The Way of Liberation - Adyashanti
This is a short but precise book that is not so much a ‘how to’ guide to awakening but one that helps bring you to the realisation already inside you. Simple, practical and profound.
Awake: It’s Your Turn by Angelo DiLullo
A clear, practical, accessible guide to non-duality, written in an an engaging and direct manner.
The Untethered Soul - Michael A. Singer
Michael A. Singer’s book is a timeless classic on awareness and inner freedom and is as fresh and essential as it ever was.
Ootlin by Jenni Fagan - Book Review
A powerful and lyrical memoir of the first 16 years of the authors life spent in the care system. A vital, moving read.
The Power of Geography - Tim Marshall
The follow up to the bestselling ‘Prisoners of Geography’ see’s Tim Marshall examining ten more countries and looking at the role they will play in future geopolitics. Engaging and Accessible.
Book Review - The Practice of Not Thinking by Ryunosuke Koike
The Practice of Not Thinking’ by Ryunosuke Koike is an engaging exploration of the power and potential of clearing one's mind and embracing a state of non-thinking.
Book Review - Quiet: The Power of Introverts by Susan Cain
Quiet by Susan Cain helps introverts to understands themselves and their place in the world in this engaging and validating book.
Book Review - The Last Days: A Memoir of Faith, Desire and Freedom by Ali Millar
Ali Millar’s memoir is a honest and raw account of her life as a Jehovah’s Witness.
Book Review - A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney
Rob Delaney’s memoir is a deeply personal account of the short life and death of his much loved son Henry, who died just before the age of three with a brain tumour. This is a raw, emotional, darkly funny and deeply moving book.
Book Review - I May Be Wrong: And Other Wisdoms From Life as a Forest Monk - Björn Natthiko Lindeblad
Bjorn Natthiko gives up a promising career as an economist to live 17 years as a forest monk in the buddhist tradition. He shares what he has learnt in this wise and moving book.
Book Review - Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention - And How to Think Deeply Again - Johann Hari
‘Stolen Focus’ by Johann Hari is an impressively researched & passionately argued book about how our attention spans have collapsed, but it’s not our fault. Time to put the phone down and start the fight back.
Book Review - North to Paradise - Ousman Umar
Short but powerful book about a boys journey from a small village in Ghana to the streets of Barcelona, and the dangers he faces on the way.
Book Review - The Brain that Changes itself - Norman Doidge
Fascinating work of non-fiction of Brain plasticity, using case studies to explain new scientific discoveries in the field. An accessible and engaging work, even for those without scientific minds.
Book Review - Underland: A deep time journey by Robert Macfarlane
Robert Macfarlanes documents his subterranean explorations to places such as the Parisian Catacombs, ice caps in Greenland and caves in Norway. Lyrical but overly long.
Book Review - Rogues - Patrick Radden Keefe
12 collected pieces previously published in the ‘New Yorker’ about greed, corruption, the underworld and dark family secrets. Superbly researched and incredibly readable.
Book Review - When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
Paul Kalanitihi’s book is the story of a neurosurgeon who faces a terminal cancer diagnosis at the age of 36, and who moves from being a doctor to a patient. A brave, illuminating and rewarding book.
Book Review- Ghosts of the Tsunami - Richard Lloyd Parry
Fascinating and moving work of non fiction on the 2011 Japanese tsunami, focusing on a small village school where 74 children died, where unfathomable grief turns to anger.
Book review - This is Vegan Propaganda (and other lies the meat industry tells you) - Ed Winters
A powerful and persuasive book about how we can transform the world we live in by changing what we eat. I don’t think it’s possible to read this book and not become vegan.
Audiobook Review - The Science of Storytelling - Will Storr
This is a fascinating and useful book looking at the neuroscience and cognitive psychology behind storytelling. Another excellent addition to books about writing.
Book Review - I am an Island - Tamsin Calidas
A tough but inspiring memoir about surviving grief, loss and extreme loneliness on a remote Scottish Island.
