Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism
by Paul Boghossian
Oxford University Press, £14.99 (hb), ISBN 0-19-928718-X
The glorious Sokal booby-trap of 1996 seems to have done...
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
by Lewis Wolpert
Faber and Faber, £8.99 (pb), ISBN 978-0-571-23166-3
In some ways I feel these 243 pages are too few. There...
Fakers, Forgers and Phoneys: Famous Scams and Scamps
by Magnus Magnusson
Mainstream, £9.99, ISBN 978-1-84596-210-4
I must begin by admitting that the author of this book, who...
The Occult Tradition: From the Renaissance to the Present Day
by David S. Katz
Pimlico, £8.99 (pb), ISBN 9780712667869
The main aim of occult practices is “to...
Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think
edited by Alan Grafen and Mark Ridley
Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-929116-0
This sparkling collection of essays...
Freemasonry
by Giles Morgan
Pocket Essentials, £9.99 (hb), ISBN 13: 978 1 904048 87 9
Freemasonry is often called a “secret society”, but this seems to be...
The History of Witchcraft
by Lois Martin
Pocket Essentials 2007, £9.99, ISBN 1-904048-77-3
There is no solid evidence that real organised witch cults ever existed. Martin shows...
How to Start Your Own Secret Society
by Nick Harding
Oldcastle, £6.99, ISBN 1-904048-84-6
The title is enough of a hint that this is hardly likely to...