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    A New Science of Life

    A New Science of Life

    Author: Rupert Sheldrake
    Reviewer: John Kapp
    Category: Science & Philosophy
    Both authors write that life is a non-material influence. They eschew political correctness, putting the search for truth above personal acclaim, and paid the price…… Read More »
    The Third Culture

    The Third Culture

    Author: John Michael Barnes
    Reviewer: Martin Lockley
    Category: Science And Spirituality
    John Barnes, author and moving force behind Adonis Press, writes: 'There is no greater satisfaction for the forces of the human soul than to participate…… Read More »
    Living with Dying

    Living with Dying

    Author: Grace Sheppard
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Death Dying
    Grace Sheppard is the widow of David Sheppard, bishop, peer and England cricketer. She herself had cancer early in their marriage, but the focus of…… Read More »
    Lessons for the Living

    Lessons for the Living

    Author: Stan Goldberg
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Death & Dying / Spirituality
    Knowing we will die, how should we live? This question is at the heart of this remarkable narrative by an emeritus professor who was himself…… Read More »
    The Law, The Lawyers & The Lawless

    The Law, The Lawyers & The Lawless

    Author: Dele Ogun
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Law / Memoir
    An autobiographical account of the author's journey from West Africa to the English Bar, a journey taken 35 years earlier by Cy Grant, who at…… Read More »
    Cosmic Ordering for Beginners

    Cosmic Ordering for Beginners

    Authors: Barbel Mohr, Clemens Maria Mohr
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Mind, Body & Spirit / New Age
    The third in a series of books explaining this simple technique or relating to the subconscious in ways that shape our lives positively. Interestingly, the…… Read More »
    Travelling at the Speed of Love

    Travelling at the Speed of Love

    Author: Sonia Choquette
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Personal Development / Spirituality
    Based on original metaphor addressing various aspects of the journey of life and explaining how we can move from the author calls fear-based travelling to…… Read More »
    Just Get On With It!

    Just Get On With It!

    Author: Ali Campbell
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Personal Development
    A lively contribution to the literature on personal development and coaching, with the subtitle 'a caring, compassionate kick up the ass', a heading which forms…… Read More »
    2012 - Science or Superstition

    2012 - Science or Superstition

    Author: Alexandra Bruce
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Cosmology / Consciousness
    As the author points out, a great deal has been written about 2012, and it is sometimes hard to sort the wheat from the chaff.…… Read More »
    Letters to his Wife

    Letters to his Wife

    Author: Martin Heidegger
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Biography/Philosophy
    This rather extraordinary book gives a new insight into the life of the existentialist philosopher Martin Heidegger. His letters were collected by his granddaughter, who…… Read More »
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