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    Beyond all Reasonable Doubt

    Beyond all Reasonable Doubt

    Author: Michael Meredith
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion / Science
    In his foreword to Michael Meredith's book Archbishop Rowan Williams writes that it is 'the record of a life seeking understanding'. This is exactly right…… Read More »
    Common Objects of Love

    Common Objects of Love

    Author: Oliver O'Donovan
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Theology / Ethics
    A series of three lectures by the Oxford Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology on moral reflection and the shaping of community in action…… Read More »
    IS, Spiritual Wisdom for a Chaotic Age

    IS, Spiritual Wisdom for a Chaotic Age

    Author: Conor Patterson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    The story of a young man's spiritual awakening through an exceptional vision that leads him to question the basis of morality and everyday identity. The…… Read More »
    New Life

    New Life

    Author: William Wray
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Personal Development
    An unusual and useful book, whose author has taught at the School of Economic Science in London for 20 years. The most basic practice here…… Read More »
    The Vaccine Guide - Risks and Benefits for Children and Aduts

    The Vaccine Guide - Risks and Benefits for Children and Aduts

    Author: Randall Neustaedter
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Health & Medicine
    The author of this authoritative study has practised homoeopathy and Oriental Medicine since 1975 and has a thorough grounding in the differing philosophies informing holistic…… Read More »
    Prozac Free

    Prozac Free

    Authors: Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, Robert Ullman
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Alternative Medicine / Homeopathy / Mental Health
    Intriguingly subtitled 'Homeopathic Alternatives to Conventional Drug Therapies' this book is a first of its kind in setting out in some detail case histories of…… Read More »
    The Deadly Truth, A History of Disease in America

    The Deadly Truth, A History of Disease in America

    Author: Gerald N. Grob
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: History Of Medicine
    This is a remarkable work by the Emeritus Professor of the History of Medicine at Rutgers. It traces patterns of disease and morbidity from Pre-Columbian…… Read More »
    The Vivaxis Connection: Healing Through Earth Energies

    The Vivaxis Connection: Healing Through Earth Energies

    Author: Judy Jacka
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Energy Medicine / Earth Energies
    The Vivaxis connection is defined as our life axis or energy connection to the Earth and its life-supporting energies, which, according the to Canadian researcher…… Read More »
    Divine Light, Yoga Systems with Their Secret Techniques

    Divine Light, Yoga Systems with Their Secret Techniques

    Author: S K Das
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Yoga & Spirituality
    A reprint of a popular work on yoga that first came out 50 years ago. There is a great depth of insight here as well…… Read More »
    Transplants

    Transplants

    Author: Sir Peter Morris
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medical Ethics
    A first-rate collection of essays in the 'Ethical Eye' series that also includes books on the human genome and cloning. Many of the ethical issues…… Read More »
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