In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_index.php?idx=news

Muses, Madmen, and Prophets
Rethinking the History, Science, and Meaning of Auditory Hallucination
by Daniel B. Smith
Review by Elizabeth Donaldson, Ph.D. on Dec 4th 2007

Freud
Inventor of the Modern Mind
by Peter D. Kramer
Review by Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.A., M.P.H. on Dec 4th 2007

Medicating Modern America
Prescription Drugs in History
by Andrea Tone and Elizabeth Watkins (Editors)
Review by Benjamin J. Lovett, Ph.D. on Dec 4th 2007

Black Mass
Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia
by John Gray
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Dec 4th 2007

The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic
by G. R. F. Ferrari (Editor)
Review by Edward Butler, Ph.D. on Dec 4th 2007

How to Cook Everything Vegetarian
Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food
by Mark Bittman
Review by Christian Perring on Dec 4th 2007

Teenage
The Creation of Youth Culture
by Jon Savage
Review by George Williamson, Ph.D. on Dec 4th 2007

Notes on a Scandal
DVD
by Richard Eyre (Director)
Review by Christian Perring on Dec 4th 2007

Like You'd Understand, Anyway
Stories
by Jim Shepard
Review by Tony O'Brien on Dec 4th 2007

Songs Without Words
A Novel
by Ann Packer
Review by Christian Perring on Dec 4th 2007

Student Depression
A Silent Crisis in Our Schools and Communities
by Marcel Lebrun
Review by Beth T. Cholette, Ph.D. on Dec 4th 2007

Easy Yoga
Any Age - Any Place - Any Time
by Jude Reignier
Review by Christian Perring on Dec 4th 2007

Psychiatric Power
Lectures at the College de France 1973-1974
by Michel Foucault
Review by Kamuran Godelek, Ph.D. on Nov 27th 2007

How Doctors Think
by Jerome Groopman
Review by Benjamin J. Lovett, Ph.D. on Nov 27th 2007

The Evolving World
Evolution in Everyday Life
by David P. Mindell
Review by Jelle De Schrijver on Nov 27th 2007

Simulating Minds
The Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience of Mindreading
by Alvin I. Goldman
Review by Rachel Cooper, Ph.D. on Nov 27th 2007

Testimony
by Gillian Laub
Review by Robert Kimball on Nov 27th 2007

The Wow Climax
Tracing the Emotional Impact of Popular Culture
by Henry Jenkins
Review by Yves Laberge, Ph.D. on Nov 27th 2007

Phantom Museums DVD
The Short Films of the Quay Brothers
by The Brothers Quay
Review by Christian Perring on Nov 27th 2007

The Extinction of Desire
A Tale of Enlightenment
by Michael Boylan
Review by Bob Lane, MA on Nov 27th 2007

A Lifetime of Secrets
A PostSecret Book
by Frank Warren
Review by Christian Perring on Nov 27th 2007

Hume
by Harold Noonan
Review by Adam Hutchinson on Nov 27th 2007

Kundalini Yoga to Detox and Destress DVD
with Maya Fiennes
by Mike Connolly (Director)
Review by Christian Perring on Nov 27th 2007

The Da Vinci Dog
The Passion, Paintings & Slobber of Brinks the Dog
by Paul Amelchenko
Review by Christian Perring on Nov 27th 2007

Going Home without Going Crazy
How to Get Along With Your Parents & Family (Even When They Push Your Buttons)
by Andra Medea
Review by Rosemary Cook on Nov 20th 2007

Hughes' Outline of Modern Psychiatry
Fifth Edition
by David Gill
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Nov 20th 2007

Ethical Issues in Dementia Care
Making Difficult Decisions
by Julian C. Hughes and Clive Baldwin
Review by Jacqueline Mogle on Nov 20th 2007

Cutting to the Core
Exploring the Ethics of Contested Surgeries
by David Benatar
Review by Andrew Brei on Nov 20th 2007

Integrated Behavioral Health Care
A Guide To Effective Intervention
by William T. O'Donohue et al.
Review by Keith Harris, Ph.D. on Nov 20th 2007

In the Space of Reasons
Selected Essays of Wilfrid Sellars
by Kevin Scharp and Robert B. Brandom (Editors)
Review by Elisabeta Sarca on Nov 20th 2007

Moral Cultivation
Essays on the Development of Character and Virtue
by Brad Wilburn (Editor)
Review by Carsten Fogh Nielsen, MA on Nov 20th 2007

Optic Nerve
Perceptual Art of the 1960s
by Joe Houston
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 20th 2007

Arlington Park
A Novel
by Rachel Cusk
Review by Eccy de Jonge on Nov 20th 2007

Maui Pilates
Abs Made Easy
by Eva Bondar
Review by Christian Perring on Nov 20th 2007

The Glass Castle
A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
Review by A.P. Bober on Nov 20th 2007

Mindfulness for Beginners
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Review by Christian Perring on Nov 20th 2007

Thanks,

Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling
College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_index.php?idx=news

Movies and the Moral Adventure of Life
by Alan A. Stone
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Nov 13th 2007

The Culture of Our Discontent
Beyond the Medical Model of Mental Illness
by Meredith F. Small
Review by Edmund O'Toole on Nov 13th 2007

Ethical Theory
by Russ Shafer-Landau (Editor)
Review by Matthew Pianalto on Nov 13th 2007

The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton
A True Story of Conjoined Twins
by Dean Jensen
Review by Sue Bond on Nov 13th 2007

The Prosthetic Impulse
From a Posthuman Present to a Biocultural Future
by Marquard Smith and Joanne Morra (Editors)
Review by Jackie Leach Scully, Ph.D. on Nov 13th 2007

Language, Consciousness, Culture
Essays on Mental Structure
by Ray Jackendoff
Review by Richa Yadav, Ph.D. on Nov 13th 2007

Scientific Irrationalism
Origins of a Postmodern Cult
by David Stove
Review by Mauro Murzi on Nov 13th 2007

Sunstroke
and Other Stories
by Tessa Hadley
Review by Tony O'Brien on Nov 13th 2007

Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion
DVD
by Stephen Fell and Will Thompson
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 13th 2007

Viniyoga Therapy for the Low Back, Sacrum and Hips
DVD
by Gary Kraftsow
Review by Beth T. Cholette, Ph.D. on Nov 13th 2007

I Am Not Joey Pigza
by Jack Gantos
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 13th 2007

Talking Back to Psychiatry
The Psychiatric Consumer/ Survivor/ Ex-Patient Movement
by Linda J. Morrison
Review by Tony O'Brien RN, MPhil on Nov 6th 2007

The Yellow House
Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles
by Martin Gayford
Review by Sue Bond on Nov 6th 2007

A Farewell to Alms
A Brief Economic History of the World
by Gregory Clark
Review by Mark S. Roberts, Ph.D. on Nov 6th 2007

Changing Conceptions of the Child from the Renaissance to Post-Modernity
A Philosophy of Childhood
by David Kennedy
Review by Wendy C. Hamblet, Ph.D. on Nov 6th 2007

What Is Good and Why
The Ethics of Well-Being
by Richard Kraut
Review by Albert D. Spalding, JD on Nov 6th 2007

Presocratics
Natural Philosophers Before Socrates
by James Warren
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on Nov 6th 2007

Narrative
State of the Art
by Michael Bamberg (Editor)
Review by Yves Laberge, Ph.D. on Nov 6th 2007

Into Great Silence
Two-Disc DVD Set
by Philip Gröning
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 6th 2007

Viniyoga Therapy for the Upper Back, Neck and Shoulders
DVD
by Gary Kraftsow
Review by Beth T. Cholette, Ph.D. on Nov 6th 2007

Falling Man
A Novel
by Don DeLillo
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 6th 2007

The Evolution of Mind
Fundamental Questions and Controversies
by Steven W. Gangestad and Jeffry A. Simpson (Editors)
Review by David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D. on Oct 30th 2007

Einstein
His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on Oct 30th 2007

People with Hyperactivity
Understanding and Managing Their Problems
by Eric Taylor (Editor)
Review by Rob Harle on Oct 30th 2007

Compassion
Conceptualisations, Research and Use in Psychotherapy
by Paul Gilbert
Review by Minna Forsell on Oct 30th 2007

The Paranormal and the Politics of Truth
A Sociological Account
by Jeremy Northcote
Review by Chris Rawls, MA on Oct 30th 2007

Reasons without Rationalism
by Kieran Setiya
Review by Brad Majors on Oct 30th 2007

Art After Conceptual Art
by Alexander Alberro and Sabeth Buchmann (Editors)
Review by A. Singh and N. Sinha on Oct 30th 2007

Love's Confusions
by C. D. C. Reeve
Review by Jacob Graham on Oct 30th 2007

Yoga to the Rescue - Feel Good from Head to Toe
DVD
by James Wvinner (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 30th 2007

Super Natural Cooking
Five Ways To Incorporate Whole and Natural Ingredients into Your Cooking
by Heidi Swanson
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 30th 2007

Thanks,

Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling
College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_index.php?idx=news

A History of Social Psychology
From the Eighteenth-Century Enlightenment to the Second World War
by Gustav Jahoda
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Oct 23rd 2007

Soren Kierkegaard
A Biography
by Joakim Garff
Review by Tatiana Patrone, Ph.D. on Oct 23rd 2007

The Voice of Breast Cancer in Medicine and Bioethics
by Mary C. Rawlinson and Shannon Lundeen (Editors)
Review by Robyn Bluhm, Ph.D. on Oct 23rd 2007

Porn Studies
by Linda Williams (Editor)
Review by Mark Dietrich Tschaepe on Oct 23rd 2007

The Power of Play
How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children
by David Elkind
Review by Richard Rodgerson, Ph.D. on Oct 23rd 2007

Gender Trouble
Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
by Judith Butler
Review by A. Singh and M. Singamsetty on Oct 23rd 2007

Text and Materials on International Human Rights
by Rhona K. M. Smith
Review by Waldemar Hanasz on Oct 23rd 2007

The Right Road to Radical Freedom
by Tibor R. Machan
Review by V.Prabhu on Oct 23rd 2007

Before I Die
A Novel
by Jenny Downham
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 23rd 2007

To Die Well
Your Right to Comfort, Calm, and Choice in the Last Days of Life
by Sidney Wanzer
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Oct 23rd 2007

Power Yoga
An Individualized Approach to Strength, Grace, and Inner Peace
by Ulrica Norberg
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 23rd 2007

The Case Against Perfection
Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering
by Michael J. Sandel
Review by Marc Baer, Ph.D. on Oct 16th 2007

The Loss of Sadness
How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrrow into Depressive Disorder
by Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield
Review by Ian Jakobi on Oct 16th 2007

Making Up the Mind
How the Brain Creates Our Mental World
by Christopher D. Frith
Review by Miriam Gabriel, M.A. on Oct 16th 2007

Imitation and the Social Mind
Autism and Typical Development
by Sally Rogers and Justin Williams (Editors)
Review by R.A. Goodrich, Ph.D. on Oct 16th 2007

Cognitive Therapy for Challenging Problems
What to Do When the Basics Don't Work
by Judith S. Beck
Review by Laura Cook on Oct 16th 2007

Right Livelihoods
Three Novellas
by Rick Moody
Review by Tony O'Brien on Oct 16th 2007

Persistence
Contemporary Readings
by Sally Haslanger and Roxanne Marie Kurz (Editors)
Review by Kyriakos Theodoridis on Oct 16th 2007

Will's Choice
A Suicidal Teen, a Desperate Mother, and a Chronicle of Recovery
by Gail Griffith
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Oct 16th 2007

Yoga as Medicine
The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing
by Timothy McCall
Review by Beth T. Cholette, Ph.D. on Oct 16th 2007

Commune
DVD
by Jonathan Berman (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 16th 2007

On the Way Home
Conversations Between Writers and Psychoanalysts
by Marie Bridge (Editor)
Review by Anthony P. Bober on Oct 16th 2007

Nina: Adolescence
A Novel
by Amy Hassinger
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 16th 2007

The Lucifer Effect
Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
by Philip Zimbardo
Review by J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Ph.D. on Oct 9th 2007

Sweet Dreams
Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness
by Daniel C. Dennett
Review by Anirban Mukherjee on Oct 9th 2007

Hunger
An Unnatural History
by Sharman Apt Russell
Review by Tom Sparrow on Oct 9th 2007

The Cambridge Companion to Berkeley
by Kenneth P. Winkler
Review by Gabriele M. Mras, Ph.D. on Oct 9th 2007

Scientific Perspectivism
by Ronald N. Giere
Review by Ed Brandon on Oct 9th 2007

How People Change
The Short Story as Case History
by William Tucker
Review by Tony O'Brien on Oct 9th 2007

Coping with Infuriating, Mean, Critical People
The Destructive Narcissistic Pattern
by Nina W. Brown
Review by Aakash Singh, Ph.D. on Oct 9th 2007

The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child
Helping Your Child Thrive in an Extroverted World
by Marti Olsen Laney
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Oct 9th 2007

When the Impossible Happens
Adventures in Non-ordinary Reality
by Stanislav Grof
Review by Laura Cook on Oct 9th 2007

Matters of Substance
Drugs--and Why Everyone's a User
by Griffith Edwards
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Oct 9th 2007

The Kindness of Strangers
A Novel
by Katrina Kittle
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 9th 2007

Dr. Andrew Weil's Mindbody Toolkit
Experience Self Healing With Clinically Proven Techniques
by Andrew Weil
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 9th 2007



Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling
College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 4 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at
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God Is Not Great
How Religion Poisons Everything
by Christopher Hitchens
Review by John D. Mullen, Ph.D. on Oct 2nd 2007

Four Views on Free Will
by John Martin Fischer, Robert Kane, Derk Pereboom and Manuel Vargas
Review by Neil Levy, Ph.D. on Oct 2nd 2007

The Man Who Lost His Language
A Case of Aphasia
by Sheila Hale
Review by Manuel Bremer, Ph.D. on Oct 2nd 2007

Of War and Law
by David Kennedy
Review by Michael Cesal on Oct 2nd 2007

Positive Psychology
The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths
by C.R. Snyder and Shane J. Lopez
Review by Peter B. Raabe, Ph.D. on Oct 2nd 2007

The Five Things We Cannot Change ...
And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them
by David Richo
Review by Beth T. Cholette, Ph.D. on Oct 2nd 2007

Yoga Bliss Hips
DVD
by Ana Brett & Ravi Singh
Review by Christian Perring, Ph..D. on Oct 2nd 2007

What Happened
by Peter Johnson
Review by Amy Ridley on Oct 2nd 2007

The Consciousness Plague
by Paul Levinson
Review by Marysusan Noll on Oct 2nd 2007

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
by Maggie O'Farrell
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 2nd 2007

Healing the Split
Integrating Spirit into Our Understanding of the Mentally Ill
by John E. Nelson
Review by Maria Christoforatos on Oct 2nd 2007

The Cult of Pharmacology
How America Became the World's Most Troubled Drug Culture
by Richard DeGrandpre
Review by Laura Guidry-Grimes on Sep 25th 2007

The Brain That Changes Itself
Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
by Norman Doidge
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Sep 25th 2007

An Introduction to Philosophy of Education
Fourth Edition
by Robin Barrow and Ronald Woods
Review by George Abaunza, Ph.D. on Sep 25th 2007

Kids of Character
A Guide to Promoting Moral Development
by David M. Shumaker and Robert V. Heckel
Review by Monique Wonderly on Sep 25th 2007

It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken
The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy
by Greg Behrendt and Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt
Review by Beth T. Cholette, Ph.D. on Sep 25th 2007

Doubting Darwin?
Creationist Designs on Evolution
by Sahotra Sarkar
Review by Neil Levy, Ph.D. on Sep 25th 2007

The Rules of Survival
by Nancy Werlin
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 25th 2007

Hear Us Out!
Lesbian and Gay Stories of Struggle, Progress, and Hope, 1950 to the
Present
by Nancy Garden
Review by Elizabeth O'Connor, Ph.D. on Sep 25th 2007

Art and Photography
by David Campany
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 25th 2007

Divisadero
by Michael Ondaatje
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on Sep 25th 2007

Better Sex Through Yoga
Easy Routines to Boost Your Sex Drive, Enhance Physical Pleasure, and
Spice Up Your Bedroom Life
by Jacquie Noelle Greaux
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 25th 2007

The Mark of Shame
Stigma of Mental Illness and an Agenda for Change
by Stephen P. Hinshaw
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil on Sep 18th 2007

The Most Dangerous Animal
Human Nature and the Origins of War
by David Livingstone Smith
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Sep 18th 2007

Final Exam
A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality
by Pauline W. Chen
Review by Hannah M. Hardgrave, Ph.D. on Sep 18th 2007

Blind Spots
Why Smart People Do Dumb Things
by Madeleine L. Van Hecke
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on Sep 18th 2007

What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online?
How to Understand the Electronic World Your Children Live In
by Barbara Melton and Susan Shankle
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 18th 2007

Moral Literacy
by Barbara Herman
Review by Felix Koch on Sep 18th 2007

Life Coaching
A Manual for Helping Professionals
by Dave Ellis
Review by David M. Wolf, M.A. on Sep 18th 2007

