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Neurological Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience
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My Brain Tumour Adventures
The Story of a Little Boy Coping with a Brain Tumour
by Sharon Dempsey and Gabbie Collins
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What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls
A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters
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Girl Culture
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Handbook of Self and Identity
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Responsible Genetics
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Death of an Addict
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The Pits and the Pendulum
A Life with Bipolar Disorder
by Brian Adams
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Cyborg Citizen
Politics in the Posthuman Age
by Chris Hables Gray
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Philosophy of Technology: The Technological Condition
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by Robert C. Scharff and Val Dusek (editors)
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Bright Earth
Art and the Invention of Color
by Philip Ball
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Planet Janet
by Dyan Sheldon
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When Someone You Love Is Depressed
How to Help Your Loved One Without Losing Yourself
by Laura Epstein Rosen and Xavier F. Amador
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Early Embraces III
More True-Life Stories of Women Describing Their First
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by Lindsey Elder
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A Stroll With William James
by Jacques Barzun
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Lack of Character
Personality and Moral Behavior
by John M. Doris
Review by Sylvia Burrow on Mar 13th 2003

Personhood and Health Care
by David C. Thomasma, David N. Weisstub and Christian Herve
(editors)
Review by Christopher Newell, Ph.D. on Mar 11th 2003

Reading Autobiography
A Guide for Interpreting Life Narratives
by Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson
Review by William Cowling on Mar 10th 2003

Real Solutions for Overcoming Internet Addictions
by Stephen O. Watters
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 8th 2003

After Suicide
A Ray of Hope for Those Left Behind
by E. Betsy Ross
Review by Diana Pederson on Mar 7th 2003

How Emotions Work
by Jack Katz
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Powerfully Recovered!
A Confirmed 12 Stepper Challenges the Movement
by Anne Wayman
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The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
by Chogyam Trungpa
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Conducting Insanity Evaluations
Second Edition
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Review by Kari Karsjens, JD on Mar 4th 2003

Zazoo
by Richard Mosher
Review by Su Terry on Mar 4th 2003

Origins of Psychopathology
The Phylogenetic and Cultural Basis of Mental Illness
by Horacio Fábrega, Jr.
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The Misunderstood Gene
by Michel Morange
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Photographers, Writers, and the American Scene
Visions of Passage
by James L. Enyeart
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2003

The Children of Men
by P.D. James
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Hypnotism
A History
by Derek Forrest
Review by April Chase on Feb 28th 2003

Medieval Writings on Female Spirituality
by Elizabeth Spearing
Review by Su Terry on Feb 28th 2003

Consciousness Evolving
Advances in Consciousness Research, volume 34.
by James H. Fetzer (Editor)
Review by Paul Gatto on Feb 27th 2003

Modern Theories of Justice
by Serge-Christophe Kolm
Review by James Sauer, Ph.D. on Feb 27th 2003

Public Health Law and Ethics
A Reader
by Lawrence O. Gostin
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Meaning
A Play Based on the Life of Viktor E. Frankl
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Blab! 13
by Monte Beauchamp (Editor)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 21st 2003

Gigantic
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Normal
Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites
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Shameless
Women's Intimate Erotica
by Hanne Blank
Review by April Chase on Apr 21st 2003

Ultimate Sex
by Anne J. Hooper
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 21st 2003

On Nature and Language
by Noam Chomsky
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The Manual of Epictetus
by Claude Mediavilla
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You Know You Love Me
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by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Review by Su Terry on Apr 17th 2003

Gossip Girl
by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Review by Su Terry on Apr 17th 2003

The Big Book of Concepts
by Gregory L. Murphy
Review by James Beebe, Ph.D. on Apr 10th 2003

The Lucifer Principle
A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History
by Howard K. Bloom
Review by Shelly Marshall on Apr 10th 2003

The People of the Veil
by Andrew M. Warren
Review by Su Terry on Apr 10th 2003

At the End of Words
A Daughter's Memoir
by Miriam R. Stone
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 10th 2003

Recreative Minds
Imagination in Philosophy and Psychology
by Gregory Currie and Ian Ravenscroft
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Richard Rorty
Volume III
by Alan Malachowski
Review by Richard Matthews, Ph.D. on Apr 10th 2003

The Horse and His Boy
by C. S. Lewis
Review by Su Terry on Apr 10th 2003

The Daydreamer
by Ian McEwan
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But I Love Him
Protecting Your Teen Daughter from Controlling, Abusive
Dating Relationships
by Jill Murray
Review by Patricia Ferguson, Ph.D. on Apr 7th 2003

When Jeff Comes Home
by Catherine Atkins
Review by Su Terry on Apr 7th 2003

The Portfolio and the Diagram
Architecture, Discourse, and Modernity in America
by Hyungmin Pai
Review by Elissa Tatigikis Iberti on Apr 7th 2003

Sabriel
by Garth Nix
Review by Su Terry on Apr 7th 2003

Dancing in My Nuddypants
Even Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
by Louise Rennison
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 7th 2003

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Performed by Eric Idle
by Roald Dahl
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 7th 2003

The Steps
by Rachel Cohn
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 7th 2003

The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone
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Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 7th 2003

The Orchid Thief
by Susan Orlean
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What It Means to Love You
by Stephen Elliott
Review by Su Terry on Apr 7th 2003

Mary Pope Osborne's Tales from the Odyssey
The One-Eyed Giant/the Land of the Dead
by Mary Pope Osborne
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Suffering, Death, and Identity
by Fisher, Robert, N., Daniel T. Primozic, Peter A. Day and
Joel A. Thompson (Eds.)
Review by Stan van Hooft, Ph.D. on Apr 7th 2003

Frida
Bringing Frida Kahlo's Life and Art to Film
by Clancy Sigal, Julie Taymor, and Linda Sunshine (editors)
Review by Su Terry on Apr 7th 2003

Children’s Dreaming and the Development of
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by David Foulkes
Review by Dan L. Rose, Psy.D. on Apr 7th 2003

The Gift of Shyness
Embrace Your Shy Side and Find Your Soul Mate
by Alexander Avila
Review by David M. Wolf, M.A. on Apr 7th 2003

Flourishing
Positive Psychology and the Life Well-Lived
by Corey L. M. Keyes and Jonathan Haidt (Editors)
Review by Jack R. Anderson, M.D. on Apr 7th 2003

Masculinity Studies and Feminist Theory
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Review by Glenda M. Russell, Ph.D. on Apr 7th 2003

Sex Positions
Over 100 Truly Explosive Tips
by Lisa Sussman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 7th 2003

Orgasm
Over 100 Truly Explosive Sex Tips
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Over 100 Truly Astonishing Sex Tips
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Anne Hooper's Pocket Sex Guide
by Anne Hooper
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Small Favors
Girly Porno Comic Collection: Book One
by Colleen Coover
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Taming the Troublesome Child
American Families, Child Guidance, and the Limits of
Psychiatric Authority
by Kathleen W. Jones
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Mar 25th 2003

Love That Dog
by Sharon Creech
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The Future of Human Nature
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High Art Lite
British Art in the 1990s
by Julian Stallabrass
Review by C. E. Emmer on May 14th 2003

Geography Club
by Brent Hartinger
Review by Su Terry on May 14th 2003

Living with Schizophrenia
by Monkey See Productions
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 14th 2003

