25th December 2013 |
John McHugo’s ‘A Concise History of the Arabs’ and a whisky will keep any Academic-y Uncle type out of action for days.
Muso’s who wish they had time to write their own music (blog), Lloyd Bradley pieces together 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital: ‘Sounds Like London’.
See also: Daniel Rachel’s ‘Isle of Noise’ (Classic British Songwriting).
Buying for a boozy ex Eng Lit student, try Olivia Laing’s psycho-geography tour across the US of A, ‘Trip to Echo Spring.’
For a contrarian Tim Spector’s extraordinary epigenetic conclusions in ‘Identically Different’ will enable them to contradict everyone this Chrimbo.
Rationalists who love a good ethical nightmare might we suggest Barbara Sahakian on neuro-cognitive enhancers or smart drugs: ‘Bad Moves’.
Anyone who’s pretty much had it with biology, Aarathi Prasad’s ‘Virgin Birth’ explains how science is re-designing the rules of sex.
See also: ex-dominatrix Nichi Hodgkinson’s ‘Bound to You’.
For those who want to explore their olfactory system try a session with Sarah McCartney.
See also: Any event run by Odette Toilette.
Liberal lefties will love the sheer honesty of David Nutt’s ‘Drugs Without The Hot Air’ – will help them to get to grips with the truth about drugs.
Stocking stuffers for crafty types with political hearts Sarah Corbett’s ‘Little Book of Craftivism’
Serious fiction readers: book a bibliotherapy session with Ella Berthoud, because life’s too short for bad books.
