, so she learned to keep quiet about them...read more

Product Description: Megan is a 13-year-old teenage girl, who realises that she has psychic powers that others do not have. At first, she tried to talk to her mother about them, but with disastrous consequences, so she learned to keep quiet about them...read more

Product Description: Megan is a 13-year-old girl with Supernatural powers. Some of them are still only partially developed and others are working, but she doesn't know how to use them yet. Her biggest problems for the moment is finding a Teacher who can show her how to handle them properly...read more

Product Description: Megan is a thirteen-year-old teenage girl, who realises that she has psychic powers that others do not have. At first, she tried to talk to her mother about them, but with disastrous consequences, so she learned to keep quiet about them...read more

Product Description: Megan is a 12-year-old girl with Supernatural powers. Some of them are still only partially developed and others are working, but she doesn't know how to use them yet. Her biggest problems for the moment is finding a Teacher who can show her how to handle them properly...read more

Product Description: Megan is a girl with supernatural, psychic powers that she does not fully understand. She is constantly on the look out for someone to advise her how to develop them, but the only people she knows who are able to help her are dead...read more