Cultural Assessment in Clinical Psychiatry
by Committee on Cultural Psychiatry The Group for the
Advancement of Psychiatry
Review by Deborah L. Scuglik, M.D. on May 13th 2003

The Asymmetrical Brain
by Kenneth Hugdahl and Richard J. Davidson (editors)
Review by Giuseppina Ronzitti on May 13th 2003

A Northern Light
by Jennifer Donnelly
Review by Su Terry on May 13th 2003

Someone Like You
by Sarah Dessen
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 13th 2003

The Varieties of Religious Experience
Centenary Essays
by Michel Ferrari (Editor)
Review by Wesley Cooper, Ph.D. on May 12th 2003

Bioethics
Latin American Perspectives
by Arleen L. F. Salles and María Julia Bertameu (editors)
Review by Marcus Verhaegh on May 12th 2003

Teen Angst? Naaah
A Quasi-Autobiography
by Ned Vizzini
Review by Su Terry on May 12th 2003

Sexual Art
Photographs That Test the Limits
by Michael A. Rosen
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 12th 2003

The Feeling of What Happens
Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness
by Antonio Damasio
Review by Mary Hodgson, M.A. on May 9th 2003

Bill Henson
Lux et Nox
by Bill Henson
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 9th 2003

Sexual Deviance
Issues and Controversies
by Tony Ward, D. Richard Laws and Stephen M. Hudson
(editors)
Review by Nancy Nyquist Potter, Ph.D. on May 9th 2003

Divorce Poison
Protecting the Parent-Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex
by Richard A. Warshak
Review by James E. de Jarnette, Ph.D. on May 8th 2003

Jane Sexes It Up
True Confessions of Feminist Desire
by Merri Lisa Johnson
Review by April Chase on May 8th 2003

The Breast Book
An Intimate and Curious History
by Maura Spiegel and Lithe Sebasta
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 8th 2003

GirlWise
How to Be Confident, Capable, Cool, and in Control
by Julia Devillers
Review by Jamie Attina on May 7th 2003

Freud
Darkness in the Midst of Vision
by Louis Breger
Review by Petar Jevremovic on May 7th 2003

When We Were Orphans
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 7th 2003

Goodness & Advice
with commentary by Philip Fisher, Martha C. Nussbaum, J.B.
Schneewind, and Barbara Herrnstein Smith
by Judith Jarvis Thomson
Review by Berel Dov Lerner, Ph.D. on May 6th 2003

Robert Nozick
by David Schmidtz (editor)
Review by Adriano Palma on May 6th 2003

Chasing the Dime
by Michael Connelly
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 6th 2003

It Takes a Worried Man
by Brendan Halpin
Review by S. V. Swamy on May 5th 2003

That Summer
by Sarah Dessen
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 5th 2003

Learning About School Violence
Lessons for Educators, Parents, Students, & Communities
by Matthew W. Greene
Review by Sundeep Nayak, MD on May 5th 2003

The Hours
A Novel
by Michael Cunningham
Review by Su Terry on May 2nd 2003

Incorporating Social Goals in the Classroom
A Guide for Teachers and Parents of Children with
High-Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome
by Rebecca A. Moyes
Review by Jodi Forschmiedt, M.Ed. on May 2nd 2003

My Heartbeat
Read by Christy Carlson Romano
by Garret Freymann-Weyr
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 2nd 2003

Gandhi's Way
A Handbook of Conflict Resolution
by Mark Juergensmeyer
Review by J. E. Morris, MA, MS on May 1st 2003

Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
Review by Su Terry on May 1st 2003

George's Marvelous Medicine
Performed by Richard E. Grant
by Roald Dahl
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 1st 2003

Not Your Mother's Life
Changing the Rules of Work, Love, and Family
by Joan K. Peters
Review by Barbara Wright on Apr 30th 2003

The Places That Scare You
A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
by Pema Chodron
Review by J. E. Morris, MA, MS on Apr 30th 2003

The Witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth George Speare
Review by Su Terry on Apr 30th 2003

The Survival Guide for Kids With LD*
*Learning Differences
by Gary Fisher and Rhoda Cummings
Review by Barbara Foster, Ph.D. on Apr 29th 2003

The Thief Lord
by Cornelia Funke
Review by Su Terry on Apr 29th 2003

The Little Tern
A Story of Insight
by Brooke Newman and Lisa Mann Dirkes
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 29th 2003

Harmful Thoughts
Essays on Law, Self, and Morality
by Meir Dan-Cohen
Review by Adrien M. Viens on Apr 28th 2003

After
by Francine Prose
Review by Su Terry on Apr 28th 2003

Reclining Nude
by Lidia Guibert Ferrara
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 28th 2003

Psychiatric Illness in Women
Emerging Treatments and Research
by Freda Lewis-Hall, Teresa S. Williams, Jill A. Panetta
and John M. Herrera (editors)
Review by Yvonne Melia on Apr 25th 2003

Thomas Kuhn
by Thomas Nickles (Editor)
Review by Ed Brandon on Apr 25th 2003

Dr. Andrew Weil's Guide to Optimum Health
A Complete Course on How to Feel Better, Live Longer, and
Enhance Your Health Naturally
by Andrew Weil
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 25th 2003

Man, Beast, and Zombie
What Science Can and Cannot Tell Us about Human Nature
by Kenan Malik
Review by Keith S. Harris, Ph.D. on Apr 23rd 2003

Closer
Photographs
by Elinor Carucci
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 23rd 2003

The Eden Express
A Memoir of Insanity
by Mark Vonnegut
Review by Tony O'Brien on Apr 22nd 2003

A Tribe Apart
A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence
by Patricia Hersch
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 22nd 2003

The Philosopher's Autobiography
A Qualitative Study
by Shlomit C. Schuster
Review by Paola Teresa Grassi on Apr 22nd 2003

The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
by Kim Deitch
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 22nd 2003


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Educating Children With Autism
by Catherine Lord and James P. McGee, (editors)
Review by Lynda Geller, Ph.D. on Jun 17th 2003

Thomas Kuhn
A Philosophical History for Our Times
by Steve Fuller
Review by Louis S. Berger, Ph.D. on Jun 17th 2003

Zizek
A Critical Introduction
by Sarah Kay
Review by Adrian Johnston, Ph.D. on Jun 17th 2003

Healing Conversations
What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say
by Nance Guilmartin
Review by Markus Wolf, D.Litt et Phil on Jun 17th 2003

The True Path
Western Science and the Quest for Yoga
by Roy J. Mathew
Review by Courtney Young on Jun 16th 2003

The Tending Instinct
How Nurturing is Essential to Who We Are and How We Live
by Shelley Taylor
Review by Chris Staheli on Jun 16th 2003

All Families Are Psychotic
A Novel
by Douglas Coupland
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 16th 2003

Lessons Learned on My Way Home
by Gloria A Vaughn
Review by Barbara Wright on Jun 16th 2003

Going Down
The Instinct Guide to Oral Sex
by Ben R. Rogers and Joel Perry
Review by Jodi Forschmiedt on Jun 16th 2003

Genetic Politics
From Eugenics to Genome
by Anne Kerr and Tom Shakespeare
Review by Larry D. Hultgren, Ph.D. on Jun 11th 2003

Existential America
by George Cotkin
Review by Jack Reynolds, Ph.D. on Jun 11th 2003

