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Very interesting. And by reading this, I learned what the term "dogging" means, which I wasn't expecting to learn from a book like this. ?

Good trivia question!

Bangladesh

Every so often, water was dropped into the tray, producing huge flashes of white-hot flame that leaped as high as forty feet. A typical Starfish site might contain 14 Boiler Fires and burn through 25 tons of fuel every 4 hours.

Decoys were widely employed throughout England during the war. After an air raid on Coventry in November 1940, work started on building massive "Starfish" decoys outside nearly all major urban areas, whose purpose was to fool pilots into thinking they were flying directly over a burning city. By January 1943, more than 200 Starfish sites had been built.

A book to dip in and out of. Interesting places were highlighted (floating islands, ephemeral places, breakaway nations) and the topic of "borders" is brought up and considered.

#bookspin

From an island that doesn‘t exist (despite being on all the maps AND Google Earth), to a place between countries, to an island ferociously protected by an uncontacted tribe, Unruly Places looks at unique places around the world. Really interesting stuff, though go for the print version, as the audio is dreadful.

#ReadingAmericas2023 #ElSalvador (would also work for Honduras, Brazil, Colombia)

I enjoyed the escapism of this book and often found myself putting it down at the end of a chapter to google the exotic places described. The author encourages the reader to reflect on their own sense of place and how it can reassure and comfort but also disorientate and unsettle. This a good read for anyone curious about the human relationship to place and how our ideas of freedom, escape and creativity are intrinsically linked.

I loved this book. It's like a travelogue mixed with an anthropology text book, in the best way.

I enjoyed this very much. There‘s loads of cultural anthropology in it. Bonnett picks a place, tells its story and with it also a lot more in a greater sceme. Also, it‘s a very light read even though it‘s quite scientific.