BOOKS
THE GREENEST NATION? A New History of German Environmentalism by Frank Uekötter
Aug 01, 2014
Written by
Mick Herron
In Germany, Frank Uekötter notes, environmentalism is so entwined with national identity it’s as if ‘Germans have finally found a type of patriotism that is truly safe’
BAGHDAD: City of Peace, City of Blood by Justin Marozzi
Aug 01, 2014
Written by
Jules Stewart
There’s an Arab proverb: ‘When Allah created Hell, he thought he could improve on it, so he added flies and called it Mesopotamia.’ Much the same has been said about Baghdad, capital city of Mesopotamia, or Iraq as it became known
THE MOOR by William Atkins
Aug 01, 2014
Written by
Roger Butler
According to official figures, our windswept moorlands account for just six per cent of the UK’s total area, which, despite drainage, grazing, tourism and other development, is only slightly less than the statistic from the 19th century
MICROADVENTURES: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes by Alastair Humphreys
Aug 01, 2014
Written by
Jonathan Wright
Alastair Humphreys informs us that he has ‘visited almost half the countries on Earth’ and indulged in his share of epic exploits: ‘I have rowed and sailed across oceans, walked across deserts and cycled across continents’
INDONESIA ETC: Exploring the Improbable Nation by Elizabeth Pisani
Aug 01, 2014
Written by
Sophie Ibbotson
Carefully selected from Pisani's years living and working in Indonesia, and also her more recent travels, the characters that populate Indonesia Etc are diverse and vividly described, fittingly for what she describes as ‘this kaleidoscope nation’
WAR: What is it Good For? The Role of Conflict in Civilisation, from Primates to Robots by Ian Morris
Jul 01, 2014
Written by
Jonathan Wright
The paradox at the heart of Ian Morris’s book is that warfare ‘has made humanity safer and richer’. Wars were hellish, but the victors created larger, more secure societies
THE MAGIC OF THE MASK: The Bolon by Michel de Combes
Jul 01, 2014
Written by
Mick Herron
The Bolon people of northwest Burkina Faso aren’t alone in practising rituals involving the wearing of masks, but for photographer Michel de Combes – whose involvement with the Bolon began as a trader in African curios – their traditions exert a particular fascination
THE FLY TRAP by Fredrik Sjöberg
Jul 01, 2014
Written by
Jonathan Wright
Hoverflies have never been so interesting. Fredrik Sjöberg, an entomologist by trade, lives on an island in an archipelago east of Stockholm
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