Action and Responsibility
by Andrew Sneddon
Review by Natalie F. Banner on Sep 18th 2007

Power Yoga: Fat Burner
DVD
by Adrienne Reed
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 18th 2007

The New Yorkers
A Novel
by Cathleen Schine
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 18th 2007

Neuroethics
by Judy Illes (Editor)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 11th 2007

Neuroscience and Philosophy
Brain, Mind, and Language
by Maxwell Bennett, Peter Hacker, Daniel Dennett, and John Searle
Review by James Sage, Ph.D. on Sep 11th 2007

Cerebrum 2007
Emerging Ideas in Brain Science
by Bruce S. McEwen (Editor)
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Sep 11th 2007

How the Body Shapes the Way We Think
A New View of Intelligence
by Rolf Pfeifer and Josh C. Bongard
Review by Christina Behme, MSc on Sep 11th 2007

The Accidental Mind
How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God
by David J. Linden
Review by Konrad Talmont-Kaminski on Sep 11th 2007

Alpha Girls
Understanding the New American Girl and How She Is Changing the World
by Dan Kindlon
Review by Denise M. Wells on Sep 11th 2007

When a Family Member Has Dementia
Steps to Becoming a Resilient Caregiver
by Susan M. McCurry
Review by Diana Pederson on Sep 11th 2007

The Other Bishop Berkeley
An Exercise in Re-Enchantment
by Costica Bradatan
Review by Michael Funk Deckard on Sep 11th 2007

The Identity Code
The 8 Essential Questions for Finding Your Purpose and Place in the
World
by Laurence Ackerman
Review by Ludger Jansen, Dr. phil. on Sep 11th 2007

Stuff
The Life of a Cool Demented Dude
by Jeremy Strong
Review by Amy Ridley on Sep 11th 2007

Escape from "Special"
by Miss Lasko-Gross
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 11th 2007

Thanks,

Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling
College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 4 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_index.php?idx=news

The Architecture of Madness
Insane Asylums in the United States
by Carla Yanni
Review by Lloyd A. Wells, Ph.D., M.D. on Sep 4th 2007

Body Language
Representation in Action
by Mark Rowlands
Review by Robert Kimball, Ph.D. on Sep 4th 2007

The Story of Cruel and Unusual
by Colin Dayan
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 4th 2007

Law
Key Concepts in Philosophy
by David Ingram
Review by Steven Napier, MA on Sep 4th 2007

Letting Go of Anger
The Eleven Most Common Anger Styles And What to Do About Them
by Ronald T. Potter-Efron and Patricia S. Potter-Efron
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Sep 4th 2007

Language
Key Concepts in Philosophy
by Jose Medina
Review by Michael Fenton on Sep 4th 2007

Human Goodness
Pragmatic Variations on Platonic Themes
by Paul Schollmeier
Review by Richa Yadav, Ph.D. on Sep 4th 2007

The Mindful Brain
Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being
by Daniel J. Siegel
Review by Kathleen Kimball, Ph.D. on Sep 4th 2007

The Root of All Evil
An Exposition of Prejudice, Fundamentalism and Gender Imbalance
by Sharon G. Mijares, Aliaa Rafea, Rachel Falik, and Jenny Eda
Schipper
Review by Shari M. Childers and James M. King on Sep 4th 2007

Power Yoga for Happiness
by Eoin Finn
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 4th 2007

The Amnesia Clinic
A Novel
by James Scudamore
Review by Amy Ridley on Sep 4th 2007

Firegirl
by Tony Abbott
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 4th 2007

Brain Science and Psychological Disorders
Therapy, Psychotropic Drugs, and the Brain
by F. Scott Kraly
Review by Andrew Pollock on Aug 28th 2007

Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
by John Rawls
Review by Glen Pettigrove, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

Relativism and the Foundations of Philosophy
by Steven D. Hales
Review by Erich von Dietze, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

Breaking Murphy's Law
How Optimists Get What They Want from Life - and Pessimists Can Too
by Suzanne C. Segerstrom
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Aug 28th 2007

Lust in Translation
The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee
by Pamela Druckerman
Review by Robert Scott Stewart, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

Split Decisions
How and Why to Take a Break from Feminism
by Janet Halley
Review by George Williamson, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

The Devil and Daniel Johnston
DVD
by Jeff Feuerzeig (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

The Anti-Oedipus Papers
by Felix Guattari
Review by Charles T. Wolfe, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

On Truth
by Harry G. Frankfurt
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

African Psycho
by Alain Mabanckou
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 28th 2007

God Is Dead
by Ron Currie
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

Spirit, Mind, and Brain
A Psychoanalytic Examination of Spirituality and Religion
by Mortimer Ostow
Review by A. P. Bober on Aug 28th 2007

Critical New Perspectives on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
by Gwynedd Lloyd, Joan Stead, & David Cohen (Editors)
Review by Benjamin J. Lovett, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

The Top 10 Myths About Evolution
by Cameron M. Smith and Charles Sullivan
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on Aug 21st 2007

The Evolving Brain
The Known And the Unknown
by R. Grant Steen
Review by Nigel Leary on Aug 21st 2007

Love, Sex & Tragedy
How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives
by Simon Goldhill
Review by David M. Wolf, M.A. on Aug 21st 2007

Satisfaction
Sensation Seeking, Novelty, and the Science of Finding True
Fulfillment
by Gregory Berns
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Aug 21st 2007

The Primacy of the Subjective
Foundations for a Unified Theory of Mind and Language
by Nicholas Georgalis
Review by Gert-Jan C. Lokhorst, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

Philosophical Counselling and the Unconscious
by Peter, B. Raabe (Editor)
Review by Rob Harle on Aug 21st 2007

On Chesil Beach
A Novel
by Ian McEwan
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

The Bird Woman
A Novel
by Kerry Hardie
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 21st 2007

The Easy Yoga Workbook
A Complete Yoga Class in a Book
by Tara Fraser
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

Sex on the Couch
What Freud Still Has To Teach Us About Sex and Gender
by Richard Boothby
Review by Petar Jevremovic on Aug 21st 2007

Lucky
by Gabrielle Bell
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

The Medicalization of Society
On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders
by Peter Conrad
Review by Benjamin J. Lovett, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007

Merit, Meaning, and Human Bondage
An Essay on Free Will
by Nomy Arpaly
Review by James Pratt on Aug 14th 2007

The Anxious Brain
The Neurobiological Basis of Anxiety Disorders and How to Effectively
Treat Them
by Margaret Wehrenberg and Steven M. Prinz
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D, on Aug 14th 2007

Mind
(Key Concepts in Philosophy Series)
by Eric Matthews
Review by Marcus P. Adams, M.Div. on Aug 14th 2007

Knowledge Monopolies
The Academisation of Society
by Marten Shipman
Review by Ethan Miller on Aug 14th 2007

Biomedical Ethics
Humanist Perspectives of Humanism Today
by Howard B. Radest (Editor)
Review by Nancy Nyquist Potter, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007

Sometimes It's New York
Stories
by Claude Stanush
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 14th 2007

The Unhappy Child
What Every Parent Needs to Know
by Kenneth N. Condrell
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Aug 14th 2007

Putnam Camp
Sigmund Freud, James Jackson Putnam, and the Purpose of American
Psychology
by George Prochnik
Review by Aleksandar Dimitrijevic on Aug 14th 2007

Evidence
by Mona Kuhn
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007

After Dark
A Novel
by Haruki Murakami
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007

Optic Nerve #11
by Adrian Tomine
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007


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Thanks,


Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling
College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews


Brain Science and Psychological Disorders
Therapy, Psychotropic Drugs, and the Brain
by F. Scott Kraly
Review by Andrew Pollock on Aug 28th 2007

Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
by John Rawls
Review by Glen Pettigrove, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

Relativism and the Foundations of Philosophy
by Steven D. Hales
Review by Erich von Dietze, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

Breaking Murphy's Law
How Optimists Get What They Want from Life - and Pessimists Can Too
by Suzanne C. Segerstrom
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Aug 28th 2007

Lust in Translation
The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee
by Pamela Drukerman
Review by Robert Scott Stewart, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

Split Decisions
How and Why to Take a Break from Feminism
by Janet Halley
Review by George Williamson, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

The Devil and Daniel Johnston
DVD
by Jeff Feuerzeig (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

The Anti-Oedipus Papers
by Felix Guattari
Review by Charles T. Wolfe, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

On Truth
by Harry G. Frankfurt
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

African Psycho
by Alain Mabanckou
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 28th 2007

God Is Dead
by Ron Currie
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

Spirit, Mind, and Brain
A Psychoanalytic Examination of Spirituality and Religion
by Mortimer Ostow
Review by A. P. Bober on Aug 28th 2007

Critical New Perspectives on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
by Gwynedd Lloyd, Joan Stead, & David Cohen (Editors)
Review by Benjamin J. Lovett, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

The Top 10 Myths About Evolution
by Cameron M. Smith and Charles Sullivan
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on Aug 21st 2007

The Evolving Brain
The Known And the Unknown
by R. Grant Steen
Review by Nigel Leary on Aug 21st 2007

Love, Sex & Tragedy
How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives
by Simon Goldhill
Review by David M. Wolf, M.A. on Aug 21st 2007

Satisfaction
Sensation Seeking, Novelty, and the Science of Finding True
Fulfillment
by Gregory Berns
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Aug 21st 2007

The Primacy of the Subjective
Foundations for a Unified Theory of Mind and Language
by Nicholas Georgalis
Review by Gert-Jan C. Lokhorst, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

Philosophical Counselling and the Unconscious
by Peter, B. Raabe (Editor)
Review by Rob Harle on Aug 21st 2007

On Chesil Beach
A Novel
by Ian McEwan
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

The Bird Woman
A Novel
by Kerry Hardie
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 21st 2007

The Easy Yoga Workbook
A Complete Yoga Class in a Book
by Tara Fraser
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

Sex on the Couch
What Freud Still Has To Teach Us About Sex and Gender
by Richard Boothby
Review by Petar Jevremovic on Aug 21st 2007

Lucky
by Gabrielle Bell
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

The Medicalization of Society
On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders
by Peter Conrad
Review by Benjamin J. Lovett, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007

Merit, Meaning, and Human Bondage
An Essay on Free Will
by Nomy Arpaly
Review by James Pratt on Aug 14th 2007

The Anxious Brain
The Neurobiological Basis of Anxiety Disorders and How to Effectively
Treat Them
by Margaret Wehrenberg and Steven M. Prinz
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D, on Aug 14th 2007

Mind
(Key Concepts in Philosophy Series)
by Eric Matthews
Review by Marcus P. Adams, M.Div. on Aug 14th 2007

Knowledge Monopolies
The Academisation of Society
by Marten Shipman
Review by Ethan Miller on Aug 14th 2007

Biomedical Ethics
Humanist Perspectives of Humanism Today
by Howard B. Radest (Editor)
Review by Nancy Nyquist Potter, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007

Sometimes It's New York
Stories
by Claude Stanush
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 14th 2007

The Unhappy Child
What Every Parent Needs to Know
by Kenneth N. Condrell
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Aug 14th 2007

Putnam Camp
Sigmund Freud, James Jackson Putnam, and the Purpose of American
Psychology
by George Prochnik
Review by Aleksandar Dimitrijevic on Aug 14th 2007

Evidence
by Mona Kuhn
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007

After Dark
A Novel
by Haruki Murakami
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007

Optic Nerve #11
by Adrian Tomine
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007



Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling
College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
Review by Daniele Procida on Jul 31st 2007

Genes, Environment, and Psychopathology
Understanding the Causes of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders
by Kenneth S. Kendler and Carol A. Prescott
Review by Andrea Bellelli, M.D. on Jul 31st 2007

A History of Modern Experimental Psychology
From James and Wundt to Cognitive Science
by George Mandler
Review by Gustav Jahoda, Ph.D. on Jul 31st 2007

Self-Consciousness
by Sebastian Rödl
Review by Kamuran Godelek, Ph.D. on Jul 31st 2007

Toleration
A Critical Introduction
by Catriona McKinnon
Review by Elisabeth Herschbach, Ph.D. on Jul 31st 2007

Second Philosophy
A Naturalistic Method
by Penelope Maddy
Review by David Birch, M.A. on Jul 31st 2007

One Good Turn
A Novel
by Kate Atkinson
Review by Tony O'Brien on Jul 31st 2007

The End of Mr. Y
A Novel
by Scarlett Thomas
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 31st 2007

The Ministry of Special Cases
A Novel
by Nathan Englander
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on Jul 31st 2007

Snow
A Novel
by Orhan Pamuk
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 31st 2007

Yin Yoga DVD
The Foundations of a Quiet Practice
by Paul Grilley
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 31st 2007

Primates and Philosophers
How Morality Evolved
by Frans de Waal, Robert Wright, Christine M. Korsgaard, Philip
Kitcher, Peter Singer
Review by Viorel Zaicu, Ph.D. on Jul 24th 2007

Frontiers of Justice
Disability, Nationality, Species Membership
by Martha C. Nussbaum
Review by Alexandra Couto on Jul 24th 2007

The Decency Wars
Campaign to Cleanse American Culture
by Frederick S. Lane
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on Jul 24th 2007

Better than Both
The Case for Pessimism
by Peter Heinegg
Review by Elisabeth Herschbach, Ph.D. on Jul 24th 2007

Is Science Neurotic?
by Nicholas Maxwell
Review by Donald Stanley, M.D. on Jul 24th 2007

A System Architecture Approach to the Brain
From Neurons to Consciousness
by L. Andrew Coward
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Jul 24th 2007

Art & Morality
by José Luis Bermúdez and Sebastian Gardner (Editors)
Review by Dónal P. O'Mathúna, Ph.D. on Jul 24th 2007

Transparency
Stories
by Frances Hwang
Review by Tony O'Brien on Jul 24th 2007

Stranger Than Fiction
DVD
by Marc Forster (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 24th 2007

The Travelers
by Elizabeth Heyert
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 24th 2007

Hot Body Cool Mind: Waking Energy
DVD
by Jennifer Kries
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 24th 2007

Best of the Brain from Scientific American
Mind, Matter, and Tomorrow's Brain
by Floyd E. Bloom (Editor)
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Jul 17th 2007

Law and the Brain
by Semir Zeki and Oliver Goodenough (Editors)
Review by Raffaele Rodogno, Ph.D. on Jul 17th 2007

Handbook for Health Care Ethics Committees
by Linda Farber Post, Jeffrey Blustein, and Nancy Neveloff Dubler
Review by Lawrence D. Hultgren, Ph.D. on Jul 17th 2007

Ethics in Health Care
Second Edition
by S.A. Pera & S. van Tonder (Editors)
Review by Richard Corrigan, Ph.D. on Jul 17th 2007

Putting Morality Back Into Politics
by Richard D. Ryder
Review by Steven Napier, M.A. on Jul 17th 2007

Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology
Third Edition
by Elliott Sober (Editor)
Review by Mauro Murzi on Jul 17th 2007

Poppy Shakespeare
by Clare Allan
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 17th 2007

Down Came the Rain
My Journey Through Postpartum Depression
by Brooke Shields
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Jul 17th 2007

The Castle in the Forest
A Novel
by Norman Mailer
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on Jul 17th 2007

Clay's Way
by Blair Mastbaum
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 17th 2007

Kripalu Yoga
A Guide to Practice On and Off the Mat
by Richard Faulds
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 17th 2007

Thanks,

Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling
College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

Dementia
Mind, Meaning, and the Person
by Julian C. Hughes, Stephen J. Louw, and Steven R. Sabat (Editors)
Review by George Graham, Ph.D on Jul 10th 2007

True to Our Feelings
What Our Emotions Are Really Telling Us
by Robert C. Solomon
Review by Tom Cochrane, Ph.D. on Jul 10th 2007

Out of the Woods
Tales of Resilient Teens
by Stuart T. Hauser, Joseph P. Allen, and Eve Golden
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Jul 10th 2007

Living with Darwin
Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith
by Philip Kitcher
Review by Daniel O'Brien, Ph.D. on Jul 10th 2007

The Improbability of God
by Michael Martin and Ricki Monnier (Editors)
Review by Erich von Dietze, Ph.D. on Jul 10th 2007

The God Gene
How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes
by Dean H. Hamer
Review by James Sage, Ph.D. on Jul 10th 2007

Encountering the Dharma
Daisaku Ikeda, Soka Gakkai, and the Globalization of Buddhist
Humanism
by Richard Hughes Seager
Review by Rebekah Humphreys, M.A. on Jul 10th 2007

Body Piercing Saved My Life
Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock
by Andrew Beaujon
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 10th 2007

The Self Awakened
Pragmatism Unbound
by Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Review by Brad Frazier, Ph.D. on Jul 10th 2007

Feminism and Philosophy of Science
An Introduction
by Elizabeth Potter
Review by Alexandra Bradner, Ph.D. on Jul 10th 2007

Satellites
by Jonas Bendiksen
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 10th 2007

The Hite Report
A National Study of Female Sexuality
by Shere Hite
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 10th 2007

Undoing Perpetual Stress
The Missing Connection Between Depression, Anxiety and 21st Century
Illness
by Richard O'Connor
Review by Minna Forsell, Ph.D. on Jul 3rd 2007