The Philosopher's Secret Fire
A History of the Imagination
by Patrick Harpur
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Jun 11th 2003

Girl in the Mirror
Mothers and Daughters in the Years of Adolescence
by Nancy L. Snyderman, M.D. and Peg Streep
Review by Marion Torchia on Jun 7th 2003

The Fasting Girl
A True Victorian Medical Mystery
by Michelle Stacey
Review by Lloyd A. Wells, Ph.D., M.D. on Jun 7th 2003

The Heart of Addiction
A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and
Other Addictive Behaviors
by Lance M. Dodes
Review by Fred Ashmore on Jun 7th 2003

Emotionally Involved
The Impact of Researching Rape
by Rebecca Campbell
Review by April Chase on Jun 7th 2003

Clues
A Paranoid Schizophrenic's Detective Story
by Marvin Cohen
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 7th 2003

Psychopathy
Antisocial, Criminal, and Violent Behavior
by Theodore Millon, Erik Simonsen, Roger Davis & Morten
Birket-Smith (Editors)
Review by Colin A. Holmes, Ph.D. on Jun 6th 2003

Philosophy and This Actual World
An Introduction to Practical Philosophical Inquiry
by Martin Benjamin
Review by Ben Mulvey, Ph.D. on Jun 6th 2003

Smack
by Melvin Burgess
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 6th 2003

Emotional Intelligence
Science and Myth
by Gerald Mathews, Moshe Zeidner & Richard. D. Roberts
(editors)
Review by Constantine Sandis on Jun 5th 2003

Reckoning With Homelessness
by Kim Hopper
Review by Diana Pederson on Jun 5th 2003

Shattered
Stories of Children and War
by Jennifer Armstrong (Editor)
Review by Diana Pederson on Jun 5th 2003

The High Price of Materialism
by Tim Kasser
Review by Diana Pederson on Jun 3rd 2003

Will@...
(a medicated memoir)
by Tom Grimes
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 3rd 2003

From Silence to Voice
What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public
by Bernice Buresh and Suzanne Gordon
Review by Tony O'Brien on May 31st 2003

Sexual Teens, Sexual Media
Investigating Media's Influence on Adolescent Sexuality
by Jane D. Brown, Jeanne R. Steele and Kim Walsh-Childers
(editors)
Review by Kevin M. Purday on May 31st 2003

The Men They Will Become
The Nature and Nurture of Male Character
by Eli H. Newberger
Review by Kevin M. Purday on May 31st 2003

The Executive Brain
Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind
by Elkhonon Goldberg
Review by Kamuran Godelek, Ph.D. on May 31st 2003

Playing God?
Genetic Determinism and Human Freedom
by Ted Peters
Review by Bryan Benham on May 31st 2003

The Mind and the Brain
Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force
by Jeffrey Schwartz and Sharon Begley
Review by Martin Hunt on May 27th 2003

The Emotional Revolution
Transform Your Life Using the New Science of Feeling
by Norman E. Rosenthal
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on May 27th 2003

The Phenomenology Reader
by Dermot Moran and Timothy Mooney (editors)
Review by Talia Welsh, Ph.D. on May 27th 2003

Adult Bipolar Disorders
Understanding Your Diagnosis and Getting Help
by Mitzi Waltz
Review by Jack Anderson, M.D. on May 25th 2003

Winnicott On the Child
by D. W. Winnicott, Stanley I. Greenspan, Benjamin Spock
and T. Berry Brazelton
Review by Michael Brodsky, M.D. on May 25th 2003

Being No One
The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity
by Thomas Metzinger
Review by Kenneth Einar Himma on May 25th 2003

The Dissolution of Mind
A Fable of How Experience Gives Rise to Cognition
by Oscar Vilarroya
Review by Giovanna Colombetti on May 25th 2003

Socrates Cafe
A Fresh Taste of Philosophy
by Christopher Phillips
Review by Janet D. Sisson on May 25th 2003

Shutter Island
A Novel
by Dennis Lehane
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 24th 2003

Digital Soul
Intelligent Machines and Human Values
by Thomas M. Georges
Review by Max Hocutt Ph..D. on May 24th 2003

The Common Thread
A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome
by John Sulston and Georgina Ferry
Review by Martin Hunt on May 21st 2003

10th Grade
by Joseph Weisberg
Review by Su Terry on May 21st 2003

Richard Rorty
Volume 1
by Alan Malachowski (Editor)
Review by Alan N. Sussman, Ph.D. on May 21st 2003

Schopenhauer's Telescope
by Gerard Donovan
Review by Matthew Ray on May 21st 2003


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Thinking for a Change
11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work
by John C. Maxwell
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 17th 2003

Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Understanding the Diagnosis and Getting Help. Second
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by Mitzi Waltz
Review by Peter Wigg on Jul 15th 2003

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Public and Private Occasions
by James C. Klagge and Alfred Nordmann (editors)
Review by Duncan Richter, Ph.D. on Jul 15th 2003

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science
by Peter Machamer and Michael Silberstein (Editors)
Review by Erich von Dietze, PhD on Jul 11th 2003

Think Naked
Childlike Brilliance in the Rough Adult World
by Marco Marsan
Review by April Chase on Jul 11th 2003

Vegetarian Turkish Cooking
Over 100 of Turkey's Classic Recipes for the Vegetarian
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by Carol Robertson
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 11th 2003

Summer of the Skunks
by Wilmoth Foreman
Review by Diana Pederson on Jul 11th 2003

The Speed Abater
by Christophe Blain
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 11th 2003

Emergency Psychiatry
Review of Psychiatry, Vol 21
by Michael H. Allen (Editor)
Review by Tony O'Brien on Jul 9th 2003

When Your Body Gets the Blues
The Clinically Proven Program for Women Who Feel Tired and
Stressed and Eat Too Much
by Marie-Annette Brown with Jo Robinson
Review by Diana Pederson on Jul 9th 2003

The Torn Skirt
A Novel
by Rebecca Godfrey
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 9th 2003

How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me
One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention
by Susan Rose Blauner
Review by Michael J. Cholbi, Ph.D. on Jul 8th 2003

Learning Disorders and Disorders of the Self in Children
and Adolescents
by Joseph Palombo
Review by Dan L. Rose, Psy.D. on Jul 8th 2003

Tis
A Memoir
by Frank McCourt
Review by Wyndham Perring on Jul 8th 2003

Nature Via Nurture
Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human
by Matt Ridley
Review by Eccy de Jonge on Jul 3rd 2003

Brain-Wise
Studies in Neurophilosophy
by Patricia Smith Churchland
Review by Isabel Gois on Jul 3rd 2003

Emotions, Stress, and Health
by Alex J. Zautra
Review by John W. Reich, Ph.D. on Jul 3rd 2003

Why Is It Always About You?
Saving Yourself from the Narcissists in Your Life
by Sandy Hotchkiss
Review by David M. Wolf, M.A. on Jul 2nd 2003

