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Wake Up
- Why the world has gone nuts
- Narrated by: Piers Morgan
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The Sunday Times Number One best seller.
If, like me, you’re sick and tired of being told how to think, speak, eat and behave, then this book is for you.
If, like me, you think common sense is being thrown out of the window, then this book is for you.
If, like me, you think the world’s going absolutely nuts, then this book is for you.
If, like me, you think NHS heroes and Captain Tom are the real stars of our society, not self-obsessed, tone-deaf celebrities (and royal renegades!), then this book is for you. If, like me, you’re sickened by the cancel culture bullies destroying people’s careers and lives, then this book is for you. From feminism to masculinity, racism to gender, body image to veganism, mental health to competitiveness at school, the right to free speech and expressing an honestly held opinion is being crushed at the altar of ‘woke’ political correctness.
In 2020, the world faced its biggest crisis in a generation: a global pandemic. In the UK, it exposed deep divisions within society and laid bare a toxic culture war that had been raging beneath the surface. From the outset, Piers Morgan urged the nation to come to its senses, once and for all, and held the government to often ferocious account over its handling of the crisis.
COVID-19 shed shocking light on the problems that plague our country. Stockpilers and lockdown-cheats revealed our grotesque levels of self-interest and the virtue-signalling woke brigade continued their furious assault on free speech, shutting down debate on important issues like gender, racism and feminism. Yet just as coronavirus exposed our flaws, it also showcased our strengths. We saw selfless bravery in the heroic efforts of our healthcare staff. A greater appreciation of migrant workers. A return of local community spirit. And inspiring, noble acts from members of the public such as Captain Sir Tom Moore.
Wake Up is Piers’ rallying cry for a united future in which we reconsider what really matters in life. It is a plea for the return of true liberalism, where freedom of speech is king. Most of all, it is a powerful account of how the world finally started to wake up, and why it mustn’t go back to sleep again.
Critic Reviews
"A fast, entertaining read." (The Guardian)
"A very timely trumpet blast." (Saga)
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- Helen Fearn
- 27-01-2021
My love/hate relationship with Piers.
There are maybe 3 things I disagree with but otherwise a must read. Bloody brilliant
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- Kris Horne
- 13-12-2020
Spot on
I watch Piers on GMB, and he is no different in his book. He speaks sense and the truth. One of the best books I've had.
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- lmc
- 15-08-2021
listen to both sides
like or dislike piers, it's nice to hear another view of the current world. Definitely worth a listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-10-2020
Didn’t want to stop walking so I could keep listen
The voice of reason. Superb and incredibly relatable. Piers articulates comment sense and tells it how it is. Love it
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- Anonymous User
- 11-05-2021
Fair, illuminating and honestly brillaint!
loved it so much. should be part of the curriculum to ensure free speech never dies. highly recommend
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- geoffm
- 02-11-2020
A balanced analysis
The book is worth a listen for it's author's critical evaluation of the current WOKE, cancel culture. I found the reference to the affect and effect of mob mentality to be disturbing. While the connectivity of people through webb platform's has been constructive in sharing idea it appears to be more enclined to stilt and oppress freedom of expression. The author in my opinion made a good case for individual consideration of issues.
My singular conflict with the author was in characterising a yet to adjudged death as, murder. However everyone is entitled to have their opinion.
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- Adam Best
- 29-11-2021
A load of egocentric drivelling twaddle.
A load of egocentric drivelling twaddle.
Boring as bat crap.
Don’t waste your time or money.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-01-2022
better books available on the topic
I respect the author for his outspokenness and courage but I don't believe he has a good enough understanding of woke dogma to be an authority on this topic as it relates to contemporary culture.
There are several gaps in his knowledge in this area that become evident early on in the book and I believe that he too demonstrates himself on several occassions to not be above the woke way of thinking. for example, roughly 2 hours into the book he makes a comment about the "gender pay gap" and without any nuance or analysis he says that is something we should strive to address. Genuine data that hasn't been gerrymandered clearly shows that the gap is around 1% or 2% (and not 17% as he suggests) once adjustments for hours worked, industry, qualifications are made. This was not the first of statements of this kind, so I stopped listening at this point as there is limited credibility that can be extended to an author who ignores this data or is ignorant to it.
woke inc is a much better book on contemporary culture as it relates to wokeness. I found Wake Up to offer little original material to the debate on contemporary culture and wokeness from the 2 hours of it that I listened to. I wasn't compelled to invest the time in listening to the rest of it.
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- MR O W MATTHEWS
- 30-05-2022
An interesting viewpoint
I felt like I was being mansplained. A refreshing and unique view point nonetheless, even if you don’t agree with it.
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