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    Concentration and Power in the Food System

    Concentration and Power in the Food System

    Author: Philip H. Howard
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Food Systems / Economics
    A comprehensive introduction to this pretty inexorable process, which includes large players buying up organic brands as one means of extending their control. Access to… Read More »
    Beeronomics – How Beer Explains the World

    Beeronomics – How Beer Explains the World

    Authors: Devin Brinski, Johan Swinnen
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Economics & Social History
    An engaging history of beer and its economic and social impact – the rise of craft breweries brings us full circle back to the small…… Read More »
    Thinking and Reasoning – A Very Short Introduction

    Thinking and Reasoning – A Very Short Introduction

    Author: Jonathan StB.T Evans
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology / Cognitive Science
    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 »
    Perception – A Very Short Introduction

    Perception – A Very Short Introduction

    Author: Brian Rogers
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology/Neuroscience
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    Karlik – Encounters with Elemental Beings

    Karlik – Encounters with Elemental Beings

    Author: Ursula Burkhard
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Esoteric / Spirituality
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    The Grail – Volume 3 of The O Manuscript

    The Grail – Volume 3 of The O Manuscript

    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    I reviewed the whole of this extraordinary spiritual odyssey in the Summer 2015 issue of Network Review – email me if you would like a…… Read More »
    Art, Morality and Human Nature – Writings by Richard W. Beardsmore

    Art, Morality and Human Nature – Writings by Richard W. Beardsmore

    Authors: Ieuan Lloyd, John Haldane
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy
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    Shakti Rising

    Shakti Rising

    Author: Kavitha M Chinaiyan MD
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
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    Philosophical Imagination and the Evolution of Modern Philosophy

    Philosophical Imagination and the Evolution of Modern Philosophy

    Author: James P. Danaher
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy
    A wide-ranging and accessible exposition of different philosophical schools as ways of making sense of our experience. Access to this page is restricted to Members… Read More »
    Highly Sensitive People in an Insensitive World

    Highly Sensitive People in an Insensitive World

    Author: Ilse Sand
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology
    A comprehensive and highly recommended resource. Access to this page is restricted to Members and Friends of the Scientific and Medical Network Only. Please log… Read More »
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