Non-fiction reviews
Non-fiction book reviews, looking at some of the best new publications, including hardback and paperback releases, ranging from scientific books to theological debate, art, politics, travel and history.
Dom Joly, The Dark Tourist
It’s not often that you come across a new travel writer with flare and wit, as well as a whole new direction in tourism, but in Dom Joly’s The Dark Tourist that’s
Bill Bryson, The Lost Continent
Bill Bryson has never really written conventional travel books and that’s something that’s pretty obvious straight away when reading The Lost Continent, his first ever “travel” book
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
Whatever your religious views might be, Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion is an absolute must read. It’s not really a light book to plough through, but it’s definitely worth the effort, because
Alexander McQueen, Genius of a Generation
News of Alexander McQueen’s death earlier this year hit the fashion industry hard, so it is no surprise that Alexander McQueen: Genius of a Generation has been published to
Richard Dawkins The Selfish Gene
The Irvine Welsh of the scientific literary world Originally written in 1976, and this the second edition in 1989, Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene demands a significant mental shift to
Dawn of the dumb: Dispatches from the idiotic frontline by Charlie Brooker
Dawn of the dumb: Dispatches from the idiotic frontline is basically an introduction to the hilariously angry rantings of one Charlton “Charlie”
How to Make a Tornado by New Scientist
Mad science gone wrong How to Make a Tornado was a Christmas present, so it was always going to be difficult to write a bad review about it, but luckily it turned
