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    Book Reviews

    Conscious

    Conscious

    Author: Annaka Harris
    Reviewer: Martin Lockley
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    The 'adjectival' title of this book – Conscious – by Annaka Harris is appropriately concise for one of the briefest available books on the subject…… Read More »
    From a Mountain in Tibet

    From a Mountain in Tibet

    Author: Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
    Reviewer: Anne Baring
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    This book tells the harrowing story of a young boy's escape with his older brother from Tibet, after the Chinese invasion of 1959. It chronicles…… Read More »
    Consciousness Unbound

    Consciousness Unbound

    Authors: Edward F. Kelly, Paul Marshall
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    In his endorsement of this seminal volume, Alan Wallace states that 'the unquestioning allegiance of mainstream science to the materialistic reduction of mind to brain…… Read More »
    Why We Are Restless

    Why We Are Restless

    Authors: Benjamin Storey, Jenna Silber Storey
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    As indicated by the subtitle, this culturally significant book engages our quest for contentment through the genealogical lenses of four French moralists -- Montaigne, Pascal,…… Read More »
    Curing the Incurable: Beyond the Limits of Medicine

    Curing the Incurable: Beyond the Limits of Medicine

    Author: Jerry Thompson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    This book about what survivors of major illnesses can teach us very much complements the book above. The approach is empirical, looking at what works,…… Read More »
    Live longer, live younger

    Live longer, live younger

    Author: Rajendra Sharma
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    This book is nothing less than a Bible for designing a personal plan for a long and healthy life. Dr Sharma the author of The…… Read More »
    Emotional Repatterning

    Emotional Repatterning

    Author: Lisa Samet
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    Lisa Samet has a background in naturopathic medicine so it was a huge challenge when her son was diagnosed with leukaemia and had to be…… Read More »
    The Green Fuse

    The Green Fuse

    Author: Hilary Miflin
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    Subtitled 'our deep connection with the power of plants', this inspiring book describes Hilary's fascinating journey after experiencing 'feelings of supreme well-being' while following the…… Read More »
    This Life

    This Life

    Author: Martin Hägglund
    Reviewer: Gunnel Minett
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    At first glance this seems to be a book of two halves. The first half deals with our basic understanding of life in terms of…… Read More »
    Burnout

    Burnout

    Author: Stephen G Wright
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    Although this profound reflection is written within the context of the caring professions where the challenge of burnout has been intensified over the past 18…… Read More »
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