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TIBET: An Unfinished Story by Lezlee Brown Halper and Stefan Halper
May 01, 2014
Written by
Jules Stewart
Defenceless within, undefended without, Tibet remains a victim of the Cold War. Today, only the exiled Dalai Lama survives as a symbol of Tibet’s will to survive and a moral challenge to Chinese occupation
ACTS OF UNION AND DISUNION by Linda Colley
Apr 01, 2014
Written by
Jonathan Wright
With a referendum on Scottish independence in the offing, it’s a good time to ask the question contained within this book’s subtitle: ‘What has held the UK together and what is dividing it?’
MAPPING THE NEW WORLD: Renaissance Maps from the American Museum in Britain by Anne Armitage and Laura Beresford
Apr 01, 2014
Written by
Jan McCann
In 1988, the American Museum in Britain – located near Bath – received a bequest of more than 200 Renaissance maps of the New World from Dr Dallas Pratt, the museum’s co-founder
THE DANUBE: A Journey Upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest by Nick Thorpe
Apr 01, 2014
Written by
Kit Gillet
Nick Thorpe, a veteran BBC correspondent, travelled the length of the Danube, Europe's second-longest river. He delved into the rich history and culture of a river that ‘carved a path, or laid a trail, for people to follow westwards’
THE CARTOGRAPHIC STATE: Maps, Territory, and the Origins of Sovereignty by Jordan Branch
Apr 01, 2014
Written by
Jonathan Wright
We take our world of neatly defined territorial units for granted. The linear boundaries are set (for the most part) and they help to guide every aspect of international relations. But it wasn’t always this way
ISLAND ON FIRE by Alexandra Witze and Jeff Kaipe
Apr 01, 2014
Written by
Mick Herron
‘Eruption’ suggests something sudden, but when the Icelandic volcano Laki erupted in 1783, the process lasted eight months and cast a shadow over the whole of Europe
FLOOD: Nature and Culture by John Withington
Apr 01, 2014
Written by
Natalie Hoare
As the UK battles one of the wettest winters on record, the arrival of this title is certainly timely. After all, floods and the damage, displacement and disease that follow kill more people than any other natural disaster
SHACKLES OF CONVENTION: Women Mountaineers Before 1914 by Malcolm Craig
Apr 01, 2014
Written by
Nick Smith
An early reference to ‘Pontius Pilot’ made my heart sink, but perhaps it was just a typo (the book has many). Unintentional comedy aside, this is a resolutely solemn trudge through its subject matter
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