The Dictionary of Human Geography
Editors: Derek Gregory, Ron Johnston, Geraldine Pratt, Michael J. Watts and Sarah WhatmoreEdition: FifthPublisher: Wiley-BlackwellPages: 1,072Price: £65.00 and £24.99ISBN 9781405132879 and 2886Every...
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Geography and Environmental Science round-up
Global Environmental PoliticsAuthors: Pamela S. Chasek, David L. Downie and Janet Welsh BrownEdition: FifthPublisher: Perseus/WestviewPages: 504Price: £25.99ISBN 9780813344423For nearly two decades,...
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Student review: Geography - History and Concepts: A Student's Guide
Author: Arild Holt-JensenEdition: FourthPublisher: SAGE PublicationsPages: 280Price: £70.00 and £23.99ISBN 9781412946490 and 6506This textbook, now in its fourth edition, adopts the "key thinkers"...
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The New Atheist Novel: Fiction, Philosophy and Polemic after 9/11
Authors: Arthur Bradley and Andrew TateEdition: FirstPublisher: ContinuumPages: 160Price: £50.00 and £16.99ISBN 9780826444295 and 4629A character in Sebastian Faulks' novel A Week in December...
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Literature round-up
The Eighteenth-Century Literature HandbookEditors: Gary Day and Bridget KeeganEdition: FirstPublisher: ContinuumPages: 2Price: £60.00 and £17.99ISBN 9780826495228 and 5235The impressive list of...
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Student review: An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory
Authors: Andrew Bennett and Nicholas RoyleEdition: FourthPublisher: Pearson LongmanPages: 392Price: £14.99ISBN 9781405859141For many a fledgeling undergraduate literature student, the prospect of...
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World War II: A New History
Author: Evan MawdsleyEdition: FirstPublisher: Cambridge University PressPages: 498Price: £50.00 and £16.99ISBN 9780521845922 and 1608435Was the Second World War really a world war - and when and...
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Student review: A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present
Author: Ellis WassonEdition: FirstPublisher: Wiley-BlackwellPages: 424Price: £55.00 and £22.99ISBN 9781405139359 and 9366Scholars of modern British history are faced with an ever-expanding number of...
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Ordinary Genomes: Science, Citizenship and Genetic Identities
Author: Karen-Sue TaussigEdition: FirstPublisher: Duke University PressPages: 264Price: £60.00 and £14.99ISBN 9780822345169 and 5343This is a book written by an anthropologist about genetics and...
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Student review: Life: The Science of Biology
Authors: David Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller and May R. BerenbaumEdition: NinthPublisher: Sinauer Associates and W.H. Freeman and CompanyPages: 1,121Price: £49.99ISBN 9781429254311Given...
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Bioscience round-up
Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary ApproachAuthor: John AlcockEdition: NinthPublisher: Sinauer AssociatesPages: 546Price: £45.99ISBN 9780878932252Alcock's best-selling text provides a balanced view of...
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The Politics of Global Regulation
Editors: Walter Mattli and Ngaire WoodsEdition: FirstPublisher: Princeton University PressPages: 312Price: £44.95 and £16.95ISBN 9780691139609 and 9616It is commonplace for reviewers to talk about...
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In knowledge terms, power is critical
While delighted to see critical thinking covered by Linda Elder's article "Reason to live" (18 February), I take issue with some of her assumptions. She offers a rather reductionist view of thinking...
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Running to stand still
Amanda Goodall states that the core business of a university is research and teaching ("Raise your game", 18 February), but a news story covering a conference address by John Haldane is headlined: "...
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Cats and dogs
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto's diatribe against cats and their owners appears to employ similar arguments to those advanced in John Haldane's diatribe against researchers: both assume an "either/or"...