Category Archives: Book Review

Vistas from a Mumbai slum

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

I very rarely have the time at the minute to pick up a book and read it cover to cover in a matter of days. One exception recently has been a book by Katherine Boo, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, … Continue reading →

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Pandas arrive in Edinburgh: Panda Diplomacy Revived?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

If you have watched the news today (4/11/11) you may have seen that two Giant Pandas have arrived from Chengdu into Edinburgh airport destined for Edinburgh zoo. It is thought that Pandas were used as instruments of diplomacy as far … Continue reading →

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Tintin Geographies: Global Map

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

Following initial thoughts, as mentioned in my first post about Tintin geographies, I am in the process of working through the Tintin books, and designing exercises to incorporate them into classroom teaching. But in the meantime I came across a … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Books for Studying Undergraduate Human Geography

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

On talking with some of my undergraduate students, they were keen to know my opinion on which have been the most useful general text books for a degree in human geography. Obviously modules will differ across universities and reading lists … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Books for Studying Economic Geography

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

Interested in Economic Geography? Then list may be of use to you. As I am coming towards the end of my PhD journey, I’ve been taking stock of the resources and texts that have been invaluable to me over the … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Books for a PGCE in Secondary Geography

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

While sorting things out over the weekend I came across some of the books that helped me through my PGCE all those years ago. This spurred me to think about which books had been the most helpful, and which ones … Continue reading →

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Think Like Chinese: A Review

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

Think Like Chinese: A very interesting book written by Haihua (Helen) Zhang and Geoff Baker. The book is broadly aimed at those doing business in China, but I would strongly urge anyone with an interest in China more generally to … Continue reading →

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Books…Books…Books

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

So, I have been absent from the online world for a while for several reasons, mainly that I have had a bit of an insane workload and a generally chaotic life. Now things are slowing down a little I am … Continue reading →

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