Sunbathing in the Rain
A Cheerful Book About Depression
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The End Of Alice
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Genes
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Handbook of Depression
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Love at Goon Park
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Family Therapy
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One Pill Makes You Smaller
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Phantoms in the Brain
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Whose America?
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Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences
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Mind, Reason and Imagination
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Philosophy of Body
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Quine and Davidson on Language, Thought and Reality
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Rationality and Freedom
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CTRL [SPACE]
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The Imagery Debate
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Imagine There's No Woman
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Targeting Autism
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Gender in the Mirror
Cultural Imagery and Women's Agency
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After Lacan
Clinical Practice and the Subject of the Unconscious
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As I Live and Breathe
Notes of a Patient-Doctor
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What Is an Emotion: Classic and Contemporary Readings
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Alterations of Consciousness
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Bending Over Backwards
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Boneyard
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Imagination and Its Pathologies
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It Was A Dark And Silly Night
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Multiculturalism and the Therapeutic Process
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We're Not Monsters
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The Human Face
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The Developing Mind
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Daniel Dennett
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Prozac on the Couch
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The Impact of the Gene
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Damaged Identities
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Passionate Deliberation
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In Search of Fatima
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Lord of the Flies
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Killing Monsters
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Personality Disorder: Temperament or Trauma?
An Account of an Emancipatory Research Study Carried Out by
Service Users Diagnosed With Personality Disorder
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The Dulcimer Boy
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My Family Album
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Essays on Nonconceptual Content
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Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience
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The Blackwell Handbook of Organizational Learning and
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How Families Still Matter
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Small Avalanches and Other Stories
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Not Much Just Chillin'
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Psychiatric Genetics and Genomics
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Yoga and Psychology
Language, Memory, and Mysticism
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Raising Blaze
Bringing Up an Extraordinary Son in an Ordinary World
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Selected Readings in the Philosophy of Perception
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The Making of a Philosopher
My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy
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This is Madness Too
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Dematerializing
Taming the Power of Possessions
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Out of the Dust
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Coping With Difficult People
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The Loss of Self: A Family Resource for the Care of
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Hoot
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Embracing Uncertainty
Breakthrough Methods for Achieving Peace of Mind When
Facing the Unknown
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Assessment and Treatment of Childhood Problems, Second
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Consciousness
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Boundaries and Boundary Violations in Psychoanalysis
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Irreparably Damaged
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Duplicity
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Close toYou
A Nikki Barnes Mystery
by Joan Albarella
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
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The Birth of the Mind
How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates the Complexities of
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Complications
A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
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Review by Sue Bond on Apr 30th 2004

Sylvia
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Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 30th 2004

Sartre
The Philosopher of the Twentieth Century
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Review by Costica Bradatan, Ph.D. on Apr 30th 2004

The Cambridge Companion to Lacan
by Jean-Michel Rabaté
Review by Dominique Kuenzle on Apr 30th 2004

Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome
A User Guide to Adolescence
by Luke Jackson
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The New Idea of a University
by Duke Maskell and Ian Robinson
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Return to Reason
by Stephen Toulmin
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Heartbeat
by Sharon Creech
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 23rd 2004

Empress of the World
by Sara Ryan
Review by Jodi Forschmiedt on Apr 23rd 2004

Radiant Cool
A Novel Theory of Consciousness
by Dan Lloyd
Review by Alan Monahan, Ph.D. on Apr 23rd 2004

Serious Girls
A Novel
by Maxine Swann
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 23rd 2004

Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder
Response and Role of the Psychiatric Team
by Len Bowers
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Apr 22nd 2004

Creating the American Junkie
Addiction Research in the Clasic Era of Narcotic Control
by Caroline Jean Acker
Review by Robin Pappas on Apr 22nd 2004

The Essentials of New York Mental Health Law
A Straightforward Guide for Clinicians of All Disciplines
by Stephen H. Behnke, Michael L. Perlin and Marvin
Bernstein
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Interpreting Minds
by Radu J. Bogdan
Review by Isabel Gois on Apr 22nd 2004

Preference, Belief, and Similarity
Selected Writings
by Amos Tversky
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Apr 22nd 2004

Bounded Rationality
The Adaptive Toolbox
by Gerd Gigerenzer and Reinhard Selten (Editors)
Review by Adriano Palma, Ph.D. on Apr 22nd 2004

Structure and Agency in Everyday Life
An Introduction to Social Psychology: Second Edition
by Gil Richard Musolf
Review by Karen Kachra on Apr 22nd 2004

Her Husband
Hughes and Plath, a Marriage
by Diane Middlebrook
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 16th 2004

The Epidemiology of Schizophrenia
by Robin M. Murray, Peter B. Jones, Ezra Susser, Jim van Os
and Mary Cannon (Editors)
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Apr 16th 2004

Psychology and Consumer Culture
The Struggle for a Good Life in a Materialistic World
by Tim Kasser and Allen D. Kanner (Editors)
Review by Nancy Nyquist Potter, Ph.D. on Apr 16th 2004

Piano
A Novel
by Jean Echenoz
Review by Tony O'Brien on Apr 16th 2004

Special Siblings
Growing Up With Someone with a Disability
by Mary McHugh
Review by Kevin T. Keith on Apr 16th 2004

Portraits of Huntington's
Choosing Joy Through Life Lessons
by Carmen Leal
Review by Kevin T. Keith on Apr 16th 2004

More Than a Label
Why What You Wear or Who You're With Doesn't Define Who You
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by Aisha Muharrar
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John Searle
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Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today
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The Philosophical I
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The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
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by E. L. Konigsburg
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Dry
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How to Make Great Love to a Man
by Phillip Hodson and Anne Hooper
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Cyborgasm
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The Erotic Edge
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The Awakening
by Donna Boyd
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Cold Hit
by Linda Fairstein
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Ecstasy
an Alex Bernier mystery
by Beth Saulnier
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Crispin
The Cross of Lead
by Avi
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Likely to Die
A Novel
by Linda Fairstein
Review by Su Terry on Jun 8th 2004

Final Jeopardy
by Linda Fairstein
Review by Su Terry on Jun 8th 2004

"Are You There Alone?"
The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates [Abridged Audiobook]
by Suzanne O'Malley
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 4th 2004

The Art of Adolf Wolfli
by Elka Spoerri, Daniel Baumann, and Edward M. Gomez
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 4th 2004

Therapy
An Alex Delaware Novel
by Jonathan Kellerman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 4th 2004

Olive's Ocean
by Kevin Henkes
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 4th 2004

The Simpsons and Philosophy
The D'oh! of Homer
by William Irwin, Mark T. Conard, Aeon J. Skoble (Editors)
Review by Paul Gatto on Jun 4th 2004

Straight Talk about Your Child's Mental Health
What to Do When Something Seems Wrong
by Stephen V. Faraone
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 4th 2004

Universities
The Recovery of an Idea
by Gordon Graham
Review by Ben Mulvey, Ph.D. on Jun 4th 2004

The Pursuit of Perfection
The Promise and Perils of Medical Enhancement
by Sheila Rothman and David Rothman
Review by Alex Sager on Jun 3rd 2004

Surrealist Painters and Poets
An Anthology
by Mary Ann Caws (Editor)
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Murder in the Inn
by Barbara Fox
Review by Su Terry on Jun 3rd 2004

Essential Sources in the Scientific Study of Consciousness
by Bernard J. Baars, William P. Banks, James B. Newman
(Editors)
Review by G.C. Gupta, Ph.D. on Jun 3rd 2004

Soul Made Flesh
The Discovery of the Brain--and How it Changed the World
by Carl Zimmer
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on May 28th 2004

Opening Skinner's Box
Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century
by Lauren Slater
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on May 28th 2004

