fun inc Why games are the 21st Century's most serious business by Tom Chatfield the rules of the game and its business from pac man to second life naso n to MMo and an analysis of the emerging cognitive behavious of a game all the way to gameplayer guild management as a skill you can put on your CV to virtual honours a typical web 2.0 book
The Battersea Park Road to Paradise by isabel losada i admit this is the first of losada's book i had read and read it as i have read others on this totally passe othe peoples relgions road trip type subject ie 2the spirtual tourist" losada tries to be funny but ends up writing the least funny book since mark twains Innocents abroad very much in the tone and delivery of someone begiing each sentence "IF LIKE ME" and unlike some book on "living spirtualily" losada is completely without malice or carping losada goes on a journey through the five elements from feng shui to vipassana and motivational therapy all the way to a dire tripping up the amazon last section where we meet the idea that was cliche even in percy fawcetts time -the shaman who claims to experience changes but only actually ingests something yet another web 2.0 book but i at least read it to the end and expect a screenplay soon
Conceiving God: The Cognitive Origin and Evolution of Religion by david lewis willaims yet another religion what the devil is it? all the way from kalahari bush men visions to general christianity mayan ritual to therian cave art
extreme insects by richard jones this is a beautiful book with illustrations of insects that jump off the page combined with incredibly useful facts about smel insects suh as the armoured rubtaisl that live in wasp nests and an insect that attacks its predator at the moment of strike to parasite its eggs on the now sedated predator
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