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    Awakening to Child Health I

    Awakening to Child Health I

    Author: Raoul Goldberg MD
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    The author of this remarkable treatise is a South African the doctor who has been practising anthroposophical medicine for over 25 years and has also…… Read More »
    Tapping for Life

    Tapping for Life

    Author: Janet Thomson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    A comprehensive guide to thought field therapy (TFT), a technique pioneered by Dr Roger Callahan, some of whose books I have reviewed in the past.…… Read More »
    Heilende Beruhrung

    Heilende Beruhrung

    Author: Dr Adriana Raslan
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    This is a workbook with over 100 illustrations of healing touch. It is unusual in being the work of a doctor who is also a…… Read More »
    The Disordered Mind

    The Disordered Mind

    Author: George Graham
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    This interdisciplinary book serves as an introduction to the philosophy of mind and mental illness. It considers the nature of mental disorders and what human…… Read More »
    Healthy Body, Healthy Brain

    Healthy Body, Healthy Brain

    Author: Jenny Lewis
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    A useful and informative guide to Alzheimer's dementia prevention and care, which is the outcome all 15 years research and experience as a carer for…… Read More »
    Illumination

    Illumination

    Author: Alberto Villoldo PhD
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    An interesting and therapeutic book taking the reader on a healing journey involving indigenous South American shamanism and neurobiology. The process is one of initiation…… Read More »
    Vaccination - a Guide for Making Personal Choices

    Vaccination - a Guide for Making Personal Choices

    Author: Dr Hans Peter Studer
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    Second edition of this balanced guide for parents concerned with making the right choice about vaccinating their children, a subject which has been widely debated.…… Read More »
    Information - a Very Short Introduction

    Information - a Very Short Introduction

    Author: Luciano Floridi
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science Philosophy of Science
    Another brilliant addition to this series by the founder of the philosophy of information and drawing on the work of Claude Shannon. The concept applies…… Read More »
    Overcoming Modernity

    Overcoming Modernity

    Author: Yuasa Yasuo
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science Philosophy of Science
    Subtitled 'synchronicity and image-thinking', this book constitutes a cultural critique of modern Western science using as a point of departure not only Japanese culture but…… Read More »
    The Eerie Silence: Are we Alone in the Universe?

    The Eerie Silence: Are we Alone in the Universe?

    Author: Paul Davies
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science Philosophy of Science
    SETI has been in the news, with the recent conference held at the Royal Society. This book is a far examination of the whole field,…… Read More »
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