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The Seafarers
Stephen Rutt has written a devotional tribute to two liminal tribes, seabirds and the ornithologists who have sought to unearth some of their secrets. In this illuminating book, you will…
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Hurricanes Never Apologize
I find it refreshing to read such work as Carrie Magness Radna’s in Hurricanes Never Apologize. Within this short book, a collection of thirty-one poems there’s beauty in its simplicity.…
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Time Among the Maya
From a young age I've been fascinated with ancient cultures around the world, whether it be the Druids, Egyptians, ancient Greeks or indeed the Maya there's always a sense of…
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Irreplaceable
I first happened across Julian Hoffman earlier this year whilst supporting the campaign to stop the ill-advised M4 Black Route around Newport. The campaign was getting headier and I’d heard…
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The Battle to Save the Orang-utan (and all of its friends…)
Deforestation, habitat loss, threatened species, extinctions. These words were alien to me as a seven-year-old, but something blurry happened in about 1995 that brought these things to my attention. I…