CONTENTS:
NEWS
1. Housmans online bookshop launched! Over 500,000 titles available…
2. Housmans Peace Diary 2010: Special pre-publication offer
EVENTS
3. Last Hours present:
Spoonboy, Kelly Kemp and PJ & Gaby
Friday 4th September – 7pm till 10pm
4. Greenpeace and Climate Camp present:
‘No New Coal – Stopping Kingsnorth’
Wednesday 9th September – 7pm till 8.30pm
5. Zed Books present:
‘Lugo: The Priest of Paraguay’ with Hugh O’Shaughnessy
Saturday 12th September – 5pm till 6.30pm
6. ‘Dark Light’ with Pat Arrowsmith
Wednesday 16th September – 7pm till 8.30pm
7. No Sweat present: ‘Made in LA’
Saturday 19th September – 5pm till 7pm
8. ‘Solsbury Hill: Chronicle of a Road Protest’ with Adrian Arbib
Wednesday 23rd September – 7pm till 9pm
9. Skookum Boom present: Leon Walker, Viclambrusco, Captain Of The Rant + more
Saturday 26th September – 6pm till 9pm
10. Forthcoming Events
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
11. ‘Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization’
by Nicholson Baker
NEWS
1. Housmans online bookshop launched! Over 500,000 titles available…
After much work behind the scenes, Housmans has launched its online bookshop. From the Housmans site you are now able to buy up to half a million different titles online – delivered to your door – safe in the knowledge that you are still supporting your favourite independent bookshop.
As I’m sure you are aware, all bookshops are under a lot of pressure at the moment, and your support is essential to preventing the demise of high street independents. We really hope that you will consider using our on-line bookshop as an ethical alternative to union-busting Amazon.com.
Please visit www.housmans.com and check it out. Buy online and support the shop that supports your campaigns!
2. Housmans Peace Diary 2010: Special pre-publication offer
Every year we publish the world famous Housmans Peace Diary. As ever, this 57th edition includes a World Peace Directory listing almost 2,000 national organisations and international peace, environmental and human rights organisations in 150 countries. We are now offering a pre-publication discount – please visit www.housmans.com/diary.php to find out more.
EVENTS IN SEPTEMBER
3. Last Hours present:
Spoonboy, Kelly Kemp and PJ & Gaby
Friday 4th September – 7pm till 10pm
Last Hours, the zine for the anti-authoritarian, DIY and punk communities, hosts a night of top-flight acoustic folk-punk acts, including a rare chance to see one of the US’s finest, Spoonboy.
4. Greenpeace and Climate Camp present:
‘No New Coal – Stopping Kingsnorth’
Wednesday 9th September – 7pm till 8.30pm
Guest from Greenpeace and Climate Camp will be reflecting on this year’s camp, as well as considering where next for the those taking nonviolent action against the expansion of the Kingsnorth coal power station. Includes a screening of Nick Broomfield’s documentary ‘A Time Comes’.
5. Zed Books present:
‘Lugo: The Priest of Paraguay’ with Hugh O’Shaughnessy
Saturday 12th September – 5pm till 6.30pm
Writer and broadcaster Hugh O’Shaughnessy will be discussing the implications of Paraguay’s new president Fernando Lugo, a bishop from a deprived diocese, who swept away the 60-year dictatorship of General Stroessner’s Colorado party. Followed by Q&A and signing.
6. ‘Dark Light’ with Pat Arrowsmith
Wednesday 16th September – 7pm till 8.30pm
An evening with Pat Arrowsmith, a co-founder of CND, to celebrate the publication of her new book of poetry and watercolours, ‘Dark Light’.
7. No Sweat present: ‘Made in LA’
Saturday 19th September – 5pm till 7pm
Anti-sweatshop campaign group ‘No Sweat’ present a screening of ‘Made in LA’, an Emmy award-winning feature documentary that follows three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops, as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labour protections.
8. ‘Solsbury Hill: Chronicle of a Road Protest’ with Adrian Arbib
Wednesday 23rd September – 7pm till 9pm
Adrian Arbib discusses the history and legacy of the road protest movement, and will be illustrating his talk with a slideshow presentation of photographs from his book, ‘Solsbury Hill: Chronicle of a Road Protest’.
9. Skookum Boom present:
Leon Walker, Viclambrusco, Captain Of The Rant + more
Saturday 26th September – 6pm till 9pm
The Skookum Boom collective host a benefit gig for Housmans Bookshop, featuring singer-song writer Leon Walker, the punk poetry of Viclambrusco, spot-on rantings of Captain Of The Rant, plus more to be announced.
10. Forthcoming Events
For information on events forthcoming later in the year please visit http://www.housmans.com/events.php
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Don’t forget to check out our new online bookshop at www.housmans.com, with over 500,000 titles available!
11. ‘Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization’
by Nicholson Baker
£9.99
At a time when the West seems ever more eager to call on military aggression as a means of securing international peace, Nicholson Baker’s provocative narrative exploring the political misjudgements and personal biases that gave birth to the terrifying consequences of the Second World War could not be more pertinent.
With original and controversial insights brought about by meticulous research, Human Smoke re-evaluates the political turning points that led up to war, challenging some of the treasured myths we hold about how war came about and how atrocities like the Holocaust were able to happen. Baker reminds us, for instance, not to forget that it was thanks in great part to Churchill and Britain that Mussolini ascended to power so quickly, and that, before leading the United States against Nazi Germany, a young FDR spent much of his time lobbying for a restriction on the number of Jews admitted to Harvard.
Conversely, Human Smoke also reminds us of those who had the foresight to anticipate the coming bloodshed and had the courage to oppose the tide of history, as Gandhi demonstrated when he made his symbolic walk to the ocean. Praised by critics and readers alike for his gifted writing and exquisitely observant eye, Baker offers a combination of sweeping narrative history and a series of finely delineated vignettes of the individuals and moments that shaped history.
To buy this book please follow this link:
www.shop.housmans.com/BookItem.aspx?item=9781847393180
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