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    A Pair of Cranks

    A Pair of Cranks

    Authors: E F Schumacher, Leopold Kohr
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Economics & Society
    A series of stimulating essays by Leopold Kohr and Fritz Schumacher, originally published in Resurgence or Fourth World Review. Kohr was the first to insist…… Read More »
    How to Build a Nuclear Bomb and other weapons of mass

    How to Build a Nuclear Bomb and other weapons of mass

    Author: Frank Barnaby
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Current Affairs / Security
    A sober analysis of where we are on WMD and described in the Guardian as 'perhaps not a book to have in your bag as…… Read More »
    Techno Feminism

    Techno Feminism

    Author: Judy Wajcman
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Gender & Technology
    A book arguing that it is feminist politics rather than technoscientific advances that are transforming the woman-machine relationship against a background where technology is by…… Read More »
    Vital Signs

    Vital Signs

    Author: Worldwatch Institute
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Environment / Global Affairs
    Subtitled 'the trends that are shaping our future, this volume is compulsory reading this year as it was last, along with its companion volume State…… Read More »
    The State of the World Atlas

    The State of the World Atlas

    Author: Dan Smith
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: World Affairs
    This book is a remarkable achievement in combining graphics, charts, maps, statistics and analysis to give an overview of the world and its dynamics. The…… Read More »
    The Little Book of Organic Farming

    The Little Book of Organic Farming

    Author: Soil Association
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Agriculture / Organic Farming
    This handy illustrated pocket book gives the reader all the basic information about organic farming in an eminently digestible format that makes it suitable both…… Read More »
    The Celtic Gift of Nature

    The Celtic Gift of Nature

    Author: Alexander Carmichael
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Celtic Spirituality / Nature
    A charming compilation from Alexander Carmichael's Carmina Gadelica, featuring nature poems and prayers from the Gaelic tradition. The Gaelic is on one side and the…… Read More »
    Sod 'em at Gomorrah

    Sod 'em at Gomorrah

    Author: Chris Wright
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion/Social Commentary
    Access to this page is restricted to Members and Friends of the Scientific and Medical Network Only. Please log in or become a member to… Read More »
    Cognitive and Language Development in Children

    Cognitive and Language Development in Children

    Authors: Andrew Grayson, John Oates
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology/Education
    This is an excellent Open University textbook that can be used by the general reader who would like to grasp the essentials. Contents include the…… Read More »
    Being Human

    Being Human

    Authors: Alexandra ter Horst, Alicia Thom, Solihin
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Personal Development
    Subtitled 'exploring the forces that shape us and awaken an inner life, this is a collaborative book in which the three authors are alternating voices…… Read More »
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