Book Reviews

Formations of Belief

Authors: Katja Guenther, Max Weiss, Philip Nord

Subtitled 'historical approaches to religion and the secular', this volume offers a multifaceted and nuanced approach to the origins of secularist thought, and the recent…… Read More »

Heal the Pineal

Author: Githa Ben-David

Reviewer: David Lorimer

Category: Medicine Health

This must be the most comprehensive handbook about the pineal gland and how to heal and decalcify it, especially in relation to Hung Song chanting,…… Read More »

The Resolution Zone

Author: Barry Sears

Reviewer: David Lorimer

Category: Medicine Health

Dr Barry Sears's new book is the most comprehensive statement of his ideas in 25 years of writing books on what he calls the Zone.…… Read More »

Cracking Nature's Code

Author: J. B. Head

Reviewer: David Lorimer

Category: Science Philosophy of Science

J.B. Head is an independent scientist with a background in microbiology and industry. In this relatively technical work based on 40 pages of references, she…… Read More »

Not Born Yesterday

Author: Hugo Mercier

Reviewer: David Lorimer

Category: Science Philosophy of Science

The central thesis of this thought-provoking book about the science of who we trust and what we believe is that people are not as gullible…… Read More »

Land of Wondrous Cold

Author: Gillen D'Arcy Wood

Reviewer: David Lorimer

Category: Science Philosophy of Science

Subtitled 'the race to discover Antarctica and unlock the secrets of its ice', this engagingly-written the book tells the story of the epic and heroic…… Read More »

The Science Delusion

Author: Rupert Sheldrake

Reviewer: David Lorimer

Category: Science Philosophy of Science

This is a revised and updated edition of Rupert's book that came out in 2012, which was reviewed and awarded the Network Book Prize is…… Read More »

The Little Book of Nature Blessings

Author: Teresa Dallbridge

Reviewer: David Lorimer

Category: General

This charming book gives a series of myths, rituals and practices 'for finding calm in the natural world' - which is after all accessible to…… Read More »

Pianos and Flowers

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Reviewer: David Lorimer

Category: General

Subtitled 'brief encounters of the romantic kind', these new short stories, - some of which were originally commissioned by the Sunday Times - are adventurous…… Read More »