Book Reviews


english rural landscape with grazing sheep and yellow rapeseed fields as viewed from South Downs hill in Sussex, Southern England, UK

Review: Rural by Rebecca Smith

Rebecca Smith explores the British countryside in great depth in this personal and insightful book
No Planet B climate change sign

Review: There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Year

ByChris FitchAug 16, 2023
Mike Berners-Lee addresses fossil fuels, carbon footprints, urban transport and other daunting questions about protecting the planet, making this complicated subject feel a little more manageable in 'THERE IS NO PLANET B'
Jewish and pro-Israel gathered in solidarity with Israel and in protest against rising levels of antisemitism and severe anti-Jewish attacks May 23, 2021 in New York City.

Review: Outcast by Camila Bassi

ByJules StewartAug 7, 2023
Camila Bassi addresses the double standards the 'anti-racist-Left' has when it comes to discrimination against Jews and why they are often ignored in the fight against racism
Bumper cars in an abandoned amusement park inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine

Review: Invisible Lines by Maxim Samson

ByLogan GourlayJul 30, 2023
Maxim Samson explores the boundaries and belts which bring us together and keep us apart, in fascinating detail
Migrating bar-tailed godwits are capable of flying staggering distances

Review: Flight Paths by Rebecca Heisman

ByChris FitchJul 25, 2023
Rebecca Heisman presents an engaging and unashamedly focused book on the intricate science behind migratory bird tracking
A stone and wood cabin next to a lake in the Scottish Highlands

Review: The way of the hermit by Ken Smith

Ken Smith explores the role of hermits in past societies and gives his practical advice, gathered from his experiences, on how to live off the land
Summer reading: the best books of 2023

Summer reading: the best books of 2023

ByGeographical StaffJul 18, 2023
Our 2023 summer reading list will transport you around the globe with tales of remarkable journeys, culture, history and geopolitics.
The Bou Craa phosphate mine in Western Sahara, home to the world’s longest conveyor belt

Review: Around the world in 80 ways by Stephen Webb

ByMark RoweJul 17, 2023
Stephen Webb boldly challenges our perceptions and explores the world through maps and data
Valley of the Fallen, Madrid, Franco’s burial place from his death in 1975 until his exhumation in 2019

Review: Spain, The Trials and Triumphs of a Modern European Country

Michael Reid tells an illuminating account of Spain's contemporary history, and what distinguishes it from it's European neighbours
wildlife author, photographer and conservationist Paul Sterry

Writers reads – Paul Sterry

ByGeographical StaffJul 8, 2023
Wildlife author, photographer and conservationist Paul Sterry selects from his library some of his favourite and formative reads
A Romani family

Review: Europe and the Roma by Klaus-Michael Bogdal

ByJules StewartJul 7, 2023
Klaus-Michael Bogdal explains the fascination and fear of the Romani presence in Europe and asks what has lead to this hatred over six centuries
A man plants a tree in the ground

Review: Tree Stories by Stefano Mancuso

Italian neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso enthusiastically examines the relationship between plants and humans
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