In this episode of 'The Books That Made Me', Ben Keene (Co-founder of Rebel Book Club) talks to Tim Marshall about the nonfiction books that have had a massive impact on him to date, including why it's important to read books that take us outside of our comfort zones and political leanings.
Tim also shares the background to his latest book 'The Future of Geography' and how the solutions to some of our climate challenges could be in space, or more specifically on the moon...
Enjoy!
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Tim Marshall is a leading authority on foreign affairs with more than thirty years of reporting experience. He was diplomatic editor at Sky News and before that worked for the BBC and LBC/IRN radio. He has reported from forty countries and covered conflicts in Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.
He is the author of Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World; The Age of Walls: How Barriers Between Nations Are Changing Our World; and A Flag Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of National Symbols.
He is founder and editor of the current affairs site TheWhatandtheWhy.com.
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Tim's choices were*:
1. Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order by Robert Kagen
2. Milestones by Sayyid Qutb
3. Cosmos: The Story of Cosmic Evolution, Science and Civilisation by Carl Sagan
*Please note due to some technical issues, the episode only features Tim's comments on book one, 'Paradise + Power'.
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