Tag Archives: Book Reviews

Science: “How Tropical Forests Shaped The World” – Book Review

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Previews: Times Literary Supplement – October 8

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This week’s @TheTLS, featuring Sophie Gee on Alexander Pope; Peter Parker on Forster’s Maurice at fifty; @swajcmanearle on generations; @violetiihudson on heiresses; Donald Macintyre on Starmer – and more pic.twitter.com/kaVAu9NniZ
— George Berridge (@George_Berridge) October 6, 2021

Books, Psychology, Reviews, Uncategorized

Book Review: ‘Rationality’ By Steven Pinker (NY Times)

September 29, 2021 She Seeks Serene Leave a comment

Steven Pinker's new book seeks to "lay out rational arguments for rationality itself.” Our critic @jenszalai reviews. https://t.co/375r46GQBl
— New York Times Books (@nytimesbooks) September 29, 2021

Books, Literature, Previews, Reviews

Cover Preview: London Review Of Books – OCT 7

September 29, 2021 She Seeks Serene Leave a comment

Our new issue is now online featuring @amiasrinivasan on bestiality, @rosalyster on Louisiana underwater, @adamshatz on Richard Wright, Colin Burrow on Christopher Ricks, @moonjets on Milman Parry, a poem by @ae_stallings and a cover by Alexander Gorlizki: https://t.co/xaTOjYd3Vr pic.twitter.com/5pZxNXgiwd
— London Review of Books (@LRB) September 29, 2021

Books, Literature, Previews, Reviews

Previews: Times Literary Supplement (TLS) – OCT 1

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This week’s @TheTLS, featuring @RozDineen on Rooney, Claire Lowdon on Knausgaard and Edmund Gordon on Franzen; @RoryStewartUK on Afghanistan; @en_khong on artists’ outfits; @StevenIsserlis on Bach; @BenWilko85 on de la Mare – and more pic.twitter.com/KSPkfERmlf
— George Berridge (@George_Berridge) September 29, 2021

Books, Literature, Previews, Reviews

Previews: The New York Review Of Books – OCT 7

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Terms of Service: Individual Online Subscribers and Registered Users | The New York Review of Books

Books, Reviews, Science

Books: ‘When We Cease To Understand The World’ By Benjamín Labatut (2021)

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Benjamín Labatut's book “When We Cease to Understand the World” considers the fine line between the brilliance and darkness of human advancement. https://t.co/L8jd6W05b1
— New York Times Books (@nytimesbooks) September 24, 2021

Literature, Magazines, Reviews

Previews: Times Literary Supplement – September 24

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How the Second World War changed the world; representing the Caesars; David Hume and the good life; a lost disputation by Newton; the flawed paradise of Weimar – and much more.

This week's TLS is out now: https://t.co/gCCPQXiy3U pic.twitter.com/0JFcWzcvwu
— The TLS (@TheTLS) September 23, 2021

Books, Business, Podcasts, Previews, Reviews

Previews: Monocle Book Of Entrepreneurs (Nov ’21)

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The Entrepreneurs: We flip through ‘The Monocle Book of Entrepreneurs’, a guide to starting and running your own businesshttps://t.co/tFUHaNCrMW
— Monocle Radio (@Monocle_Radio) September 22, 2021

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Books, Literature, Magazines, Previews, Reviews

Literary Previews: London Review Of Books – SEP 23

September 15, 2021 She Seeks Serene Leave a comment

Our new issue is now online, featuring David Runciman on Peter Thiel, @LalehKhalili on who owns the oil, @xlorentzen on ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’, T.J. Clark on Velasquez, Luke Jennings on abuse at the Royal Ballet, and a cover by Beth Holgate: https://t.co/xaTOjYd3Vr pic.twitter.com/8JOw1K8Zwh
— London Review of Books (@LRB) September 15, 2021