reviews

The anatomy of bias... Author:  Gina Rippon Boys and girls are different.  It’s one of the more obvious observations that one could make about the human race.  But why is that the case?  And how different are they really?  Even with the most advanced 21st century technology available, these are extraordinarily difficult questions to answer.  In Gender and Our Brains, British neuroscientist Gina Rippon presents a remarkable exploration of the science behind what makes girls and boys – and women and men – into the people they are.  It’s not nearly as clear cut – pink and blue – as [...]

The Secret History of Libraries Author: Susan Orlean Many of us hardcore bookworms still mourn the burning of the Library of Alexandria, and so a book about a disastrous fire at a library (albeit a modern and less destructive example) seems like it would be painful at best, a little anticlimactic and dull at worst. That’s where Susan Orlean’s The Library Book surprises us. It’s a factual investigation into the Los Angeles Public Library fire of 1986, the one actor/suspect who was never convicted, and a look at the history of the library, but it’s also a love letter to libraries everywhere [...]

Do All Roads Lead to the Same Place? Author: Ravi Zacharias I fell in love with Ravi, both for his intelligent and critical approach to religion and his compassion that is never watered down with weakness, back around Christmas. Ravi has a gentleness and a firmness that, combined together, create an unerring precision to suss out the truth, and not from any sort of feel good notions or even the traditional hell-fire scare tactics, but from sound and critical reasoning. Ravi showcases an appreciation for people who refuse to believe unless they have looked at the facts and examined their [...]