Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning) by Marion Nestle Reviewed by David Lorimer Marion Nestlé is Professor of Sociology at New York University and author of many books on the food industry, including Food Politics. Here she turns her attention to the soda industry, not only informing the general […]
Book Review
The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy by Lester Brown with Janet Larsen, J. Matthew Roney and Emily E. Adams Reviewed by David Lorimer Regular readers of this Review will recall that I have reviewed every major book by Lester Brown over the last 20 years, going […]
The Man Who Could Fly: St. Joseph of Copertino and the Mystery of Levitation by Michael Grosso Reviewed by Nicholas Colloff A miracle, to quote St. Augustine, “does not occur contrary to nature, but contrary to what we know of nature.” So what happens when a miracle occurs, repeatedly, what can […]
The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire by David Deida Reviewed by David Lorimer The interface between spirituality and sexuality is a road less travelled in Western culture. While Indian and Chinese civilisation have long traditions in this respect […]
The Runes of Evolution: How the Universe became Self-Aware by Simon Conway Morris, FRS Reviewed by Martin Lockley Do we need another book on evolution? Although phrased somewhat differently, this is the question Simon Conway Morris asks, and answers positively by promising something “different.” Simon, a Cambridge paleobiologist has lectured at […]
Psychic Phenomena and the Brain: Exploring the Neuropsychology of Psi by Bryan J Williams Reviewed by Robert Charman Bryan Williams who is a Research Affiliate, Psychical Research Foundation, Texas, has written many articles on psi and has contributed the chapters on Revisiting the Ganzfeld Debate: A Basic Review and Assessment and […]
Reviewed by Peter Fenwick I confess that I’ve been a little tardy in my review and I must apologise to Network readers for depriving them of the knowledge in another golden book by James Austin. You may remember that at the end of my review of ‘Meditating Selflessly I felt […]
Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James R. Doty MD. Reviewed by Judith Asphar Part memoir, part confessional, part teaching of mindfulness, Into the Magic Shop is a paradoxical story of our times. A childhood shaped […]
Speeches and Articles 1968-2012: His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales edited by Edited by David Cadman and Suheil Bushrui Reviewed by David Lorimer Members of the Royal family are brought up in a tradition of public service and duty perhaps most directly expressed in their patronage for many charitable causes […]
Vistas of Infinity – How to Enjoy Life When You Are Dead by Jurgen Ziewe Reviewed by David Lorimer Jurgen Ziewe has been meditating and travelling beyond the body for over 40 years by shifting consciousness into nonphysical states of awareness with enhanced lucidity that gives him access to a huge […]