Blackwell Companion to the Philosophy of Education
by Randall Curren (Editor)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 28th 2004

Cracked
Recovering after Traumatic Brain Injury
by Lynsey Calderwood
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on May 28th 2004

Four Corners
by Diane Freund
Review by Marilyn Graves, Ph.D. on May 28th 2004

The Other Side of the Story
A Novel
by Marian Keyes
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 28th 2004

Doing School
How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out,
Materialistic, and Miseducated Students
by Denise Clark Pope
Review by George Abaunza on May 28th 2004

The Eternity Cube
Artemis Fowl, Book 3
by Eoin Colfer
Review by Su Terry on May 27th 2004

The Arctic Incident
Artemis Fowl, Book 2
by Eoin Colfer
Review by Su Terry on May 27th 2004

Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl, Book 1
by Eoin Colfer
Review by Su Terry on May 27th 2004

Life, Sex, and Ideas
The Good Life Without God
by A. C. Grayling
Review by Joe Ulatowski on May 21st 2004

Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism
by Sandra D. Mitchell
Review by Arantza Etxeberria on May 21st 2004

Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Obesity in Youth
Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment
by J. Kevin Thompson, and Linda Smolak (Editors)
Review by Tiffany S. Ulatowski and Joseph W. Ulatowski on
May 21st 2004

The Slippery Slope
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Tenth
by Lemony Snicket
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 21st 2004

In the Floyd Archives
A Psycho-Bestiary
by Sarah Boxer
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 21st 2004

Trusting the Subject?
Volume 1
by Anthony Jack and Andreas Roepstorff (Editors)
Review by Liam Dempsey, Ph.D. on May 21st 2004

Aristotle's Children
How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient
Wisdom and Illuminated the Middle Ages
by Richard E. Rubenstein
Review by Brook W.R. Pearson, Ph.D. on May 21st 2004

Aggression and Antisocial Behavior in Children and
Adolescents
Research and Treatment
by Daniel F. Connor
Review by Jack R. Anderson, M.D. on May 14th 2004

Rethinking ADHD
Integrated Approaches to Helping Children at Home and at
School
by Ruth Schmidt Neven, Vicki Anderson, and Tim Godber
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on May 14th 2004

A Social History of Psychology
by Jeroen Jansz and Peter Van Drunen (Editors)
Review by Max Hocutt, Ph.D. on May 14th 2004

A Beautiful Mind
Awards Edition DVD
by Ron Howard (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 14th 2004

Fat and Furious
Overcome Your Body's Resistance to Weight Loss Now!
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The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious
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The Pornographer's Grief
And Other Tales of Human Sexuality
by Joseph Glenmullen
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Autopsy of a Suicidal Mind
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Care of the Psyche
A History of Psychological Healing
by Stanley W. Jackson
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The Double-Edged Helix
Social Implications of Genetics in a Diverse Society
by Joseph S. Alper, Catherine Ard, Adrienne Asch, Jon
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The Years of Silence are Past
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Lost Souls
The Philosophic Origins of a Cultural Dilemma
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Themes, Issues and Debates in Psychology
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Child and Adolescent Psychological Disorders
A Comprehensive Textbook
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Canvas
by Alex Fellows
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jul 6th 2004

The Nature of Melancholy
From Aristotle to Kristeva
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What Is Thought?
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Evolution, Gender, and Rape
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Evolution and Learning
Baldwin Effect Reconsidered
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Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism
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Emotions Revealed
Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and
Emotional Life
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Darwin's Legacy
What Evolution Means Today
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Science, Seeds and Cyborgs
Biotechnology and the Appropriation of Life
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From Passions to Emotions
The Creation of a Secular Psychological Category
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Self-Taught and Outsider Art
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Learn to Relax
A Practical Guide to Easing Tension and Conquering Stress
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Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
by Sharon Creech
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 28th 2004

The Myth of Laziness
by Mel Levine
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 24th 2004

My Life Among the Serial Killers
Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Murderers
by Helen Morrison with Harold Goldberg
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 24th 2004

The Bastard on the Couch CD
Men Try Really Hard to Explain Their Feelings about Love,
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The Good Vibrations Guide to Sex
The Most Complete Sex Manual Ever Written
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Destructive Emotions
A Scientific Dialogue With the Dalai Lama on How Can We
Overcome Them?
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The Whole Child
Restoring Wonder to the Art of Parenting
by Seamus Carey
Review by John D. Mullen, Ph.D. on Jun 21st 2004

Punishing the Mentally Ill
A Critical Analysis of Law and Psychiatry
by Bruce A. Arrigo
Review by Robert Tarzwell, M.D., B.A. on Jun 21st 2004

Natural Minds
by Thomas W. Polger
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Jun 21st 2004

New Philosophy for a New Media
by Mark B. N. Hansen
Review by Andrés Vaccari on Jun 21st 2004

Living Narrative
Creating Lives in Everyday Storytelling
by Elinor Ochs and Lisa Capps
Review by Aleksandar Dimitrijevic on Jun 21st 2004

Truth & Beauty
A Friendship
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Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 18th 2004

The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook Of Child And
Adolescent Psychiatry
Third Edition
by Jerry Wiener and Mina Dulcan (Editors)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 18th 2004

Young People and Mental Health
by Peter Aggleton, June Hurry, and Ian Warwick (Editors)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 18th 2004

Away Laughing on a Fast Camel
Even More Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
by Louise Rennison
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 18th 2004

A Great and Terrible Beauty
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Surviving Ophelia
Unabridged Audiobook
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The Bristol Board Jungle
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The Big O
How to Have Them, Give Them, and Keep Them Coming
by Lou Paget
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How to Make Great Love to a Woman
by Phillip Hodson and Anne Hooper
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 18th 2004

Mental Health Professionals, Minorities and the Poor
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Review by Jack R. Anderson, M.D. on Jun 10th 2004

Daniel Dennett
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John Searle
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Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today
Third Edition
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Raising Resilient Children
Fostering Strength, Hope, and Optimism in Your Child
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The Philosophical I
Personal Reflections on Life in Philosophy
by George Yancy (Editor)
Review by Ed Brandon on Jun 10th 2004

The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
Audiobook read by Molly Ringwald
by E. L. Konigsburg
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 10th 2004

Dry
A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 10th 2004

How to Make Great Love to a Man
by Phillip Hodson and Anne Hooper
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jun 10th 2004

Cyborgasm
Erotica in 3D Sound
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The Erotic Edge
Erotica for Couples
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The Awakening
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Review by Su Terry on Jun 8th 2004

Cold Hit
by Linda Fairstein
Review by Su Terry on Jun 8th 2004

Ecstasy
an Alex Bernier mystery
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Review by Su Terry on Jun 8th 2004

Crispin
The Cross of Lead
by Avi
Review by Su Terry on Jun 8th 2004

Likely to Die
A Novel
by Linda Fairstein
Review by Su Terry on Jun 8th 2004

Final Jeopardy
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The Merck Druggernaut
The Inside Story of a Pharmaceutical Giant
by Fran Hawthorne
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An Exact Mind
An Artist With Asperger Syndrome
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The Art of the Subject
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Meaning, Basic Self-Knowledge, and Mind
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The Magic of Thinking Big
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Why Are You So Sad?
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Re-Inventing the Symptom
Essays on the Final Lacan
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Law, Liberty, and Psychiatry
An Inquiry into the Social Uses of Mental Health Practices
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Parenting and the Child's World
Influences on Academic, Intellectual, and Social-Emotional
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Treatment and Rehabilitation of Severe Mental Illness
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Altered Land
A Novel
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Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 3rd 2004

