SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR GOD MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE COLLINS/FOUNT PAPERBACKS 1977 PART I Chapter 1: Something Beautiful for God I should explain, in the first place, that Mother Teresa has requested that nothing in the nature of a biography or biographical study of her should be attempted. ‘Christ’s life’, she wrote to me, ‘was not written during …
Book review These are some snippets from Part 3 of The Eskimo Diet: How to Avoid Heart Attack by Dr. Reg Saynor and Dr. Franklin Ryan reviewed below: “These four key papers are what is known as review papers – detailed, impartial summaries of all the research done to date on an important subject, written …
Book review Introduction: The perils of indifference Elie Wiesel’s millennium address on the ‘perils of indifference’ contains eternal truths and pinpoints the essence of all decent civilization. “We are on the threshold of a new century, a new millennium. What will the legacy of this vanishing century be? How will it be remembered in the …
2010 Diary week 50 Climate Change: A strategy for action Book Review Below you will find Part 5 of the continuation of the review of Chapter 11 of Global Warming: The Complete Briefing by John Houghton with the title ‘Energy and Transport for the Future’. These are some snippets: “Hydroelectric schemes so not have to …
MOTHER TERESA PART I A life of service A life of service is out of fashion today when success is measured by the size of your greed and how well you manipulate the financial system to your personal benefit. But what gives work real meaning is when it is done in the service of others. …
Book review These are some snippets from Part 2 of The Eskimo Diet: How to Avoid Heart Attack by Dr. Reg Saynor and Dr. Franklin Ryan reviewed below: “Compared to cholesterol research, the work done on the beneficial effects of fish oil has seen very little disagreement. A single review article published in 1988 in …
2010 Diary week 49 Climate Change: A Strategy for Action Book Review Below you will find Part 4 of the review of Chapter 11 of Global Warming: The Complete Briefing by John Houghton with the title ‘Energy and Transport for the Future’. These are some snippets: “In 1990 the world consumption of energy was about …
2010 week 49 Book review In Olive and Olive Oil: Mediterranean Diet 100 Greek and Cypriot Recipes by Katerina Tsouchtidi we are told that the Mediterranean Diet is a combination of foods that are perfectly balanced, guaranteeing long life, health and a positive psychological outlook. A study showed that rates of deaths from heart disease …
2010 Diary week 48 Climate Change: A strategy for action Book Review Below you will find Part 3 of the review of Chapter 10 of Global Warming: The Complete Briefing by John Houghton with the title ‘A Strategy for Action to Slow and Stabilize Climate Change’. These are the conclusions. Summary of the action required …
2010 Diary week 47 Climate Change Book Review Below you will find Part 6 of the review of Climate Change: Turning up the Heat by A. Barrie Pittock. These are some snippets: “The IPCC report in 2001 summarised the impacts of climate change under 5 categories or ‘reasons for concern’, as follows: Risks to unique …
