Economics and the Common Good
Jean Tirole teaches at the University of Toulouse, and was the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics. In this wide-ranging and accessible book,…… Read More »
Book Reviews
Big Mind
Subtitled 'how collective intelligence can change the world', this is a very stimulating book by the founder of the think tank Demos and current chief…… Read More »
Knowing and Growing
Alan McLean is a psychologist who has developed interesting and important tools for developing ourselves and others, which he summarises in this insightful and practical…… Read More »
The Character Gap
Christian Miller is Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University and Director of the Character Project as well as author of two previous books on…… Read More »
Taught not Caught
Nicky Morgan was Education Secretary between 2014 and 2016, and pioneered the UK government initiative introducing character education into English schools through grants and awards.…… Read More »
Art of Living, Art of Dying
The author of this important book is Professor of Care Ethics and Spiritual and Ethical Questions in Palliative Care at the University of Humanistic Studies…… Read More »
The Case Against Education
Provocatively subtitled 'why the education system is a waste of time and money', this radical and subversive book makes the case for cutting rather than…… Read More »
The Survival of the Soul and its Evolution after Death
This classic book was first published in 1921, and records sittings just before the First World War. Apparently, it was a favourite text of Dr…… Read More »
One Hundred Cases of Survival
This book was first published in 1944, and remains a classic source of cases indicating survival after death, many of which are very difficult to…… Read More »
Arthur Balfour's Ghosts
Subtitled 'an Edwardian elite and the riddle of the cross-correspondence automatic writings', this is a classic and landmark study of these extensive scripts involving some…… Read More »