Julia Bell Boeken

An essay on the battle for our attention in the age of distraction. Attention pays. In today's online economy it has become a commodity to be bought and sold. Bombarding us with free smartphone apps and news websites, developers and advertisers have turned what and how focus our attention into the world's fastest growing industry. In exchange for our attention, information and entertainment is ever at our fingertips. But at what cost? In this essay, at once personal and polemical, meditative and militant, Julia Bell asks what has been lost in this trade off. How can we reclaim our attention? In a world of infinite distraction, how can attention become radical?

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topical, edgy, emotive and compelling story written in a powerful first-person voice! Hopes mum doesnt get her. In fact, Hope knows that as far as her preoccupied parents are concerned, shes hopeless. She may be spoiltbut money doesnt buy happiness. Oksana doesnt even have a mum. And her dad and brother are miles away, left behind in Russia. She thought Europe would offer a better lifeinstead, bought and sold into prostitution, she feels dirty and used. Then Oksana and Hope are thrown together in the most terrifying circumstances imaginable. Their only real chance of escape lies with each other, but how do two teenagers with so little in common find the way . . . ? A tense, shocking novelwith a hint of hope.

A new cover edition of Julia Bell's critically acclaimed YA novel, Massive, published to coincide with the release of Julia's new book, The Dark Light

A sense of urgency permeates the scene as Jonathan announces the impending climax, while Bevins succumbs to the weight of the moment. The blazing fire symbolizes a pivotal turning point, with sparks rising to the stars, hinting at the intertwining of fate and destiny. The tension builds as the countdown to a significant event unfolds, suggesting themes of anticipation and transformation. This dramatic setting sets the stage for a gripping narrative filled with suspense and emotional depth.

This unique memoir in verse offers a series of snapshots about religion and sexuality. In verse because it's how Bell remembers: snapshots in words strung along a line, which somehow constitute a life. Snapshots of another time from now, but from a time which tells us about how Bell got here. Not the whole story, but her story.