The New Dark Age

26 November 2013 — Housmans

1. HOUSMANS IMPROVEMENTS & A REQUEST FOR YOUR SUPPORT
2. DIARIES & CALENDARS
3. CHRISTMAS CARDS
4. BOOKS OF THE YEAR
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1. HOUSMANS IMPROVEMENTS & A REQUEST FOR YOUR SUPPORT

As ever, thank you so much for your support this year. We are continuing to try and make Housmans as good a shop as it can be, and as indispensable a space as possible to you.

Work in progress on the new basement

Amongst changes to look forward to in the new year, we hope very soon to have completed work on a brand new, purpose-built, well-lit and well-labelled second-hand section in the renovated basement. You may also have noticed that work is being carried out on the roof of our building – this is to build an additional floor which will add to our capacity to provide affordable office space to campaign groups.

Housmans still needs your help though, and the best way of doing that is by getting your books from us, and encouraging your friends and family to do the same, particularly so at this time of the year. 

With that in mind we’d like to ask if you might consider sending out this 140 character message via any social media networks you have access to: 

This xmas, rather than using union-busting, tax-avoiding #Amazon please support your local radical bookshop, such as housmans.com  

Of course, please feel free to amend this message or write your own. We’re keeping a catalogue of reasons to boycott Amazon on our website here:

http://www.housmans.com/boycottamazon.php 

Last night the BBC broadcast a Panorama exposé of working conditions at Amazon depots. If you missed it, it is still available to watch on iPlayer here: http://tinyurl.com/q8ft4u4

2. DIARIES & CALENDARS

Housmans has a range of diaries and calendars for 2014 now in stock.

Housmans Peace Diary £8.95

Includes a World Peace Directory listing 1,500 national and international peace, environment and human rights organisation.

The Bottled Wasp Pocket Diary £6

Proceeds go to the Anarchist Black Cross network and other groups involved in prisoner support.

Amnesty Diary and Notebook £9.95

Amnesty Year Planner £9.95

One World Family Calendar (Amnesty) £9.95

One World Almanac (Amnesty) £10.99

Wildlife in Danger Calendar (New Internationalist) £9.95

3. CHRISTMAS CARDS

We have a range of festive greeting cards, sales of which help to raise funds for good causes and campaign groups, such as Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign and the Campaign Against Arms Trade.

4. BOOKS OF THE YEAR 

A small selection of some of our most popular books and DVDs from this year.

‘Undercover: The True Story of Britain’s Secret Police’ by Rob Evans and Paul Lewis (Faber & Faber, 2013) £12.99

‘Undercover’ reveals the truth about secret police operations – the emotional turmoil, the psychological challenges and the human cost of a lifetime of deception – and asks whether such tactics can ever be justified.

‘NHS SOS: How the NHS was betrayed – and how we can save it’ edited by Jacky Davis and Raymond Tallis, foreword by Ken Loach (Oneworld, 2013) £8.99

‘NHS SOS’ is an insiders’ exposé of the collusion, opportunism, back-door deals, and negligence that has put the NHS at mortal risk – and a manifesto for how to stop and reverse the reforms before it’s too late.

‘Fifty Shades of Feminism’ edited by Lisa Appignanesi, Susie Orbach and Rachel Holmes (Viagro, 2013) £12.99

In this volume, fifty women young and old – writers, politicians, actors, scientists, mothers – reflect on the shades of feminism that inspired them, and what being woman means to them today. Contributors include: Tahmima Anam, Joan Bakewell, Bidisha, Lydia Cacho, Shami Chakrabarti, Lennie Goodings, Linda Grant, Natalie Haynes, Siri Hustvedt, Jude Kelly, Kathy Lette, Kate Mosse, Bee Rowlatt, Elif Shafak, Ahdaf Soueif, Shirley Thompson, Natasha Walter, Jeanette Winterson – alongside the three editors.

‘The Spirit of ’45’ by Ken Loach (Dogwoof, 2013) £9.95 DVD

Ken Loach’s impassioned documentary explores the spirit of unity which buoyed Britain during the war years and carried through to create the foundations of the modern welfare state.

‘Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital’ by Lloyd Bradley (Serpent’s Tail, 2013) £12.99

Lloyd Bradley tells the story of black music in London and the larger-than-life characters making it, journeying from Sohojazz clubs to Brixton blues parties to King’s Cross warehouse raves to the streets of Notting Hill – and onto sound systems everywhere. Featured as Radio 4’s Book of the Week.

‘Fight the Power! A Visual History of Protest Among the English-Speaking Peoples’ by Seán Michael Wilson and Benjamin Dickson (New Internationalist, 2013) £9.99

This comic book visualises the key moments of the last 200 years when ordinary people across the English-speaking world have risen up against oppression and injustice and fought for a better life for all.

‘People Over Capital: The Co-operative Alternative to Capitalism’ edited by Rob Harrison (New Internationalist, 2013) £9.99

In response to the question “Is there a co-operative alternative to capitalism?”, this book showcases fourteen essays by economists, academics, co-operators, politicians, and campaigners, exploring both the success and untapped potential of co-operatives.

‘Digital Revolutions: Activism in the Internet Age’ by Symon Hill (New Internationalist Publications, 2013) £9.99

From Occupy to the Arab Spring: how the internet and social media are changing activism and movements. Includes illustrative examples of recent campaigns and movements, as well as interviews.

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Don’t forget to check out our online bookshop at www.housmans.com, with over 500,000 titles available! 

Housmans 
5 Caledonian Road 
King’s Cross
London N1 9DX
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