Making Grateful Kids
Sir John Templeton identified gratitude as one of the key attitudes to life, and the research reported in this book has been supported by his…… Read More »
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Beyond Flying
It is perhaps surprising to learn that only 5% of the world population has flown, when nearly every reader of this publication will be a…… Read More »
Capitalist Realism
This is the author's preferred term for the economic structures within which we live, especially since 1989. He asks if there is no alternative to…… Read More »
Water Resources
Written as a textbook for students, this is an excellent interdisciplinary reference work on all aspects water and its management. A summary of contents gives…… Read More »
Snake Oil
Subtitled 'how fracking's false promise of plenty imperils our future', this is the latest in a series of informative books that I have reviewed by…… Read More »
Bankrupting Nature
Authors: Anders Wijkman, Johan Rockström
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Environment & Sustainability
This report to the Club of Rome by authors with a background in politics and environmentalism is one of the most thorough analyses of the…… Read More »
Is the Planet Full?
This multi-author volume examines the impacts of population growth through many disciplinary lenses from departments within Oxford University. The flyleaf refers to the Julian Simon…… Read More »
Divided Nations
Ian Goldin is Director of the Oxford Martin School, which includes over 300 leading Oxford researchers from medicine, physical and social sciences and humanities working…… Read More »
Spindrift
A wind-swept Peter Reason peers out of the back cover of this beautifully written account of his wilderness pilgrimage at sea - he retired from…… Read More »
Holonomics
Authors: Maria Moraes Robinson, Simon Robinson
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Holistic Science & Business
The authors of this ground breaking book dedicate it to Henri Bortoft, who was teaching at Schumacher College during the MSc in holistic science pioneered…… Read More »