Room For J
A Family Struggles With Schizophrenia
by Daniel S. Hanson
Review by Rosemary Cook on Jul 3rd 2007

Why People Die by Suicide
by Thomas Joiner
Review by Sue Bond, MA on Jul 3rd 2007

Melancholy And the Care of the Soul
Religion, Moral Philosophy And Madness in Early Modern England
by Jeremy Schmidt
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Jul 3rd 2007

Rediscovering Empathy
Agency, Folk Psychology, and the Human Sciences
by Karsten R. Stueber
Review by Benoit Hardy-Vallée, Ph.D. on Jul 3rd 2007

Rousseau
The Sentiment of Existence
by David Gauthier
Review by Rebecca Kingston, Ph.D. on Jul 3rd 2007

Methods in Mind
by Carl Senior, Tamara Russell, and Michael Gazanniga (Editors)
Review by Isabel Gois, Ph.D. on Jul 3rd 2007

Hot Thought
Mechanisms and Applications of Emotional Cognition
by Paul Thagard
Review by Konrad Talmont-Kaminski, Ph.D. on Jul 3rd 2007

Scandalous Knowledge
Science, Truth, and the Human
by Barbara Herrnstein Smith
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on Jul 3rd 2007

Miss American Pie
A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 1970s
by Margaret Sartor
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 3rd 2007

Fluid Power Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Shiva Rea DVD
by James Wvinner (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 3rd 2007

No Child Left Different
by Sharna Olfman (Editor)
Review by Susan Hawthorne, M.A. on Jun 26th 2007

The Matter of the Mind
Philosophical Essays on Psychology, Neuroscience and Reduction
by Maurice Schouten and Huib Looren de Jong (Editors)
Review by Joel Parthmore on Jun 26th 2007

The Evolution of Cooperation
by Robert Axelrod
Review by J. Elias Saiden-Nunez on Jun 26th 2007

The Innate Mind
Volume 2: Culture and Cognition
by Peter Carruthers, Stephen Laurence and Stephen Stitch (Editors)
Review by Eric Chelstrom on Jun 26th 2007

Freedom and Determinism
by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, and David Shier (Editors)
Review by Ed Brandon on Jun 26th 2007

Defying Dementia
Understanding and Preventing Alzheimer's and Related Disorders
by Robert Levine
Review by Jacqueline Mogle, M.S. on Jun 26th 2007

The Parallax View
by Slavoj Zizek
Review by Adam Hutchinson on Jun 26th 2007

Tierney Gearon
The Mother Project DVD
by Jack Youngelson and Peter Sutherland (Directors)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 26th 2007

My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up
by Stephen Elliott
Review by Tony O'Brien on Jun 26th 2007

Thinking XXX
Extended Cut DVD
by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 26th 2007

Thanks,


Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling
College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

Bioethics and the Brain
by Walter Glannon
Review by Bryan Benham, Ph.D. on Jun 19th 2007

The Case of Terri Schiavo
Ethics at the End of Life
by Arthur L. Caplan, James J. McCartney, and Dominic A. Sisti
(Editors)
Review by Robert Scott Stewart, Ph.D. on Jun 19th 2007

Nano-Bio-Ethics
Ethical Dimensions of Nanobiotechnology
by Johann Ach and Ludwig Siep (Editors)
Review by Fabrice Jotterand, Ph.D. on Jun 19th 2007

Medicalized Masculinities
by Dana Rosenfeld and Christopher Faircloth (Editors)
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil on Jun 19th 2007

Ethics and the Metaphysics of Medicine
Reflections on Health and Beneficence
by Kenneth A. Richman
Review by Hannah M. Hardgrave, Ph.D, on Jun 19th 2007

Listening to the Whispers
Re-thinking Ethics in Healthcare
by Christine Sorrell Dinkins and Jeanne Merkle Sorrell (Editors)
Review by Andrew Brei on Jun 19th 2007

Surgically Shaping Children
Technology, Ethics, and the Pursuit of Normality
by Erik Parens (Editor)
Review by Robert L. Muhlnickel, MSW on Jun 19th 2007

The Cambridge Companion to Atheism
by Michael Martin (Editor)
Review by Tatiana Patrone, Ph.D. on Jun 19th 2007

Thumbsucker
DVD
by Mike Mills (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 19th 2007

The Self-Sabotage Cycle
Why We Repeat Behaviors That Create Hardships and Ruin Relationships
by Stanley Rosner and Patricia Hermes
Review by Deepika Rastogi, Ph.D. on Jun 19th 2007

Manstealing for Fat Girls
by Michelle Embree
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 19th 2007

Self Hypnosis for Cosmic Consciousness
Achieving Altered States, Mystical Experiences and Spiritual
Enlightenment
by Ronald A. Havens
Review by A.P. Bober on Jun 19th 2007

Becoming Orgasmic
DVD
by Lucy Winer (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 19th 2007

An Argument for Mind
by Jerome Kagan
Review by Keith Harris, Ph.D. on Jun 12th 2007

In Search of Happiness
Understanding an Endangered State of Mind
by John F. Schumaker
Review by Matthew Pianalto on Jun 12th 2007

The Secret History of Emotion
From Aristotle's Rhetoric to Modern Brain Science
by Daniel M. Gross
Review by Nader N. Chokr, Ph.D. on Jun 12th 2007

Pathways to Spirituality
Connection, Wholeness, and Possibility for Therapist and Client
by Bill O'Hanlon
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on Jun 12th 2007

Between Two Worlds
The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce
by Elizabeth Marquardt
Review by Kevin Purday on Jun 12th 2007

Cognitive Science
An Introduction to Mind and Brain
by Daniel Kolak, William Hirstein, Peter Mandik and Jonathan Waskan
Review by G.C.Gupta, Ph.D. on Jun 12th 2007

Philosophizing the Everyday
Revolutionary Praxis and the Fate of Cultural Theory
by John Roberts
Review by Laxminarayan Lenka, Ph.D. on Jun 12th 2007

An American Lens
Scenes from Alfred Stieglitz's New York Secession
by Jay Bochner
Review by Dan Cavedon-Taylor on Jun 12th 2007

Sanctum
by Robert Stivers
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 12th 2007

The Metaphysics of Capital
by Nicholas Ruiz III
Review by Ulrich Mühe on Jun 12th 2007

Dance the Chakras Yoga Workout
DVD
by Ana Brett & Ravi Singh
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 12th 2007

Enjoying Guilty Pleasures
DVD
by Mark Schoen (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 12th 2007

How to Fail As a Therapist
50 Ways to Lose or Damage Your Patients
by Bernard Schwartz and John V. Flowers
Review by Eric Lindquist, LCPC, CADC on Jun 5th 2007

Autobiography as Philosophy
The Philosophical Uses of Self-Presentation
by Thomas Mathien and D.G. Wright (Editors)
Review by Josh Gidding, Ph.D. on Jun 5th 2007

Psychiatry
by Neel Burton
Review by Tony O'Brien on Jun 5th 2007

The Lonely Patient
How We Experience Illness
by Michael Stein
Review by Antonio Casado da Rocha, Ph.D. on Jun 5th 2007

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
A Clinical Workbook
by Russell A. Barkley & Kevin R. Murphy
Review by Ben Lovett on Jun 5th 2007

Strange Son
Two Mothers, Two Sons, and the Quest to Unlock the Hidden World of
Autism
by Portia Iversen
Review by Miriam Gabriel, M.A. on Jun 5th 2007

If Your Adolescent Has an Eating Disorder
An Essential Resource for Parents
by B. Timothy Walsh and V. L. Cameron
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Jun 5th 2007

The Shorter Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Edward Craig (Editor)
by Routledge
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 5th 2007

Sexual Orientation and School Policy
A Practical Guide for Teachers, Administrators, and Community
Activists
by Ian K. Macgillivray
Review by Kevin Purday on Jun 5th 2007

Virginity Lost
An Intimate Portrait of First Sexual Experiences
by Laura M. Carpenter
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 5th 2007

Between Mom and Jo
by Julie Anne Peters
Review by Amy Ridley on Jun 5th 2007

Playtime
by Alexander Straulino
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 5th 2007

Thanks.



Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling
College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 4 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

Critical Psychiatry
The Limits of Madness
by D.B. Double (Editor)
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil on May 29th 2007

Theory of Addiction
by Robert West
Review by George Graham, Ph.D. on May 29th 2007

Tales of Unknowing
Therapeutic Encounters from an Existential Perspective
by Ernesto Spinelli
Review by Laura Cook on May 29th 2007

Existentialism
A Guide for the Perplexed
by Steven Earnshaw
Review by Jack Reynolds, Ph.D. on May 29th 2007

Sartre
A Guide for the Perplexed
by Gary Cox
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on May 29th 2007

Why Read Mill Today?
by John Skorupski
Review by Carsten Fogh Nielsen, MA on May 29th 2007

Cartographies of the Mind
Philosophy and Psychology in Intersection
by Massimo Marraffa, Mario De Caro and Francesco Ferretti (Editors)
Review by Neil Levy, Ph.D. on May 29th 2007

Figure and Ground
by Richard Renaldi
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 29th 2007

The Aesthetics of Disengagement
Contemporary Art and Depression
by Christine Ross
Review by Kathleen I. Kimball, Ph.D. on May 29th 2007

The Call of the Weird
Travels in American Subcultures
by Louis Theroux
Review by Andrew Lugg, Ph.D. on May 29th 2007

Power Yoga: Core Power
DVD
by Adrienne Reed
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 29th 2007

Abducted
How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens
by Susan A. Clancy
Review by Gustav Jahoda, Ph.D. on May 22nd 2007

Consciousness and Its Place in Nature
Does Physicalism Entail Panpsychism?
by Galen Strawson et al.
Review by Ed Brandon on May 22nd 2007

Beyond Moral Judgment
by Alice Crary
Review by Duncan Richter, Ph.D. on May 22nd 2007

A Special Education
One Family's Journey Through the Maze of Learning Disabilities
by Dana Buchman
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on May 22nd 2007

The Challenge of Human Rights
Their Origin, Development, and Significance
by Jack Mahoney
Review by Stan van Hooft, Ph.D. on May 22nd 2007

Sunset Story
DVD
by Laura Gabbert (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 22nd 2007

Some Kind of Genius
The Extraordinary Journey of Musical Savant Tony DeBlois
by Janice DeBlois and Antonia Felix
Review by Kevin Purday on May 22nd 2007

Confessions of the Other Mother
Non-Biological Lesbian Moms Tell All
by Harlyn Aizley (Editor)
Review by Bertha Alvarez Manninen, Ph.D. on May 22nd 2007

Body Surfing
A Novel
by Anita Shreve
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 22nd 2007

The Wish House
by Celia Rees
Review by Amy Ridley on May 22nd 2007

My Body Politic
A Memoir
by Simi Linton
Review by Jackie Leach Scully, Ph.D. on May 15th 2007

Foucault and the Government of Disability
by Shelley Lynn Tremain (Editor)
Review by Tom Koch, Ph.D. on May 15th 2007

Michel Foucault
by Clare O'Farrell
Review by Nick Trakakis, Ph.D. on May 15th 2007

Why Not Kill Them All?
The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder
by Daniel Chirot and Clark McCauley
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on May 15th 2007

Get Me Out of Here
My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
by Rachel Reiland
Review by Kevin Purday on May 15th 2007

The Dead Fathers Club
A Novel
by Matt Haig
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 15th 2007

Boomsday
A Novel
by Christopher Buckley
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 15th 2007

Signs, Mind, And Reality
A Theory of Language As the Folk Model of the World
by Sebastian Shaumyan
Review by Manuel Bremer, Ph.D. on May 15th 2007

Hours with the Mystics
by Robert Alfred Vaughan
Review by A.P. Bober on May 15th 2007

The Palace of Laughter
The Wednesday Tales No. 1
by Jon Berkeley
Review by Amy Ridley on May 15th 2007

Death's Door
Modern Dying and the Ways We Grieve
by Sandra M. Gilbert
Review by Jo Doran on May 8th 2007

Moral Repair
Reconstructing Moral Relations after Wrongdoing
by Margaret Urban Walker
Review by Arto Laitinen, Ph.D. on May 8th 2007

Spiral of Entrapment
Abused Women in Conflict with the Law
by Lisa Vetten and Hallie Ludsin
Review by Noreena Jane Sondhi on May 8th 2007

Preferences and Well-Being
by Serena Olsaretti (Editor)
Review by David Teira, Ph.D. on May 8th 2007

Twisted
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 8th 2007

Across the River and Into the Trees
by Ernest Hemingway
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on May 8th 2007

12 and Holding
by Michael Cuesta (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 8th 2007

Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience
by Mauro Mancia (Editor)
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on May 8th 2007

The Secret of Lost Things
A Novel
by Sheridan Hay
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 8th 2007


Thanks,


Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling
College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 4 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews


Expectation
The Very Brief Therapy Book
by Rubin Battino
Review by Andrew Pollock on May 1st 2007

Clinical Manual of Women's Mental Health
by Vivien K. Burt and Victoria C. Hendrick
Review by Elizabeth McCardell, Ph.D. on May 1st 2007

The Price of Truth
How Money Affects the Norms of Science
by David B. Resnick
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil on May 1st 2007

Making ADD Work
On-the-Job Strategies for Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder
by Blythe Grossberg
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on May 1st 2007

Don't Believe Everything You Think
The 6 Basic Mistakes We Make in Thinking
by Thomas E. Kida
Review by Bob Lane, MA. on May 1st 2007

Standby
by Sandy Broyard
Review by Tony O'Brien on May 1st 2007

Pure and Simple Yoga
DVD
by Eoin Finn and Mike Bernard (Directors)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 1st 2007

Where The Kissing Never Stops
by Ron Koertge
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 1st 2007

Persons, Humanity, and the Definition of Death
by John P. Lizza
Review by Tony Milligan, Ph.D. on Apr 24th 2007

Defending Science - within Reason
Between Scientism And Cynicism
by Susan Haack
Review by Ed Brandon on Apr 24th 2007

Kierkegaard
A Guide for the Perplexed
by Clare Carlisle
Review by Matthew Ray on Apr 24th 2007

The Bridge to Humanity
How Affect Hunger Trumps the Selfish Gene
by Walter Goldschmidt
Review by Andrew V. Jeffery on Apr 24th 2007

Speak
DVD
by Jessica Sharzer (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 24th 2007

The Memory Keeper's Daughter
A Novel
by Kim Edwards
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 24th 2007

Hooked!
Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume
by Stephanie Kaza (Editor)
Review by Anirban Mukherjee on Apr 24th 2007

Break Through Pain
A Step-by-Step Mindfulness Meditation Program for Transforming
Chronic and Acute Pain
by Shinzen Young
Review by Diana Pederson on Apr 24th 2007

Contemplative Science
Where Buddhism And Neuroscience Converge
by B. Alan. Wallace
Review by A.P. Bober on Apr 24th 2007

Good Karma
How to Find It and Keep It
by Joan Duncan Oliver
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 24th 2007

The Lie Detectors
The History of an American Obsession
by Ken Alder
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Apr 17th 2007

Pediatric Psychopharmacology
Fast Facts
by Daniel F. Connor and Bruce M. Meltzer
Review by Ben Lovett on Apr 17th 2007

Freedom And Neurobiology
Reflections on Free Will, Language, And Political Power
by John R. Searle
Review by Constantine Sandis, Ph.D. on Apr 17th 2007

Patient Autonomy and the Ethics of Responsibility
by Alfred I. Tauber
Review by James Pratt on Apr 17th 2007

The Freud Wars
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis
by Lavinia Gomez
Review by Petar Jevremovic on Apr 17th 2007

Paranoia of Everyday Life
Escaping the Enemy Within
by Gerald Alper
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Apr 17th 2007

The Real Truth About Teens and Sex
From Hooking Up to Friends with Benefits--What Teens Are Thinking,
Doing, and Talking About, and How to Help Them Make Smart Choices
by Sabrina Weill
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 17th 2007

Yoga for Regular Guys DVD
The Best Workout on the Planet
by Braden Barty (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 17th 2007

Love Is a Mix Tape
Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
by Rob Sheffield
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 17th 2007

The Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics
by Rosamond Rhodes, Leslie P. Francis, Anita Silvers
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Apr 10th 2007

The Stem Cell Controversy
Debating the Issues
by Michael Ruse and Christopher A. Pynes (Editors)
Review by Bertha Alvarez Manninen, Ph.D. on Apr 10th 2007

Vitamin Ph
New Perspectives in Photography
by Editors of Phaidon Press
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 10th 2007

10 Good Questions about Life and Death
by Christopher Belshaw
Review by Ruben Berrios, Ph.D. on Apr 10th 2007

Hot Body Cool Mind - Level 1
DVD
by Jennifer Kries
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 10th 2007

Life's a Bitch
The Bitchy Bitch Chronicles
by Roberta Gregory
Review by Tony O'Brien on Apr 10th 2007

La Sierra
by Scott Dalton and Margarita Martinez (Directors)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 10th 2007

