Book Reviews May 2010

Fun Inc Tom Chatfield Virgin Books, 2010 ISBN: 9780753519851 You know about video games - teenage boys hiding themselves away to play at shooting things. Well if that's what you think then maybe you should read Fun Inc.: Why Play is the 21st Century's Most Serious Business Tom Chatfield to find out the real nature of video games. Continued..

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Planet Narnia Michael Ward Oxford University Press, 2008 ISBN: 9780195313871 The seven Narnia books have been bestsellers ever since they were first published, and much has been written about the messages which they contain. In Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis Michael Ward argues for a previously unrecognised link of each book to one of the medieval planets. Continued..

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Death in Venice Thomas Mann Vintage, 1912 ISBN: 9780099428657 Death in Venice and Other Stories is a coolection of short stories by Thomas Mann - the title story has been made into a well known film. Continued..

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Life Ascending Nick Lane Profile Books, 2009 ISBN: 9781861978486 In Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution, Nick Lane tells the reader how ten of the most important steps in the development of life on Earth are thought to have come about. These steps are the origin of life, DNA, photosynthesis, the complex cell, sex, movement, sight, hot blood, consciousness and death. Continued..

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The Duck that Won the Lottery Julian Baggini Granta, 2008 ISBN: 9781847080431 As you go through life you'll find lots of people trying to persuade you of their point of view. So how do you decide whether to accept what they say? In The Duck That Won the Lottery: and 99 Other Bad Arguments Julian Baggini tells you ways of identifying dubious arguments. Continued..

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