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Writing tagged: ‘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, reviews

Book review: ‘The Invention of Science’ by David Wootton

A new history of the Scientific Revolution by David Wootton.

Published 13-Nov-2015
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, Science Tags: history, history of science, reading, reviews
Mr Key's Shorter Potted Brief, Brief Lives

Book review: ‘Mr Key's Shorter Potted Brief, Brief Lives’ by Mr Frank Key

A medium-sized mass of potted nonsense.

Published 12-Nov-2015
Filed under: Writing Genres: Essays Tags: reading, reviews
Darwin on Earthworms

Darwin on earthworms: small change writ large

A review of Charles Darwin's wonderful final book, ‘The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits’.

Published 17-Oct-2015
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place, Science Tags: archaeology, Charles Darwin, history, history of science, reading, reviews, science
Darwin and Lady Hope
Darwin and Lady Hope

Book review: ‘Darwin and Lady Hope: the Untold Story’ by L.R. Croft

A dreadful book attempting to breathe new life into the long-discredited myth of Charles Darwin's deathbed conversion to evangelical Christianity. File under ‘Fiction’.

Published 15-Oct-2015
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: Charles Darwin, reading, religion, reviews
Nature Book Reader
My entry in the Caught by the River Nature Book Reader.

Nature Book Reader

My recommendations for some top nature reading have been included in the updated Caught by the River Nature Book Reader webzine.

Published 12-Oct-2015
Filed under: Published Pieces, Writing Genres: Nature & Place Tags: Caught by the River, Kathleen Jamie, reading, reviews
60 Degrees North

Book Review: ‘60 Degrees North’ by Malachy Tallack

Around the world in search of home.

Published 08-Oct-2015
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place Tags: reading, reviews, Shetland
A Book of Silence

Book review: ‘A Book of Silence’ by Sara Maitland

A journey in search of the pleasure and powers of silence.

Published 03-Feb-2015
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place, People Tags: reading, religion, reviews
‘Doubling Back’ by Linda Cracknell

Book review: ‘Doubling Back’ by Linda Cracknell

Ten paths trodden in memory.

Published 02-Feb-2015
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place, People Tags: reading, reviews
Quotation marks

Primroses v Wurlitzers

George Orwell on the simpler pleasures.

Published 10-Jan-2015
Filed under: Articles, Writing Tags: reading
Books

What I read in 2014

I read 36 books in 2014. This shows an uncharacteristic degree of consistency on my behalf.

Published 06-Jan-2015
Filed under: Articles, Writing Tags: Kindle, reading, W.G. Sebald
The Making of the Fittest

Book review: ‘The Making of the Fittest’ by Sean B Carroll

DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution.

Published 05-Sep-2014
Filed under: Writing Genres: Science Tags: evolution, reading, reviews, science

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