Ten Lectures on Psychotherapy and Spirituality
by Nathan Field, Trudy Harvey, Belinda Sharp (Editors)
Review by Lucia Teszler on Apr 10th 2007

Philosophy of Mind and Cognition
An Introduction
by David Braddon-Mitchell and Frank Jackson
Review by Daniel Whiting, Ph.D. on Apr 3rd 2007

Patient-Based Approaches to Cognitive Neuroscience
Second Edition
by Martha J. Farah and Todd E. Feinberg (Editors)
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Apr 3rd 2007

Harmless
by Dana Reinhardt
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 3rd 2007

Family
Changing Families, Changing Times
by Marilyn Poole (Editor)
Review by Steven Napier, M.A. on Apr 3rd 2007

Yoga on Demand
DVD
by Erin Pillman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 3rd 2007

Pain Free for Life
The 6-Week Cure for Chronic Pain--Without Surgery or Drugs
by Scott Brady and William Proctor
Review by Diana Pederson on Apr 3rd 2007

One Eye
by Charles Burns
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 3rd 2007

Happiness Sold Separately
A Novel
by Lolly Winston
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 3rd 2007

Your Body Speaks Your Mind
Decoding the Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Messages That
Underlie Illness
by Debbie Shapiro
Review by Diana Pederson on Apr 3rd 2007

Thanks,


Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 4 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at

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Recovered, Not Cured
A Journey Through Schizophrenia
by Richard McLean
Review by Tony O'Brien on Mar 20th 2007

Communication Issues In Autism And Asperger Syndrome
Do We Speak The Same Language?
by Olga Bogdashina
Review by Shereen Hassanein on Mar 20th 2007

Personality and Psychotherapy
Treating the Whole Person
by Jefferson A. Singer
Review by Michael J. Sakuma, Ph.D. on Mar 20th 2007

Evaluating the Science and Ethics of Research on Humans
A Guide for IRB Members
by Dennis J. Mazur
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Mar 20th 2007

The Future for Philosophy
by Brian Leiter (Editor)
Review by Claus Dierksmeier, Ph.D. on Mar 20th 2007

Scientific Pluralism
Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Volume XIX
by Stephen H. Kellert, Helen E. Longino, and C. Kenneth Walters
(Editors)
Review by Ed Brandon on Mar 20th 2007

Philosophy of Science
An Anthology
by Marc Lange (Editor)
Review by Mauro Murzi, Ph.D. on Mar 20th 2007

The Mind Incarnate
by Lawrence A. Shapiro
Review by Elisabetta Sirgiovanni, Ph.D. on Mar 20th 2007

Staying Sane When Your Family Comes to Visit
by Pamela K. Brodowsky and Evelyn M. Fazio
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Mar 20th 2007

The Man of My Dreams
A Novel
by Curtis Sittenfeld
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 20th 2007

Zap
A Play
by Paul Fleischman
Review by A. P. Bober on Mar 20th 2007

Her Third
DVD
by Egon Günther (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 20th 2007

The Big Book of Porn
A Penetrating Look at the World of Dirty Movies
by Seth Grahame-Smith
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 20th 2007

Empowering People with Severe Mental Illness
A Practical Guide
by Donald M. Linhorst
Review by Tony O'Brien on Mar 13th 2007

Bullying Prevention
Creating a Positive School Climate And Developing Social Competence
by Pamela Orpinas and Arthur M. Horne
Review by Barry McNamara, Ph.D. on Mar 13th 2007

The Limits of Medicine
by Andrew Stark
Review by Rachel Cooper, Ph.D. on Mar 13th 2007

On the Take
How Medicine's Complicity with Big Business Can Endanger Your Health
by Jerome P. Kassirer
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Mar 13th 2007

The Burn Journals
by Brent Runyon
Review by Tony O'Brien on Mar 13th 2007

"Intimate" Violence against Women
When Spouses, Partners, or Lovers Attack
by Paula K. Lundberg-Love and Shelly L. Marmion (Editors)
Review by Noreena Jane Sondhi on Mar 13th 2007

History, Historicity And Science
by Tom Rockmore and Joseph Margolis
Review by George Williamson, Ph.D. on Mar 13th 2007

The Busy Couple's Guide to Great Sex
The Medically Proven Program to Boost Low Libido
by Rallie McAllister
Review by Erich von Dietze, Ph.D. on Mar 13th 2007

Print Literacy Development
Uniting Cognitive and Social Practice Theories
by Victoria Purcell-Gates, Erik Jacobson, and Sophie Degener
Review by R.A. Goodrich, Ph.D. on Mar 13th 2007

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
by Carolyn Mackler
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 13th 2007

How to Live Well Without Owning a Car
Save Money, Breathe Easier, and Get More Mileage Out of Life
by Chris Balish
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 13th 2007

My Horizontal Life
A Collection of One-Night Stands
by Chelsea Handler
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 13th 2007

Mind Wars
Brain Research and National Defense
by Jonathan D. Moreno
Review by Anthony R. Dickinson, Ph.D. on Mar 6th 2007

The Trouble with Diversity
How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality
by Walter Benn Michaels
Review by Eric Lindquist, LCPC, CADC on Mar 6th 2007

Practical Ethics for Psychologists
A Positive Approach
by Samuel J. Knapp and Leon D. Vandecreek
Review by Erich von Dietze, Ph.D. on Mar 6th 2007

The Psychology of Stereotyping
by David J. Schneider
Review by Gustav Jahoda, Ph.D. on Mar 6th 2007

Reason's Grief
An Essay on Tragedy and Value
by George W. Harris
Review by Tony Milligan, Ph.D. on Mar 6th 2007

The Second-Person Standpoint
Morality, Respect, and Accountability
by Stephen Darwall
Review by Elisabeth Herschbach, Ph.D. on Mar 6th 2007

Self-Knowledge and Resentment
by Akeel Bilgrami
Review by Serife Tekin on Mar 6th 2007

Ethics and the A Priori
Selected Essays on Moral Psychology and Meta-Ethics
by Michael Smith
Review by Constantine Sandis, Ph.D. on Mar 6th 2007

Times of Triumph, Times of Doubt
Science And the Battle for Public Trust
by Elof Axel Carlson
Review by Richa Yadav, Ph.D. on Mar 6th 2007

Pure Yoga Pilates with Kerry Bestwick
DVD
by Don Hampton (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 6th 2007

Paint It Black
A Novel
by Janet Fitch
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 6th 2007

Rated X - A Journey Through Porn
DVD
by Dag Yngvesson (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 6th 2007

Bloodletting
A Memoir of Secrets, Self-Harm, & Survival
by Victoria Leatham
Review by Tony O'Brien RN, M.Phil. on Feb 27th 2007

The Strange Case of Hellish Nell
by Nina Shandler
Review by Tony O'Brien on Feb 27th 2007

Practical Management of Personality Disorder
by W. John Livesley
Review by Matthew Broome on Feb 27th 2007

Rights
A Critical Introduction
by Tom Campbell
Review by Kostas Koukouzelis, Ph.D. on Feb 27th 2007

Art Photography Now
by Susan Bright
Review by Scott Walden, Ph.D. on Feb 27th 2007

Making a Good Brain Great
The Amen Clinic Program for Achieving and Sustaining Optimal Mental
Performance
by Daniel Amen
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Feb 27th 2007

Self-Representational Approaches to Consciousness
by Uriah Kriegel and Kenneth Williford (Editors)
Review by Kamuran Godelek, Ph.D. on Feb 27th 2007

Key Thinkers in Psychology
by Rom Harre
Review by Andrea Bellelli, MD on Feb 27th 2007

Issues for Families, Schools and Communities
The Crisis in Youth Mental Health Vol. 3
by Kristine Freeark & William Davidson (Editors)
Review by Deepika Rastogi, Ph.D. on Feb 27th 2007

The $800 Million Pill
The Truth behind the Cost of New Drugs
by Merrill Goozner
Review by David M. Wolf, M.A. on Feb 27th 2007

Jumping the Scratch
by Sarah Weeks
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 27th 2007

Teach Yourself Meditation
by Naomi Ozaniec
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 27th 2007

The Breath of Tantric Love
DVD
by Steve Carter (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 27th 2007

Thanks,
Christian Perring

Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews


Chronic Depression
Interpersonal Sources, Therapeutic Solutions
by Jeremy Pettit and Thomas Joiner
Review by Jacqueline Mogle, M.S. on Feb 20th 2007

The Homework Myth
Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing
by Alfie Kohn
Review by John D. Mullen, Ph.D. on Feb 20th 2007

Darwinism and its Discontents
by Michael Ruse
Review by Sven Walter, Ph.D. on Feb 20th 2007

Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology
by Giovanni Boniolo and Gabriele De Anna (Editors)
Review by Nicholas Ruiz III, Ph.D. on Feb 20th 2007

Creatures of Accident
The Rise of the Animal Kingdom
by Wallace Arthur
Review by Christina Behme, MSc on Feb 20th 2007

Untangling the Web
Sex, Porn, and Fantasy Obsession in the Internet Age
by Robert Weiss and Jennifer Schneider
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 20th 2007

Narrative Identities
Psychologists Engaged In Self-Construction
by George Yancy and Susan Hadley (Editors)
Review by Elizabeth McCardell, Ph.D. on Feb 20th 2007

The Mature Mind
The Positive Power of the Aging Brain
by Gene D. Cohen
Review by David M. Wolf, M.A. on Feb 20th 2007

Talking Science
Language and Learning in Science Classrooms
by Wolff-Michael Roth
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Feb 20th 2007

Diva
by Alex Flinn
Review by Patricia Ball on Feb 20th 2007

Creative Core Abs
by Shiva Rea
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 20th 2007

269 Amazing Sex Games
by Hugh deBeer
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 20th 2007

Difference and Identity
A Special Issue of Literature and Medicine
by Tara McGann, Jonathan M. Metzl and Suzanne Poirier (Editors)
Review by Jackie Leach Scully, Ph.D. on Feb 13th 2007

How Psychotherapists Develop
A Study of Therapeutic Work and Professional Growth
by David E. Orlinsky and Michael Helge Ronnestad
Review by Marieke Geoghegan on Feb 13th 2007

Neonatal Bioethics
The Moral Challenges of Medical Innovation
by John D. Lantos and William L. Meadow
Review by Claus Dierksmeier, Ph.D. on Feb 13th 2007

Unlock the Genius Within
Neurobiological Trauma, Teaching, and Transformative Learning
by Daniel S. Janik
Review by Anthony R Dickinson, Ph.D. on Feb 13th 2007

Thin
by Lauren Greenfield
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 13th 2007

Talking to Babies
Psychoanalysis on a Maternity Ward
by Myriam Szejer
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Feb 13th 2007

Hypnosis for Inner Conflict Resolution
Introducing Parts Therapy
by Roy Hunter
Review by David M. Wolf, M.A. on Feb 13th 2007

On Anxiety
by Renata Salecl
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Feb 13th 2007

The Lay of the Land
by Richard Ford
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 13th 2007

Drawing a Blank
Or How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girl of
My Dreams
by Daniel Ehrenhaft
Review by Patricia Ball on Feb 13th 2007

Sins of the Fathers
by Chris Lynch
Review by Amy Ridley on Feb 13th 2007

Come Closer
by Didier Carre
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 13th 2007

Choosing Children
Genes, Disability, and Design
by Jonathan Glover
Review by Robert Scott Stewart, Ph.D. on Feb 6th 2007

Toward Replacement Parts for the Brain
Implantable Biomimetic Electronics as Neural Prostheses
by Theodore W. Berger and Dennis L. Glanzman (Editors)
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph,D. on Feb 6th 2007

Mind Time
The Temporal Factor in Consciousness
by Benjamin Libet
Review by Isabel Gois on Feb 6th 2007

Organs without Bodies
by Slavoj Zizek
Review by Robert Ramos on Feb 6th 2007

The Praeger Handbook of Learning and the Brain
by Sheryl Feinstein (Editor)
Review by Richa Yadav on Feb 6th 2007

The Philosophy of Law
A Very Short Introduction
by Raymond Wacks
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 6th 2007

The Actual Real Reality of Jennifer James
A Reality TV Novel
by Gillian Shields
Review by Amy Ridley on Feb 6th 2007

Joker
by Ranulfo
Review by Patricia Ball on Feb 6th 2007

Yoga Beauty Body
DVD
by Ana Brett & Ravi Singh
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 6th 2007

Washing My Life Away
Surviving Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Ruth Deane
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Feb 6th 2007

Kama-Sutra--The Secrets to the Art of Love
The 50 positions of the Kama Sutra in 3D
by Jacques Granson
Review by Christian Perring on Feb 6th 2007


Thanks,
Christian Perring


Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 4 weeks, we have published the following reviews:

available at

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Ethical Dilemmas in Pediatrics
Cases and Commentaries
by Lorry R. Frankel, Amnon Goldworth, Mary V. Rorty, William A.
Silverman (Editors)
Review by Andrew Brei on Jan 30th 2007

Moral Dilemmas in Real Life
Current Issues in Applied Ethics
by Ovadia Ezra
Review by Albert D. Spalding, JD on Jan 30th 2007

Descartes and the Passionate Mind
by Deborah J. Brown
Review by Tatiana Patrone, Ph.D. on Jan 30th 2007

Ready or Not, Here Life Comes
by Mel Levine
Review by David A. Flory on Jan 30th 2007

Radical Externalism
Honderich's Theory of Consciousness Discussed
by Anthony Freeman (Editor)
Review by Nigel Leary on Jan 30th 2007

Pornified
How Pornography Is Damaging Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our
Families
by Pamela Paul
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 30th 2007

The Notebook Girls
by Julia Baskin, Lindsey Newman, Sophie Pollitt-Cohen, and Courtney
Toombs
Review by Amy Ridley on Jan 30th 2007

Girlsource
A Book by and for Young Women About Relationships, Rights, Futures,
Bodies, Minds, and Souls
by A Girlsource Production
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 30th 2007

Humanism, What's That?
A Book for Curious Kids
by Helen Bennett
Review by Kevin Purday on Jan 30th 2007

Pilates for Men
DVD
by Phil Richards (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 30th 2007

Treatment of Childhood Disorders
Third Edition
by Eric J. Mash and Russell A. Barkley (Editors)
Review by Ben Lovett on Jan 23rd 2007

The Happiness Hypothesis
Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
by Jonathan Haidt
Review by Keith Harris, Ph.D. on Jan 23rd 2007

Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone
by Douglas Biklen
Review by Sue Bond on Jan 23rd 2007

Objects of Our Desire
Exploring Our Intimate Connections with the Things Around Us
by Salman Akhtar
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Jan 23rd 2007

Reinventing the Soul
Posthumanist Theory and Psychic Life
by Mari Ruti
Review by Laxminarayan Lenka, Ph.D. on Jan 23rd 2007

Subjective Experience and the Logic of the Other
by Romulo Lander
Review by Petar Jevremovic on Jan 23rd 2007

From Trauma to Transformation
by Muriel Prince Warren
Review by Elaine Saunders on Jan 23rd 2007

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 23rd 2007

Power Yoga
DVD
by Kristin McGee
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 23rd 2007

Disorders of Volition
by Natalie Sebanz and Wolfgang Prinz (Editors)
Review by George Graham, Ph.D. on Jan 16th 2007

Trauma, Truth and Reconciliation
Healing Damaged Relationships
by Nancy Nyquist Potter (Editor)
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Jan 16th 2007

Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
Review by Bo Meinertsen, Ph.D. on Jan 16th 2007

Mourning and Modernity
Essays in the Psychoanalysis of Contemporary Society
by Isaac D. Balbus
Review by Petar Jevremovic on Jan 16th 2007

Radical Hope
Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation
by Jonathan Lear
Review by Nader N. Chokr, Ph.D. on Jan 16th 2007

49 Up
DVD
by Michael Apted (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 16th 2007

Janis Saffell Beverly Hills Yoga
DVD
by Guillermo Gomez (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 16th 2007

In the Company of Crazies
by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 15th 2007

Does Consciousness Cause Behavior?
by Susan Pockett, William P. Banks and Shaun Gallagher (Editors)
Review by Joel Parthemore on Jan 9th 2007

Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science
by Robert Stainton (Editor)
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Jan 9th 2007

POPism
The Warhol Sixties
by Andy Warhol (and Pat Hackett)
Review by Aakash Singh, Ph.D. on Jan 9th 2007

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
(From A to B and Back Again)
by Andy Warhol
Review by Aakash Singh, Ph.D. on Jan 9th 2007

Death of a Department Chair
A Novel
by Lynn C. Miller
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 9th 2007

Reality Check
What Your Mind Knows, but Isn't Telling You
by David L Weiner
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Jan 9th 2007

Yoga To Go's Yoga Quick Fixes DVD
Volume 1
by Nancy Wile
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 9th 2007

Thanks,
Christian Perring



Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews:

available at

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Dark Ages
The Case for a Science of Human Behavior
by Lee C. McIntyre
Review by Benoit Hardy-Vallée, Ph.D. on Jan 2nd 2007

The Philosophy of Need
by Soran Reader (Editor)
Review by Stan Van Hooft, Ph.D. on Jan 2nd 2007

