The Idler
25th January 2010, 20:30
Bookshop Barnies are nothing less than a reinvention of the book launch format. These salon type discussions challenge the author to justify their work in front of an invited audience of specialists and critics. Unlike most book lauches where the most challenging task for the author is to sign so many autographs, Bookshop Barnies force them to take a stand for their ideas. Bookshop Barnies are also invite only.
http://www.futurecities.org.uk/images/Foyles.bmp (http://www.foyles.co.uk/) Barnies at Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London
READ TESTIMONIALS HERE (http://www.futurecities.org.uk/testimonial.html)
Future Bookshop Barnies...
28 January 2010
http://www.futurecities.org.uk/images/trotsky.jpg (http://www.foyles.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781405053464&sf_01=kword_index&st_01=trotsky%2Ba%2Bbiography&sort=eh_nbd_rank/d&x=23&y=10&m=10&dc=18)Robert Service on 'Trotsky: A Biography'. (Macmillan)
Robert Service is the well-respected biographical author of "Stalin" and "Lenin". This book is the culmination of his triptych study of the central political figures in the formulation of the Soviet Union. This book seeks to put the record straight and reveal Trotsky - not as the hagiographies (and Trotsky's own words) describe him, but as a 'beguiling' radical with 'a lust for dictatorship' who 'trampled on the civil rights of millions'.
Does he deserve your vote, or your ice-pick? Are you a Bolshevik or Menshevik? Come along and find out more. And remember Trotsky's words, that 'in a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time'.
E:mail Bookshop Barnies here if you'd like to come ([email protected])
http://www.futurecities.org.uk/images/Foyles.bmp (http://www.foyles.co.uk/) Barnies at Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London
READ TESTIMONIALS HERE (http://www.futurecities.org.uk/testimonial.html)
Future Bookshop Barnies...
28 January 2010
http://www.futurecities.org.uk/images/trotsky.jpg (http://www.foyles.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781405053464&sf_01=kword_index&st_01=trotsky%2Ba%2Bbiography&sort=eh_nbd_rank/d&x=23&y=10&m=10&dc=18)Robert Service on 'Trotsky: A Biography'. (Macmillan)
Robert Service is the well-respected biographical author of "Stalin" and "Lenin". This book is the culmination of his triptych study of the central political figures in the formulation of the Soviet Union. This book seeks to put the record straight and reveal Trotsky - not as the hagiographies (and Trotsky's own words) describe him, but as a 'beguiling' radical with 'a lust for dictatorship' who 'trampled on the civil rights of millions'.
Does he deserve your vote, or your ice-pick? Are you a Bolshevik or Menshevik? Come along and find out more. And remember Trotsky's words, that 'in a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time'.
E:mail Bookshop Barnies here if you'd like to come ([email protected])