Trauma in the Lives of Children
Crisis and Stress Management Techniques for Counselors,
Teachers, and Other Professionals
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Review by Lizzie Perring on Aug 2nd 2004

Liberating Losses
When Death Brings Relief
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The Health Psychology Handbook
Practical Issues for the Behavioral Medicine Specialist
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BLAB! Vol. 14
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The Jewel Tree of Tibet
The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism
by Robert Thurman
Review by Elizabeth McCardell, Ph.D. on Aug 2nd 2004

The Mood Cure
The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions-Today
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Review by Martin Brodeur on Jul 30th 2004

E-Therapy
Case Studies, Guiding Principles, and the Clinical
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Demystifying the Autistic Experience
A Humanistic Introduction for Parents, Caregivers, and
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Bringing Up Parents
The Teenager's Handbook
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Why We Lie
The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious
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Moral Development and Reality
Beyond the Theories of Kohlberg and Hoffman
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Shooter
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Monster
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The Miracle
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The Dream Bearer
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The Cambridge Companion to Quine
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One in Thirteen
The Silent Epidemic of Teen Suicide
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Evolution's Rainbow
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Old School
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Period Pieces
Stories for Girls
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Symbols in Art
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Anthony Goicolea
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Energy Psychology Interactive
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The Other Parent
The Inside Story of the Media's Effect on Our Children
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Beyond Genetics
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The Power of Full Engagement
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Responsible Genetics
The Moral Responsibility of Geneticists for the
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Hope and Despair
How Perceptions of the Future Shape Human Behavior
by Anthony Reading
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Anti-Individualism and Knowledge
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The Rise of Mental Health Nursing
A History of Psychiatric Care in Dutch Asylums, 1890-1920
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When Nothing Matters Anymore
A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens
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Decoding the Ethics Code
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Descartes's Concept of Mind
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Minds and Persons
by Anthony O'Hear (Editor)
Review by Ray Rennard, Ph.D. on Sep 3rd 2004

Self-Determination Theory in the Clinic
Motivating Physical and Mental Health
by Kennon M Sheldon, Geoffrey Williams and Thomas Joiner
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Sep 3rd 2004

Lacan and Contemporary Film
by Todd McGowan and Shelia Kunkle
Review by Marilyn Graves, Ph.D. on Sep 3rd 2004

Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development
by Usha Goswami (Editor)
Review by Talia Welsh, Ph.D. on Sep 1st 2004

The Dragons of Autism
Autism as a Source of Wisdom
by Olga Holland
Review by Kristin Nelson, M.A. on Sep 1st 2004

Machine Consciousness
by Owen Holland (Editor)
Review by Catherine Legg, Ph.D. on Sep 1st 2004

The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir
by Claudia Card (Editor)
Review by Eccy de Jonge, Ph.D. on Sep 1st 2004

The Existentialists
Critical Essays on Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and
Sartre
by Charles B. Guignon
Review by Matthew Ray on Sep 1st 2004

Ghost at the Window
by Margaret McAllister
Review by Su Terry on Aug 26th 2004

Song for Eloise
by Leigh Sauerwein
Review by Su Terry on Aug 26th 2004

What the Birds See
by Sonya Hartnett
Review by Su Terry on Aug 24th 2004

The Same Stuff as Stars
by Katherine Paterson
Review by Su Terry on Aug 24th 2004

A Stir of Bones
by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Review by Su Terry on Aug 24th 2004

In Session
The Bond Between Women and Their Therapists
by Deborah A. Lott
Review by Margo McPhillips on Aug 19th 2004

Schizophrenia: A Scientific Delusion?
Second Edition
by Mary Boyle
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 19th 2004

Identifying the Mind
Selected Papers of U. T. Place
by George Graham and Elizabeth R. Valentine (Editors)
Review by Alan Sussman, Ph.D. on Aug 19th 2004

Vision's Invisibles
Philosophical Explorations
by Veronique M. Foti
Review by Michael Lewis, Ph.D. on Aug 19th 2004

Down and Dirty Sex Secrets
The New and Naughty Guide to Being Great in Bed
by Tristan Taormino
Review by Christian Perring on Aug 19th 2004

Beating the Blues
New Approaches to Overcoming Dysthymia and Chronic Mild
Depression
by Michael Thase and Susan Lang
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2004

Wider than the Sky
The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness
by Gerald M. Edelman
Review by Wesley Cooper, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2004

Shades of Loneliness
Pathologies of a Technological Society
by Richard Stivers
Review by Wendy C. Hamblet, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2004

The Meaning of Mind
Language, Morality, and Neuroscience
by Thomas Szasz
Review by Anthony P. Bober on Aug 15th 2004

Surviving a Borderline Parent
How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds & Build Trust,
Boundaries, and Self-Esteem
by Kimberlee Roth and Freda B. Friedman
Review by Nancy Nyquist Potter, Ph.D. on Aug 12th 2004

Lust
The Seven Deadly Sins
by Simon Blackburn
Review by Berel Dov Lerner, Ph.D. on Aug 12th 2004

Treating Attachment Disorders
From Theory to Therapy
by Karl Heinz Brisch
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Aug 12th 2004

The Postpartum Effect
Deadly Depression in Mothers
by Arlene Huysman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 12th 2004

John Stuart Mill
A Biography
by Nicholas Capaldi
Review by Duncan Kelly, Ph.D. on Aug 12th 2004


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A Million Little Pieces
by James Frey
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 24th 2004

Handbook of Personality Disorders
Theory and Practice
by Jeffrey J. Magnavita (Editor)
Review by Peter B. Raabe, Ph.D. on Sep 24th 2004

Concise Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Third Edition
by Mina K. Dulcan, D. Richard Martini, and Marybeth Lake
Review by Michael Sakuma, Ph.D. on Sep 24th 2004

The Man in My Basement
A Novel
by Walter Mosley
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 24th 2004

What Price Better Health?
Hazards of the Research Imperative
by Daniel Callahan
Review by Lawrence D. Hultgren, Ph.D. on Sep 22nd 2004

The Languages of the Brain
by Albert M. Galaburda, Stephen M. Kosslyn, Yves Christen
(Editors)
Review by Helge Malmgren, M.D., Ph.D. on Sep 22nd 2004

Evil in Modern Thought
An Alternative History of Philosophy
by Susan Neiman
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Sep 22nd 2004

Being Yourself
Essays on Identity, Action, and Social Life
by Diana Tietjens Meyers
Review by Jennifer Booth, Ph.D. on Sep 22nd 2004

Looking for Bobowicz
A Hoboken Chicken Story
by Daniel Pinkwater
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 22nd 2004

Raising America
Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children
by Ann Hulbert
Review by Lloyd A. Wells, Ph.D., M.D. on Sep 15th 2004

Extending Self-Esteem Research
Sociological and Psychological Currents
by Timothy J. Owens, Sheldon Stryker, & Norman Goodman
(Editors)
Review by Kendell C. Thornton, Ph.D. on Sep 15th 2004

