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LIFE ON THE LINE: People of the Arctic Circle by Cristian Barnett
Dec 01, 2014
Written by
Mick Herron
For a photographer, Cristian Barnett has some radical ideas. ‘Not to take a photograph is so often the best way to personally engage with something,’ he says
ANOTHER GREAT DAY AT SEA: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush by Geoff Dyer
Dec 01, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
Out in the Persian Gulf there is a floating nuclear-powered city. This is the USS George H.W. Bush, an aircraft carrier and author Geoff Dyer is a cavilling landlubber, a Woody Allen-type thrown into an ultra-muscular carrier world
SAPIENS: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Nov 01, 2014
Written by
Jonathan Wright
Yuval Noah Harari has a penchant for dramatic phrases. The agricultural revolution, which began to unfold 12,000 years ago, is described as ‘history’s biggest fraud’. This will come as a surprise to many of Harari’s readers
GREAT MAPS: The World’s Masterpieces Explored and Explained by Jerry Brotton
Nov 01, 2014
Written by
Jonathan Wright
There is no finer guide to the history of cartography than Jerry Brotton, and Dorling Kindersley lead the pack when it comes to producing beautifully illustrated volumes. Here, they have joined forces and the results are wonderful
LAND GRABBING: Journeys in the New Colonialism by Stefano Liberti
Nov 01, 2014
Written by
Kit Gillet
In the wake of the 2007–8 food price crisis, when the cost of staples such as rice and corn rose dramatically, global corporations and governments began buying vast tracts of land in poor regions of Africa and South America
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA: The Struggle for Power in Asia by Bill Hayton
Nov 01, 2014
Written by
Sophie Ibbotson
Bill Hayton's rhetorical question, ‘What happens if someone shoots an archduke?’ is especially poignant in 2014 and draws attention to both the likelihood of escalation and the global consequences
RISING GROUND: A Search for the Spirit of Place by Philip Marsden
Nov 01, 2014
Written by
Roger Butler
Everyone responds to the landscapes around them, but the spirit of a place can be difficult to define. It might be linked to topography or just childhood memories
BURNING MAN: Art On Fire by Jennifer Raiser, Scott London and Sidney Erthal
Nov 01, 2014
Written by
Pat Thomas
A week-long exercise in creativity and consciousness-raising – not to mention letting go of boundaries – the Burning Man festival takes place in the middle of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert
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