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Oli Franklin-Wallis Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Oliver Franklin-Wallis is a contributing editor at WIRED UK. Features editor @BritishGQ. Writer for @WIREDUK, @guardian, etc. My first book WASTELAND, about the waste crisis, is out now. ‘Franklin-Wells’ - the New Yorker

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Book Cover for: History of Shit, Dominique Laporte

History of Shit

Dominique Laporte
Oli Franklin-WallisOli Franklin-Wallis

Surely one of the best book covers ever (from Dominique Laporte's 1978 "History Of Shit") https://t.co/J8FOHJla7P

Paperback, 2002

$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse, David Owen

The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse

David Owen
Oli Franklin-WallisOli Franklin-Wallis

Rebound effects like this is one reason why David Owen’s book ‘The Conundrum’ is one of the most important books I think I’ve ever read about climate change. https://t.co/j3NQNwiFkg

Paperback, 2012

$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Who Woke the Baby?, Jane Clarke

Who Woke the Baby?

Jane Clarke
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@rhiannonlucyc My eldests' favourite books when she was that age were Who Woke The Baby? by Jane Clarke. We also loved Blueberry Girl by @neilhimself. (And Pirate Stew when slightly older.)

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Book Cover for: Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World, Gaia Vince

Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World

Gaia Vince
Oli Franklin-WallisOli Franklin-Wallis

I'm very lucky to have read some of this and can confirm it's going to be brilliant - an urgent topic perfectly timed by the always ace @WanderingGaia

Paperback, 2023

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: How to Love Animals: In a Human-Shaped World, Henry Mance

How to Love Animals: In a Human-Shaped World

Henry Mance
Oli Franklin-WallisOli Franklin-Wallis

You should buy Henry’s excellent book, which changed the way I eat and buy things in small and large ways.

Hardcover, 2021

$27.00Member price:$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils, David Farrier

Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils

David Farrier
Oli Franklin-WallisOli Franklin-Wallis

Not new, but I absolutely loved Footprints by @David_Farrier - some of the best nature/science writing I've enjoyed in years. https://t.co/79xTd0shs8

Paperback, 2021

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Contamination of the Earth: A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age, Francois Jarrige

The Contamination of the Earth: A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age

Francois Jarrige
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(From Contaminations Of The Earth: A History Of Pollutions in the Industrial Age, by Francois Jarrige and Thomas Le Roux)

Paperback, 2021

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book