Lionel Messi and the Art of Living is a bold and insightful examination of a world-famous sporting hero's career from an entirely new perspective, providing a context extending far beyond the soccer field. The idea that sports stars are role models is a cliché, but it is also true in a way that is rarely appreciated. Although the details of Messi's story are already well known, The Art of Living examines afresh and anew his highs and lows, his successes and failures, his ...

**Now a major BBC drama, Waiting for the Out.A unique insight into survival behind bars, inherited shame and some of life’s most pressing questions.An Irish Times and The i Book of the Year'Tense and intimate . . . an education'** – Geoff Dyer'Authentic, fascinating and deeply moving' – Terry WaiteAndy West teaches philosophy in prisons. Every time he steps behind bars, he also confronts his inherited shame: ...

X Marks the Spot is a slender anthology produced to celebrate the first ten years of NewCon Press. It includes original fiction from Adam Roberts, Rozanne Rabinowitz, and Paul Melhuish, a poem by Donna Scott, aand a collaborative short story written by Ian Whates, Ian Watson, Hal Duncan, Chaz Brenchley, Sarah Singleton, Andrew Hook and others which has been out of print for nearly eight years, and a sectio...

Six piercing novellas and novelettes of philosophical science fiction, lovingly crafted by a prize-winning author to provoke and arouse.A sentient anti-meme sends emails to fight its rival in 'Meme'.A stranded starship crew engineers the development of a primitive alien race in 'Rescue Stories', runner-up in the BSFA 50th anniversary short fiction competition.Draw aside the social memeplex veils of man-made climate change in the controversial 'Truth', featured on th...

Children's and young people’s right to participate has been increasingly acknowledged and taken up internationally, as expressed in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yet much of this has focused on collecting children’s voices, rather than achieving change, and has met its limits. This book provides an analysis of children’s participation in formal, collective and action research processes in six different international settings. It offers a deeper understanding of what helps a...

**NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA, 'WAITING FOR THE OUT'An Irish Times and The i Book of the Year'Tense and intimate . . . an education'** – Geoff Dyer'Authentic, fascinating and deeply moving' – Terry WaiteAndy West teaches philosophy in prisons. Every time he steps behind bars, he also confronts his inherited shame: his father, uncle and brother all spent time inside. While Andy has built a different life for himself, he still fears ...

"It's very straightforward," stated the culture-officer, with an edge of self-satisfaction. "If we can't survive long enough for the natives to reach the required level of civilisation naturally, why then we'll simply accelerate their development so they get there much sooner, when we are still alive and wholly capable!"When their ship crashes, the post-human crew of the Hermes launch a desperate bid to accelerate the technological development of the primitive natives, so that when...