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My Colombian Death
Kidnappings, car bombs, cocaine, paramilitaries, bullfights, the Amazon and madness. Welcome to Colombia, where life is cheap and so are the drugs. In 2006, Matt Thompson travelled to Colombia in search of the life he might have led. Born to American parents, Matt's father was offered a post which would have taken the family to Bogota, but he turned it down because it was too high risk. Instead they came to Australia - low-risk, even paradisaic - and the land that nearly drove Matt to a slow death from boredom. One day he quits his job, picks up his bag and decides to go experience life in the country that's not only the most dangerous in South America, but possibly the world. This is the story of what happened next. Part Heart of Darkness, part Marching Powder, My Colombian Death is a wild ride to the edge and beyond.
Mayhem
"A Gonzo portrait of the Mad Max of Supermax" Andrew Rule, author of Underbelly Meet BADNE$$. He's the enigmatic, impulsive, exasperating, destructive, big-hearted Aussie outlaw who stole millions of dollars in daring bank robberies and became a folk hero as big as Ned Kelly when he masterminded two spectacular prison breaks in the space of six weeks. Now Christopher 'BADNE$$' Binse is serving a crushing 18 years in solitary. He craves death more than infamy. The only way he can find redemption is to open his tortured soul to acclaimed journalist Matthew Thompson, in the hope another wild child out there will learn from the strange and savage saga of his life and think twice. Mayhem is the bizarre, scary, brilliantly unique and jaw-dropping inside story of how a naughty little boy became Australia's most notorious prisoner. Let's get hectic! MORE PRAISE FOR MAYHEM "This book is like brutal poetry. A cage flight with life, by a man who spent most of his life in that cage." John Birmingham
J. M. Thompson Notes on Wales
A volume containing notes, 1902, on the landscape and history of Wales, probably in the hand of James Matthew Thompson (1878-1956), fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, extracted from various printed sources, notably Thomas Pennant's Tours in Wales, and John Leland's Itinerary, with index (pp. 273-5).
Reconstructing Public Housing
Reconstructing Public Housing unearths Liverpool's hidden history of radical alternatives to municipal housing development and builds a vision of how we might reconstruct public housing on more democratic and cooperative foundations. In this critical social history, Matthew Thompson brings to light how and why this remarkable city became host to two pioneering social movements in collective housing and urban regeneration experimentation. In the 1970s, Liverpool produced one of Britain's largest, most democratic and socially innovative housing co-op movements, including the country's first new-build co-op to be designed, developed and owned by its member-residents. Four decades later, in some...
Running with the Blood God
What are the limits on how a modern life can be led? And what happens to those who defy them? Troubled that life's vastness is shrinking as our crowded, stale civilisation overruns wilderness of every kind, professional trouble-seeker Matthew Thompson roams the world chasing those who will live freely whatever the cost. Thompson hunts his free-spirits through a gut-wrenching crackdown in totalitarian Iran, amid rebellion and wretchedness in the Philippines and into the historical rubble of Serbia and Kosovo, before landing in America's counter-cultural nirvana, Portland, Oregon. Running with the Blood God is a hell-raising ride which leaves Matthew Thompson's My Colombian Death shaking in its wake. In this incredible work of reportage with the pulse of a thriller, Thompson walks the line where the liberty of the individual is often a matter of life or death. PRAISE FOR MATTHEW THOMPSON "Thompson walks with the kings of the human spirit. The few, those happy few, who lead us to be stronger, braver, better, and sometimes just a little crazier." John Birmingham
My Brother, Matthew
Though David knows frustration and resentment at times, he feels he understands his disabled little brother even better than his parents; and together the two boys experience a great deal of joy.
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The Blood Tipped Blade
I was 11 years old. I wasn't looking for it. I wasn't seeking it out... But porn found me anyway. What began as curiosity spiraled into an addiction that wreaked havoc on my personal, emotional, relational and spiritual life. The scariest part was that for 5 years, the only person in the world who knew about it was me. Sadly this is the story of millions of young people growing up in what has been labelled Generation XXX: the first wave of kids to grow up with porn in their pockets thanks to high-speed internet and smart-devices. But it doesn't have to be this way. Based on the fable of the wolf, The Blood Tipped Blade is an open and raw look at lust addictions, the impact they have on society and what we can do to overcome them. Drawing on the principles of faith and friendship outlined in THE FIGHT, this book contains practical steps anyone can take in their journey towards VICTORY.Plus with 13 real-world accounts of people from all walks of life, this book will show you that that freedom is possible and most importantly, that you are not alone.
Engaging Religious Education
This book is the first to bring together a number of essays which deal directly with the crucial topic of ‘engagement’ in Religious Education. But it also breaks new ground by creating a dialogue with the world of ethics. Here readers will find fresh insights relevant to the 21st century. Contributors, all committed to excellence in Religious Education, include school teachers, sixth form tutors and those working in higher education. Addressing central issues in the debate from a range of theoretical and methodological positions, the book raises important questions about how we might understand and promote positive ‘engagement’ at the present time. Primarily, it has one aim in view: to make Religious Education a more stimulating and enjoyable experience for all those involved.
