[Book reviews] Review of J. E. Hoch, Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period and D. Sivan and Z. Cochavi-Rainey, West Semitic Vocabulary in Egyptian Script of the 14th to the 10th Centuries BCE

Reviews of: [1] James E. Hoch, Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, (1994), Princeton University Press. [2] Daniel Sivan and Zipora Cochavi-Rainey, West Semitic Vocabulary in Egyptian Script of the 14th to the 10th Centuries BCE, (1992), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press.

[Book review] Reviews. [1] Nicholas Crane, Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet, London: Weidenfield and Nicolson, 2002. [2] Stephen Inwood: The Man Who Knew Too Much: The Strange and Inventive Life of Robert Hooke (1635-1703), London: Macmillan, 2002

Book reviews of: [1] Nicholas Crane, Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet, London: Weidenfield and Nicolson, 2002, £20, ISBN: 0297646656. [2] Stephen Inwood: The Man Who Knew Too Much: The Strange and Inventive Life of Robert Hooke (1635-1703), London: Macmillan, 2002, £18.99, ISBN: 0333782860.

[Reviews] Turkey and the European Union: prospects for a difficult encounter

Book review of 'Turkey and the European Union: Prospects for a Difficult Encounter', edited by Esra Lagro and Knud Erik Jorgensen, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 Pp. xii þ 240; 1 table; 1 figure; index; ISBN 9780230019553; £47.00 (hb).

Geography

This chapter focuses on the barriers to all students achieving their full potential that are rooted historically in the disparate understanding of geography itself. How the subject is delivered is scrutinized from both the historical and a pragmatic perspective but, importantly, the link between past and present is highlighted as key if the subject is finally to be embedded as a cohesive, mainstream subject that allows students to fully understand the realities of their world.

[Book review] Reviews. Peter Aughton, The Transit of Venus: The Brief, Brilliant Life of Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astronomy, Orion, 2004

Book review of: Peter Aughton, The Transit of Venus: The Brief, Brilliant Life of Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astronomy, Orion, 2004, 0-297-84721-x, £18.99.

[Book review] Reviews. Scarlett Thomas, PopCo, London and New York: Fourth Estate, 2004

Book review of: Scarlett Thomas, PopCo, London and New York: Fourth Estate, 2004. 1-84115-763-5, £12.99.

Reviews [Book review]

Review of John Dee: interdisciplinary studies in English renaissance thought, Stephen Clucas (editor), Springer International Archives of the History of Ideas 193, 2006, 383pp, £ 111, ISBN 1-4020-4245-0.

[Book review] Reviews

Review of biography of Leonhard Euler - Andreas K Heyne and Alice P Heyne (text) and Elena S Pini (illustrations), Leonhard Euler: a man to be reckoned with, translated from the German by Alice P Heyne and Tahu Matheson, Birkhauser, 2007, 45 pp, £14.50, ISBN 3-7643-8332-9.

[Book review] Owen Gingerich, The Book Nobody Read: In Pursuit of the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus, Heinemann, 2004

Tony Mann reviews: Owen Gingerich, The Book Nobody Read: In Pursuit of the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus, Heinemann, 2004, 0-434-01315-3, £12.99.

A move toward hybrid interregionalism in Asia

The chapter provides a critical overview of European engagement with Asia, and reviews the contemporary economic cooperation and trade relations between the two regions. The chapter concludes with a critical assessment of the nature of EU interregionalism and speculates on the influence and actorness of the European Union in Asia.

[Book Review] The Patience Stone, by Atiq Rahimi trans. Polly McLean

The Patience Stone, By Atiq Rahimi and translated by Polly McLean. Book review by Alev Adil.

[Book Review] The age of orphans, by Laleh Khadivi

The Age of Orphans, By Laleh Khadivi. Book review by Alev Adil. Laleh Khadivi's debut novel, remarkable for its beautiful and brutal poetry, tells the story of a lost Kurdish child and the history of "this invisible thing called Iran" [From the Author]

Heritage

This article examines the concepts, definitions, policies, and practices of heritage in a contemporary context. Within recent years, there have been significant shifts in our understandings and applications of heritage concepts and policies in the modern world. ‘Heritage’ emerged as a buzz word in international policy arenas in the 1980s and early 1990s, and has since weathered the vagaries of turbulent definitional and governance–nomenclature storms, as traditional debates about ‘what it is and what it is not’ reverberate around academia and state agencies alike. Policy and funding structures for heritage are determined by the classifications used to define them in various countries. Typically, reference is made to ‘built heritage’, ‘natural heritage’, and ‘intangible heritage’, loosely reflecting buildings, landscapes, and culture. Aspects of heritage are used by the cultural and tourism industries to add economic value, through heritage tourism sites, museums, and other activities. The cultural tourism product is often anchored around notions of heritage, and in postmodern, post-tourist societies, boundaries between culture, (travel) space, and identities are increasingly blurred. Issues of authenticity become important in the representation of heritage, and questions are asked about the validity of nostalgia versus realism. The role of heritage is examined in the context of identity formulation at individual and nation-state levels, and the political aspects of this are also discussed. Finally, heritage conservation is assessed through an examination of UNESCO’s World Heritage Site listing and protection strategy. In a changing world, new constructs of heritage, identity, authenticity, and representation will continue to emerge as meanings are constantly renegotiated over time and space.