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With 265,000 cases in the UK alone, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is more common than people may think, yet is poorly understood. Breaking Free fills this gap in knowledge, providing a route to recovery. Across 9 chapters, it shows that the cycle of exhaustion, poor concentration, loss of memory and pain can be broken and that there is real hope of recovery. In addition to covering CFS, the author outlines connected areas of Post Viral Fatigue (PVF), explaining how to tackle protracted symptoms that can arise following contracting Covid.Given that in November 2021 it was reported by Office of National Statistics that a staggering 1.1 million people in the UK were experiencing Long Covid symptoms, Breaking Free is more essential than ever. Readers will benefit from the clear and tested step-by-step guide offered by a woman who has not only done it herself, but who has helped 1,000 people fight their way out of a serious condition back to a healthy and productive life.With the support of a media campaign, readers will find that Breaking Free offers a comprehensive, informative, and supportive guide to recovery from CFS and Long Covid Symptoms that sustains its relevancy and importance.

Breaking Free: Anniversary Edition is a fully updated and expanded edition of the bestselling, pioneering guide to recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Accompanying the internationally successful Reset to Thrive programme, it offers an evidence-informed perspective that reframes these widely debated conditions as reversible neurological dysfunctions rather than irreversible physical damage. The book equips readers with practical tools to regulate the nervous system, reduce fear responses, reinterpret symptoms and gradually rebuild their health.Drawing on emerging research into neuroplasticity, the autonomic nervous system and non-medical interventions alongside lived patient experience, the book explores how symptoms may be generated and sustained, and how recovery can be supported. This new edition incorporates over 500 peer-reviewed studies and places particular emphasis on the role of beliefs, expectations, self-agency and reassurance in shaping health outcomes reflecting a growing body of research in this area. It builds on the book’s reputation as an early and influential title in this space and is widely recommended by patient-led recovery groups.Breaking Free was the result and it has gone on to become an international bestseller.Structured as both an explanatory and practical guide, Breaking Free helps readers understand the mechanisms behind their symptoms while offering structured techniques to support recovery. This edition includes new insights into the links between stress, trauma, behavioural patterns and physical health, alongside tools for developing self agency, managing physiological responses, developing adaptive behaviours, developing healthy social defence skills, adaptive behavioural strategies, building resilience and creating supportive environments. It also features insights from participants in the Reset to Thrive programme and is presented in a disability-friendly format.

This book relates a gripping modern day 'Bonnie and Clyde' story. It is a tale showing how a couple chose the path of crime - but in this case, it was to address global inequality and poverty. For John and Sarah, the means really do justify the end. They have chosen to steal from the richest in an attempt to end the suffering of the poorest. But as the day of their casino heist draws nearer, so do the police investigators bent on stopping them. What is more, with a shadowy organisation lurking close behind, John and Sarah realise that the stakes are much bigger than they thought.Good Intentions is both exciting and entertaining in its pursuit of some of the greatest problems that face our time.

A beautifully illustrated children's book about two twins' adventures around Bristol on a day out with their father. This touching story shows the wonders Bristol has to offer little ones and the kindness of people. Both illustrated and written by Victoria Clothier the clear narrative follows the twin's day out shown through simple yet poetic text and unique illustrations. This charming book is suitable for ages three to six and especially those who live in or visit Bristol and create special family memories here, just like Ben and Amy do in the story.

A memoir by a man who tells his story with brutal honesty, this book delves into the darker side of Bristol - a side that few even know about. Paul Scrase ran brothels, had a hand in drugs, and spent time in prison. But he is also shown as a loving family man, someone who managed to successfully run legitimate companies and help train construction workers in the Middle East. No, this is not a book of glamour and airy prose, but a rollicking account of things most readers will find shocking - providing an insight into Bristol like never before. Yet what could amount to a rogue's tale of misdeeds is also an intensely human journey, imparting lessons to us all. "Bristol - a city renown for its creativity, `green' ethos, and vibrant cultural scene. But behind the acclaim and awards is a world of crime, prostitution, grinding poverty and violence. Paul Scrase's book reveals this world like no other."

