Non Fiction book reviews
Grey Skies, Green Waves: A Surfer's Journey Around UK and Ireland
by Tom Anderson
Travel
With the ever-present threat of wind and rain, Britain isn’t the most obviously idyllic place in the world to surf, but Tom Anderson learns to love the freezing fun its waters offer. From encounters with Christian surfers praying for waves....
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Light of Lucia: A Celebration of Italian Life, Love and Food by Luciana Sampogna
Light of Lucia is a book so Italian it may as well come chasing you out of the shop with a big....
Travel
After Mandela: The Battle for the Soul of South Africa by Alec Russell
South Africa had struggled under the stranglehold of apartheid until Nelson Mandela’s....
Non Fiction
Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language by Robert McCrum
How has the English language reached out from the shores of one small island in the north Atlantic to....
Non Fiction
The Story of Stuff: How Our Problem with Overconsumption Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities and Our Health - and What to Do About It by Annie Leonard
The Story of Stuff is the American writer Annie Leonard’s description of the....
Non Fiction
Andes by Michael Jacobs
As the world’s longest mountain range, the Andes stretches its 5,500-mile bulk....
Travel
Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records by James Nice
Factory Records, founded by the late, great Mancunian entrepreneur Tony Wilson, was one....
Arts & Culture
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