Böcker av Adrian Bailey

Lively account of the intellectual history of population geography

Wally Gobbet is an apprentice conservator who finds a medieval manuscript in the basement of the British Library: the Secret Chronicle of the Isle of Mist. Following the untimely death of his grandfather, Wally uses the book to uncover a strange new world of wizards and witches, dragons and hobgoblins, and a mysterious organisation called the Order. With the help of an unlikely group of friends, Wally aids the sorcerer Mannannan in his quest to vanquish the sinister Strifelord and the evil Buggane Queen, Malaficia, who plan to destroy the world of magic forever. Fast paced and full of wonder, "Otherworld" announces Adrian Bailey as a great new voice in the world of fantasy.

Provides an account of the intellectual history of population geography. Using a range of case studies and contemporary examples, this book links the rise and fall of the key concepts in population geography to the changing social and economic context and to geography's turn towards social theory.