Falling - How our Greatest Fear became our Greatest Thrill
This is one of the most unusual books of the year and is akin in some ways of Robert Macfarlane's Mountains of the Mind, which…… Read More »
Book Reviews
Food for Life
Subtitled 'the spirituality and ethics of eating', this book has grown out of the author's Theology and Eating course. I don't know of another book…… Read More »
Golf For Enlightenment
Those of us who play golf know how uncannily the game can mirror life and will appreciate Deepak Chopra's remark that 'golf is like lighting…… Read More »
Exploring Cognitive Development - The Child as a Problem Solver
A course book with the approach of the child as problem solver both in a social, collaborative sense and in relation to their own intrinsic…… Read More »
Pathways to Child Friendly Schools - A guide for parents
Fiona Carnie is an educational consultant who has been working for Human Scale Education for the last 12 years. In this book she draws on…… Read More »
Reconciling Scientific Approaches for Organic Farming Research
This two-part monograph will be of special interest to those interested in Goethean science and its applications to agriculture. The Louis Bolk Institute has pioneered…… Read More »
Psychology and Environmental Change
A very thorough treatise on the ways in which human behaviour impinges on the environment. It sets out the many facets of our environmental problems…… Read More »
After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order
This is a very different view by a French intellectual who anticipated the fall of the Berlin wall nearly 20 years ago. His basic contention…… Read More »
The Floss on the Mill - The Re-Awakening of a Watermill
A very engaging account (by the daughter of one of the Network's founders, Dr Patrick Shackleton) of her 25 years at Otterton Mill in Devon.…… Read More »
The Atlas of Water
This is a companion volume to the equally excellent Atlas of Food. The format of text, maps, charts and diagrams enables a great deal of…… Read More »