Benvenuti a Chernobyl. E altre avventure nei luoghi più inquinati del mondo

This author has a weird bee in his bonnet about finding the beautiful, the friendly, the cosy and the endearing in the least attractive of places. In his introduction he describes a visit to Kanpur which says it all. Kanpur was recently awarded the title of “India’s Most Polluted City” by its nation Leggi tutto

I felt a little conflicted about this book. Taking the book at face value, I really enjoyed it. Blackwell has a surprising way with words and his story telling is at times laugh out loud funny and endearing. Overall, he's not the investigative journalist many people assume he would be with writing a Leggi tutto

If while picking up this book you're concerned this may be environmental or greenie propaganda hidden in a humorous title, worry no more. Blackwell, despite a keen sense of the environment is a genuine pollution voyeur, a main with a love of ruin. There is a good balance found within this book. While Leggi tutto

Let’s start off with a quote, trust me you’ll enjoy this: To understand the Chernobyl accident, it helps to know something about how electricity gets generated and, specifically, about nuclear power -- though not so much that your eyes glaze over.In general, power plants generate electricity by spin Leggi tutto

Like any good travel book, Andrew gives us a feel for the places he visits and muses about what it all means. Except he's not visiting Victoria Falls or St. Petersburg. He's visiting Chernobyl, the Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch, Port Arthur Texas, and other grungy places. His narrative is fun and so Leggi tutto

A great blend of entertainment and enlightenment. I read this book for research and ended but loving it. Blackwell visits seven of the most polluted places in the world. He starts off at Chernobyl and finishes at a sewer polluted river in Delhi. And although the subject and the facts were often trul Leggi tutto