How Did We Get Into This Mess ? / George Monbiot

Yazar    : George Monbiot
Yayınevi : Verso
Orijinal Dil : İngilizce
Orijinal Yayın Tarihi : 2016


'Without countervailing voices, naming and challenging power, political freedom withers and dies. Without countervailing voices, a better world can never materialize. Without countervailing voices, wells will be still dug and bridges will be still be built, but only for the few. Food will still be grown, but it will not reach the mouths of the poor. New medicines will be developed, but they will be inaccessible to many of those in need.' s. 5

George Monbiot, Guardian gazetesinde politika ve çevre üzerine yazılar yazan bir gazeteci. Politika, eşitlik ve doğa hakkında kimsenin dokunmaya cesaret edemediği konulara dokunup onlar üzerine yazan bir yazar. 

How Did We Get Into This Mess? Monbiot'un çoğunluğu Guardian gazetesinde 2007-2015 seneleri arasında çıkmış olan makalelerinin toplandığı bir kitap. 10 ana bölüme ayrılmış olan kitap, toplumdan gençliğe, yabanıl hayattan enerji üreticisi vampirlere, zenginlikten savaşlara birçok konuyu içeriyor. Kitabın Türkçe çevirisi yok ama Pandora Kitabevi'nden İngilizcesine ulaşılabiliyor. 

Writing About Architecture / Alexandra Lange

Writer               : Alexandra Lange
Publisher            : Princeton Architectural Press

Original Language    : English

Originally Published : 2012

Pages                : 192

writing about architecture

I have been waiting to read Alexandra Lange's Writing About Architecture for a long time. I have read almost all the reviews that I could find on the book published through the internet; one of my favorites was at the ‘A Weekly Dose of Architecture’ by John Hill, which can be found in here. After reading the book, it still remains to be the best source to get a glimpse of what’s inside. In many reviews and book descriptions it has been pointed out that the book consists of six chapters: beginning with an article by a known architectural critic followed by Lange's review and ending with 3 or 4 questions to summarize or bullet point each chapter. Lange’s selection of articles  provides the opportunity to scroll through different era critics within a hundred year span, as well as through different gender point of views.