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    THE STAR CROSSED STONE

    THE STAR CROSSED STONE

    Author: Kenneth J. McNamara
    Reviewer: Martin Lockley
    Category: Natural History
    The main protagonists in this book about 'fascinating fossils' are several dozen species of sea urchin, some around 100 million years old. Urchin from the…… Read More »
    Sudden Genius?

    Sudden Genius?

    Author: Andrew Robinson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Culture
    This must be one of the most wide-ranging and interesting books to be published this year. Subtitled 'the gradual path to creative breakthroughs' it is…… Read More »
    Elegant Simplicity

    Elegant Simplicity

    Author: John Reed
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Personal Development
    Subtitled 'reflections on an alternative way of being', this for full book urges the reader to move beyond the limited and separative perspective of the…… Read More »
    100 Words - Two Hundred Visionaries Share their Hope for the

    100 Words - Two Hundred Visionaries Share their Hope for the

    Author: William Murtha
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Consciousness & Society
    I must confess an interest in this book as one of the many contributors - indeed the Network is well represented in the very wide…… Read More »
    Adam Bittleston

    Adam Bittleston

    Author: Kenneth Gibson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Biography / Spirituality
    Adam Bittleston is a new name to me, as I'm sure it will be to most readers. He was a priest of The Christian Community,…… Read More »
    Goethe and the Power of Rhythm

    Goethe and the Power of Rhythm

    Author: John Barnes
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Biography / Natural Science
    Essential reading for those who already know about Goethe but who are interested in knowing more about the rhythms of his life, as well as…… Read More »
    The Theologian Slave Trader

    The Theologian Slave Trader

    Author: Christiana Oware Knudsen PhD
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Biography
    This is a very unusual and fascinating book with intriguing parallels between the subject - the Danish-Ghanaian Fredericus Petri Svane Africanus, who lived between 1710…… Read More »
    Animal Pharm

    Animal Pharm

    Author: Mark Purdey
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Medicine
    This is the gripping account of Mark Purdey's campaign and the experiences that led him to question the conventional explanation of BSE and CJD. In…… Read More »
    Stress-Free Parenting in 12 Steps

    Stress-Free Parenting in 12 Steps

    Author: Christine Kutik
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Parenting
    Any parent might be forgiven for having a sceptical attitude towards the title of this book. Is it possible for parenting to be stress free?…… Read More »
    The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

    The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

    Author: Elisabeth Tova Bailey
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Nature Writing / Memoir
    A delightful and unusual tale occasioned by an illness that kept the author bedridden. She finds that a snail has taken up residence in a…… Read More »
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