| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| Group email: | Non Fiction Reading group |
| When: | Monthly on Monday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:00 pm 3rd Monday each Month |
| Venue: | Saltburn Arts Community Hall (SCAA) |
We will meet on Monday 20th April, 1.30pm to 3pm at the back of the Saltburn Community Hall. Please use the side entrance.
Let's start with what the group is not! It is not a history group, science group, political or religious group. It's not about travel, it's not self help, science, maths or a true-crime interest group.
So here's what it could be:
It's a chance to read and share books that delve into themes and perspectives that explore what is happening in the world at this time and the group members will look at what is the deeper meaning of these events that have taken place and their impact on us today. It can provide a unique opportunity to explore current issues, gain new knowledge, fresh perspectives and understanding. Likely topics will be how to live a meaningful life in an age of bewilderment, what makes a good life and a good society, how we live now and our collective general well-being.
The books will be thought-provoking and will provide a solid foundation for meaningful thought and conversation.
The book chosen by the group for discussion in APRIL will be HOW MIGRATION REALLY WORKS (22 things you need to know about the most divisive issue in politics. - by Hein de Haas
A VITALLY IMPORTANT BOOK CHALLENGING THE MANY MISCONCEPTIONS SURROUNDING THE TOPIC OF IMMIGRATION.
'A book that will force Left and Right alike to reconsider old assumptions . . . an important book' The Telegraph
‘A careful, balanced, and convincing take . . . challenges much of what we think is obvious about migration’ Ian Morris, author of Why The West Rules – For Now
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Authoritative and myth-busting, this is the one book you need to read to understand why we've been wrong about migration - perfect for fans of Tim Marshall's Prisoners of Geography
Global migration is not at an all-time high.
Climate change will not lead to mass migration.
Immigration mainly benefits the wealthy, notworkers.
Border restrictions have paradoxically produced more migration.
These statements might sound counter-intuitive or just outright wrong - but the facts behind the headlines reveal a completely different story to the ones we're told about migration. In this ground-breaking and revelatory book, based on more than three decades of research, leading expert Professor Hein de Haas explodes myths from left to right that politicians, interest groups and media regularly spread about migration.
Above all, How Migration Really Works offers a new vision of global migration based on facts rather than fears, and a paradigm-altering understanding of this perennially important subject