http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: books - Recent Topics en Tue, 19 May 2026 13:23:56 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18419#post-268225 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 20:06:56 +0000 unhurt 268225@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Distracted from what I should be doing by this: <a href="https://undark.org/article/nazis-aurochs-deextinction-mammoth/">Lutz in particular came to view de-extinction of the aurochs as crucial to National Socialism and the Nazi party’s ideology. He also saw it as integral to recreating the mythical German landscape of ancient times, when the Aryan race was pure and unthreatened.</a></p> <p>(And another book added to my (ever-growing) To-Read list: <em>Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things</em>) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18384#post-267166 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:17:55 +0000 unhurt 267166@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://goldenharebooks.com/event/idea-canada-evening-granta-magazine/">Publication event for Granta 141: Canada. 6pm Tuesday 5th December. £3 (redeemable against a copy if you incline that way):</a></p> <p>"Our special guests will be in conversation to discuss the new issue, the history, current state and future directions of Canadian Literature including the relationship between Scottish and Canadian literature. </p> <p>Alexander MacLeod, Canadian author and contributor to Granta 141 and Professor Rob Dunbar, Chair of Celtic Studies at the University of Edinburgh and Canadian expat."</p> <p>(I was too germy for geopoetics, but this is nice and central.) </p>