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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.

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 fig leaf to avoid genuine engagement with social and economic problems and to justify widening inequality.

From Paris to Prague, from the past to the present, authors and artists say farewell in this unique collection. In this audiobook you'll find personal letters, reminiscences, poetry, art and brand new fiction from some of the most talented and important voices at work today, including Jessie Burton, Alain de Botton, Matt Haig, Richard Herring, Owen Jones, Mark Kermode, Robert Macfarlane, Kate Mosse, Chris Riddell, Lionel Shriver and many others.

Daisy, the proud daughter of a wealthy ex-London gangster, John, and his Spanish wife, Teresa, grew up in Marbella on the Costa del Sol, aka the Costa del Crime. She idolized her parents and sought to impress her aging father by helping him run the family businesses after university. However, a disastrous error of judgment ends in family tragedy, and her mother puts Daisy on a safer path of helping the local community as a penance. 

Megan is a 13-year-old teenage girl who realized that she has psychic powers that others do not have. Some have offered to help, but they were not "alive" in the normal sense. They had passed on. Megan has three such friends: Wacinhinsha, her Spirit Guide, who had been Sioux in his last life on Earth; her maternal grandfather, Gramps; and a huge Siberian tiger called Grrr. In this episode, Megan reads about a lost cat called Smokey. She feels very sorry for the cat and his owners. She fears that the cat has been injured, so she begins a weekend of searching....

La novela cuenta la historia de Willy, un pastor de ovejas galés anciano que se ha descuidado tras la muerte de su amada esposa. Un día, mientras paseaba a su perra también anciana, ella muere, y Willy colapsa tras un paro cardíaco causado por la angustia, si bien ya no tenía voluntad de vivir desde hacía ya bastante tiempo. No obstante, despierta en un hospital e intenta dilucidar la experiencia que está viviendo. Al poco tiempo se da cuenta de que la joven enfermera es su difunta esposa, Sarah, y comienza a caer en la cuenta de que está muerto.