Destructive Trends in Mental Health
The Well-Intentioned Path to Harm
by Rogers Wright and Nicholas A. Cummings (Editors)
Review by Eric Lindquist, LCPC, CADC on Jan 2nd 2007

Lisey's Story
A Novel
by Stephen King
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 2nd 2007

The Broken Mirror
Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder
by Katharine A. Phillips
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Jan 2nd 2007

The Tenth Circle
A Novel
by Jodi Picoult
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 2nd 2007

Gutted
Down to the Studs in My House, My Marriage, My Life
by Lawrence LaRose
Review by Patricia Ferguson, PsyD on Jan 2nd 2007

Hard Candy
DVD
by David Slade (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 2nd 2007

The Importance of Being Lazy
In Praise of Play, Leisure and Vacations
by Al Gini
Review by Tony O'Brien RN, MPhil on Dec 26th 2006

The Sociopath Next Door
by Martha Stout
Review by James Pratt on Dec 26th 2006

Perceptual Experience
by Tamar Szabo Gendler and John Hawthorne (Editors)
Review by Richa Yadav, Ph.D. on Dec 26th 2006

Jean-Paul Sartre
by Andrew Leak
Review by Richa Yadav, Ph.D. on Dec 26th 2006

Exposure
by Mary Ellen Mark
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 26th 2006

Yoga Journal's Yoga for Stress
With Dr. Baxter Bell
by Donna Goldman (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 26th 2006

Good Grief
by Lolly Winston
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 26th 2006

The Politics Of Lust
by John Ince
Review by Martine Rouleau on Dec 19th 2006

Reasoning in Biological Discoveries
Essays on Mechanisms, Interfield Relations, and Anomaly Resolution
by Lindley Darden
Review by Robyn Bluhm, Ph.D. on Dec 19th 2006

Thinking With Animals
New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism
by Lorraine Daston and Gregg Mitman (editors)
Review by Manuel Bremer, Ph.D. on Dec 19th 2006

Collected Stories
by Barbara Anderson
Review by Tony O'Brien on Dec 19th 2006

Methadonia
DVD
by Michel Negroponte (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 19th 2006

Beating Heart
A Ghost Story
by A. M. Jenkins
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 19th 2006

Classical Pilates Technique DVD
The Complete Mat Workout Series
by Beth Clarke (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 19th 2006

Shadow, Self, Spirit
by Michael Daniels
Review by A.P. Bober on Dec 19th 2006


Thanks,
Christian Perring

Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 4 weeks, we have published the following reviews:

available at

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The Virtuous Life in Greek Ethics
by Burkhard Reis (Editor)
Review by Randall M. Jensen, Ph.D. on Dec 12th 2006

Is There an Ethicist in the House?
On the Cutting Edge of Bioethics
by Jonathan D. Moreno
Review by Lawrence D. Hultgren, Ph.D. on Dec 12th 2006

Humanism
An Introduction
by Jim Herrick
Review by Ruben Berrios, Ph.D. on Dec 12th 2006

Responsibility and Punishment
Third Edition
by J. Angelo Corlett
Review by Justin Moss, M.A. on Dec 12th 2006

Fratricide in the Holy Land
A Psychoanalytic View of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
by Avner Falk
Review by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, Ph.D. on Dec 12th 2006

Glowing Genes
A Revolution In Biotechnology
by Marc Zimmer
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Dec 12th 2006

Insight Yoga with Sarah Powers
DVD
by Mark Holmes and Ian Albert (Directors)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 12th 2006

Grayson
by Lynne Cox
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 12th 2006

Pornography
The Secret History of Civilisation
by Fenton Bailey, Chris Rodley, Dev Varma, Kate Williams (Directors)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 12th 2006

Disorders Of Desire
Sexuality And Gender In Modern American Sexology (Revised and
Expanded)
by Janice Irvine
Review by John Z. Sadler, M.D. on Dec 5th 2006

The Language of God
A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
by Francis S. Collins
Review by Dónal P. O'Mathúna, Ph.D. on Dec 5th 2006

Is Science Value Free?
by Hugh Lacey
Review by S.K. van Hoorn, M.A. on Dec 5th 2006

No More Anxiety
Be Your Own Anxiety Coach
by Gladeana McMahon
Review by Kathy Tiell, Ph.D. on Dec 5th 2006

Indivisible by Two
Lives of Extraordinary Twins
by Nancy L. Segal
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Dec 5th 2006

Gallatin Canyon
Stories
by Thomas McGuane
Review by Tony O'Brien on Dec 5th 2006

Third Class Superhero
by Charles Yu
Review by Tony O'Brien on Dec 5th 2006

Yoga for Regular Guys
The Best Damn Workout on the Planet!
by Diamond Dallas Page
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 5th 2006

Intense
by Mario Schmolka
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 5th 2006

The Virginity Club
by Kate Brian
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 5th 2006

Straight to Jesus
Sexual and Christian Conversions in the Ex-Gay Movement
by Tanya Erzen
Review by Marcus Tye, Ph.D. on Nov 28th 2006

Self-Help, Inc.
Makeover Culture in American Life
by Micki McGee
Review by Brian J. McVeigh on Nov 28th 2006

Rebuilt
My Journey Back to the Hearing World
by Michael Chorost
Review by Jackie Leach Scully, Ph.D. on Nov 28th 2006

The Toothpaste of Immortality
Self-Construction in the Consumer Age
by Elemér Hankiss
Review by Ulrich Mühe on Nov 28th 2006

Thin
DVD
by Lauren Greenfield (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 28th 2006

Rise And Fall of Soul And Self
An Intellectual History of Personal Identity
by Raymond Martin and John Barresi
Review by Jonas S. Green, Ph.D. on Nov 28th 2006

In the Land of the Deaf
VHS
by Nicolas Philibert (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 28th 2006

The Brambles
A Novel
by Eliza Minot
Review by Tony O'Brien on Nov 28th 2006

Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond
DVD
by Ana Brett & Ravi Singh (Directors)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 28th 2006

Body Image And Body Schema
Interdisciplinary Perspectives On The Body
by Helena De Preester & Veroniek Knockaert (editors)
Review by Richard de Blacquière-Clarkson, M.A. on Nov 21st 2006

The Myth of Self-Esteem
How Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Can Change Your Life Forever
by Albert Ellis
Review by Andrea Bellelli, MD on Nov 21st 2006

In Praise of Athletic Beauty
by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil. on Nov 21st 2006

Punishment
The Supposed Justifications Revisited
by Ted Honderich
Review by John Williams, Ph.D. on Nov 21st 2006

Working Minds
A Practitioner's Guide to Cognitive Task Analysis
by Beth Crandall, Gary Klein, and Robert R. Hoffman
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Nov 21st 2006

Pragmatism, Old And New
Selected Writings
by Susan Haack (Editor)
Review by Konrad Talmont-Kaminski, Ph.D. on Nov 21st 2006

Mommies Who Drink
by Brett Paesel
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 21st 2006

Prisoners Under Glass
by R. Patrick
Review by Amy Ridley on Nov 21st 2006

Tropical Blend
by Bruno Poinsard
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 21st 2006


Happy Holidays,
Christian Perring

Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews:

available at

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Oxford Textbook of Philosophy of Psychiatry
by Bill Fulford, Tim Thornton, and George Graham (Editors)
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Nov 14th 2006

The Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies
by Steve Fuller
Review by Shereen Hassanein on Nov 14th 2006

The Robot's Rebellion
Finding Meaning in the Age of Darwin
by Keith E. Stanovich
Review by Sven Walter, Ph.D. on Nov 14th 2006

Flesh Wounds
The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery
by Virginia Blum
Review by Viorel Zaicu, Ph.D. on Nov 14th 2006

Flow and Yin
A Balanced Yoga Practice
by Donna Helm-Yost
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 14th 2006

Worst Cases
Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination
by Lee Clarke
Review by Kem Crimmins on Nov 14th 2006

The Placebo Effect and Health
Combining Science and Compassionate Care
by W Grant Thompson
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Nov 14th 2006

Fear of the Dark
A Novel
by Walter Mosley
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 14th 2006

No Right Turn
by Terry Trueman
Review by Amy Ridley on Nov 14th 2006

The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs
by Jack Gantos
Review by Patricia Ball on Nov 14th 2006

From Morality to Mental Health
Virtue and Vice in a Therapeutic Culture
by Mike W. Martin
Review by Nancy Nyquist Potter, Ph.D. on Nov 7th 2006

Clinical Dilemmas in Psychotherapy
A Transtheoretical Approach To Psychotherapy Integration
by Douglas J. Scaturo
Review by Benjamin J. Lovett on Nov 7th 2006

Inner Presence
Consciousness as a Biological Phenomenon
by Antti Revonsuo
Review by Nigel Leary on Nov 7th 2006

On Our Own, Together
Peer Programs For People With Mental Illness
by Sally Clay (Editor)
Review by Aleksandar Dimitrijevic on Nov 7th 2006

In My Skin
DVD
by Marina de Van (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 7th 2006

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
A Novel
by Marina Lewycka
Review by Tony O'Brien on Nov 7th 2006

Photography Reborn
Image Making in the Digital Era
by Jonathan Lipkin
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 7th 2006

The Hookup Artist
by Tucker Shaw
Review by Amy Ridley on Nov 7th 2006

Last Call
(Party Room)
by Morgan Burke
Review by Patricia Ball on Nov 7th 2006

The Unsayable
The Hidden Language of Trauma
by Annie Rogers
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Oct 31st 2006

Mental Health At The Crossroads
The Promise Of The Psychosocial Approach
by Shulamit Ramon and Janet E. Williams (Editors)
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil. on Oct 31st 2006

With
by Ken Ohara
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 31st 2006

Girls Closed In
A Novel
by France Theoret
Review by Tony O'Brien on Oct 31st 2006

Contemporary Debates in Moral Theory
by James Dreier (Editor)
Review by Tony Milligan, Ph.D. on Oct 31st 2006

Beyond Choice
Reproductive Freedom in the 21st Century
by Alexander Sanger
Review by Sue Bond on Oct 31st 2006

Becoming a Subject
Reflections in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
by Marcia Cavell
Review by Laxminarayan Lenka, Ph.D. on Oct 31st 2006

Red Lotus Yoga
DVD
by Tom Carey (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 31st 2006

Thanks,
Christian Perring


Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 4 weeks, we have published the following reviews:

available at

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Social Inclusion of People with Mental Illness
by Julian Leff and Richard Warner
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil. on Oct 24th 2006

The Talking Ape
How Language Evolved
by Robbins Burling
Review by Christina Behme, M.Sc., M.A. on Oct 24th 2006

Happiness
Lessons from a New Science
by Richard Layard
Review by John D. Mullen, Ph.D. on Oct 24th 2006

The Rational Imagination
How People Create Alternatives to Reality
by Ruth M. J. Byrne
Review by Tatiana Patrone, Ph.D. on Oct 24th 2006

Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Derrida on Deconstruction
by Barry Stocker
Review by A. Singh & M. Singamsetty on Oct 24th 2006

What is the Self?
A Philosophy of Psychology
by A. P. Craig
Review by Kamuran Godelek, Ph.D. on Oct 24th 2006

The End
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Thirteenth
by Lemony Snicket
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 24th 2006

What Goes Up
Surviving the Manic Episode of a Loved One
by Judy Eron
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Oct 24th 2006

Beautiful Dreamers
by John Kent Harrison (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 24th 2006

Happiness
The Science behind Your Smile
by Daniel Nettle
Review by John D. Mullen, Ph.D. on Oct 17th 2006

Freedom vs. Intervention
Six Tough Cases
by Daniel E. Lee
Review by Lisa Bellantoni, Ph.D. on Oct 17th 2006

Contesting Psychiatry
Social Movements in Mental Health
by Nick Crossley
Review by Elisabetta Sirgiovanni, Ph.D. on Oct 17th 2006

Ethics Done Right
Practical Reasoning as a Foundation for Moral Theory
by Elijah Millgram
Review by Constantine Sandis, Ph.D. on Oct 17th 2006

The Tears of Things
Melancholy and Physical Objects
by Peter Schwenger
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, M.Phil. on Oct 17th 2006

The Science of Good and Evil
Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
by Michael Shermer
Review by Kevin Purday on Oct 17th 2006

The Guy Not Taken
Stories
by Jennifer Weiner
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 17th 2006

Overcoming Obsessive Thoughts
How to Gain Control of Your OCD
by Christine Purdon and David A. Clark
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Oct 17th 2006

Private Dicks - Men Exposed
DVD
by Thom Powers and Meema Spadola (Directors)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 17th 2006

Pin-up Grrrls
Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture
by Maria Elena Buszek
Review by Lidia HwaSoon Anchisi, Ph.D. on Oct 10th 2006

Why We Love
The Nature And Chemistry Of Romantic Love
by Helen E. Fisher
Review by Kevin Purday on Oct 10th 2006

Getting Under the Skin
Body and Media Theory
by Bernadette Wegenstein
Review by Brian J. McVeigh on Oct 10th 2006

Burn Unit
Saving Lives After The Flames
by Barbara Ravage
Review by Kevin Purday on Oct 10th 2006

Forms of Intersubjectivity in Infant Reasearch and Adult Treatment
by Beatrice Beebe, Steven Knoblauch, Judith Rustin, and Dorienne
Sorter
Review by Serife Tekin on Oct 10th 2006

The Discomfort Zone
A Personal History
by Jonathan Franzen
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 10th 2006

Foucault 2.0
Beyond Power and Knowledge
by Eric Paras
Review by Nader N. Chokr, Ph.D. on Oct 10th 2006

AM/PM Yoga
DVD
by Ravi Singh and Ana Brett
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 10th 2006

Is It Me or My Meds?
Living with Antidepressants
by David A. Karp
Review by Jo Doran, M.F.A. on Oct 3rd 2006

Always On Call
When Illness Turns Families Into Caregivers
by Carol Levine (Editor)
Review by Kevin Purday on Oct 3rd 2006

The Innate Mind
Structure and Contents
by Peter Carruthers, Stephen Laurence and Stephen Stich (Editors)
Review by Luc Faucher, Ph.D., Jean Lachapelle, Ph.D., and Pierre
Poirier,Ph.D. on Oct 3rd 2006

Language Origins
Perspectives on Evolution
by Maggie Tallerman (Editor)
Review by Manuel Bremer, Ph.D. on Oct 3rd 2006

The Era of Choice
The Ability to Choose and Its Transformation of Contemporary Life
by Edward C. Rosenthal
Review by Francesco Giacomantonio, Ph.D. on Oct 3rd 2006

Two Regimes of Madness
Texts and Interviews 1975-1995
by Gilles Deleuze
Review by John Sellars, Ph.D. on Oct 3rd 2006

Fatigue as a Window to the Brain
by John DeLuca (Editor)
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Oct 3rd 2006

Lacan
The Silent Partners
by Slavoj Zizek (Editor)
Review by Paula Satne Jones on Oct 3rd 2006

Introduction to Qi Yoga
DVD
by Dawn Holst
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 3rd 2006


Thanks,
Christian Perring


Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 4 weeks, we have published the following reviews:

available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

Ethical Reasoning for Mental Health Professionals
by Gary G. Ford
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil on Sep 26th 2006

Lack of Character
Personality and Moral Behavior
by John M. Doris
Review by James Pratt on Sep 26th 2006

Theoretical Issues in Psychology: An Introduction
Second Edition
by Sacha Bem and Huib Looren de Jong
Review by Kamuran Godelek, Ph.D. on Sep 26th 2006

Emotion and Consciousness
by Lisa Feldman Barrett, Paula M. Niedenthal and Piotr Winkielman
(Editors)
Review by Isabel Gois on Sep 26th 2006

Praising Girls Well
100 Tips for Parents And Teachers
by Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer
Review by Julia Hui and Anthony R Dickinson. on Sep 26th 2006

Praising Boys Well
100 Tips for Parents And Teachers
by Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer
Review by Anthony R Dickinson and Julia Hui on Sep 26th 2006

Surrealism
by Mary Ann Caws
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 26th 2006

Leaving Las Vegas
DVD
by Mike Figgis (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 26th 2006

Psychiatric Cultures Compared
Psychiatry and Mental Health Care in the Twentieth Century
by Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra, Harry Oosterhuis, Joost Vijselaar, and
Hugh Freeman (Editors)
Review by Robert Tarzwell, MD on Sep 19th 2006

The Bifurcation of the Self
The History and Theory of Dissociation and Its Disorders
by Robert W. Rieber
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Sep 19th 2006

Speaking My Mind
Expression and Self-Knowledge
by Dorit Bar-On
Review by Fredrik Stjernberg on Sep 19th 2006

Physician-Assisted Dying
The Case for Palliative Care and Patient Choice
by Timothy E. Quill and Margaret P. Battin (Editors)
Review by Antonio Casado da Rocha, Ph.D. on Sep 19th 2006

Like a Splinter in Your Mind
The Philosophy Behind the Matrix Trilogy
by Matt Lawrence
Review by Joel Parthemore on Sep 19th 2006

The Stoics On Determinism And Compatibilism
by Ricardo Salles
Review by James Pratt on Sep 19th 2006

On the Human Condition
by Dominique Janicaud
Review by Richa Yadav on Sep 19th 2006

