Author: Jim Dawkins
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1907792406
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Jim Dawkins left home at the age of sixteen to pursue his dream of joining the army, and subsequently served with the Royal Green Jackets, including tours of Canada and Northern Ireland. During that time he learnt many important lessons in the ‘University of Life' that would serve him well in the future, such as discipline, respect, pride and honour, but which, at the same time, would lead to insufferable stress as he constantly battled with his conscience and struggled to swim against the tide. Once back in Civvy Street, and with a new house and a baby to support, Jim decided to join the Prison Service. But what faced him in this new career, which centred on Wandsworth, Wormwood Scrubs and Belmarsh prisons, shocked him to the core. For this ex-squaddie, who believed in establishing good working relationships with inmates, including notorious long-termer, Charles Bronson, the cancerous environment of staff bully-boy tactics and prisoner victimization was sickening. Jim tells his story, which, although peppered with humorous anecdotes of often lager-induced incidents from both his army and prison days, bears witness to the stark reality of what actually goes on behind prison doors, and exposes both the glaring flaws in the prison system and the atrocities perpetrated in the name of justice, which ultimately forced his decision to leave the Prison Service seven years later.
The Loose Screw
Author: Jim Dawkins
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1907792406
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Jim Dawkins left home at the age of sixteen to pursue his dream of joining the army, and subsequently served with the Royal Green Jackets, including tours of Canada and Northern Ireland. During that time he learnt many important lessons in the ‘University of Life' that would serve him well in the future, such as discipline, respect, pride and honour, but which, at the same time, would lead to insufferable stress as he constantly battled with his conscience and struggled to swim against the tide. Once back in Civvy Street, and with a new house and a baby to support, Jim decided to join the Prison Service. But what faced him in this new career, which centred on Wandsworth, Wormwood Scrubs and Belmarsh prisons, shocked him to the core. For this ex-squaddie, who believed in establishing good working relationships with inmates, including notorious long-termer, Charles Bronson, the cancerous environment of staff bully-boy tactics and prisoner victimization was sickening. Jim tells his story, which, although peppered with humorous anecdotes of often lager-induced incidents from both his army and prison days, bears witness to the stark reality of what actually goes on behind prison doors, and exposes both the glaring flaws in the prison system and the atrocities perpetrated in the name of justice, which ultimately forced his decision to leave the Prison Service seven years later.
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1907792406
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Jim Dawkins left home at the age of sixteen to pursue his dream of joining the army, and subsequently served with the Royal Green Jackets, including tours of Canada and Northern Ireland. During that time he learnt many important lessons in the ‘University of Life' that would serve him well in the future, such as discipline, respect, pride and honour, but which, at the same time, would lead to insufferable stress as he constantly battled with his conscience and struggled to swim against the tide. Once back in Civvy Street, and with a new house and a baby to support, Jim decided to join the Prison Service. But what faced him in this new career, which centred on Wandsworth, Wormwood Scrubs and Belmarsh prisons, shocked him to the core. For this ex-squaddie, who believed in establishing good working relationships with inmates, including notorious long-termer, Charles Bronson, the cancerous environment of staff bully-boy tactics and prisoner victimization was sickening. Jim tells his story, which, although peppered with humorous anecdotes of often lager-induced incidents from both his army and prison days, bears witness to the stark reality of what actually goes on behind prison doors, and exposes both the glaring flaws in the prison system and the atrocities perpetrated in the name of justice, which ultimately forced his decision to leave the Prison Service seven years later.
The Loose Screw
Screw Loose
Author: Chris Wheat
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1741764335
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A brilliant black comedy,Screw Loosecasts a humorous absurdist lens on a group of ordinary 16-year-olds with ordinary problems--kind of As a motley group of teenagers try to navigate the school year, it becomes clear that everyone has problems and no one knows quite how to solve them. Chelsea talks to Barbies and fantasizes about ruling the world. Angelo can¿t choose between his control-freak soccer club and his clean-freak girlfriend. Zeynep gets sent to live with the goats, Craig likes Matilda but Matilda prefers his dog, Joshua learns to love guinea pigs--and on it goes. This quirky, chaotic, laugh-out-loud novel is about first love and new love, and dolls and dogs and soccer and baklava, and a fantastic big, fun, crazy party at the end. It's the perfect book for people who never quite go about things the right way.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1741764335
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A brilliant black comedy,Screw Loosecasts a humorous absurdist lens on a group of ordinary 16-year-olds with ordinary problems--kind of As a motley group of teenagers try to navigate the school year, it becomes clear that everyone has problems and no one knows quite how to solve them. Chelsea talks to Barbies and fantasizes about ruling the world. Angelo can¿t choose between his control-freak soccer club and his clean-freak girlfriend. Zeynep gets sent to live with the goats, Craig likes Matilda but Matilda prefers his dog, Joshua learns to love guinea pigs--and on it goes. This quirky, chaotic, laugh-out-loud novel is about first love and new love, and dolls and dogs and soccer and baklava, and a fantastic big, fun, crazy party at the end. It's the perfect book for people who never quite go about things the right way.
