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Monday 6th August 2018

Summary :
Collection of essays from 2011 to 2016 broadly explaining his transition from environmental ...
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Reviewed by Roger, on 06 Aug 2018

Review of "Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist"

He has arrived at the same place as me at more or less the same time but by a slightly different route and 20 years younger than me. He spent many years involved in direct action environmentalism where I spent the time in green politics but both of us came to see the same deep flaws in these approaches. Almost every word in the book I would be proud to have written myself.



Wednesday 25th July 2018

Summary :
Organised crime from Russia and Turkey meets HM Customs via a defector from the bank that cleans ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 25 Jul 2018

Review of "Single & Single"

Somewhat unconvincing and unsatisfying. Single junior seems made up of contradictions, Single senior is never clearly drawn being a god-like father figure, Brock, the customs secret agent has power beyond likelihood, the shadowy corrupt policeman in the background is a convenient catch-all villain and the assorted Russian mobsters are charicatures.



Sunday 22nd July 2018

Summary :
A discourse on water from drops to oceans and its characteristics and quirks

Reviewed by Roger, on 22 Jul 2018

Review of "How To Read Water"

Lots of interesting titbits of information presented in a chatty style. Sometimes a bit too chatty.



Saturday 21st July 2018

2017

No Is Not Enough

Defeating the New Shock Politics

Author : Naomi Klein

Reviewed by Roger, on 21 Jul 2018

Review of "No Is Not Enough"

http://greentalk.org.uk/no-and-what/



Thursday 21st June 2018

Summary :
Serial killer's failed victim tracks him down.

Reviewed by Roger, on 21 Jun 2018

Review of "The Shining Girls"

Nasty gratuitous horror of the killings, failure to justify the time travel gimmick, confusing jumping around between participants and times. The only mitigating thing is that the characters (aside from the killer who we never really got to understand) and dialogue were ok; apart from that an unpleasant page-turner.