Book Reviews January 2010

The Playful Brain Sergio Pellis and Vivien Pellis Oneworld, 2009 ISBN: 9781851686322 Many species of animals spend time playing, both when young and when adult. But is there any point to it. It's easy to assume that it is a way of practicing for more serious activities, but is there any way of testing this? In The Playful Brain: Venturing to the Limits of Neuroscience Sergio and Vivien Pellis describe work which has been done in this area. Continued..

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The Bloodless Revolution Tristram Stuart HarperCollins, 2006 ISBN: 0007128924 You might think that vegetarianism is a modern phenomenon - that fifty years ago everyone aimed for 'meat and two veg'. In The Bloodless Revolution: Radical Vegetarians and the Discovery of India Tristram Stuart shows that in fact people have argued against eating meat for hundreds of years. Continued..

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