A while back I was con­tac­ted by Peter Roudiak-Gould who wondered if I was will­ing to write a review of his first non-academic book, “Sur­viv­ing Para­dise: One Year on a Dis­ap­pear­ing Island”. He would have his pub­li­cist send over a com­pli­ment­ary copy. Nat­ur­ally, I agreed. Apart from never refus­ing free stuff, I was also intru­iged by what Peter told me about his book. Con­tinue read­ing →