American Alphabets
by Wendy Ewald
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 19th 2006

Being the Other One
Growing Up with a Brother or Sister Who Has Special Needs
by Kate Strohm
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Sep 19th 2006

The Dead Hour
A Novel
by Denise Mina
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 19th 2006

Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Towards Pragmatism
by Patrick Baert
Review by Jesse W. Butler, Ph.D. on Sep 12th 2006

Beyond Kuhn
Scientific Explanation, Theory Structure, Incommensurability And
Physical Necessity
by Edwin H. C. Hung
Review by Louis S. Berger, Ph.D. on Sep 12th 2006

Jung Stripped Bare
By His Biographers, Even
by Sonu Shamdasani
Review by Petar Jevremovic on Sep 12th 2006

The Case against Assisted Suicide
For the Right to End-of-Life Care
by Kathleen M. Foley and Herbert Hendin (Editors)
Review by Tony O'Brien RN, MPhil on Sep 12th 2006

Consider the Lobster
And Other Essays
by David Foster Wallace
Review by Matthew Ray on Sep 12th 2006

Angel's World
The New York Photographs of Angelo Rizzuto
by Michael Lesy
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 12th 2006

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
A Memoir
by Nick Flynn
Review by Courtney Young on Sep 12th 2006

The Three Faces of Eve
DVD
by Nunnally Johnson (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 12th 2006

Blush
Faces of Shame
by Elspeth Probyn
Review by Raffaele Rodogno, Ph.D. on Sep 12th 2006

Zen-Brain Reflections
by James H. Austin
Review by A.P. Bober on Sep 12th 2006

Zombies and Consciousness
by Robert Kirk
Review by Maria Antonietta Perna, Ph.D. on Sep 5th 2006

Seeing Red
A Study in Consciousness
by Nicholas Humphrey
Review by Keith Harris, Ph.D. on Sep 5th 2006

Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics
Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation
by Erik Parens, Audrey R. Chapman and Nancy Press (Editors)
Review by James Sage, Ph.D. on Sep 5th 2006

Wandering Significance
An Essay on Conceptual Behaviour
by Mark Wilson
Review by Daniel Whiting, Ph.D. on Sep 5th 2006

Walking Heads
On the Secret Fantasy of Being an Exception
by Antonie Ladan
Review by Petar Jevremovic on Sep 5th 2006

Sexual Ethics
The Meaning And Foundations of Sexual Morality
by Aurel Kolnai
Review by Stan van Hooft, Ph.D. on Sep 5th 2006

Fun Home
A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
Review by Elizabeth O'Connor, Ph.D. on Sep 5th 2006

The Snake Pit
DVD
by Anatole Litvak (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 5th 2006

A Toss Of The Dice
Stories From A Pediatrician's Practice
by Natasha T. Hays
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Sep 5th 2006

Breasts - A Documentary
DVD
by Meema Spadola & Thom Powers (Directors)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 5th 2006

The FIRM Power Yoga DVD
With Kirsten Strohecker
by Andrea Ambandos (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 5th 2006

Thanks,
Christian Perring

Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews:

available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

Postpsychiatry
Mental Health in a Postmodern World
by Patrick Bracken and Philip Thomas
Review by Bradley Lewis, M.D., Ph.D. on Aug 29th 2006

Toward an Evolutionary Biology of Language
by Philip Lieberman
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Aug 29th 2006

Identifying Hyperactive Children
The Medicalization of Deviant Behavior
by Peter Conrad
Review by Edmund O'Toole on Aug 29th 2006

What's Wrong with Children's Rights
by Martin Guggenheim
Review by Justin Moss, M.A. on Aug 29th 2006

Ethics
Twelve Lectures on the Philosophy of Morality
by David Wiggins
Review by Sirine Shebaya on Aug 29th 2006

On Apology
by Aaron Lazare
Review by Kevin T. Keith, M.A. on Aug 29th 2006

Eye Contact
by Cammie McGovern
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 29th 2006

Under the Dam
And Other Stories
by David Constantine
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 29th 2006

See Me Feel Me
by Richard Murrian
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 29th 2006

Mastering Anger and Aggression
The Brazelton Way
by T. Berry Brazelton, Joshua D. Sparrow
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Aug 29th 2006

The Geography of Girlhood
A Novel
by Kirsten Smith
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 29th 2006

Overdosed America
The Broken Promise of American Medicine
by John Abramson
Review by Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.A., M.P.H. on Aug 22nd 2006

"My Madness Saved Me"
The Madness and Marriage of Virginia Woolf
by Thomas Szasz
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil. on Aug 22nd 2006

Are Women Human?
And Other International Dialogues
by Catharine A. MacKinnon
Review by Tatiana Patrone, Ph.D. on Aug 22nd 2006

Happiness
A History
by Darrin M. McMahon
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Aug 22nd 2006

Attention Deficit Disorder
The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults
by Thomas E. Brown
Review by Ben Lovett on Aug 22nd 2006

Near Death Experience
A Holographic Explanation
by Oswald Harding
Review by Robert Almeder, Ph.D. on Aug 22nd 2006

The Naked Bird Watcher
by Suzy Johnston
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil on Aug 22nd 2006

DSM-IV-TR Case Studies
A Clinical Guide to Differential Diagnosis
by Allen J. Frances and Ruth Ross
Review by Patricia Ferguson, PsyD on Aug 22nd 2006

Reconstructing the Cognitive World
The Next Step
by Michael Wheeler
Review by Pak Hang Wong on Aug 22nd 2006

Double Standards in Medical Research in Developing Countries
by Ruth Macklin
Review by David Teira, Ph.D. on Aug 22nd 2006

Murderball
DVD
by Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 22nd 2006

MirrorMask
by Neil Gaiman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 22nd 2006

Understanding Depression
A Complete Guide to Its Diagnosis and Treatment
by Donald F. Klein and Paul H. Wender
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2006

Problem Girls
by Gwynedd Lloyd
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2006

Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism
New Essays
by John Christman and Joel Anderson (Editors)
Review by Neil Levy, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2006

Self-Awareness Deficits in Psychiatric Patients
Assessment and Treatment
by Bernard D. Beitman and Jyotsna Nair (Editors)
Review by Ulrich Mühe on Aug 15th 2006

Social Neuroscience
People Thinking about Thinking People
by John T. Cacioppo, Penny S. Visser and Cynthia L. Pickett (Editors)
Review by G.C. Gupta, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2006

Illumine
Photographs by Garry Fabian Miller: A Retrospective
by Martin Barnes
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2006

Waking Up to What You Do
A Zen Practice for Meeting Every Situation with Intelligence and
Compassion
by Diane Eshin Rizzetto
Review by Patricia Ball on Aug 15th 2006

Touchy Subjects
Stories
by Emma Donoghue
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 15th 2006

Good Girls
A Novel
by Laura Ruby
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2006

All Rivers Flow to the Sea
by Alison McGhee
Review by Patricia Ball on Aug 15th 2006

Adam Canfield of the Slash
by Michael Winerip
Review by Amy Ridley on Aug 15th 2006

A Frog Thing
by Eric Drachman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2006



Thanks,
Christian Perring


Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

New reviews on Metapsychology Online


In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following
reviews:

available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

Status Anxiety
by Alain De Botton
Review by Sue Bond on Aug 8th 2006

Early Intervention Programs and Policies
The Crisis in Youth Mental Health Vol. 4
by Norman F. Watt, Catherine Ayoub, Robert H. Bradley, Jini E. Puma,
and Whitney A. LeBoeuf
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Aug 8th 2006

Berlin Childhood around 1900
by Walter Benjamin
Review by Barbara Sattler on Aug 8th 2006

Is Oedipus Online?
Siting Freud after Freud
by Jerry Aline Flieger
Review by Jackie Leach Scully, Ph.D. on Aug 8th 2006

SexyBook
by Esther Haase
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 8th 2006

Emotion Experience
Journal of Consciousness Studies
by Evan Thompson and Giovanna Colombetti (Editors)
Review by Dina Mendonça on Aug 8th 2006

The Second Self
Computers and the Human Spirit: Twentieth Anniversary Edition
by Sherry Turkle
Review by Martine Rouleau on Aug 8th 2006

Yoga Sculpt
DVD
by Kathy Smith
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 8th 2006

Cruise Control
by Terry Trueman
Review by Patricia Ball on Aug 8th 2006

Nothing But the Truth
(and a Few White Lies)
by Justina Chen Headley
Review by Amy Ridley on Aug 8th 2006

Life Interrupted
The Unfinished Monologue
by Spalding Gray
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 8th 2006

Flashcards of My Life
by Charise Mericle Harper
Review by Patricia Ball on Aug 8th 2006

Prince William, Maximilian Minsky & Me
by Holly-Jane Rahlens
Review by Amy Ridley on Aug 8th 2006

Stumbling on Happiness
by Daniel Gilbert
Review by Robert Scott Stewart, Ph.D. on Aug 1st 2006

Mindsight
Image, Dream, Meaning
by Colin McGinn
Review by Martin Allen on Aug 1st 2006

The Psychology of Science and the Origins of the Scientific Mind
by Gregory J. Feist
Review by Shereen Hassanein on Aug 1st 2006

Memory And Understanding
Concept Formation In Proust's A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu
by Renate Bartsch
Review by Laxminarayan Lenka, Ph.D. on Aug 1st 2006

Wittgenstein and Approaches To Clarity
by Newton Garver
Review by Edmund Dain, Ph.D. on Aug 1st 2006

Bare Facts And Naked Truths
A New Correspondence Theory Of Truth
by George Englebretsen
Review by Bo Meinertsen, Ph.D. on Aug 1st 2006

Babylon and Other Stories
by Alix Ohlin
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 1st 2006

Onflow
Dynamics of Consciousness and Experience
by Ralph Pred
Review by Maria Botero, M.A on Aug 1st 2006

The Abortionist's Daughter
by Elisabeth Hyde
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 1st 2006

PopCo
A Novel
by Scarlett Thomas
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 1st 2006

Hemalayaa's Yoga for Young Bodies DVD
3 Distinct Workouts Plus Partners Poses
by Mark Stope (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 1st 2006

Private Skin
by Dan Wickline
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 1st 2006

Healing Psychiatry
Bridging the Science/Humanism Divide
by David H. Brendel
Review by Jessica Wahman, Ph.D. on Jul 25th 2006

Against Bioethics
by Jonathan Baron
Review by Tony Milligan, Ph.D. on Jul 25th 2006

Making Natural Knowledge
Constructivism and the History of Science
by Jan Golinski
Review by Ed Brandon on Jul 25th 2006

Intoxicating Minds
How Drugs Work
by Ciaran Regan
Review by Stephen Chadwick, Ph.D. on Jul 25th 2006

Depression In Later Life
by Jill Manthorpe and Steve Iliffe
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 25th 2006

Bracket
A New Generation in Fiction
by Ra Page (Editor)
Review by Tony O'Brien on Jul 25th 2006

Wondergenes
Genetic Enhancement and the Future of Society
by Maxwell J. Mehlman
Review by Robert Loftis, Ph.D. on Jul 25th 2006

The New Life
La Vie Nouvelle
by Lise Sarfati
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 25th 2006

What Women Want
What Every Man Needs to Know About Sex, Romance, Passion, and
Pleasure
by Laurence Roy Stains and Stefan Bechtel
Review by Dana Vigilante on Jul 25th 2006

Total Pilates
with Lynne Robinson
by David Yates (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 25th 2006

I'm OK, You're My Parents
How to Overcome Guilt, Let Go of Anger, and Create a Relationship
That Works
by Dale Atkins
Review by Dana Vigilante on Jul 25th 2006

Fumbling
A Journey of Love, Adventure, and Renewal on the Camino de Santiago
by Kerry Egan
Review by Wyndham Perring on Jul 25th 2006

F**k Fashion
The Erotic Photography of Ben Westwood
by Ben Westwood
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 25th 2006



Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 4 weeks, we have published the following
reviews:

available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

The Creating Brain
The Neuroscience of Genius
by Nancy C. Andreasen
Review by Nigel Leary on Jul 18th 2006

The Evolution of Morality
by Richard Joyce
Review by Christina Behme, MSc on Jul 18th 2006

Quality of Life and Human Difference
Genetic Testing, Health Care, and Disability
by David Wasserman, Jerome Bickenbach, Robert Wachbroit (Editors)
Review by Jackie Leach Scully, Ph.D. on Jul 18th 2006

The Making of the Modern Self
by Dror Wahrman
Review by James Pratt on Jul 18th 2006

Multifamily Groups in the Treatment of Severe Psychiatric Disorders
by William R. McFarlane
Review by Robert L. Muhlnickel, M.S.W., Ph.D. (Candidate) on Jul 18th
2006

My Friend Leonard
by James Frey
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 18th 2006

Fatal Flaws
Navigating Destructive Relationships with People with Disorders of
Personality and Character
by Stuart C. Yudofsky
Review by Elisabetta Sirgiovanni, Ph.D. on Jul 18th 2006

To Walk on Eggshells
by Jean Johnston
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil on Jul 18th 2006

My Flesh and Blood
DVD
by Jonathan Karsh (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 18th 2006

Unholy Stories
Short Stories
by Carole David
Review by Tony O'Brien on Jul 18th 2006

Yoga Shakti
DVD
by Shiva Rea
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 18th 2006

Sexual Pleasure
Reaching New Heights of Sexual Arousal and Intimacy
by Barbara Keesling
Review by Dana Vigilante on Jul 18th 2006

Layley
by John Donegan
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 18th 2006

Psycho Thrillers
Cinematic Explorations of the Mysteries of the Mind
by William Indick
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Jul 11th 2006

Bioethics Beyond the Headlines
Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides?
by Albert R. Jonsen
Review by Lawrence D. Hultgren, Ph.D. on Jul 11th 2006

The Roman Stoics
Self, Responsibility, and Affection
by Gretchen Reydams-Schils
Review by Edward Butler, Ph.D. on Jul 11th 2006

The Moral Mind
by Henry Haslam
Review by Albert D. Spalding, JD on Jul 11th 2006

Anxiety, Phobias, and Panic
Updated and Revised
by Reneau Z. Peurifoy
Review by Dana Vigilante on Jul 11th 2006

Meditation in a New York Minute
Super Calm for the Super Busy
by Mark Thornton
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 11th 2006

The Mercy Room
A Novel
by Gilles Rozier
Review by Tony O'Brien on Jul 11th 2006

Voices Of Alzheimer's
Courage, Humor, Hope, and Love in the Face of Dementia
by Betsy Peterson (Editor)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 11th 2006

The Other Hollywood
The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry
by Legs McNeil and Jennifer Osborne
Review by Dana Vigilante on Jul 11th 2006

The Why Café
by John Strelecky
Review by Tony O'Brien on Jul 11th 2006

Startled by His Furry Shorts
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
by Louise Rennison
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 11th 2006

Perspectives on Imitation
From Neuroscience to Social Science
by Susan Hurley and Nick Chater (Editors)
Review by Shaun Gallagher, Ph.D. on Jul 4th 2006

Subjectivity and Selfhood
Investigating the First-Person Perspective
by Dan Zahavi
Review by Kamuran Godelek, Ph.D. on Jul 4th 2006

Reframing Disease Contextually
by Mary Ann G. Cutter
Review by Robyn Bluhm, Ph.D. on Jul 4th 2006

Ethics Expertise
History, Contemporary Perspectives, and Applications
by Lisa Rasmussen (Editor)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 4th 2006

On Hashish
by Walter Benjamin
Review by Claus Dierksmeier, Ph.D. on Jul 4th 2006

People Like Ourselves
Portrayals of Mental Illness in the Movies
by Jacqueline Noll Zimmerman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 4th 2006

Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (So They Can Look Up Your Skirt)
A Dad's Advice for Daughters
by Philip Van Munching
Review by Anthony R Dickinson, Ph.D. on Jul 4th 2006

Disasters of War
by Henry Darger
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 4th 2006

Tooth and Nail
by Ian Rankin
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 4th 2006

Moving Beyond Prozac, DSM, and the New Psychiatry
The Birth of Postpsychiatry
by Bradley E. Lewis
Review by Jennifer Hansen, Ph.D. on Jun 27th 2006

Curious Emotions
Roots of consciousness and personality in motivated action
by Ralph D. Ellis
Review by Liam Dempsey, Ph.D. on Jun 27th 2006

Asylum to Action
Paddington Day Hospital, Therapeutic Communities And Beyond
by Helen Spandler
Review by Duncan Double on Jun 27th 2006

Genes in Conflict
The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements
by Austin Burt and Robert Trivers
Review by Nicholas Ruiz III on Jun 27th 2006

50 Signs of Mental Illness
A Guide to Understanding Mental Health
by James Whitney Hicks
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Jun 27th 2006

Brute Rationality
Normativity and Human Action
by Joshua Gert
Review by Kostas Koukouzelis, Ph.D. on Jun 27th 2006

Accounts of Innocence
Sexual Abuse, Trauma, and the Self
by Joseph E. Davis
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Jun 27th 2006

The Little Monster
Growing Up With ADHD
by Robert Jergen
Review by Ben Lovett on Jun 27th 2006

