In the last month we have published the following
reviews:
available at
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews
The Philosophy of Psychiatry
A Companion
by Jennifer Radden (Editor)
Review by Daniel Callcut, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2005
Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Young Children
Effective Interventions in the Preschool and Kindergarten
Years
by Gretchen A. Gimpel and Melissa L. Holland
Review by Gerda Wever-Rabehl, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2005
The Only Girl in the Car
A Memoir
by Kathy Dobie
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2005
Raising a Moody Child
How to Cope with Depression and Bipolar Disorder
by Mary A Fristad and Jill S Goldberg Arnold
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2005
Upstate
by Kalisha Buckhanon
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2005
Handbook of Closeness and Intimacy
by Debra J. Mashek, Arthur Aron (Editors)
Review by Kendell C. Thornton, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2005
Dying to Know
Scientific Epistemology and Narrative in Victorian England
by George Levine
Review by James Sauer, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2005
On Being Authentic
by Charles B. Guignon
Review by Kevin Aho, Ph.D. on Feb 28th 2005
Exuberance
The Passion for Life
by Kay Redfield Jamison
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 28th 2005
The Encyclopedia of Stupidity
by Matthijs van Boxsel
Review by Anthony R Dickinson, Ph.D. on Feb 28th 2005
Taking the Red Pill
Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix
by Glenn Yeffeth (Editor)
Review by Shelly Marshall, B.S., CSAC on Feb 28th 2005
The First Time
What Parents and Teenage Girls Should Know About "Losing
Your Virginity"
by Karen Bouris
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 28th 2005
Nudes and Portraits
by Gordon Thye
Review by Christian Perring on Feb 28th 2005
The Agile Gene
How Nature Turns on Nurture
by Matt Ridley
Review by Martin Hunt on Feb 24th 2005
The Secret Life of Bees
A Novel
by Sue Monk Kidd
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 24th 2005
Mary Barnes
Two Accounts of a Journey Through Madness
by Mary Barnes and Joseph Berkes
Review by Tony O'Brien, M.Phil on Feb 24th 2005
Over the Influence
The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol
by Patt Denning, Jeannie Little and Adina Glickman
Review by Fred Ashmore on Feb 24th 2005
The Serious Kiss
by Mary Hogan
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 24th 2005
Essays in Social Neuroscience
by John T. Cacioppo and Gary G. Bernston (Editors)
Review by Peter Zachar, Ph.D. on Feb 24th 2005
Welfare and Rational Care
by Stephen Darwall
Review by Guillaume Dye, Ph.D. on Feb 24th 2005
Neuropolitics
Thinking, Culture, Speed
by William Connolly
Review by Matt Lee on Feb 23rd 2005
New and Used BLAB!
by Monte Beachamp (Editor)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 23rd 2005
Photo Icons I (1827-1926)
The Story Behind the Pictures
by Hans-Michael Koetzle
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 22nd 2005
The Cafe Brenda Cookbook
Seafood and Vegetarian Cuisine
by Brenda Langton and Margaret Stuart
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 22nd 2005
Position Of The Day Playbook
Sex Every Day In Every Way From Nerve.com
by Nerve.com
Review by Christian Perring on Feb 22nd 2005
In My Darkest Hour
by Wilfred Santiago
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 22nd 2005
Karl Jaspers
A Biography--Navigations in Truth
by Suzanne Kirkbright
Review by S. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D. on Feb 15th 2005
The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life
by Daniel N. Stern
Review by Marilyn Nissim-Sabat, Ph.D., M.S.W. on Feb 15th
2005
He's Just Not That Into You
The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 15th 2005
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
Review by Tony O'Brien, M.Phil. on Feb 15th 2005
Ethically Challenged Professions
Enabling Innovation and Diversity in Psychotherapy and
Counselling
by Yvonne Bates and Richard House (Editors)
Review by Diane J. Klein, J.D. on Feb 15th 2005
Purple Haze
The Puzzle of Consciousness
by Joseph Levine
Review by Dimitris Platchias on Feb 15th 2005
Blankets
An Illustrated Novel
by Craig Thompson
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 15th 2005
Me++
The Cyborg Self and the Networked City
by William J. Mitchell
Review by Nicholas Ruiz III on Feb 15th 2005
Meditations for the Humanist
Ethics for a Secular Age
by A. C. Grayling
Review by Max Hocutt, Ph.D. on Feb 15th 2005
Modernity and Technology
by Thomas J. Misa, Philip Brey, and Andrew Feenberg
(Editors)
Review by Wesley Cooper, Ph.D. on Feb 15th 2005
Gotta Get Some Bish Bash Bosh
by M. E. Allen
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 15th 2005
Crazy Babe
by Bob Coulter
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 15th 2005
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment for Health and
Mental Professionals
by Larry B. Silver
Review by Ruth Mark on Feb 9th 2005
Beyond Diversity Day
A Q & A on Gay and Lesbian Issues in Schools
by Arthur Lipkin
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 9th 2005
Movies and the Mind
Theories of the Great Psychoanalysts Applied to Film
by William Indick
Review by Mark Welch on Feb 9th 2005
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
An Account in Words and Pictures
by Phoebe Gloeckner
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 9th 2005
Wittgenstein
Biography and Philosophy
by James C. Klagge (Editor)
Review by Constantine Sandis on Feb 8th 2005
Ten Minutes to Relax
by Paul Overman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 8th 2005
The One With the News
A Collection of Stories
by Sandra Sabatini
Review by Tony O'Brien M Phil. on Feb 8th 2005
Fred the Clown
by Roger Langridge
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 8th 2005
Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability
by Paul K. Longmore
Review by Gerda Wever-Rabehl, Ph.D. on Feb 8th 2005
Magical Thinking
True Stories
by Augusten Burroughs
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 8th 2005
Walking a Literary Labyrinth
A Spirituality of Reading
by Nancy M. Malone
Review by Tony O'Brien, M. Phil. on Feb 1st 2005
Psychiatric Slavery
by Thomas Szasz
Review by Kevin T. Keith on Feb 1st 2005
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table
Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases
by Jeffrey Kottler and Jon Carlson
Review by Patricia Ferguson, Psy.D. on Feb 1st 2005
Varieties of Meaning
The 2002 Jean Nicod Lectures
by Ruth Garrett Millikan
Review by Nick Trakakis on Feb 1st 2005
The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability
For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain and
Illness
by Miriam Kaufman, Cory Silverberg, and Fran Odette
Review by David Wolf, M.A. on Feb 1st 2005
Thinking and Seeing
Visual Metacognition in Adults and Children
by Daniel T. Levin (Editor)
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005
Family First
Your Step-By-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family
by Phillip C. McGraw
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005
Descartes' Cogito
Saved from the Great Shipwreck
by Husain Sarkar
Review by Kamuran Godelek, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005
Feeding Your Child
The Brazelton Way
by T. Berry Brazleton and Joshua Sparrow
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005
The Act of Thinking
by Derek Melser
Review by Max Hocutt, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005
David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall
by David Sedaris
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005
A Physicalist Manifesto
Thoroughly Modern Materialism
by Andrew Melnyk
Review by Alan Sussman, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005
The Mirror of Love
by Alan Moore and Jose Villarrubia
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005
Thanks,
Christian Perring
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Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
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