This book is a gripping tale about a mysterious asylum located out of sight of any passers-by next to a dark forest. For Zahid Zaman, a newly-graduated nursing assistant, there are too many questions to ignore - but even his fellow staff at St Mark's Psychiatric Hospital seem keen to keep the answers hidden. Why are patients taken here from all over the country, instead of being treated locally? What makes them so terrifying? As he soon finds out, the key to this isolated asylum may lie in the supernatural and occult forces that possess it. Do you dare to enter an asylum? An environment where you are never sure what is really going on?

A collection of poetry written over the course of nine years, following the poet's journey through adversity and adventure. From dreams to darkness, from God to courage, these poems will show you that life can be shaped by the depths of your imagination. This is a book for all those who fall, but rise up stronger, a book which will help the reader see the light even in the deepest abyss. Mason's use of poetry as a means of salvation is an inspiration for all of us.The poems follow lose threads of hope, loss, redemption, discovery and courage. They are woven together by a belief in the power of writing, a continuing faith that humanity can still do immense good as well as harm.

Professor Magneto and His Amazing Mechanical Man is a collection of short stories that will leave you in the outer realms of possibility. Whilst one story focuses on a bizarre circus act featuring a `mechanical man', another reveals a mysterious object floating above a remote Hebridean beach. The collection moves through various different settings, including a sinister `white room' where nothing is as it seems, and a lost planet on which a battle has begun. These short sci-fi parables come together to create a voyage through distant worlds, each distinct, but with one thing in common: a twist in the tale.

In the lead up to what is bound to be another disappointing global climate conference in Brazil this November, in 'Climate Collapse? Calls to Action from Around the World', diverse global authors have come together to share their perspectives and solutions regarding the climate crisis and the deeper ecological crisis of modern civilisation, which some argue is leading to global societal collapse. Building on the success of their previous anthology Climate Adaptation, Arkbound is platforming an eclectic mix of writing styles and levels for this new collection, from a famous climate scientist, scholars and activists like Dr Bill McGuire, Brian Tokar and Dr Gail Bradbrook, to unknown and first-time authors from the Global South, who bring their vital lived experiences to bear on what is bound to be a challenging future ahead for all of us. Forget the climate COPs!'Climate Collapse? Calls to Action from Around the World' is a collection authored by an exciting mix of well-known writers and beginner or new writers, receiving intensive mentoring from Arkbound to get their voices heard. The editor utilised his existing network of contacts and online searches to headhunt a rich diversity of both established and marginalised voices. The book`s introduction is written by climate scientist Dr Bill McGuire (as seen on the BBC), who manages to express the catastrophic state of the planet`s biosphere in scientific but down-to-earth terms, accessible to the general reader. In part one of the book, discussing cognitive frameworks around the climate crisis and societal collapse, several voices associated with the Institute for Social Ecology are included, as a result of the editor`s links with the ISE, most notably the climate justice scholar-activist Brian Tokar. The ISE`s focus on ecological and social justice helps set the tone for the book. Additionally, Steve McNought, founder of Arkbound, includes a chapter on `cognitive revolution`. In part two of the book, Indigenous and ecofeminist responses to climate / societal collapse are featured: unknown but talented voices from Brazil, Sudan, Kenya, Israel-Palestine, Haiti, and South Korea. In part three, the collapse-response strategy is discussed, by authors from the global north, including the well-known (in activist circles) Dr Gail Bradbrook – co-founder of Extinction Rebellion – and Dr Kate Booth & Tristan Sykes of the platform Just Collapse. Overall, aligned with the editor`s perspective, all of the authors in this book share a commitment to localised action and resilience in the face of a very difficult common future, but from diverse biocultural perspectives -because diverse responses to crisis, threaded together by our common humanity, are what could get us through.

The experience of displacement can leave children with overwhelming feelings they don’t always understand. Inspired by stories and conversations with refugee children, this heart-warming and empowering book delves into the complex emotions associated with displacement, separation from home and the challenges of starting anew.Using simple language, Where Do My Roots Go? illustrates how an uprooted plant can still flourish once it's provided with sunlight, water and soil. The same is true for us – even those who leave their home behind can find strength, resilience and happiness when surrounded by people who love and care for them. This book aims to help children recognise and make sense of their emotions, exploring the concept of ‘big feelings’ and asking the question, 'what makes a home, home?’As a psychoeducational resource, Where Do My Roots Go? offers self-help techniques and encourages mindfulness for parents and caregivers to foster resilience and healing.

