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    The Mindful Manifesto

    The Mindful Manifesto

    Authors: Dr Jonty Heaversedge, Ed Halliwell
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Mindfulness / Mental Health
    A highly readable introduction to mindfulness – learning how to be, doing less and noticing more. Through the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn and others, mindfulness…… Read More »
    Critically Engaging CBT

    Critically Engaging CBT

    Authors: Del Loewenthal, Richard House
    Reviewer: Claudia Nielsen
    Category: Psychology / Psychotherapy
    CBT has become a therapy of choice for the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK following its integration in the IAPT (improving Access to…… Read More »
    The Force Is With Us

    The Force Is With Us

    Author: Thomas Walker
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Consciousness
    The material covered in this book will be familiar to many readers who have studied energy and consciousness. The author reports on scientific studies of…… Read More »
    The Composer's Dream

    The Composer's Dream

    Author: Dr. Massimo Schinco
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Music / Psychology / Dreams
    A fascinating and original book by a musician who is also a psychotherapist, exploring the links between creativity, music, dreaming and healing. The first section…… Read More »
    Grounding Sociality - Neurons, Mind, and Culture

    Grounding Sociality - Neurons, Mind, and Culture

    Authors: Gerald Echterhoff, Gun R Semin
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Neuroscience & Social Psychology
    A technical collection of papers on neurons, mind and culture. Interestingly in the light of the other book on relational ontology reviewed in this section,…… Read More »
    Catherine of Siena

    Catherine of Siena

    Author: Don Brophy
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Biography / Spirituality
    This is a vivid portrait of Catherine of Siena and her time - she achieved a remarkable amount in her short 33 years, becoming influential…… Read More »
    An Enlightened Philosophy

    An Enlightened Philosophy

    Author: Geoff Crocker
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Of Religion
    An interesting and nuanced reflection on the relationship between science and religion. The author forges a middle way between religious belief and the new atheism…… Read More »
    Heaven and Hell

    Heaven and Hell

    Author: Emanuel Swedenborg
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    I first read this book 35 years ago, and it remains one of the most extraordinary books ever written. This is a new and beautifully…… Read More »
    Religion versus Science

    Religion versus Science

    Author: Ron Frost
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Religion
    The author is a geologist who is also practising Buddhist. He takes the view that religion and science represent complementary ways of knowing. While science…… Read More »
    The Routledge Companion to Ethics

    The Routledge Companion to Ethics

    Author: John Skorupski
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Ethics/Philosophy
    Another extraordinary compendium in this series which spans the specialist and the general reader. There are nearly 70 essays covering an amazing range of figures…… Read More »
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