The Loose Screw. [A Novel.]
What's Become of Screwloose? and Other Inquiries
Author: Ron Goulart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Collection of short stories by the author Ron Goulart.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Collection of short stories by the author Ron Goulart.
Loose Screws
Author: Gerard Tortorelli
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781440170683
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Loose Screws is a collection of sixty-nine amusing, often touching, anecdotes from the life of a Bronx boy who has lived and traveled throughout the world. The author, Gerry Tortorelli, is a retired business executive, who immigrated to Switzerland in his thirties with his young family. With stints in England and Canada and frequent visits to the family roots in Italy, his stories explore many cultures. Whether it be the story of how his sister celebrates Christmas in The Twelve Weeks of Advent, or how German words can be misinterpreted in English in A Good Fahrt.and a Douche, the anecdotes have a personal touch with which the reader can connect. A 22-year-old grudge is settled in the story Toothpaste, Mayonnaise, and Big Ben while fundraising for a new church in Canada is detailed in A Pregnant Nun and a Chicken at Mass. Not far away from any story, is Gerrys wife (the Queen), his daughters (the Princesses), and his serf sons-in-law. Loose Screws is a unique view of a life through the eyes of the one who lived it, a kid from the Bronx.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781440170683
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Loose Screws is a collection of sixty-nine amusing, often touching, anecdotes from the life of a Bronx boy who has lived and traveled throughout the world. The author, Gerry Tortorelli, is a retired business executive, who immigrated to Switzerland in his thirties with his young family. With stints in England and Canada and frequent visits to the family roots in Italy, his stories explore many cultures. Whether it be the story of how his sister celebrates Christmas in The Twelve Weeks of Advent, or how German words can be misinterpreted in English in A Good Fahrt.and a Douche, the anecdotes have a personal touch with which the reader can connect. A 22-year-old grudge is settled in the story Toothpaste, Mayonnaise, and Big Ben while fundraising for a new church in Canada is detailed in A Pregnant Nun and a Chicken at Mass. Not far away from any story, is Gerrys wife (the Queen), his daughters (the Princesses), and his serf sons-in-law. Loose Screws is a unique view of a life through the eyes of the one who lived it, a kid from the Bronx.
A Screw Loose
Author: Cameron Wright
Publisher: Cameron Wright
ISBN: 9780645341805
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
What happens when the predator becomes the prey? Karcher Detention Centre houses some of the country's worst inmates. But not the ones you might be thinking of. Maximum Security Prison Officer Edward Montana felt that life for his inmates was a little too comfortable, given the severity of their crimes. Investigative journalist Leif Lacroux endeavours to dive into Eddie Montana's psyche, in the hopes to uncover the first-hand truth behind the largest inner jail murders that the country has ever known. But when the compulsion of Eddie Montana's Irish blue eyes draws Leif deeper into the story than he'd expected, he finds himself toiling with the grips of a secret of his own. "A raw, gripping thriller that hooks you in and keeps you there."
Publisher: Cameron Wright
ISBN: 9780645341805
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
What happens when the predator becomes the prey? Karcher Detention Centre houses some of the country's worst inmates. But not the ones you might be thinking of. Maximum Security Prison Officer Edward Montana felt that life for his inmates was a little too comfortable, given the severity of their crimes. Investigative journalist Leif Lacroux endeavours to dive into Eddie Montana's psyche, in the hopes to uncover the first-hand truth behind the largest inner jail murders that the country has ever known. But when the compulsion of Eddie Montana's Irish blue eyes draws Leif deeper into the story than he'd expected, he finds himself toiling with the grips of a secret of his own. "A raw, gripping thriller that hooks you in and keeps you there."
The Jewelers' Circular
Votes & Proceedings
Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description