The high school is on fire. Aaron Smith, the local bad boy, is arrested at the scene. He’s locked up by the end of the night, guilty until proven innocent. Only two people know the truth about what happened; Aaron and his little sister. Aaron will do anything to save his sister, including going to prison without a trial. But then the pandemic comes to Scotland, and trials are cancelled. Aaron finds himself locked up, in a lockdown, and no one is able to help him. Blood Red Sky is a story of love, loss, humour and hope and makes you wonder; what should we do with teenagers who cross the line? Should we lock them up, or take time to find out the truth?

Abeo is fifteen, still grieving the loss of his dad and now stuck in a Pupil Referral Unit. He’s funny, he’s smart, his teachers like him; he knows he shouldn’t be there. All he wants is a fresh start. A new school. A chance to make his family proud again. But in the weeks before his death, everything changes. The world seems to close in around him and Abeo clings desperately to everything that matters to him the most and the future he knows he deserves. One year on from her brother’s murder, Tiha cannot come to terms with what happened at the gates of the school – the one place where he was meant to be safe. How does she begin to confront the pain that eats away at her every day? How does she use the same pain to rebuild everything that was destroyed and eventually do the unthinkable: forgive the boys who did it.Inspired by a heartbreaking but incredible true story, Ripples is a powerful novel told from both sides of a tragedy about the impact of violence, the systems that fail us, the radical power of forgiveness and the courage it takes to break the cycle.

A Requiem for Biscuit Town is a raw and resonant poetry collection about grief, identity, and survival. Told through the lens of working-class life, it moves through the five stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance – capturing the heartbreak and resilience of lives shaped by struggle. These poems don’t just ask you to reflect, they ask you to feel.Unflinching and compassionate, this collection is both a reckoning and a refuge, a place where loss is laid bare, where class and mental health aren’t footnotes, and where healing doesn’t follow a straight line. Read it front to back, or jump in where it hurts the most. Either way, this isn’t just poetry. It’s survival in verse.

The Weight of Quiet Things gathers essays, stories and poems that explore the deep, enduring relationship between the Scottish landscape and its people. Many of the contributing writers were born, raised and built their lives in Scotland, while a few are visitors who were changed by their time in Scotland – be it the isolation of the Highland hills, the voices in the howling gaoth mhór or the humble power of a lone damh.Together, these works trace a Scotland shaped by labour, collective memory and inheritance of a land that can never be owned. This is a collection about what we take from the land, what the land takes from us and the weight of what remains.

2026 Anniversary Edition!‘Don’t put too much faith in myths… especially the true ones.’What use is a soldier who won’t obey orders?Sent home from the violent frontier of the Theos Empire in disgrace, Amiel is dragged before her old commander for punishment. Her penance? A suicide mission into the wild, uncharted forests to the west, where she must hunt down and kill a mysterious warlord named Decius. With a silent, powerful new ally by her side, she moves further into the unknown.But something isn’t right, among the trees.The events around Amiel take on a nightmarish life of their own, mirroring a myth she heard as a child. A noble knight, a mad king. A trickster and a priest. It’s all coming true around her, but everything is darker. More brutal.Is the warrior who marches at her side the noble knight? Has he finally come as foretold to rid the world of the mad king? Or will Amiel follow her faith to her own destruction?Step into the darkness with her and see.

The experience of displacement can leave children with overwhelming feelings they don’t always understand. Inspired by stories and conversations with refugee children, this heart-warming and empowering book delves into the complex emotions associated with displacement, separation from home and the challenges of starting anew.Using simple language, Where Do My Roots Go? illustrates how an uprooted plant can still flourish once it's provided with sunlight, water and soil. The same is true for us – even those who leave their home behind can find strength, resilience and happiness when surrounded by people who love and care for them. This book aims to help children recognise and make sense of their emotions, exploring the concept of ‘big feelings’ and asking the question, 'what makes a home, home?’As a psychoeducational resource, Where Do My Roots Go? offers self-help techniques and encourages mindfulness for parents and caregivers to foster resilience and healing.

