How to Beat the System: Unravel the Red Tape of

From securing the best school for your child to booking a seat in a trendy new restaurant or legitimately avoiding estate agents' fees and dodging tax bills, this book shows you how to beat the system before the system beats you. Subjects include education, health, tax and banking, travel, and houses and house-buying. Each section contains practical information, explaining the systems themselves and your rights within them using straightforward language, uncluttered by jargon, and bullet-point simplicity. It will explain the loopholes, get-outs, and short cuts, illustrated by the best and the most amusing real-life examples. Most importantly, it will unpick the bureaucratic small print to tell you what the people who run the systems often won't. Also included are all the contact numbers you'll ever need for consumer groups and complaints bodies, a comprehensive, cross-referenced index, and a guide to what to say and what to write when you do confront the system.

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Red Surge

Red Surge tells the story of corruption and abuse inflicted on those who have no voice by members of some of society’s most esteemed institutions. Set within a global backdrop that spans parts of rural Canada to some of Europe’s largest cities. While innocence suffers the conspiracy grows. Janice Jones, Inspector in Canada’s Royal Canadian Police, investigates the disappearance of young children from a First Nations Reservation in Canada. The trail leads to a far reaching conspiracy and her search quickly becomes personal as connections between her past and a string of child abductions desperately collide.

Violet Grey is an author, therapist, and educator. Violet has studied psychology, education, and law at various universities across Canada and the United States. She has worked as an adjunct instructor of psychology, written articles on education, and she has built a career as an advocate and therapist for victims of abuse. While managing her professional endeavors Violet also successfully home schooled her children through their high school years.

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Wonderful Book - Janice is as complex as she is awesome
By sodalover
It's a timely novel. The character of Janice has many layers, and through her strength and challenges the story evolves highlighting many relevant sociopolitical issues facing First Nations people in Canada. This book is a journey, and i hope for more books from this author. Thank you Violet Grey for an amazing read !

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