REVIEWS
MOTHER OF GOD by Paul Rosolie
Jul 01, 2014
Written by
Mick Herron
For a naturalist, there can be no more enticing prospect than the idea that ‘we could be the last generation to live in a world where [truly isolated] places exist’
THE GOLDEN AGE OF MARITIME MAPS: When Europe Discovered the World by Catherine Hofmann et al
Jul 01, 2014
Written by
Jonathan Wright
Funnily enough, many of the gorgeous sea-charts and maritime maps we gaze upon in museums and libraries never came close to a ship. Sailors took rougher, cheaper versions with them on their adventures and the posher cloth stayed at home
THE NEW EXTRACTIVISM: A Post-Neoliberal Development Model or Imperialism of the Twenty-First Century? by Henry Veltmeyer and James Petra
Jul 01, 2014
Written by
Sophie Ibbotson
The subtitle of The New Extractivism asks if the phenomenon referenced in the title is a post-neoliberal development model or a 21st-century form of imperialism. The editors and contributors of the articles that the book contains are in little doubt
THE SIXTH EXTINCTION: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Jun 01, 2014
Written by
Jonathan Wright
Most scientists agree there have been five mass extinction events during the planet’s history. Three of these usually grab most of the scholarly headlines
THE WORLD’S GREAT WONDERS: How They were Made and Why They are Amazing by Jheni Osman
Jun 01, 2014
Written by
Mick Herron
There’s a school of thought that suggests that understanding how something came to be robs it of its wonder, the same way that a magic trick, once explained, ceases to impress
OFF THE MAP: Lost Places, Invisible Cities, Forgotten Lands, Feral Places by Alastair Bonnett
Jun 01, 2014
Written by
Mick Herron
Alastair Bonnett was one of psycho-geography’s pioneers, intent on transforming the ‘generic blandscapes’ that surround us. Even the ordinary can become magical once it’s re-oriented
CITY OF LIES: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran by Ramita Navai
Jun 01, 2014
Written by
Bijan Omrani
It’s perhaps an open secret that nothing in Iran is as it seems. The regime’s strictures, pressures caused by decades of international isolation, and recent sanctions in response to Iran’s nuclear programme combined have placed extraordinary stress on Iranian society
GOING SOLO: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone by Eric Klinenberg
Jun 01, 2014
Written by
Mick Herron
During the past half-century, Eric Klinenberg tells us, ‘a remarkable social experiment’ has taken place; the long-standing model of behaviour in which humans always grouped together has been overtaken by one in which more and more of us are living alone
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