In her final year of university, Tenaya wants only to escape. With her degree, she plans to leave her town, break free from her abusive stepmother and boss, and start fresh with her brother. But her curiosity about magic deepens when the "Outliars"—a rebel group—recruit Tenaya and her friends to unlock a forbidden magical object: a Veturcaela.They travel to new realms, where Tenaya meets a powerful being, bound to her by magic, unseen by anyone else. Together, they navigate love that transcends mortal and magical realms. As their destinies intertwine, they face a hard truth: keeping their secrets safe might cost them everything.

Talking to a Pie about Walking the Dog is psychotherapist and ADHD advocate Katy Fraser’s memoir-come-toolkit offering a deeply relatable perspective from a neurodivergent woman. Drawn from her experience living and now thriving with the diagnosis. Katy’s childhood provides a foundation for her shared knowledge.Structured in three parts, each section of Talking to a Pie about Walking the Dog offers a new way of thinking built upon her person-centred therapy work. Discover a unique blend of ADHD healing practices and advice to support embracing self-love and authenticity.10% of book sales will directly support ADHD Aware, a Brighton-based national charity hosting confidential, resourceful peer support drop-in sessions in person and online for those impacted by ADHD and their families.

Back Off Scotland lifts the curtain on the award-winning grassroots campaign that transformed abortion access in Scotland. Co-founded in 2020 by university students Lucy Grieve and Alice Murray, the campaign began with a determination to end the intimidation and harassment faced by people accessing and providing abortion care at their local sexual health clinic – and grew into a movement that helped secure safe access zones around abortion services across the whole of Scotland.Drawing on hundreds of testimonies collected by the campaign, this powerful account centres the voices of women who encountered anti-abortion activists outside clinics, while taking readers behind the scenes of the years-long fight for legislative change. From the campaign’s beginnings and the obstacles faced along the way to the moment Scotland finally introduced nationwide protections, it is an extraordinary story of persistence, community and grassroots activism.But the fight is not over. Looking back at the history of abortion rights in Scotland and forward to the reforms still needed, Back Off Scotland asks what meaningful access to abortion care really looks like – and what must happen next.Intimate, urgent and ultimately hopeful, Back Off Scotland is the story of an underdog campaign that proved ordinary people can create extraordinary change

Laced with humorous incidents throughout, Kingdom of Wonder captures one man’s journey from divorce and a job in the IT industry in the UK, to working for a primary-education and child rights NGO in Cambodia. His path to Cambodia takes him via a silent meditation retreat near San Francisco in order to heal, couch-surfing with wisdom-filled pensioners, Tinder dates in Chicago, twerking in Hawaii, and a rare glimpse of North Korea. The story culminates in a love affair with Cambodia, a country that threw everything at him including two abductions, two murders, a heart-wrenching Khmer Rouge past, a beautiful woman, a wonderful NGO, and one extraordinary former Buddhist monk who leads the NGO.This is a book written by a man rediscovering his purpose and joy through his commitment to mindfulness and deep introspection to understand what it means to live this life. It’s a journey that would just not have been possible without the wise words of his mum, of Buddhism, and of many encountered along the way.

This narrative non-fiction is the story of how Kev Kiernan, a recovering journalist from Glasgow, rediscovers his working-class mojo by living and working his way through New Orleans and Chicago. He discovers new music and new friends, and shows us all how to stay off the radar with next-to-no-money: always talk to strangers every day.

Summer, 1982. Thirteen-year-old Finlay James spends his days with friends, music and the familiar routines of life on a Swindon council estate. Home feels safe, until his mother begins to change.From Fin's perspective, her moods become unpredictable, their once-steady relationship strained by arguments he cannot understand. Kathleen's menopause goes unnamed, while grief, exhaustion and the quiet expectations of family, class and the Catholic Church leave little room for difficult conversations.As Fin navigates adolescence, he finds himself coming of age alongside his mother in ways neither of them recognises. His puberty unfolds in parallel with her menopause, each experiencing emotional upheaval, confusion and change without the words to make sense of it.Looking back as an adult, Fin begins to understand what the boy could not: his mother was never failing. She was surviving.Warm, nostalgic and deeply compassionate, The Kitchen Years is a moving memoir about family love, misunderstanding, and the experiences that only make sense with time.

