When Science Goes Wrong (47 page)

‘Addictive and ghastly,’

Francis Gilbert, The Times

ON THE EDGE:

One Teacher, A Camper Van, Britain’s Toughest Schools

by Charlie Carroll.

CHARLIE CARROLL is a successful young teacher in a great school. He loves his job but wants to see the tougher side of British education. So he hands in his notice, takes to the road in a beat-up old camper van and spends a year travelling round England's most deprived areas supply teaching in dozens of the country's roughest comprehensives.

Carroll is battered and bewildered by what he finds; pupils threaten to abuse him, deal drugs, flash knives, surf the internet for porn and fight in class. Often, lessons are more about riot control than learning.

He's almost broken by the experience, but just occasionally - in the most surprising of places - he comes across inspiring kids who are battling against the odds.

This is his frank, funny and frightening story of a journey to the edge of modern education.

‘I enjoyed and was gripped by
On The Edge
, but it scared me … I hope that he sent Michael Gove a copy for Christmas’

Times Educational Supplement

‘Exposes the wilful anarchy in Britain's Wild West classrooms’

Daily Mail

‘If you want to know just how bad our schools can get, On the Edge is a must-read’

Katharine Birbalsingh, The Daily Telegraph

On The Edge has been serialised in the
Daily Mail, The Guardian
and
The Week.

Charlie has been interviewed on
BBC Five Live
, has been made King For A Day in the
Big Issue.

MONDAY BOOKS
has published several books by the critically acclaimed writer, doctor and psychiatrist Theodore Dalrymple, which are now available on Kindle including:

If Symptoms Persist

A series of short, often very funny, vignettes about Dalrymple’s work as a doctor in an inner-city hospital and a British prison.

Axe-wielding maniacs, 'arthuritis' sufferers and apple crumble-cooking rapists... they're all here, along with avaricious lawyers, empire-building bureaucrats and the poor, huddled masses of the slum near the hospital where Dalrymple works.

The Kindle version also includes stories from his follow up book 'If Symptoms Still Persist.'

Second Opinion

In
Second Opinion
Theodore Dalrymple lays bare a secret, brutal world hidden to most of us.

Drug addicts and desperate drunks, battered wives and suicidal burglars, elderly Alzheimer's sufferers and teenage stabbing victims. They all pass through his surgery.

It’s the tragic world of ‘Baby P’ and Shannon Matthews – a place where the merest perceived insult leads to murder, where jealous men beat and strangle their women and where ‘anyone will do anything for ten bags of brown’.

In unflinchingly honest prose, shot through with insight, feeling and bleak humour, Dalrymple exposes the unseen horror of our modern slums as never before.

Our Culture, What’s Left Of It

A searing and elegantly-composed indictiment of what he sees as the betrayal of the poor by an intellectual elite, led to Dalrymple being called ‘the new Orwell’ by American critics.

Dalrymple writes about subjects as diverse as the legalisation of drugs, the death of Princess Diana and Marxism.

Not With A Bang But A Whimper

A beautifully-written and thought-provoking collection of essays on social, political and literary issues as diverse as the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand controversy, violent crime on Britain's streets, the effects of the welfare state, modern architecture and the respective merits of Shakespeare and Dr. Johnson.

Dalrymple uses examples from his long career as a prison doctor and his travels to every corner of the globe to illustrate his central view - that Britain is in the throes of social, cultural and political decline.

Praise for Theodore Dalrymple:

‘Dalrymple’s clarity of thought, precision of expression and constant, terrible disappointment give his dispatches from the frontline a tone and a quality entirely their own… their rarity makes you sit up and take notice’

Marcus Berkmann, The Spectator

‘Dalrymple is a modern master’

Steven Poole, The Guardian

'I promise you'll enjoy his books'

Daniel Hannan, Daily Telegraph

IN FOREIGN FIELDS:

Heroes of Iraq and Afghanistan in their own words,

by Dan Collins.

IF YOU ONLY read one book about our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, read this one.

A searing, jolting, action-packed series of 25 amazing tales of courage, by medal-winning soldiers, Royal Marines and RAF men in their own words.

These are the bravest of the brave, a collection of modest, honest, proud Brits who showed true grit when it mattered most.

Sgt Chris Broome CGC saved the life of Pte Johnson Beharry VC and others, and led his bayonet-wielding men in charges on heavily-defended enemy positions.

Sgt Terry Bryan CGC and his multiple were ambushed and fought a running battle through the streets of Basra for 45 minutes, pursued by hundreds of insurgents. They kicked their way into a house and held a mob of 200 at bay for three hours... until they were rescued by a QRF including Cpl Terry Thomson CGC. The QRF lost a man of their own and battled their way through to Bryan and his men with amazing bravery.

CSgt Matt Tomlinson CGC RM and Cpl Shaun Jardine CGC ran straight towards men with machine guns, ignoring a hail of fire to kill their attackers.

Pte Michelle Norris MC climbed up onto the top of a Warrior armoured vehicle, in the middle of a huge firefight, to save the life of her sergeant. Around 60 rounds were fired at her, some clipping her webbing or hitting the vehicle two inches from her body. (She remains the only woman to win the Military Cross.)

LCoH Andrew Radford CGC ran 70 metres through the Taliban's rocket propelled grenades and machine gun fire to rescue a terribly injured mate...then ran all the way back with him on his shoulders.

Lt Tim Illingworth CGC charged Taliban positions on his own, after the Afghan army men with him were killed or fled.

Flt Lt Matt Carter MC jumped out of a flying helicopter, at night, straight into a firefight with the Taliban, because his comrades were in trouble.

Lt Hugo Farmer CGC led his men through ferocious Taliban fire to recover the body of Cpl Bryan Budd VC.

This list goes on and on... astonishing stories by amazing people, of whom Britain should be tremendously proud.

These enthralling and captivating stories shine new light on our fighting men and women.

'Enthralling, awe-inspiring, untold stories'

The Daily Mail

'Excellent... simply unputdownable. Buy this book.'

The Sun

'Modesty and courage go hand-in-hand... an outstanding read.'

Soldier Magazine

'The book everyone's talking about'

News of the World

'Astonishing feats of bravery'

Independent on Sunday

'A book that was crying out to be written'

Defence Focus

'A remarkable book... an uplifting read'

Pennant