The Smoke Room
by Earl Emerson (2006). Solid, well-crafted mystery/crime yarn involving a rookie firefighter in West Seattle who is timid, failing to …
Previous articles
Why does the World Exist?
by Jim Holt (2012). Personal account of contemporary attempts by philosophers and physicists to deal with the deepest ontological puzzle …
Ten Zen Questions
by Susan Blackmore (2009; the paperback edition has just been published under the sexier title “Zen and the Art of …
The Autobiography of Sherlock Holmes
by Don Libey (2012). Cleverly done pastiche, a pseudo-autobiography – unauthorized of course – of S.H. part of “the game.” …
The Human Genome
by John Quackenbush (2011). Short, compact and concise introduction into the Human Genome Project and the underlying biology.
Dangerous Work – Diary of an Arctic Adventure
by Arthur Conan Doyle (2012). Modern edition of a facsimile of Doyle’s diary that he wrote when Doyle, at the …
Running with the Pack
by Mark Rowlands (2013). The misanthrope philosopher, author of the amazing The Philosopher and the Wolf is back at it …
Hinrforschung und Meditation. Ein Dialog.
by Wolf Singer and Matthiew Ricard (2009). Friendly (sometimes too cozy) discussion between a famed German neuroscientist and a French-Nepalese …
Jarhead – A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and other Battles
by Anthony Swofford (2003). Breezily written memoire of a marine who saw a little bit of action in Kuwait. Delves …
Cracking the Retinal Code
Silicon eyes to help people with deteriorating vision are around the corner. [PDF]
