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16 February 2020

Browsing your unfrequented bookshelves can be dangerous business.

Published 16-Feb-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: books, Charles Darwin, Darwin book, reading

Book review: ‘Humanism’ by Stephen Law

A very short introduction.

Published 05-Jul-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: History Tags: humanism, reading, reviews, skepticism, …a very short introduction (book series)

Book review: ‘The Enlightenment’ by John Robertson

The Enlightenment

A very short introduction.

Published 18-May-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, Science Tags: history, history of science, reading, reviews, science, …a very short introduction (book series)

Book review: ‘The History of Life’ by Michael J Benton

The History of Life

A very short introduction.

Published 18-May-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, Science Tags: evolution, history, history of science, reading, reviews, science, …a very short introduction (book series)

Book review: ‘The Ice Age’ by Jamie Woodward

The Ice Age

A very short introduction.

Published 18-May-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, Science Tags: history, history of science, reading, reviews, science, …a very short introduction (book series)

Book review: ‘The Sense of Style’ by Steven Pinker

The Sense of Style

The thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century.

Published 18-May-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: Culture Tags: on writing, reading, reviews

Book review: ‘Rain’ by Melissa Harrison

Rain by Melissa Harrison

Four walks in English weather.

Published 18-May-2016
Filed under: Writing Tags: Melissa Harrison, reading, reviews, weather

Book review: ‘The Edge of the World’ by Michael Pye

The Edge of the World

How the North Sea made us who we are.

Published 18-May-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: History Tags: history, reading, reviews

Book review: ‘At Hawthorn Time’ by Melissa Harrison

At Hawthorn Time

An extraordinary modern rural novel.

Published 03-Mar-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: fiction, Melissa Harrison, reading

Book review: ‘The Invention of Nature’ by Andrea Wulf

The adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the lost hero of science.

Published 29-Feb-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, Science Tags: Andrea Wulf, history, history of science, reading

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