11 April 2006
3am Interview: CRUSHED BY HISTORY: AN INTERVIEW WITH NOAH CICERO
"The book is called The Condemned. There are three short story books of about forty pages each in it. The first, 'The Warrior', is about an impoverished pregnant dancer who is on coke and painkillers while she is pregnant. The story is not about the drug addiction, or motherhood. It is about the effects poverty has on the human mind. In fact it is an anti-motherhood novel. "
27 March 2006
Our leaps of faith - Books - Times Online
Neuroscience reveals that belief and logic activate different parts of the brain, and where belief and logic clash, humans will almost always opt for belief, sticking to it obstinately despite adverse evidence. Students offered alternative sets of statistics will choose the one that confirms their prejudices, and a dogged reliance on existing beliefs shows up emphatically in matters affecting health.
13 March 2006
Salon.com Books | One spends, the other doesn't
Two new books promise to help women come to terms with money but instead sink into hysterical left-wing cliches about the gender gap and consumerism.
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