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Reviews: Biography/Memoir

‘Vertigo’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘Vertigo’ by W.G. Sebald

File under Sebaldian.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture, Fiction, History, Sebaldian Tags: reviews, sebald
Darwin and the Barnacle

Book review: ‘Darwin and the Barnacle’ by Rebecca Stott

Charles Darwin’s eight-year barnacle odyssey.

Published 18-Dec-2011
‘Nature Cure’ by Richard Mabey

Book review: ‘Nature Cure’ by Richard Mabey

Nature writer recovers from depression by reconnecting with nature.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Nature Writing Tags: reviews
‘The Smoking Diaries’ by Simon Gray

Book review: ‘The Smoking Diaries’ by Simon Gray

Vol. 1 of playwright Simon Gray’s amusing and meandering reminiscences.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews
‘The Year of the Jouncer’ by Simon Gray

Book review: ‘The Year of the Jouncer’ by Simon Gray

Vol. 2 of ‘The Smoking Diaries’.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews
‘The Last Cigarette’ by Simon Gray

Book review: ‘The Last Cigarette’ by Simon Gray

Vol. 3 of ‘The Smoking Diaries’.

Published 18-Dec-2011
‘Coda’ by Simon Gray

Book review: ‘Coda’ by Simon Gray

Vol. 4 of ‘The Smoking Diaries’.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews
‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ by Charles Darwin

Book review: ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ by Charles Darwin

Darwin's first masterpiece.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Nature Writing, Science Tags: charles darwin, hms beagle, reviews
Notes From Walnut Tree Farm

Book review: ‘Notes From Walnut Tree Farm’ by Roger Deakin

The jottings of a great observer of nature’s minutiae.

Published 18-Dec-2011
‘A Year at Bottengoms Farm’ by Ronald Blythe

Book review: ‘A Year at Bottengoms Farm’ by Ronald Blythe

Book 4 of the Wormingford series.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Nature Writing Tags: ronald blythe, wormingford series

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