Understanding the Present: An Alternative History of Science5 reviews
Bryan Appleyard

Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2004

Bracing Critique of Materialist perspective and Modernity

+ Freedom from the Monster
+ Integration Not War
+ Extremely inciteful - Read it more than once!
  
  











  



  
An English interpretation of the Holy Quran43 reviews
A. Yusuf Ali

Lushena Books, 2001

Almost Perfect.

+ No Commentary - PERFECT
+ curious x-tian
+ Beautiful cover
  
  











  



  
Ethical Know-How: Action, Wisdom, and Cognition (Writing Science)3 reviews
francisco Varela

Stanford University Press, 1999

A Jewel by a Giant

+ Virtue embodied in the whole person

This is an astonishing book, for its brevity, readability, depth, and importance for our time. In the short space of only 75 pages, Varela turns on its head most of today's common sense about where ethical behavior comes from, how we prepare for ethical action, and how wise and ethical people learn ...
  
  











  



  
The Good Earth (Enriched Classics)461 reviews
Pearl S. Buck

Pocket Books, 2005

Pearl S. Buck's masterpiece...'The Good Earth'

+ Unforgettable classic
+ If You Are Going to Read This Book . . .
+ Mentally Challenged Character
+ It's all here, in The Good Earth
  
  











  



  
A New Kind of Science330 reviews
Stephen Wolfram

Wolfram Media, 2002

Big, Beautiful and Formidable

+ A New Kind of Computer Art?... but not reality, not Science
+ An Extraordinary Compendium of Research Notes
+ Excellent
  
  











  



  
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature38 reviews
Geoffrey Miller

Anchor, 2001

Every marriage counselor should have a copy

+ Seminal Work!
+ Clever, intelligent, full of insights
+ Geoffrey Miller is Charles Darwin on Steroids!
+ My mind will never see itself in the same way again!
  
  











  



  
A New Kind of Science330 reviews
Stephen Wolfram

Wolfram Media, 2002

Big, Beautiful and Formidable

+ A New Kind of Computer Art?... but not reality, not Science
+ An Extraordinary Compendium of Research Notes
+ Excellent
  
  











  



  
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature38 reviews
Geoffrey Miller

Anchor, 2001

Every marriage counselor should have a copy

+ Seminal Work!
+ Clever, intelligent, full of insights
+ Geoffrey Miller is Charles Darwin on Steroids!
+ My mind will never see itself in the same way again!
  
  











  



  
Understanding the Present: An Alternative History of Science5 reviews
Bryan Appleyard

Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2004

Bracing Critique of Materialist perspective and Modernity

+ Freedom from the Monster
+ Integration Not War
+ Extremely inciteful - Read it more than once!
  
  











  



  
The Good Earth (Enriched Classics)461 reviews
Pearl S. Buck

Pocket Books, 2005

Pearl S. Buck's masterpiece...'The Good Earth'

+ Unforgettable classic
+ If You Are Going to Read This Book . . .
+ Mentally Challenged Character
+ It's all here, in The Good Earth
  
  











  



  
An English interpretation of the Holy Quran43 reviews
A. Yusuf Ali

Lushena Books, 2001

Almost Perfect.

+ No Commentary - PERFECT
+ curious x-tian
+ Beautiful cover
  
  











  



  
Ethical Know-How: Action, Wisdom, and Cognition (Writing Science)3 reviews
francisco Varela

Stanford University Press, 1999

A Jewel by a Giant

+ Virtue embodied in the whole person

This is an astonishing book, for its brevity, readability, depth, and importance for our time. In the short space of only 75 pages, Varela turns on its head most of today's common sense about where ethical behavior comes from, how we prepare for ethical action, and how wise and ethical people learn ...