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Book reviews

A selection of book reviews

This random selection of book reviews is not exhaustive. These reviews were published in Descent magazine and apply, variously, to titles that are published by Wild Places or, occasionally, are within our second-hand selection. Some books also carry reviews on their own page.
  • Adventures Underground
  • Alderley Edge Mines, The
  • Archaeology of Mendip, The
  • Aspects of the History of Slovene Karst 1545-2008
  • Atomic Gold
  • Bath Stone Quarries
  • Bedside Book for Older Cavers, A
  • Borneo. Memory of the caves
  • Britannia Obscura
  • Cave
  • Cave Book, The
  • Cave Formation Repair Project, The
  • Cave Pearls of Meghalaya. Vol. 1: Pala Range and Kopli Valley
  • Cave Pearls of Meghalaya. Vol. 2: North Shnongrim Ridge and the Liat Prah system
  • Caves
  • Caves of Mid-West Ireland
  • Caves of the Peak District
  • Classic Darksite Diving
  • CNCC Rigging Guide
  • De Profundis
  • Decades in the Dark
  • Derbyshire Cavemen
  • Diving in Darkness
  • Earth Colours
  • Exploring the Limestones of South Devon
  • Game Goes On, The
  • Goodluck Mine
  • Great Explorers, The
  • Hidden Worlds
  • Identifying Bats of Britain and Ireland
  • Images Below
  • In Sight of Light
  • It's Only a Game
  • Journeys Beneath the Earth
  • Matienzo
  • Mines and Minerals of the Mendip Hills
  • More Journeys Beneath the Earth
  • Penwyllt
  • Pioneers Beneath the Peak
  • Second World War Secret Bunkers
  • Shuttleworth Pot into Witches Cave II
  • Sid Perou Story, The
  • Slovene Caves & Karst
  • Spice of Life, The
  • Story of Banwell Caves, The
  • Underground Symphony
  • Visions of Mulu
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