Margaret Godwinson wanted nothing more than an unremarkable life. One of the middle children of San Francisco’s wealthiest families, Margaret has used her share of the family funds to neatly excuse herself from the roar of life. Following a family tragedy in Summer of 1924, she has become a reclusive artist, hiding away from the world for four years. This hermit streak is ruined, however, when her brother Herman declares that he has bought a theatre and needs Margaret’s help to revive it.After falling in love with the abandoned building, Margaret meets the build manageress and head carpenter, one Alice Grover. Alice is rough, stubborn, and puts Margaret on edge. Matters are only made worse when Herman manages to guilt her into working alongside Alice in the fly gallery throughout the run of their musical.As Alice teaches Margaret the ropes in the shadows of the fly gallery, the two find a connection neither realised they were missing. Love begins to bloom as they open up to each other about beauty, grief and family. Just as they begin to find their rhythm together, their peace is shattered when backstage drama threatens the production. No longer safe in the lofty nest of the fly, Margaret has to decide if she will hide away again, or take a stand and put herself on the ledge for love.

In bohemian London, Richard and the magnetic Maxine forge an unconventional bond that shapes their lives for decades. A candid vignette of friendship, identity, loss and found family.

The voices of Moria Refugee Camp are unified in their grief. Homes, hope, and dignity are lost in amongst squalid living conditions and the omnipresent void where the illusion of salvation once lived.Based on true stories, The Five Stages of Moria, resurrects the largest refugee camp in Europe and allows readers to bear witness to the monolithic trauma held within. In this blend of autobiography and fiction, readers not only meet five distinct characters who must grapple with the five stages of grief, but also the reality of a camp, and a world, in which they would otherwise be forgotten.

Invisible Schemes is a biting satire that shines a light on the marginalised working class and how reality, time, and all other certainties are blurred beyond recognition to those who aren’t paying attention.

Where is the world really heading, and what can we do about it? This book takes an unflinching look at climate change, drawing upon the latest data to analyse what the next decades hold in store. With atmospheric CO2 at unprecedented levels and insufficient action being taken to prevent a rise in temperatures above 2 degrees centigrade, we are not just looking at significant disruption but the possibility of societal collapse. For the first time ever, the magnitude of this challenge is faced head on, with avenues to truly address it presented. Case studies and models from over 18 authors around the world show ways that we can build adaptation and resilience, as well as what ‘zero emissions’ really mean. The book also provides a platform for those from a range of diverse backgrounds, whose unique experience and knowledge brings vital new perspectives. From those already feeling the impacts of climate change in the Global South to community leaders fighting to create real alternatives, we get a chance to understand the nuances and possibilities of the task ahead.

Across ten captivating and beautifully illustrated chapters, Morgan Phillips recounts stories of adaptation from the air-conditioned pavements of Doha and the feral camels of Australia, to the ‘cool rooms’ of Paris and the ‘fog catchers’ of Morocco. These are the lesser-told stories of good, bad, ugly and very ugly adaptation to climate change – they will be the inspirations for the positive adaptations of the future; and the forewarnings of the mal-adaptations that must be avoided.Great Adaptations is a call to action, it presses home the need for adaptations that are ecologically restorative and socially just. It examines how adaptation is framed, unpicks the contested notion of Deep Adaptation, explores the potential of Transformative Adaptation, and questions the legitimacy of the ‘reassuring stories’ that still dominate mainstream climate discourse. It is conversational, provocative, engaging and visually arresting – a tactile, pocket-sized and very shareable object.

Stories, poems and articles of hope by people in custody and on probation, edited by the Arkbound Foundation.Prison. It is a word that conjures up loss, bleakness and despair. A place where those who have broken the law are kept, both for punishment and for the safety of society. But behind these images are human stories, accounts of tragic mistakes and broken lives, woven in-between with hope. For those inside prison, it is hope that often keeps them going: for the future, for those they care for, and for the chance to start afresh upon release.