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Sunday 12th March 2017

2000

Once in Europa

Author : John Berger

Summary :
Odile, born to peasant family in the alps, reflects on her life from the viewpoint of a hangglider ...
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Reviewed by Roger, on 12 Mar 2017

Review of "Once in Europa"

Strange book, the images - photos mostly from an aerial viewpoint as almost abstract patterns - are also telling a story; possibly.


Sunday 5th March 2017

2015

Nothing But Grass

Author : Will Cohu

Summary :
An event on a Lincolnshire Estate in the 19 century has echos in the last quarter of the 20th ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 05 Mar 2017

Review of "Nothing But Grass"

Very enjoyable, although slightly bitty and a large confusing cast of characters.


Wednesday 22nd February 2017

2008

Ecology of Wisdom

Author : Arne Naas

Summary :
A collection of his writings spanning 30+ years. ...
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Reviewed by Roger, on 22 Feb 2017

Review of "Ecology of Wisdom"

As the father of deep ecology he deserves to be read. As a practicing philosopher some of his argument is hard to follow. Some good stuff in there


Sunday 19th February 2017

2000

Gold Fame Citrus

Author : Claire Vaye Watkins

Summary :
Dystopian near future in California/Arizona once climate change has made it uninhabitable and ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 19 Feb 2017

Review of "Gold Fame Citrus"

OK, if slightly troubling, for the first section in California and the flight. It should have ended when they ran out of petrol, but each of them gets miraculously reborn and the tale loses its way


Wednesday 25th January 2017

1955

The Making of the English Landscape

Author : W.G. Hoskins

Summary :
Does what it says on the title
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Reviewed by Roger, on 25 Jan 2017

Review of "The Making of the English Landscape"

Fascinating, informative, at times opinionated and wholly entertaining.


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