tobynicks's Reviews (118)

The Diet Myth: The Real Science Behind What We Eat

Tim Spector

4.0

Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel

Michio Kaku

3.0

Bad Pharma: How Medicine is Broken, and How We Can Fix It

Ben Goldacre

4.0

The Epigenetics Revolution

Nessa Carey

4.0

The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language

Mark Forsyth

4.0

The Snowman

Jo Nesbø

4.0

The Etymologicon

Mark Forsyth

4.0

The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps

Edward Brooke-Hitching

5.0

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Very good book about the truly weird and wonderful things people made up and believed about the world around us. The ones you can still see on google maps are the worst offenders!

Unnatural Causes

Richard Shepherd

5.0

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Very good book, not for the faint-hearted but not as graphic as it could be. It's more upsetting both in the strains on his mental health and the true stories of what people can do to each other. The fact it's not fiction makes it all the more poignant, and it is a very educational read.

Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows

Jason Fox

4.0

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A very open and honest account of the effects on mental health of being in the army, with anecdotes from his time serving and personal life. I'd give it 5 stars but it was a little repetitive in places, but I suppose for those who haven't experienced the slow and ever-present drag of mental health issues may not appreciate how pervasive and all consuming it is without it.