Friday Evening Book Reviews
Belief as biology is on the line and Nicolas Wade dissects THE FAITH INSTINCT: HOW RELIGION EVOLVED AND WHY IT ENDURES.
It has nothing to do with biscuit-y, bread-y things, but THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF SCONES, by Alexander McCall Smith, gets the run down at The Washington Times.
January Magazine endorses ALPHABEASTIES and CREATURES for the learning-their-letters set.
The New York Times marks Javier Marías’ YOUR FACE TOMORROW: VOLUME THREE - POISON, SHADOW, AND FAREWELL as worth the effort.
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December 25th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
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December 26th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
I’ve always been interested in the anthropological origins of religion, but I think I’ll give Wade’s book a miss. So thanks for that. From the review it sounds like a lot of nonfiction sold on the basis a fascinating proposal (and one chapter) that didn’t deliver on its promise.