Edition: Louisiana Pbk. Ed
Publication date: 1989-11
Dewey code: 973.73092
RRP: £16.95
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Review The That Devil Forrest: Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest / Louisiana State University Press:
Publication date: 2002-01-01
Dewey code: 624.092
Price: £35.00
Review Brunel: The Life and Times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel / Hambledon Continuum:
Publication date: 2008-03-17
Dewey code: 920
RRP: £12.99
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Review Red Zone: Five Bloody Years in Baghdad / Reportage Press:
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 2003-03-28
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RRP: £16.99
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Review Creating an Islamic State: Khomeini and the Making of a New Iran (Library of Modern Middle East Studies) / I B Tauris & Co Ltd:
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 2004-04-01
Dewey code: 364.1523092
RRP: £8.99
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Review The Devil in the White City / Bantam Books:
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 2003-08-07
Dewey code: 940
RRP: £7.99
Price: £3.00
Review Napoleon (Lives) / Phoenix:
Creator: Edward Pearce
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 2006-01-05
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.44
Review The Diaries of Charles Greville / Pimlico:
Publication date: 2007-02-23
Dewey code: 941
RRP: £45.00
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Review Very Deeply Dyed in Black: Sir Oswald Mosley and the Postwar Reconstruction of British Fascism (International Library of Political Studies) / I B Tauris & Co Ltd:
Publication date: 2005-04-14
Dewey code: 794.7350922
RRP: £15.99
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Review Masters of the Baize: Cue Legends, Bad Boys and Forgotten Men in Search of Snooker's Ultimate Prize / Mainstream Publishing:
Publication date: 2005-05-13
Dewey code: 294.344
RRP: £11.95
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Review Reflections on a Mountain Lake: Teachings on Practical Buddhism / Snow Lion Publications:
Authors
- Lord Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners
Publication date: 2001-05-25
Dewey code: 823.912
RRP: £7.99
Price: £4.09
Review The Chateau De Resenlieu / Turtle Point Press:
Publication date: 2006-03-31
Dewey code: 709
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.50
Review Luther / Yale University Press:
Creator: Jeffry D. Wert
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 1992-03-01
Dewey code: 973.73092
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.11
Review From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America / Da Capo Press Inc:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2008-02-21
Dewey code: 324.7092
RRP: £12.05
Price: £7.44
Review Confessions of a Political Hitman / Sourcebooks, Inc:
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 2003-09-04
Dewey code: 709
RRP: £7.99
Price: £3.97
Review Edward Burne-Jones / Sutton Publishing Ltd:
Publication date: 2005-08-22
Dewey code: 944.026092
RRP: £23.50
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Review Lights of Madness: In Search of Joan of Arc / Beil (Frederic C.) Publisher,US:
Publication date: 2008-10-23
RRP: £19.90
Price: £11.82
Review Banged Up: Survival as a Political Prisoner in 21st Century Europe / Focal Point Publications:
Authors
- Jed Woodworth
- Richard Lyman Bushman
Publication date: 2007-03-13
Dewey code: 200
RRP: £12.95
Price: £8.72
Review Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling / Vintage Books USA:
Publication date: 2004-12-06
RRP: £14.99
Price: £5.97
Review Hives and the Merlin / Icon Books Ltd:
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 2001-09-13
Dewey code: 509.2
RRP: £11.99
Price: £2.49
Review Homage to Gaia: The Life of an Independent Scientist / OUP Oxford:James Lovelock is the British scientist who gave birth to the concept of Gaia-the idea that ". the Earth regulates its climate and composition. " that neither ". we, or any living thing, [can] evolve without changing the state of the Earth". [+]But as we find in Homage to Gaia: the Life of an Independent Scientist, there is much more to James Lovelock. His life has been more like that of the pioneer natural philosophers of the Renaissance who studied "science" before the word "scientist" was invented in the 19th century. As we discover in this fascinating autobiography, Lovelock learned the nuts and bolts of his science in a very old-fashioned way by what he calls "the long apprenticeship". On leaving school he had, like many bright but poor youths in Britain until the 1950s, to start work as an apprentice chemical analyst in London and study in the evenings at Birkbeck College. For any would-be scientist Lovelock's early career is an object lesson in application, persistence and inspiration. He managed to work his way into a remarkable variety of scientific research posts in chemistry, medicine and space science in both Britain and America. Along the way he invented the electron capture detector, which revolutionised the study of environmental chemistry and discovered that CFCs are accumulating in the Earth's atmosphere and damaging the ozone layer. And then there is Gaia, ". part of science. not an alternative to religion but a complement", according to Lovelock. Much of Lovelock's work has been carried out independently of universities, research institutes or business organisations, financed by the success of his inventions. His story of the struggle to make ends meet, to develop new ideas and to try to come to terms with what it means to be a responsible "child" of Earth, Gaia is essential if at times uncomfortable reading for anyone interested in the interaction between science and the environment. Be prepared to have your preconceptions of Lovelock shaken up. -Douglas Palmer.
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