Tag: Book review

  • Palaces for the people: How to build a more equal and united society

    Original library in Mildura, Victoria, Australia which was funded by a Carnegie grant. It is now home to Mildura and District Historical Society Inc. https://carnegielegacyinengland.wordpress.com/contact/carnegie-libraries-in-australia/

    How can we bring people together? In Palaces for the People the sociologist Eric Klinenberg presents a simple but transformative idea for health, happiness, safety and healing our divided, unequal society.

  • Yoga for Men: Build Strength, Improve Performance, Increase Flexibility

    Yoga for Men: Build Strength, Improve Performance, Increase Flexibility

    Yoga for Men is a practical exercise book which provides 55 clearly illustrated postures, workouts and programmes to help readers to integrate yoga into their life.

  • Review: The ten rules of reporting journalism for the community

    Review: The ten rules of reporting journalism for the community

    Sunderland, Alan, 2022, The ten rules of reporting: Journalism for the Community, Simon and Schuster, Cammeray Alan Sunderland has a long history as a journalist notably for the ABC and SBS broadcasters. With the disappearance of so many traditional print newspapers across Australia, owing to the rise of the Internet and Social Media, Sunderland is…

  • The Big Switch

    The Big Switch

    The Big Switch by Saul Griffith (2022) is an evidence based plan to explain how we can convert to a zero carbon economy in one generation (20 years). Griffith sees this conversion process as a simple substitution process where fossil fuel inputs are replaced with renewable energy inputs. 

  • The Green New Deal

    The Green New Deal

    Table of Contents Book Review Building on earlier works What are the actions which we must carry out How does this apply to South Australia and our local regions Book details Book Review The Green New Deal (2019) by Jeremy Rifkin is a roadmap for building a new economy underpinned by electricity generated through renewable…