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    Preparing for a World that Doesn't Exist – Yet

    Preparing for a World that Doesn't Exist – Yet

    Authors: Neil Richardson, Rick Smyre
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Futures & Social Change
    This US-centric book is about framing a Second Enlightenment to create communities of the future and is based on the experience of Communities of the…… Read More »
    Reforming Law and Economy for a Sustainable Earth

    Reforming Law and Economy for a Sustainable Earth

    Author: Paul Anderson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Environment & Sustainability / Law
    This is a brilliant and seminal analysis of our current systemic dynamic of unsustainable development in relation to the overall issue of global ecological governance.…… Read More »
    Good Work

    Good Work

    Author: Laurence Freeman
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    As it happens, I spent the evening with Laurence last week at the new WCCM centre at Bonnevaux near Poitiers, having driven up with a…… Read More »
    Spending Time

    Spending Time

    Author: Daniel S. Hamermesh
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Economics
    The author is a distinguished labour economist who has devoted a great deal of study to time as our most valuable resource, based on a…… Read More »
    Not Working – Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?

    Not Working – Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?

    Author: David G. Blanchflower
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Economics / Labour Markets / Social Policy
    This is a searching and incisive study of the labour market and patterns of work, especially since the financial crash of 2008. It highlights connections…… Read More »
    A Bedside Book About Us

    A Bedside Book About Us

    Author: Laura Bafford Leslie
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology / Therapy / Self Help
    I met the author of this short book at the recent SAND conference in Italy. She is a therapist focusing on the Internal Family Systems…… Read More »
    Paravision

    Paravision

    Author: Rodrigo Medeiros
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Parapsychology / Consciousness Studies
    This is a very good introduction to the theory and practice of visual clairvoyance based on the conscientology approach developed by Dr Waldo Vieira from…… Read More »
    The Pursuit of Dreams

    The Pursuit of Dreams

    Author: Dragos Bratasanu PhD
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Self Help / Personal Development
    Dragos Bratasanu was brought up in Romania and has a doctorate in satellite-based intelligence. This is the inspirational story of his life and how he…… Read More »
    Making Sense of Life

    Making Sense of Life

    Author: Richard Alabone
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Consciousness
    Richard is a retired engineer whose quest to make sense of life extends over more than 60 years, and here he presents his personal views,…… Read More »
    When Spirits Come Calling

    When Spirits Come Calling

    Author: Sylvia Hart Wright
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Survival / After Death Communication
    The author had little interest in survival and after death communication until her husband died in 1983 and began to make contact. Here she approaches…… Read More »
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