Words in Time and Place
David Crystal is well known as the foremost scholar in language, and has produced yet another extraordinary book exploring the English language through the historical…… Read More »
Book Reviews
It's Been Said Before
A very informative and entertaining book for anyone interested in the nature and development of language, making one reflect on the nature and context of…… Read More »
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Education
This is the eighth edition of the book first published in 1941 and which of course is now online. At £30, it is excellent value…… Read More »
The Urban Caveman
Eve Gilmore spent six years developing this book as an update of the diet for the 21st-century with the strap line that giving up does…… Read More »
Go Paleo?
Many readers will have heard about the Paleo diet inspired by the work of the doctor and dentist Weston Price. The author is a nutritionist…… Read More »
Growing Biodynamic Crops
Authors: Eckard von Wistinghausen, Friedrich Sattler
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
Originally part of Bio-Dynamic Farming Practice, this manual has become a standard textbook in the field and may be of interest to gardeners as well…… Read More »
The Broken Promise of Agricultural Progress
This study draws more general conclusions from an analysis of the agricultural impact of Western agriculture on the plains of New South Wales, from the…… Read More »
Sustainable Food Systems
Authors: Adrian Morley, Terry Marsden
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
In the aftermath of the food price spikes of 2008, scholars and policymakers have become much more aware of the dynamics of food security and…… Read More »
Cheaponomics
Subtitled 'the high cost of low prices', this informative and entertaining book shows that cheapness is in fact an illusion and that hidden costs show…… Read More »
The Wastewater Gardener
Charmingly subtitled 'preserving the planet one flush at a time', this book recounts the author's work in this area over the last 30 years. As…… Read More »