THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY, BRAND NEW BOOK. NO-ONE ELSE HAS REVIEWED IT YET!

But here is some praise for Joss Sheldon's previous books...

PRAISE FOR "DEMOCRACY: A USER'S GUIDE"

"Entertaining and insightful... Enjoyable... Interesting and curious... The examples Sheldon has collected for this book are fascinating and make for a provocative read."

*** IRISH TECH NEWS ***

"Democracy is inherently a swamp with too many variables, both specific and contextual. Sheldon leads the reader deep into this swamp, lets them feel lost, and then shows them the many potential ways in which it can be navigated, thus reminding us that there isn't one definite meaning of democracy, nor one way to reach it, nor a standard formula to preserve it... It uses neither a Eurocentric nor a bourgeois lens to evaluate political cultures from across the world. It doesn't imagine the seeds of democracy in ancient Greece, but, instead, finds them across time and throughout the world... Finally, this book pushes through the general tendency of thinking about democracy only in spaces exclusively reserved for politics. It emphasizes the need to democratize across the board--at schools, in corporations, in the market, among law enforcement organizations, within armies, in media groups, at places of work, and so on. While the lack of dates in the anecdotes sometimes makes the reader unsure of the context, this is an interesting and immensely readable book."

*** DOLLARS & SENSE MAGAZINE ***

"An incredibly straight forward guide and a book everyone living in a democracy should read... Overall, "Democracy: A User's Guide" by Joss Sheldon is highly recommended. Easily, 5-Stars!"

*** READERS' VIEWS ***

PRAISE FOR "FREEDOM: THE CASE FOR OPEN BORDERS"

It's a manifesto of hope, which encourages the reader to dream of a world in which humans live together as a global family; unhindered by national borders which dictate who can be rich and who must endure a life of poverty. It's thorough; covering everything from genetics to Old Testament scripture, nomadism to fish and chips. And, most importantly, it's a pretty entertaining tome; taking a convoluted subject, and breaking it down into bite-sized chunks; telling things in a storybook fashion that will appeal to fans of literature as well as history and politics.

*** NEW EDGE TIMES ***

Joss Sheldon's Freedom: The Case For Open Borders demystifies the benefits of migration and advocates for a borderless world... From studies by the Harvard Medical School and other well-quoted sources, to a logical examination of the benefits of learning from other cultures... the book had me completely intrigued... Forget what the media tells you about immigrants. Freedom: The Case For Open Borders is filled with well-researched facts and logical arguments that will instantly turn antagonists into advocates for open borders.

*** READERS' FAVOURITE ***

"Freedom: The Case for Open Borders is an examination of freedom, mobility, and emigrant value. It's a thought-provoking, inviting consideration of why the concept of open borders is more sustainable and positive than that of constructing walls to keep people out... The result may be a hard-hitting and perhaps overly idealistic, at times, but it's a powerful discussion that deserves a place not only in classrooms considering history and social issues, but in reading groups where debates may swirl around America's makeup, immigrant influence, and future."

*** MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW ***

PRAISE FOR JOSS SHELDON'S NOVELS:

"Not so much a novel, more an extended allegory on love trumping power and money, Joss Sheldon's tale also gives us the birth of banking and a potted history of the first half of the nineteenth century - all with wit and humour."

*** THE TRIBUNE ***

"Adventures come thick and fast... in picaresque fashion... (It) deals with matters of consequence... (with) a message worth dwelling on."

*** SCOTTISH LEFT REVIEW ***

"The Little Voice is radical, to say the least. But Sheldon's style is warm, almost whimsical at times, and this means that even the most politically uninitiated reader will understand what he's trying to say... If the book was marked by the education system Sheldon is rebelling against, it would be an 'A*. Top notch'."

*** The Canary *** 

"The way it was written meant that even if someone has no pre-existing knowledge of Palestine, the Kurdish question and Tibet, they would have still enjoyed it and still understood the reasoning behind the anti-colonial and anti-capitalist sentiments behind the book."

*** Middle East Monitor ***

"Occupied is a candid and disquieting look at the idea of freedom and its limits around the world."

*** Free Tibet ***