Shroom - A cultural history of the Magic Mushroom

Andy Letcher clearly loves his subject and gives an insightful study right up to the present day from both a factual and cultural perspective.

A must-read book for lovers of Psilocybe semilanceata, despite the governments best efforts to dissuade us otherwise.

Now, discover your strengths & Strengths Finder 2.0

A brilliant approach to staff development that focuses on teh things you are good at and making them better - rather than trying to bang your head against a wall and improve your 'failings'



Earlier version of thebook I first came across

I am a Strange Loop

Douglas Hofstader explores further the concept of self-recursive systems and how can we each sense that we exist as an 'I' inside our heads, and that this existence seems to be the most 'real' thing there is.

How can this 'I' arise from just a collection of particles, collected into neurons, containing symbols in a vast processing machine of our brain?

As ever, his books are very readable and not overly technical and thoroughly enjoyable