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    Money Matters – but so does Trust

    Money Matters – but so does Trust

    Author: Pietro Archiati
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Economics & Spirituality
    Rudolf Steiner's lectures on economics and money are not very well-known, but he made some important points in formulating an economy based on human value…… Read More »
    The Power of Networks

    The Power of Networks

    Authors: Christopher G. Brinton, Mung Chiang
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Technology
    This rather technical book outlines six principles that connect our lives in terms of the power of networks: sharing, ranking, the wisdom and on wisdom…… Read More »
    The New Ecology

    The New Ecology

    Author: Oswald J. Schmitz
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Ecology & Environment
    The author of this important book about rethinking ecology for the Anthropocene is professor of population and community ecology at Yale. One of the significant…… Read More »
    Water in Plain Sight

    Water in Plain Sight

    Author: Judith D. Schwartz
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Environment & Ecology
    This engaging and inspiring read is based on a number of case histories involving water innovators from around the world - people who are working…… Read More »
    Climate Shock

    Climate Shock

    Authors: Gernot Wagner, Martin L. Weitzman
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Environment & Climate Change
    Following on the Stern report, this powerfully eloquent and informative book (50 pages of notes and 30 of bibliography) describes the economic consequences of a…… Read More »
    Saving Capitalism

    Saving Capitalism

    Author: Robert Reich
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Economics / Political Economy
    This book follows up the author's earlier Supercapitalism, in which he discusses the dangerous undermining of democracy by capitalist elites. The situation has become more…… Read More »
    Grass-Fed Nation

    Grass-Fed Nation

    Author: Graham Harvey
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Agriculture / Ecology / Food
    Graham Harvey is a journalist who is also one of the co-founders of the Oxford Real Farming Conference on low input, ecological agriculture. As the…… Read More »
    From MAD to Madness

    From MAD to Madness

    Authors: Diana Johnstone, Paul Johnstone
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Politics / Military History / International Relations
    This is an unusual as well as powerful book, based on 20 years' experience of the upper echelons of US intelligence from the late 40s…… Read More »
    Discovering your Soul's Purpose

    Discovering your Soul's Purpose

    Author: Mark Thurston
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Personal Development
    This is the second edition of a book first published in 1984 about finding your path in life, work and personal mission according to the…… Read More »
    Consciousness Becomes You

    Consciousness Becomes You

    Authors: Angie Aristone, Roderick Alan
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Parapsychology / Consciousness Studies
    This fascinating book is informed not only by the authors' joint expertise in anthropology, chemistry and biophysics, but especially by Angie's sensitive work as a…… Read More »
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