Alasdair MacIntyre
by Mark C. Murphy (Editor)
Review by Ed Brandon on Sep 15th 2004

On Not Being Able to Sleep
Psychoanalysis and the Modern World
by Jacqueline Rose
Review by Sue Bond, M.A. on Sep 15th 2004

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Performed by Eric Idle
by Roald Dahl
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 15th 2004

The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection
by Neil Gaiman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 15th 2004

The Silly Book
by Stoo Hample
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 15th 2004

Hiding from Humanity
Disgust, Shame, and the Law
by Martha C. Nussbaum
Review by David Benatar, Ph.D. on Sep 9th 2004

Descartes' Baby
How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us
Human
by Paul Bloom
Review by Talia Welsh, Ph.D. on Sep 9th 2004

Theory and Practice of Brief Therapy
by Simon H Budman and Alan S Gurman
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Sep 9th 2004


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Character Strengths and Virtues
A Handbook and Classification
by Christopher Peterson and Martin P. Seligman
Review by Keith S. Harris, Ph.D. on Oct 26th 2004

How Science Works
Evaluating Evidence in Biology and Medicine
by Stephen H. Jenkins
Review by David Teira, Ph.D. on Oct 26th 2004

Real Natures and Familiar Objects
by Crawford L. Elder
Review by Rachel Cooper, Ph.D. on Oct 26th 2004

Reanna's Diaries
A Celebration of Youth and Beauty in Photographs
by Richard Murrian
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 26th 2004

Letters to a Young Therapist
Stories of Hope and Healing
by Mary Pipher
Review by David M. Wolf on Oct 25th 2004

Children with Emerald Eyes
Histories of Extraordinary Boys and Girls
by Mira Rothenberg
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Oct 25th 2004

Natural Beauties
by Eolake Stobblehouse
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 25th 2004

Worried All the Time
Rediscovering the Joy in Parenthood in an Age of Anxiety
by David Anderegg
Review by David M. Wolf, M.A. on Oct 22nd 2004

H R Giger
by H.R. Giger
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 22nd 2004

Integrating Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy
Dissolving the Mind-Brain Barrier
by Bernard D. Beitman, Barton J. Blinder, Michael E. Thase,
and Debra L. Safer
Review by Robert Tarzwell, M.D. on Oct 22nd 2004

Secrets of the Soul
A Social and Cultural History of Psychoanalysis
by Eli Zaretsky
Review by Louis S. Berger, Ph.D. on Oct 22nd 2004

Language, Vision, and Music
Selected Papers from the 8th International Workshop on the
Cognitive Science of Natural Language Processing, Galway,
Ireland 1999
by Paul Mc Kevitt, Seán Ó Nualláin and Conn Mulvihill
Review by Daniel Mauro on Oct 22nd 2004

The Breakout Principle
How to Activate the Natural Trigger that Maximizes
Creativity, Athletic Performance, Productivity and Personal
Well-Being
by Herbert Benson and William Proctor
Review by David M. Wolf, M.A. on Oct 19th 2004

Bruises
by Anke de Vries
Review by Lorraine Rice on Oct 19th 2004

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Malady or Myth?
by Chris R. Brewin
Review by Mark S. Roberts, Ph.D. on Oct 19th 2004

ADHD in the Schools: Assessment and Intervention Strategies
Second Edition
by George J. DuPaul and Gary Stoner
Review by Barry McNamara, Ph.D. on Oct 19th 2004

The Best Awful
by Carrie Fisher
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 19th 2004

The Conspiracy Club
by Jonathan Kellerman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 19th 2004

The Grim Grotto
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Eleventh
by Lemony Snicket
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 6th 2004

A Guide to Asperger Syndrome
by Christopher Gillberg
Review by Lynda Geller,Ph.D. on Oct 6th 2004

Teaching Problems and the Problems of Teaching
by Magdalene Lampert
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Oct 6th 2004

Evolutionary Psychology and Violence
A Primer for Policymakers and Public Policy Advocates
by Richard W. Bloom and Nancy Dess (Editors)
Review by Jack R. Anderson, M.D. on Oct 6th 2004

The Anxieties of Affluence
Critiques of American Consumer Culture, 1939-1979
by Daniel Horowitz
Review by Wendy C. Hamblet, Ph.D. on Oct 6th 2004

Full Steam Ahead!
Unleash the Power of Vision in Your Company and Your Life
by Ken Blanchard and Jesse Stoner
Review by David M. Wolf, M.A. on Oct 6th 2004

Like the Red Panda
A Novel
by Andrea Seigel
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 6th 2004

Loss
The Politics of Mourning
by David L. Eng and David Kazanjian (Editors)
Review by Sundeep Nayak, M.D. on Oct 4th 2004

Exacting Beauty
Theory, Assessment, and Treatment of Body Image Disturbance
by J Kevin Thompson, Leslie J. Heinberg, Madeline Altabe,
and Stacy Tantleff-Dunn
Review by Sundeep Nayak, M.D. on Oct 4th 2004

Panpsychism and the Religious Attitude
by D. S. Clarke
Review by A.P. Bober on Oct 4th 2004

The Work of Mourning
by Jacques Derrida
Review by Matthew Ray on Oct 4th 2004

The Babes in the Wood
A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery
by Ruth Rendell
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 4th 2004

A Walk in the Rain With a Brain
by Edward M. Hallowell
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 4th 2004

Thanks,
Christian Perring

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The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Forensic
Psychiatry
The Clinician's Guide
by Robert I. Simon and Liza H. Gold
Review by Colin A. Holmes, Ph.D. on Nov 19th 2004

Silent Cruise
A Novella and Stories
by Timothy Taylor
Review by Tony O'Brien M Phil. on Nov 19th 2004

A Demon in My View
by Len Gasparini
Review by Tony O'Brien M Phil. on Nov 19th 2004

Liberation's Children
Parents and Kids in a Postmodern Age
by Kay S. Hymowitz
Review by Lloyd A. Wells, Ph.D., M.D. on Nov 19th 2004

Visual Agnosia
Second Edition
by Martha J. Farah
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Nov 19th 2004

Flashpoint
A John and Mary Bolt Mystery
by Linda S. Bingham
Review by Su Terry on Nov 18th 2004

Up in Flames
A John and Mary Bolt Mystery
by Linda S. Bingham
Review by Su Terry on Nov 18th 2004

The Art of Exceptional Living
by Jim Rohn
Review by David Wolf on Nov 10th 2004

Flesh in the Age of Reason
The Modern Foundations of Body and Soul
by Roy Porter
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Nov 10th 2004

My Sister's Keeper
A Novel
by Jodi Picoult
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 10th 2004

Elijah's Cup
A Family's Journey into the Community and Culture of
High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
by Valerie Paradiz
Review by Monique Thornton, MSW on Nov 10th 2004

Dreaming by the Book
A History of Freud's the Interpretation of Dreams and the
Psychoanalytic Movement
by Lydia Marinelli and Andreas Mayer
Review by Petar Jevremovic on Nov 10th 2004

What about the Kids
Raising Your Children Before, During, and After Divorce
by Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee
Review by James E. de Jarnette, Ph.D. on Nov 8th 2004

Understanding Marriage
Making It Work, or Knowing When to Leave
by Richard Taylor
Review by Nick Trakakis on Nov 8th 2004

