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Peter Beresford, Jennie Fleming, and Suzy Croft, coauthors of Supporting People from Policy Press, argue compellingly for service-user involvement in social programs in this discussion posted on Policy Press’s blog. It’s a wonderful alignment of real empowerment and practical solutions.
“…if service user involvement is to make a progressive contribution to the lives of service users then there needs to be a real organisational commitment to listen to what service users say, act on what they say, and power sharing. In this way service user involvement can move beyond being tokenistic or seen as an end in itself, and lie at the heart of improving the lives of service users.”
http://policypress.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/the-spartacus-report-service-users-and-personal-budgets/
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Science Friday features a slideshow of photographs from Stanley Greenberg: Time Machines:
“In his new book,New York-based photographer Stanley Greenberg once again explores the infrastructure of modern life, this time documenting the machinery of high energy physics.”
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In the handosme hardcover volumes of the Edible Series from Reaktion Books, the secret history of the dinner table and hte long ancestry of the liquor cabinet come to life.Newcity Lit shows The Edible Series some love, particularly it’s newest volumes: Rum, Gin, Vodka, and Herbs.
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That’s just one of the things The Guardian found interesting in Kim Todd’s “charming celebration,” about Sparrows!
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The Golden Gallery in New York features a WhiteWalls retrospective. July 13th to August 5th. http://goldengallery.co/whitewalls/
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Following Aditya Chakrabortty’s heat-received Guardian column on the failure of academics to respond appropriately to today’s economic crisis, two Policy Press authors, Bill Jordan (Welfare and Well-Being) and Peter Beresford (Supporting People, coauthor), have offered their thoughts in two separate posts on the Policy Press’s site. Jordan argues for patience and thoughtfulness, and Beresford argues that service users and on-the-ground providers are picking up the political slack. This is a timely and important debate at a very uncertain time—link out to both:
Jordan: http://policypress.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/social-science-and-the-crisis/
Beresford: http://policypress.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/what-about-the-role-being-played-by-service-users-in-the-economic-crisis/
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Journalist and author Nicholas O’Connell recounts a harrowing ascent to the highest summit in North America while discussing his forthcoming novel, The Storms of Denali (University of Alaska Press).
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If I wrote about rum I get to write about pirates, voodoo, slavery and smuggling. WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE?In this interview with Easy Reader News, Rum author Richard Foss talks pickles, spirits, and alcoholic marshmallows.
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Naveen Kishore, publisher of Seagull Books, shines on in an interview at Shelf Awareness:What do you love about books in translation?
The “edginess” of literature different from mine. The “getting-under-the-skin” quality. The sense of dislocation and being “torn asunder.” And the intuitive recognition of humor across cultures!
What do you think is the future of the printed book?
Healthy. More beautifully crafted than ever before. Shine on, you crazy diamond!
More here: http://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1729#m15944
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Over at the Blog of a Bookslut, Jessa Crispin slyly recommends Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s THE SILENCES OF HAMMERSTEIN, a gorgeous book of poetry from Seagull Books, likening it to Laurent Binet’s HHhH. -
Champagne: A Global Historyauthor Becky Sue Epstein weights in on the hip-hop-and-wine phenomenon.
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Haha, okay, yeah, we know that was lame (it’s Friday, so we ask you to grant us clemency). Not so lame? Heading over to Lesley Jacobs Solomson’s website, 12bottlebar.com, and trying to win a copy of Gin! Answer the question at the bottom and this spirited book could be yours! (Heh, get it? Gin is a spirit, so it’s a spirited book…we’re going to go sit down now.) -
Attention, gardeners and plant lovers! The Barnes and Noble Review has some things to say about John Dixon Hunt’s “captivating and richly illustrated” new book, A World of Gardens.
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The New York Journal of Bookscalls Mels van Driel’s latest book on the history of masturbation, well, “a bit steamy.” Oh, and also “a well thought out, broadly focused addition to the public discussion of this very private activity.” Check out the review!
Side note: We totally had to resist making a Dawson Leery-Katie Couric reference (if you don’t get it, we can’t help you).
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White bread! So light! So pure! So attractive! But also, up to the industrialization of milling in the nineteenth century, so expensive.So begins one chapter from William Rubel’s “Bread: A Global History.” Carbo-load with the rest of the excerpt at Mother Earth News!