Freud
by Jonathan Lear
Review by Andrea Bellelli, MD on Jun 27th 2006

Strength, Grace, Healing
Max Strom Yoga DVD
by Mitch Walker (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 27th 2006

Songs of the Gorilla Nation
My Journey Through Autism
by Dawn Prince-Hughes
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 27th 2006

Rosy Cole's Memoir Explosion
A Heartbreaking Story about Losing Friends, Annoying Family, and
Ruining Romance
by Sheila Greenwald
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 27th 2006



Christian Perring

Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Home Page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 4 weeks, we have published the following
reviews:

available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

The Metaphor of Mental Illness
by Neil Pickering
Review by Jennifer Radden, Ph.D. on Jun 20th 2006

Justice in Robes
by Ronald Dworkin
Review by Tatiana Patrone, Ph.D. on Jun 20th 2006

Camus and Sartre
The Story of a Friendship and the Quarrel that Ended It
by Ronald Aronson
Review by Eccy de Jonge, Ph.D. on Jun 20th 2006

More Than Human
Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement
by Ramez Naam
Review by Lisa Bellantoni, Ph.D. on Jun 20th 2006

Brain Arousal and Information Theory
Neural and Genetic Mechanisms
by Donald Pfaff
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Jun 20th 2006

And a Time to Die
How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life
by Sharon R. Kaufman
Review by Lisa Bellantoni, Ph.D. on Jun 20th 2006

To Redeem One Person Is to Redeem the World
The Life of Frieda Fromm-Reichmann
by Gail A. Hornstein
Review by Aleksandar Dimitrijevic on Jun 20th 2006

Murder in Byzantium
A Novel
by Julia Kristeva
Review by Tony O'Brien on Jun 20th 2006

Jacques Lacan
An Introduction
by Sean Homer
Review by Sam Brown, Ph.D. on Jun 20th 2006

How Full Is Your Bucket?
Positive Strategies for Work and Life
by Tom Rath and Donald O. Clifton
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 20th 2006

Hotel World
by Ali Smith
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 20th 2006

The Book of the Dead
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 20th 2006

Metaethical Subjectivism
by Richard Double
Review by Matthew Pianalto on Jun 13th 2006

The Essential Guide to Prescription Drugs 2006
Everything You Need To Know For Safe Drug Use
by James J. Rybacki
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 13th 2006

Hello to All That
A Memoir of War, Zoloft, and Peace
by John Falk
Review by Kevin Purday on Jun 13th 2006

The Valley
by Larry Sultan
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 13th 2006

The Paradox of Choice
Why More is Less
by Barry Schwartz
Review by Kevin Purday on Jun 13th 2006

A Philosophy of Culture
The Scope of Holistic Pragmatism
by Morton White
Review by Nader N. Chokr, Ph.D. on Jun 13th 2006

Age-Proof Your Mind
Detect, Delay, and Prevent Memory Loss--Before It's Too
Late
by Zaldy S. Tan
Review by Dana Vigilante on Jun 13th 2006

The Usual Mistakes
by Erin Flanagan
Review by Tony O'Brien on Jun 13th 2006

Through the Glass Wall
A Therapist's Lifelong Journey to Reach the Children of
Autism
by Howard Buten
Review by Dana Vigilante on Jun 13th 2006

Fortunate Son
A Novel
by Walter Mosley
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 13th 2006

A Message from Jakie
A Spiritual Journey of Love, Death and Hope
by Michael Weinberger
Review by Dana Vigilante on Jun 13th 2006

Borderline Personality Disorder
A Therapist's Guide to Taking Control
by Arthur Freeman and Gina M. Fusco
Review by Nancy Nyquist Potter, Ph.D. on Jun 6th 2006

Manliness
by Harvey C. Mansfield
Review by John D. Mullen, Ph.D. on Jun 6th 2006

What Is the Good Life?
by Luc Ferry
Review by Peter B. Raabe, Ph.D. on Jun 6th 2006

Consciousness and Language
by John R. Searle
Review by Alexandre Billon on Jun 6th 2006

In the Realms of the Unreal
The Mystery of Henry Darger
by Jessica Yu (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 6th 2006

Why Love Matters
How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain
by Sue Gerhardt
Review by Kevin Purday on Jun 6th 2006

The American Hotel
The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts 25
by Molly W. Berger (Editor)
Review by Elissa Tatigikis Iberti on Jun 6th 2006

Not As Crazy As I Seem
by George Harrar
Review by Amy Ridley on Jun 6th 2006

Country Girl, City Girl
by Lisa Jahn-Clough
Review by Amy Ridley on Jun 6th 2006

47
by Walter Mosley
Review by Amy Ridley on Jun 6th 2006

Quantum Archetypes
Science, Metaphysics and Spirit
by Robert J. Verdicchio
Review by A. P. Bober on Jun 6th 2006

Schizophrenia, Culture, and Subjectivity
The Edge of Experience
by Janis Hunter Jenkins and Robert John Barrett (Editors)
Review by Peter Trnka, Ph.D., on May 30th 2006

Women and Madness
Revised and Updated
by Phyllis Chesler
Review by Tony O'Brien, M Phil on May 30th 2006

Contemporary Debates In Applied Ethics
by Andrew I. Cohen and Christopher Heath Wellman (Editors)
Review by Erich von Dietze, Ph.D. on May 30th 2006

51 Months
by Carrie Levy
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 30th 2006

A Wedding in December
A Novel
by Anita Shreve
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 30th 2006

Thirsty
by M. T. Anderson
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 30th 2006

The Diary of a Killer Cat
by Anne Fine
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 30th 2006

Thanks,
Christian Perring


Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Home Page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last month, we have published the following
reviews:

available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

Mind
A Brief Introduction
by John R. Searle
Review by Maria Antonietta Perna, Ph.D. on May 23rd 2006

Animals in Translation
Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
Review by Christina Behme, MSc on May 23rd 2006

Other Minds
How Humans Bridge the Divide between Self and Others
by Bertram F. Malle and Sara D. Hodges (Editors)
Review by Giacomo Romano, Ph.D. on May 23rd 2006

Is Human Nature Obsolete?
Genetics, Bioengineering, and the Future of the Human
Condition
by Harold W. Baillie and Timothy K. Casey (Editors)
Review by Robert L. Muhlnickel, MSW on May 23rd 2006

Liberal Eugenics
In Defence Of Human Enhancement
by Nicholas Agar
Review by Robert Scott Stewart, Ph.D. on May 23rd 2006

The Family Silver
A Memoir of Depression and Inheritance
by Sharon O'Brien
Review by Sue Bond on May 23rd 2006

Stop Arguing with Your Kids
How to Win the Battle of Wills by Making Your Children Feel
Heard
by Michael P. Nichols
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on May 23rd 2006

Taboo Subjects
Race, Sex, and Psychoanalysis
by Gwen Bergner
Review by Petar Jevremovic on May 23rd 2006

Junebug
by Phil Morrison (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 23rd 2006

Beach Road
by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 23rd 2006

Handbook of Psychopathy
by Christopher J. Patrick (Editor)
Review by John Z. Sadler, MD on May 16th 2006

Consciousness and Mind
by David Rosenthal
Review by Dimitris Platchias on May 16th 2006

The Origin and Evolution of Cultures
by Robert Boyd and Peter J. Richerson
Review by Sven Walter, Ph.D. on May 16th 2006

The Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism
by Ralph W. Hood, Peter C. Hill, and W. Paul Williamson
Review by Ulrich Mühe on May 16th 2006

Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind
by David Woodruff Smith and Amie L. Thomasson
Review by Manuel Bremer, Ph.D. on May 16th 2006

Critical Resistance
From Poststructuralism to Post-Critique
by David Couzens Hoy
Review by Aakash Singh on May 16th 2006

Mad Mary Lamb
Lunacy and Murder in Literary London
by Susan Tyler Hitchcock
Review by Nigel Leary on May 16th 2006

The Undiscovered Wittgenstein
The Twentieth Century's Most Misunderstood Philosopher
by John W. Cook
Review by Edmund Dain on May 16th 2006

Kisscut
by Karin Slaughter
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 16th 2006

All the Way
Sex for the First Time
by Kim Martyn
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 16th 2006

Evidence-Based Mental Health Practice
A Textbook
by Robert E. Drake, Matthew R. Merrens and David Lynde
(editors)
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on May 9th 2006

In Defense of Sentimentality
by Robert C. Solomon
Review by Gerda Wever-Rabehl, Ph.D. on May 9th 2006

City and Soul in Plato's Republic
by G. R. F. Ferrari
Review by Tony Milligan, Ph.D. on May 9th 2006

The Mind Has Mountains
Reflections on Society and Psychiatry
by Paul R. McHugh
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on May 9th 2006

The Myth of Depression as Disease
Limitations and Alternatives to Drug Treatment
by Allan M. Leventhal and Christopher R. Martell
Review by Louis S. Berger, Ph.D. on May 9th 2006

Fascination
Stories
by William Boyd
Review by Tony O'Brien on May 9th 2006

Walking
The Ultimate Exercise For Optimum Health
by Andrew Weil and Mark Fenton
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 9th 2006

Rainbow Party
by Paul Ruditis
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 9th 2006

Better Than Ever
Love and Sex at Midlife
by Bernie Zilbergeld with George Zilbergeld
Review by Dana Vigilante on May 9th 2006

Madness at Home
The Psychiatrist, the Patient, and the Family in England,
1820-1860
by Akihito Suzuki
Review by Tony O'Brien RN, MPhil on May 2nd 2006

Whose View of Life?
Embryos, Cloning, and Stem Cells
by Jane Maienschein
Review by Hannah Hardgrave on May 2nd 2006

Border Crossing
A Novel
by Pat Barker
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 2nd 2006

Understanding Paranoia
A Guide for Professionals, Families, and Sufferers
by Martin Kantor
Review by Elisabetta Sirgiovanni, Ph.D. on May 2nd 2006

The Man Who Tasted Shapes
by Richard E. Cytowic
Review by G.C. Gupta, Ph.D. on May 2nd 2006

Happiness Is.
Unexpected Answers to Practical Questions in Curious Times
by Shawn Christopher Shea
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on May 2nd 2006

Two Little Girls in Blue
A Novel
by Mary Higgins Clark
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 2nd 2006


Thanks,
Christian Perring


Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Home Page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last month, we have published the following
reviews:

available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews



The Antidepressant Solution
A Step-by-Step Guide to Safely Overcoming Antidepressant
Withdrawal, Dependence, and "Addiction"
by Joseph Glenmullen
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Apr 25th 2006

Prep
A Novel
by Curtis Sittenfeld
Review by Christian Perring on Apr 25th 2006

Proof
DVD
by John Madden (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 25th 2006

Sisyphus's Boulder
Consciousness And The Limits Of The Knowable
by Eric Dietrich and Valerie Gray Hardcastle
Review by Tony Milligan, Ph.D. on Apr 18th 2006

The Dead Fish Museum
Stories
by Charles D'Ambrosio
Review by Tony O'Brien on Apr 18th 2006

Saturday
by Ian McEwan
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 18th 2006

Yoga & Pilates Workouts for Dummies
DVD
by Andrea Ambandos (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 18th 2006

Philosophy of Psychology
A Contemporary Introduction
by Jose Luis Bermudez
Review by Richard de Blacquière-Clarkson on Apr 12th 2006

Little People
Learning to See the World Through My Daughter's Eyes
by Dan Kennedy
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 11th 2006

Delivered from Distraction
Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit
Disorder
by Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Apr 11th 2006

The Diviners
A Novel
by Rick Moody
Review by Tony O'Brien on Apr 11th 2006

Cell
A Novel
by Stephen King
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 11th 2006

Zen Sex
The Way of Making Love
by Philip Toshio Sudo
Review by Dana Vigilante on Apr 11th 2006

The Idea of the Self
Thought and Experience in Western Europe since the
Seventeenth Century
by Jerrold Seigel
Review by Sam Clark, Ph.D. on Apr 4th 2006

Fatal Attachments
The Instigation to Suicide
by Viola Mecke
Review by Meyen Hertzsprung, Ph. D. on Apr 4th 2006

Public Philosophy
Essays on Morality in Politics
by Michael J. Sandel
Review by Tatiana Patrone, PhD on Apr 4th 2006

Making American Boys
Boyology and the Feral Tale
by Kenneth B. Kidd
Review by David A. Flory on Apr 4th 2006

Disturbing Ground
by Priscilla Masters
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 4th 2006

Romantic Intelligence
How to Be As Smart in Love As You Are in Life
by Mary Valentis and John Valentis
Review by Dana Vigilante on Apr 4th 2006

Better Sex Through Yoga
Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced (3-Disc DVD Set)
by Jennifer Langheld and Garvey Rich (Directors)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 4th 2006

Sound Sentiments
Integrity in the Emotions
by David Pugmire
Review by Tony Milligan, Ph.D. on Mar 28th 2006

Divine Madness
Ten Stories of Creative Struggle
by Jeffrey A. Kottler
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, M. Phil. on Mar 28th 2006

Yoga 4 Teens
DVD
by Christy Brock
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 28th 2006

Talk
by Kathe Koja
Review by Elizabeth O'Connor, Ph.D. on Mar 28th 2006

The Book of Joe
A Novel
by Jonathan Tropper
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 28th 2006

The Wave
A Novel
by Walter Mosley
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 28th 2006

Be Honest--You're Not That Into Him Either
Raise Your Standards and Reach for the Love You Deserve
by Ian Kerner
Review by Dana Vigilante on Mar 28th 2006

Note that Metapsychology Online Reviews is now a serial
published weekly, with ISSN 1931-5716.

Christian Perring

Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Home Page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 2 weeks, we have published the following
reviews:

available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

Feeling Good
The Science of Well-Being
by C. Robert Cloninger
Review by S. Nassir Ghaemi, MD, MPH on Mar 21st 2006

The Most Solitary of Afflictions
Madness and Society in Britain, 1700-1900
by Andrew Scull
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Mar 21st 2006

Mental Health Policy in Britain
Second Edition
by Anne Rogers and David Pilgrim
Review by Tony O'Brien RN, M. Phil. on Mar 21st 2006

The Missing Professor
An Academic Mystery
by Thomas Jones
Review by Tony O'Brien, M. Phil. on Mar 21st 2006

Peaceful Death, Joyful Rebirth
A Tibetan Buddhist Guidebook
by Tulku Thondup
Review by Dana Vigilante on Mar 21st 2006

Healthy Aging
A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being
by Andrew Weil
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 21st 2006

The Conscious Self
The Immaterial Center of Subjective States
by David H. Lund
Review by Keith Harris, Ph.D. on Mar 14th 2006

The World in My Mind, My Mind in the World
Key Mechanisms of Consciousness in People, Animals And
Machines
by Igor Aleksander
Review by Keith Harris, Ph.D. on Mar 14th 2006

Teleological Realism
Mind, Agency, and Explanation
by Scott Sehon
Review by Scott Walden, Ph.D. on Mar 14th 2006

Psychoanalysis as Biological Science
A Comprehensive Theory
by John E. Gedo
Review by Andrea Bellelli, MD on Mar 14th 2006

Narrative Theory and the Cognitive Sciences
by David Herman (Editor)
Review by R.A. Goodrich, Ph.D. on Mar 14th 2006

Alive with Alzheimer's
by Cathy Stein Greenblat
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 14th 2006

The Bard on the Brain
Understanding the Mind Through the Art of Shakespeare and
the Science of Brain Imaging
by Paul M. Matthews and Jeffrey McQuain
Review by Martin Hunt on Mar 14th 2006

The Perils of Masculinity
Analysis of Male Sexual Anxiety, Sexual Addiction, and
Relational Abuse
by Andreas G. Philaretou
Review by Roy Sugarman, PhD on Mar 14th 2006

How to Make Love Like a Porn Star
A Cautionary Tale
by Jenna Jameson
Review by Dana Vigilante on Mar 14th 2006

The Language Of Yoga
Complete A to Y guide to Asana Names, Sanskrit Terms, and
Chants
by Nicolai Bachman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 14th 2006

Eastern Body, Western Mind
Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self
by Anodea Judith
Review by S. V. Swamy on Mar 14th 2006

No Two Alike
Human Nature and Human Individuality
by Judith Rich Harris
Review by John D. Mullen, PhD on Mar 8th 2006

A Casebook of Ethical Challenges in Neuropsychology
by Shane S. Bush (Editor)
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Mar 8th 2006

The Colonization Of Psychic Space
A Psychoanalytic Social Theory Of Oppression
by Kelly Oliver
Review by Petar Jevremovic on Mar 8th 2006

Lacan Today
Psychoanalysis, Science, Religion
by Leupin Alexandre
Review by Petar Jevremovic on Mar 8th 2006

Redressing the Emperor
Improving Our Children's Public Mental Health System
by John S. Lyons
Review by Gerda Wever-Rabehl, Ph.D. on Mar 7th 2006

The Accidental
A Novel
by Ali Smith
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 7th 2006

The Heart of Yoga
4 CD Set
by Shiva Rea
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 7th 2006

She Got Up Off the Couch
by Haven Kimmel
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 7th 2006

The Penultimate Peril
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Twelfth
by Lemony Snicket
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 7th 2006

