Search results for ""Author Ezra Elia""

Piggy goes to Uni is the story of a precocious young pig, and his rise to the forefront of the Anti-Piggest socialist Justice Movement. When he leaves his rural community for Central State University, he learns of the terrible legacy of Pig-Imperialism, and that words and ideas can be just as violent as actual acts of genocide. With the help of his comrades, Piggy elects to become a hero of the oppressed, and to ban anyone from saying anything that might hurt someone's feelings. And yet, in creating a world of absolute kindness, he soon finds himself at the mercy of his own extremist rhetoric.

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In book 1d of the Dung Beetle Learning series, Mummy, John and Susan are taken on a thrilling Christmas adventure. By interrogating Santa Claus and exposing his 'vicious programme of indoctrination,' Mummy proceeds to strip Christmas of all its magic and meaning, for the benefit of mankind. Originally based on the Private Eye Christmas special, this book will joyfully ruin the Yuletide festival period for children and adults alike.

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In book 1b of the Dung Beetle Learning series, Mummy takes John and Susan out of their local school to be re-educated at home, and introduce to their young minds a new, alternative world view. In order to do so, mummy will ground all learning in a feelings-based outlook, free of any actual facts or skills, and re-evaluate core subjects such as mathematics, religion, philosophy and art.

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In book 1c of the Dung Beetle Learning series, mummy takes Susan and John out for an exciting day trip in London, as part of their new re-education programme. Looking, thinking and re-evaluating the world around them is a crucial part of a child's core development. A simple stroll down the local high street is magically illuminated by mummy's insights into the nature of society, religion, art and the various other forms of hierarchal or patriarchal oppression.

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Trapped in a cage with a wheel that taunts him with its meaninglessness, Edward records the existential ennui that is the sum of his short life. His diary is an extraordinary work, filled with profound meditations on the nature of captivity, the emptiness of life, and the irrational will to live. This revised edition is imbued with new meaning in a post pandemic world. Edward is not just a hamster - he is a state of mind.

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