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    WHY ME? MY JOURNEY FROM M.E. TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS

    WHY ME? MY JOURNEY FROM M.E. TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS

    Author: Alex Howard
    Reviewer: Jane Lorimer
    Category: Health/Memoir
    This is the truly inspiring story of an "ordinary" teenager, who on the eve of his GCSEs and of realising his dream of performing in…… Read More »
    Blinded by Starlight: The Pineal Gland and Western Astronomia

    Blinded by Starlight: The Pineal Gland and Western Astronomia

    Author: Frank McGillion
    Reviewer: Richard Milton
    Category: Science/Astronomy/Alternative Science
    In the 1930s, it was common to test for female fertility by adding a chemical to a woman's blood sample. The rate at which the…… Read More »
    THE CONNECTIVITY HYPOTHESIS

    THE CONNECTIVITY HYPOTHESIS

    Author: Ervin Laszlo
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science / Consciousness Studies
    Ervin Laszlo has written a series of books on science, including The Creative Cosmos and The Whispering Pond, in which he advances the need for…… Read More »
    The Biology of Transcendence

    The Biology of Transcendence

    Author: Joseph Chilton Pearce
    Reviewer: Martin Lockley
    Category: Science & Spirituality
    Already famous for his Crack in the Cosmic Egg and other notable books, this latest Pearce (JCP) contribution is a fascinating and thoughtful exposition on…… Read More »
    SCIENTISM

    SCIENTISM

    Author: Mikael Stenmark
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Religion
    Some readers may recall my review last year of a book by Huston Smith called Why Religion Matters. In it Huston recounts a lecture he…… Read More »
    Mourning has Broken

    Mourning has Broken

    Author: Carmella B'Hahn
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Grief & Healing
    A remarkable follow-up to the author's earlier book 'Benjaya's Gifts' in which she described the loss of her five-year old son in a drowning accident.…… Read More »
    Between Death and Life - Conversations with a Spirit

    Between Death and Life - Conversations with a Spirit

    Author: Dolores Cannon
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Afterlife / Death And Dying
    A book that may go beyond the boggle thresholds of some readers, but one that does present a set of coherent views about the mysteries…… Read More »
    Oxford Style Manual

    Oxford Style Manual

    Author: R. M. Ritter
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Reference / Style Guides
    Another triumph for the Oxford reference series. One can only agree with the cover sticker that stakes its claim as 'the essential handbook for all…… Read More »
    The Cambridge Companion to The Scottish Enlightenment

    The Cambridge Companion to The Scottish Enlightenment

    Author: Alexander Broadie
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: History / Philosophy
    Alexander Broadie is the current holder of the chair held by Adam Smith in Glasgow University and is a leading specialist in the Scottish Enlightenment.…… Read More »
    The Work We Were Born to Do

    The Work We Were Born to Do

    Author: Nick Williams
    Reviewer: Janine Edge
    Category: Personal Development
    Janine Edge writes: This is an intensely practical book for eliciting the work you love and how to create the opportunity to do it. There…… Read More »
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