Arizona Kid
by Ron Koertge
Review by Amy Ridley on Mar 7th 2006

Fade to Black
by Alex Flinn
Review by Amy Ridley on Mar 7th 2006

Claiming Georgia Tate
by Gigi Amateau
Review by Amy Ridley on Mar 7th 2006

Christian Perring


Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Editor of Metapsychology Online Review: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Home Page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following
reviews:

available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

We Who Are Dark
The Philosophical Foundations of Black Solidarity
by Tommie Shelby
Review by Sharin N. Elkholy, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2006

The Boy Who Loved Windows
Opening the Heart and Mind of a Child Threatened with
Autism
by Patricia Stacey
Review by Kevin Purday on Mar 1st 2006

Consciousness
Essays from a Higher-Order Perspective
by Peter Carruthers
Review by Manuel Bremer, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2006

Light in the Dark Room
Photography and Loss
by Jay Prosser
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2006

Freud
by Jacques Sedat
Review by Matthew Ray on Mar 1st 2006

Bioethics in the Clinic
Hippocratic Reflections
by Grant R. Gillett
Review by Tony O'Brien RN, M. Phil. on Mar 1st 2006

Dworkin and His Critics
With Replies by Dworkin
by Justine Burley (Editor)
Review by Guillaume Dye, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2006

Continental Philosophy of Science
by Gary Gutting (Editor)
Review by Ed Brandon on Feb 28th 2006

Human-Built World
How to Think about Technology and Culture
by Thomas P. Hughes
Review by Christina Behme on Feb 28th 2006

Visual Culture
The Study of the Visual after the Cultural Turn
by Margaret Dikovitskaya
Review by Martine Rouleau on Feb 28th 2006

Snapshots of Autism
A Family Album
by Jennifer Overton
Review by Dana Vigilante on Feb 28th 2006

Asperger Syndrome, Adolescence, and Identity
Looking Beyond the Label
by Harvey Molloy and Latika Vasil
Review by Kevin Purday on Feb 18th 2006

Dahmer
DVD
by David Jacobson (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 18th 2006

Anxious Parents
A History Of Modern Childrearing In America
by Peter N. Stearns
Review by Kevin Purday on Feb 17th 2006

Dirty Filthy Love DVD
An Obsessive Compulsive Comedy
by Adrian Shergold (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 17th 2006

Language, Culture, and Mind
by Michel Achard and Suzanne Kemmer (Editors)
Review by Kamuran Godelek, Ph.D. on Feb 16th 2006

Solar Flow Yoga DVD
with Shiva Rea
by James Wvinner (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 16th 2006

Anxiety
Second Edition
by S. Rachman
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Feb 16th 2006

Evamarie Pilipuf's Yoga Express DVD
4 Short Yoga Workouts
by Daniel Swiers (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 16th 2006

Suicide
Theory, Practice and Investigation
by Ronald M. Holmes and Stephen T. Holmes
Review by Tony O'Brien, M Phil. on Feb 11th 2006

The Ice Queen
A Novel
by Alice Hoffman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 11th 2006

Wherever You Go, There You Are
Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 11th 2006

Christian Perring


Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Editor of Metapsychology Online Review: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Home Page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last month, we have published the following reviews:

available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

The Truth About the Drug Companies
How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It
by Marcia Angell
Review by Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.A., M.P.H. on Feb 5th 2006

The Educated Parent
Recent Trends in Raising Children
by Joseph D. Sclafani
Review by Tony Dickinson, Ph.D. on Feb 5th 2006

Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, And The New Biology Of Mind
by Eric Kandel
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Feb 4th 2006

Satisficing and Maximizing
Moral Theorists on Practical Reason
by Michael Byron (Editor)
Review by Alexandra Couto on Feb 4th 2006

Mary, Mary
by James Patterson
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 4th 2006

Sun Salutations
Awakening the Flow
by Shiva Rea
Review by Christian Perring on Feb 4th 2006

Autism - The Eighth Colour of the Rainbow
Learn to Speak Autistic
by Florica Stone
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Feb 3rd 2006

Deeper than Reason
Emotion and Its Role in Literature, Music, and Art
by Jenefer Robinson
Review by on Feb 3rd 2006

The Cambridge Companion to Adorno
by Tom Huhn (Editor)
Review by Robert Ramos on Feb 3rd 2006

The Social Psychology of Good and Evil
by Arthur G. Miller (Editor)
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2006

Ethics without Ontology
by Hilary Putnam
Review by Tony Milligan, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2006

Cognition and the Brain
The Philosophy and Neuroscience Movement
by Andrew Brook and Kathleen Akins (Editors)
Review by Dimitris Platchias on Jan 31st 2006

Looking for Normal
by Betty Monthei
Review by Patricia Ball, B.A. on Jan 31st 2006

Boy Proof
by Cecil Castellucci
Review by Patricia Ball, B.A. on Jan 31st 2006

The Sledding Hill
by Chris Crutcher
Review by Patricia Ball, B.A. on Jan 31st 2006

Written in the Flesh
A History of Desire
by Edward Shorter
Review by Tony O'Brien on Jan 29th 2006

Regulating Sex
The Politics of Intimacy and Identity
by Elizabeth Bernstein and Laurie Schaffner (Editors)
Review by Aagje Ieven, M.A. on Jan 29th 2006

Best Sex Writing 2005
by Violet Blue (Editor)
Review by Tony O'Brien on Jan 29th 2006

The Happy Hook-Up
A Single Girl's Guide to Casual Sex
by Alexa Joy Sherman and Nicole Tocantins
Review by Dana Vigilante on Jan 29th 2006

Debunked!
ESP, Telekinesis, and Other Pseudoscience
by Georges Charpak and Henri Broch
Review by H. Scott Hestevold, Ph.D. on Jan 23rd 2006

On the Frontier of Adulthood
Theory, Research, and Public Policy
by Richard A. Settersten Jr., Frank F. Furstenberg Jr., and
Ruben G. Rumbaut (Editors)
Review by Viorel Zaicu, Ph.D. on Jan 23rd 2006

Bioethics
An Introduction for the Biosciences
by Ben Mepham
Review by David Hunter on Jan 23rd 2006

Debating Design
From Darwin to DNA
by William A. Dembski and Michael Ruse (Editors)
Review by Gal Kober on Jan 22nd 2006

The Stem Cell Controversy
Debating the Issues
by Michael Ruse and Christopher A. Pynes (Editors)
Review by Kelly J. Salsbery, Ph.D. on Jan 22nd 2006

Understanding Dissidence and Controversy in the History of
Psychoanalysis
by Martin S. Bergmann (Editor)
Review by Aleksandar Dimitrijevic on Jan 22nd 2006

Rethinking Commodification
Cases And Readings In Law And Culture
by Martha M. Ertman and Joan C. Williams (Editors)
Review by Albert D. Spalding, JD on Jan 21st 2006

Sick to Death and Not Going to Take It Anymore
Reforming Health Care for the Last Years of Life
by Joanne Lynn
Review by Paul Rasmussen on Jan 19th 2006

The Speed of Dark
A Novel
by Elizabeth Moon
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 19th 2006

It's Up to You
The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path
by Dzigar Kongtrul
Review by Elizabeth McCardell, Ph.D. on Jan 18th 2006

Oedipus Wrecked
by Kevin Keck
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 18th 2006

The Dating Game
A Novel
by Natalie Standiford
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 17th 2006

Christian Perring

Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Editor of Metapsychology Online Review: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Home Page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the last month, we have published the following reviews:

available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

Nature
Western Attitudes Since Ancient Times
by Peter Coates
Review by Rob Loftis, Ph.D. on Jan 9th 2006

Songs from the Black Chair
A Memoir of Mental Interiors
by Charles Barber
Review by Sue Bond, M.A. on Jan 7th 2006

Development of Psychopathology
A Vulnerability-Stress Perspective
by Benjamin L. Hankin and John R.Z. Abela (Editors)
Review by Peter B. Raabe, Ph.D. on Jan 7th 2006

Handbook of Bioethics
Taking Stock of the Field from a Philosophical Perspective
by George Khushf (Editor)
Review by Irene E. Harvey, Ph.D. on Jan 6th 2006

Lunar Flow Yoga
With Shiva Rea
by James Wvinner (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 6th 2006

Sexual Intelligence
by Kim Cattrall
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 6th 2006

Mindfulness and Acceptance
Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition
by Steven C. Hayes, Victoria M. Follette and Marsha M.
Linehan (Editors)
Review by Meyen Hertzsprung, Ph.D. on Jan 4th 2006

Classifying Madness
A Philosophical Examination of the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
by Rachel Cooper
Review by Duncan Double on Jan 4th 2006

Introduction to Yoga DVD
Gentle, for Extreme Beginners
by Daniel Swiers (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 4th 2006

The Artsy Smartsy Club
by Daniel Pinkwater
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 4th 2006

Karl Popper
Critical Appraisals
by Philip Catton
Review by Andrea Bellelli, M.D. on Jan 3rd 2006

Truth & Predication
by Donald Davidson
Review by Dominique Kuenzle on Jan 3rd 2006

Lost in the Forest
A Novel
by Sue Miller
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 2nd 2006

On Being Normal and Other Disorders
A Manual for Clinical Psychodiagnostics
by Paul Verhaeghe
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Jan 2nd 2006

Hate and Love in Psychoanalytical Institutions
The Dilemma of a Profession
by Jurgen Reeder
Review by Samar Habl, M.D. and Lloyd A. Wells, Ph.D., M.D.
on Jan 1st 2006

Yoga In Bed
20 Asanas to do in Pajamas
by Edward Vilga
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 1st 2006

Heinz Kohut
The Making of a Psychoanalyst
by Charles B. Strozier
Review by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, Ph.D. on Dec 31st 2005

Creatures Like Us?
A Relational Approach to the Moral Status of Animals
by Lynne Sharpe
Review by Tuomas Manninen on Dec 31st 2005

Since You Ask
A Novel
by Louise Wareham
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 30th 2005

The Making of a Therapist
A Practical Guide for the Inner Journey
by Louis Cozolino
Review by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmiu, Ph.D. on Dec 29th 2005

The Lincoln Lawyer
by Michael Connelly
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 29th 2005

Bipolar Disorder Demystified
Mastering the Tightrope of Manic Depression
by Lana R. Castle
Review by Gerda Wever-Rabehl, Ph.D. on Dec 27th 2005

The Power of Self-Coaching
The Five Essential Steps to Creating the Life You Want
by Joseph J. Luciani
Review by Dana Vigilante on Dec 27th 2005

Got Parts?
An Insider's Guide to Managing Life Successfully with
Dissociative Identity Disorder
by A.T.W.
Review by Tony O'Brien RN, MPhil on Dec 22nd 2005

Young Photographer
by Amy Adler
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 22nd 2005

American Mania
When More Is Not Enough
by Peter C. Whybrow
Review by S. Nassir Ghaemi, MD on Dec 22nd 2005

Bag Of Bones
by Stephen King
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 22nd 2005

Models of Madness
Psychological, Social and Biological Approaches to
Schizophrenia
by John Read, Loren R. Mosher and Richard P. Bentall
(Editors)
Review by Tony O'Brien on Dec 22nd 2005

Metapolitics
by Alain Badiou
Review by Tony Milligan, Ph.D. on Dec 22nd 2005

Peaches
by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Review by Amy Ridley on Dec 22nd 2005

The Diary of Pelly D
by L. J. Adlington
Review by Amy Ridley on Dec 22nd 2005

Alice MacLeod, Realist at Last
by Susan Juby
Review by Amy Ridley on Dec 22nd 2005

Lincoln's Melancholy
How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His
Greatness
by Joshua Wolf Shenk
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 16th 2005

Smile of the Buddha
Eastern Philosophy and Western Art from Monet to Today
by Jacquelynn Baas
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Dec 16th 2005

Juvenile-Onset Schizophrenia
Assessment, Neurobiology, and Treatment
by Robert L. Findling and S. Charles Schulz
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Dec 15th 2005

Don't Get Too Comfortable
The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread
Count, The Never- Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and
Other First World Problems
by David Rakoff
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 15th 2005

Sloth
The Seven Deadly Sins
by Wendy Wasserstein
Review by Maria Antonietta Perna, Ph.D. on Dec 13th 2005

Sophie Pitt-Turnbull Discovers America
by Dyan Sheldon
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 13th 2005

Philosophy the Day after Tomorrow
by Stanley Cavell
Review by Harry Witzthum, Ph.D. on Dec 13th 2005

Yoga Sanctuary
A Guided Hatha Yoga Practice For Home and on the Road
by Shiva Rea
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 13th 2005

Doing It Down Under
The Sexual Lives of Australians
by Juliet Richters and Chris Rissel
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Dec 13th 2005

Advanced Sexual Techniques
by Linda Banner and Sinclair Intimacy Institute
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 13th 2005

100 Naked Girls
by Petter Hegre
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 13th 2005

Happy new year!

Christian Perring

Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Editor of Metapsychology Online Review: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Home Page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

In the 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews:

available at

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews


Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures
An Anthology
by Noel Carroll and Jinhee Choi (Editors)
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Dec 9th 2005

The Ethics of Identity
by Kwame Anthony Appiah
Review by Ludger Jansen, Ph.D. on Dec 9th 2005

Prozac Nation
DVD
by Erik Skjoldbjærg (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 9th 2005

The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Mood
Disorders
by Dan J Stein, David J Kupfer and Alan F Schatzberg
(Editors)
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Dec 8th 2005

Parenting Children With ADHD
10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach
by Vincent J. Monastra
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Dec 8th 2005

Research Advances in Genetics and Genomics
Implications for Psychiatry
by Nancy C. Andreasen (Editor)
Review by Ruth E. Nieuwenhuis-Mark, Ph.D. on Dec 8th 2005

Confusion of Tongues
The Primacy of Sexuality in Freud, Ferenczi, and Laplanche
by Philippe van Haute & Tomas Geyskens
Review by Aleksandar Dimitrijevic on Dec 8th 2005

The Necessity Of Madness
by John Breeding
Review by Kevin Purday on Dec 4th 2005

Seven Challenges To Change Your Life DVD
An Introduction to Crane Style Yoga
by Maureen Goss
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 4th 2005

Psychotherapy
An Introduction for Psychiatry Residents and Other Mental
Health Trainees
by Phillip R. Slavney
Review by Tony O'Brien on Dec 2nd 2005

Medicine and Philosophy in Classical Antiquity
Doctors and Philosophers on Nature, Soul, Health and
Disease
by Philip J. van der Eijk
Review by Elizabeth McCardell, Ph.D. on Dec 2nd 2005

Mortification
Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame
by Robin Robertson (Editor)
Review by Tony O'Brien on Dec 1st 2005

How The Body Shapes The Mind
by Shaun Gallagher
Review by Manuel Bremer on Dec 1st 2005

Paradise
A Novel
by A.L. Kennedy
Review by Tony O'Brien on Nov 30th 2005

Seeing, Doing, And Knowing
A Philosophical Theory Of Sense Perception
by Mohan Matthen
Review by Stephen Chadwick, Ph.D. on Nov 30th 2005

Twitch and Shout
A Touretter's Tale
by Lowell Handler
Review by Ruth E. Nieuwenhuis-Mark, Ph.D. on Nov 29th 2005

Total Astanga
The Step-by-Step Guide to Power Yoga at Home for Everybody
by Tara Fraser
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 29th 2005

The Hypomanic Edge
The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot of)
Success in America
by John D. Gartner
Review by Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.A., M.P.H. on Nov 28th
2005

Requiem for a Dream DVD
Director's Cut
by Darren Aronofsky
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 28th 2005

Alive
Photographs 1978-2003
by Seiichi Furuya
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 27th 2005

Night Fisher
by R. Kikuo Johnson
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 27th 2005

On Personality
by Peter Goldie
Review by Sjoerd van Hoorn, M.A. on Nov 25th 2005

Emotions in Humans and Artifacts
by Robert Trappl, Paolo Petta and Sabine Payr (Editors)
Review by Isabel Gois on Nov 25th 2005

Intelligence
A Brief History
by Anna T. Cianciolo and Robert J. Sternberg
Review by Ramesh Kumar Mishra, Ph.D. on Nov 25th 2005

On City Streets
Chicago, 1964-2004
by Gary Stochl
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 25th 2005

Heterosyncracies
Female Sexuality When Normal Wasn't
by Karma Lochrie
Review by Rachel Cooper, Ph.D. on Nov 23rd 2005

Worlds Apart
by Lindsay Lee Johnson
Review by Aislinn Batstone on Nov 23rd 2005

Perfect Example
by John Porcellino
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 23rd 2005

Optic Nerve #9
by Adrian Tomine
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 23rd 2005

Not By Genes Alone
How Culture Transformed Human Evolution
by Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Nov 22nd 2005

A Child's Life and Other Stories
Revised Edition
by Phoebe Gloeckner
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 22nd 2005

Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga DVD
by Richard Freeman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 22nd 2005

New Sex Now DVD
Life's Ultimate Pleasure
by Clint Arthur
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 22nd 2005


Seasons Greetings!

Christian Perring


Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Editor of Metapsychology Online Review: http://www.mentalhelp.net/books
Home Page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA