Principled Spying – the Ethics of Secret Intelligence
This superb and highly informative book is a dialogue and exposition between Sir David Omand, former director of GCHQ, and Mark Phythian, a professor of…… Read More »
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In the Beauty of Holiness
This lavishly illustrated book researched for over 40 years tells the fascinating story of art and the Bible in Western culture, with nearly 150 colour…… Read More »
Digital Dominance
This related multi-author volume reflects on the economic, social and political power of Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple as we as a society try to…… Read More »
Anti-Social Media
Subtitled 'how Facebook disconnects us and undermines democracy', this is a timely and hugely informative contribution to recent debates on data and privacy. After the…… Read More »
HOMO DEUS. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TOMORROW
Historian Yuval Noah Harari (YNH), author of the successful book Sapiens, a Brief History of Mankind, reviewed above, ended that exposition by asking if we…… Read More »
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
One might expect Sapiens: a brief history of humankind by historian Yuval Noah Harari (YNH) to cover less than philosopher Ken Wilber's "A Brief History…… Read More »
I Have Seen It Tomorrow
This book is based on accounts from two people who have had extensive experience of out of body states. It contains some interesting insights about…… Read More »
Learning to Live Well Together
A collection of case studies based in Leicester showing how people from a variety of religious backgrounds and convictions have learned to coexist peacefully. Access… Read More »
Parenting with Values
A valuable and accessible book on twelve essential values, attitudes or qualities: security, self-respect, empathy, capacity to tolerate frustration, independence, gratitude, truthfulness, interest in the…… Read More »
A History of Physics – A Very Short Introduction
A comprehensive treatment of the history of physics in the West supporting the general idea of locating human beings in a directionless universe and the…… Read More »