Review | Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption
‘Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption’ by Mitchell Schwarzer is a superb example of urban history.
G.T. Dempsey
Review | Extinctions: Living and Dying in the Margin of Error
This book sets out, in some nine chapters, both the ‘turbulent’ journey of that one species living 3.7 billion years ago to the 8.7 million today and the human activity threatening that biodiversity.
Review | Drought, Flood, Fire: How Climate Change Contributes to Catastrophes
“Drought, Flood, Fire: How Climate Change Contributes to Catastrophes” is written by a scientist who understands how to meaningfully inform his non-scientist readers.
Review | Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin
Talking at the Gates by James Campbell is a biography of James Baldwin, one of the most influential American writers of the twentieth century.
Review | Under the Wave at Waimea
Set in Hawaii and with a champion surfer as its central character, “Under the Wave at Waimea” introduces us to the global geography of surfing.