Chew Valley Lake, CVL to its friends, has been an important part of my life – for a period of just about five years it was where I wanted to be, with my binoculars, in any spare moment. That was nearly 50 years ago and the journey to CVL was then a 40-minute cycle ride…
Category: BOOK REVIEWS
Reminder – these were this blog’s books of 2020
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This appeared in mid-November – in time for you to use it as a reminder and perhaps a guide to Christmas presents but too early to catch every 2020 book. You can’t win them all! I’ve reviewed over 40 books here this year – a record. Here’s where I reveal my shortlist of eight books…
Book review – Back to Nature by Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin
This is a very good book – and although Chris Packham is a mate of mine, that isn’t why I think it is a very good book. It’s a book about conservation issues now, and it needs to be read widely. But this isn’t a book solely by Chris, it is co-authored with Megan McCubbin…
Sunday book review – Mammals of Ethiopia by Trevor Jenner
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Reviewed by Tim Melling Ethiopia has a remarkably rich mammal fauna including a number of iconic endemics like Ethiopian Wolf, Mountain Nyala, Bale Monkey and Gelada. This new guide is exactly what visitors to this region need to find and identify the mammals of this region. It is attractively laid out and brimming with useful…
Guest blog – Natural Remedies – Gender and Pathography in Nature Writing by Jennifer Thompson
Jennifer Thompson is an ecologist and writer based in Devon. Her work has featured in print and online, including Nature Makes Us Better and Oh Magazine. If not writing, you’ll find her by the sea with her head in a book. She has just completed an MA in Travel and Nature Writing at Bath Spa, and…
Your views on book reviews here
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I asked you a variety of questions about the book reviews on this blog and these were your responses. From the results below I take it that you generally like the reviews, find them useful and they steer your purchasing decisions a bit – at least a bit. Q1: My blog, Standing up for Nature,…
Closing this evening – this survey about book reviews here
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Many thanks to over 200 of you who have taken a minute (that is all it takes) to tell me what you think of book reviews that are published here. As with almost all polls/surveys here. The first 10 responses pretty much tell me what the overall message will be. So I’ll close this poll…
Survey – what do you think of the book reviews on this blog?
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Sunday book review – Where to Watch Birds in East Anglia by David Callahan
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This book does what it says on the cover: it is a guide to birdwatching sites in three East Anglian counties. It is thus a potentially useful book rather than a work of literature. So, how useful is it? Very! The long list of sites is the right list and the information about each site…
Sunday book review – Bear Markets and Beyond by Dhruti Shah and Dominic Bailey
Like me, you may have an idea of what Bear Markets and Bull Markets are (but this book will allow you to check whether you are right or not) but how about Bunny Markets, Deer Markets and Bulldog Markets? And when you walk through the financial jungle do you know your Civets from your Pacific…