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The Dream Drugstore: Chemically Altered States of Consciousness

The Dream Drugstore: Chemically Altered States of Consciousness by J Allan Hobson MIT Press, £19.50, ISBN 0262082934 The title of this book is a reference to the...

The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession and the Everlasting Dead

The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession and the Everlasting Dead by Heather Pringle 4th Estate, £15.99, ISBN 1841151114 Among the theatrical attractions of 1830s Britain was “mummy unrolling”....

The Encyclopedia of Magic and Witchcraft

The Encyclopedia of Magic and Witchcraft: An Historical Exploration into the World of the Magician by Susan Greenwood Little Brown, £17.95, ISBN 0754805816 This is a beautiful...

Annie’s Box: Charles Darwin, his Daughter and Human Evolution

Annie's Box: Charles Darwin, His Daughter and Human Evolution by Randal Keynes 4th Estate, £16.99, ISBN 1841150606 On 23 April 1851 Charles Darwin’s beloved ten-yearold daughter Annie...

The Hunt For Zero Point

Hunt for Zero Point by Nick Cook Century, £17.99, ISBN 0712669531 I walked into the bookshop, my eyes glanced from side to side and then I saw...

Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour

Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour by Kevin N. Laland and Gillian R. Brown Oxford, £17.99 (hb), ISBN 0-19-850884-0 Evolution is the central idea in...

Only One Sky to Fly in: Embracing the Reptiles

Only One Sky to Fly in: Embracing the Reptiles by Jacqueline Maria Longstaff Quester Books, ISBN 0954190440 There are two reasons why you might read this book....

Intuition: its powers and perils

Intuition: Its Powers and Perils by David G. Myers Yale University Press, £17.95 (hb), ISBN 0-300-09531-7 I had a good feeling about this book from the moment...
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