How History Made the Mind
The Cultural Origins of Objective Thinking
by David Martel Johnson
Review by Lisa Bortolotti, Ph.D. on Nov 8th 2004

Forever Young
The 'Teen-Aging' of Modern Culture
by Marcel Danesi
Review by Shelly Marshall, B.S., CSAC on Nov 8th 2004

The Angelica Home Kitchen
Recipes and Rabble Rousings from an Organic Vegan
Restaurant
by Leslie McEachern
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 8th 2004

Mona Kuhn
Photographs
by Mona Kuhn
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 3rd 2004

Reducing Adolescent Risk
Toward an Integrated Approach
by Daniel Romer (Editor)
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Nov 3rd 2004

How Images Think
by Ron Burnett
Review by Benjamin Sylvand on Nov 3rd 2004

Enough About You
The Narcissist's 7-Step, 1-Minute Survival Guide to Sacred
Spirituality, A Self-Empowered Career, And Highly Effective
Relationships
by Mimi E. Gotist
Review by Patricia Ferguson, Psy.D. on Nov 3rd 2004

The Story of My Father
A Memoir
by Sue Miller
Review by Patricia Ferguson, Psy.D. on Nov 2nd 2004

They Broke the Law-You Be the Judge
True Cases of Teen Crime
by Thomas A. Jacobs
Review by Diane J. Klein, J.D., Harrison Mahaffey, and
Siobhan Mahaffey on Nov 2nd 2004

Olive My Love
by Vivian Walsh and J. Otto Seibold
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 2nd 2004

The Art of Living
The Stoics on the Nature and Function of Philosophy
by John Sellars
Review by Marcus Verhaegh on Nov 2nd 2004

Wittgenstein Reads Weininger
by David G. Stern and Béla Szabados (Editors)
Review by Duncan Richter, Ph.D. on Nov 2nd 2004

Modern Social Imaginaries
by Charles Taylor
Review by George Williamson, Ph.D. on Nov 1st 2004

Psychology and the Question of Agency
by Jack Martin, Jeff Sugarman, and Janice Thompson
Review by Constantine Sandis on Nov 1st 2004

The Summer of a Dormouse
Another Part of Life
by John Mortimer
Review by Wyndham Perring on Nov 1st 2004

Brief Encounters
Meetings With Remarkable People
by Gyles Brandreth
Review by Wyndham Perring on Nov 1st 2004

Life Strategies
Doing What Works Doing What Matters
by Phillip C. McGraw
Review by David M. Wolf, M.A. on Oct 29th 2004

Ecological Medicine
Healing the Earth, Healing Ourselves
by Kenny Ausubel (Editor)
Review by Courtney Young on Oct 29th 2004

Singing in the Fire
Stories of Women in Philosophy
by Linda Martin Alcoff (Editor)
Review by Diane J. Klein, J.D. on Oct 29th 2004

Metacreation
Art and Artificial Life
by Mitchell Whitelaw
Review by Martin Hunt on Oct 29th 2004


Thanks,
Christian Perring



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Grieving Mental Illness
A Guide for Patients and Their Caregivers
by Virginia Lafond
Review by Tony O'Brien, M Phil. on Dec 17th 2004

The Turing Test
Verbal Behavior as the Hallmark of Intelligence
by Stuart Shieber (Editor)
Review by Darren Abramson, M.Sc. on Dec 17th 2004

The Rule of Four
by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 17th 2004

The Subjective Self
A Portrait Inside Logical Space
by Harwood Fisher
Review by Elizabeth McCardell, Ph.D. on Dec 16th 2004

Genetic Prospects
Essays on Biotechnology, Ethics, and Public Policy
by Verna V. Gehring (Editor)
Review by Mianna Lotz, Ph.D. on Dec 16th 2004

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
DVD
by Michel Gondry
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 16th 2004

Feelings and Emotions
The Amsterdam Symposium
by Antony S.R. Manstead, Nico H. Frijda and Agneta Fischer
(Editors)
Review by Sam Brown, M.A., M.Phil. on Dec 15th 2004

Faking It
by William Ian Miller
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Dec 15th 2004

Getting a Good Night's Sleep
by John Selby
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 15th 2004

The Reasons of Love
by Harry G. Frankfurt
Review by George Graham, Ph.D. on Dec 13th 2004

Paul M. Smith
Photographs
by Paul M. Smith
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 13th 2004

Agents Under Fire
Materialism and the Rationality of Science
by Angus Menuge
Review by Luke Jerzykiewicz on Dec 13th 2004

Philosophical History and the Problem of Consciousness
by Paul M. Livingston
Review by Majid Amini, Ph.D. on Dec 10th 2004

Still Lives
Narratives of Spinal Cord Injury
by Jonathan Cole
Review by Elizabeth McCardell, Ph.D. on Dec 10th 2004

Predators
Pedophiles, Rapists, and Other Sex Offenders : Who They
Are, How They Operate, and How We Can Protect Ourselves and
Our Children
by Anna Salter
Review by Jack R. Anderson, M.D. on Dec 10th 2004

Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding
Why You Save & How You Can Stop
by Fugen A. Neziroglu, Jerome Bubrick, and Jose A.
Yaryura-Tobias
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 10th 2004

Monster
DVD
by Patty Jenkins (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 8th 2004

German Idealism and the Jew
The Inner Anti-Semitism of Philosophy and German Jewish
Responses
by Michael Mack
Review by Wendy C. Hamblet, Ph.D. on Dec 8th 2004

Envy
The Seven Deadly Sins
by Joseph Epstein
Review by Daniel Patrone on Dec 8th 2004

White Hot
A Novel
by Sandra Brown
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 8th 2004

Atonement and Forgiveness
A New Model for Black Reparations
by Roy L. Brooks
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Dec 7th 2004

The Male Stress Survival Guide
Everything Men Need to Know
by Georgia Witkin
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 7th 2004

Personality Disorders in Modern Life
Second Edition
by Theodore Millon, Carrie M. Millon, Sarah Meagher, Seth
Grossman, and Rowena Ramnath
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Dec 7th 2004

The Promise of a Lie
A Novel
by Howard Roughan
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 7th 2004

The Essential Guide to Prescription Drugs 2005
Everything You Need To Know For Safe Drug Use
by James J. Rybacki
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 3rd 2004

Violence and the Body
Race, Gender, and the State
by Arturo J. Aldama (Editor)
Review by Soumaya Mestiri, Ph.D. on Dec 3rd 2004

Desembodied Spirits and Deanimated Bodies
The Psychopathology Of Common Sense
by Giovanni Stanghellini
Review by Neil Levy, Ph.D. on Dec 2nd 2004

GLBTQ
The Survival Guide for Queer & Questioning Teens
by Kelly Huegel
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 2nd 2004

The Clinical Science of Suicide Prevention
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 932
by Herbert Hendin and J. John Mann, (Editors)
Review by Lou Gallagher, Ph.D. on Dec 1st 2004

Outsmarting Depression
Surviving the Crossfire of the Mental Health Wars
by Debbie Thurman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 1st 2004

Faster than a Speeding Bullet
The Rise of the Graphic Novel
by Stephen Weiner
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 1st 2004

Evenings at Five
A Novel and Five New Stories
by Gail Godwin
Review by Tony O'Brien, M Phil. on Dec 1st 2004

How Sex Changed
A History of Transsexuality in the United States
by Joanne Meyerowitz
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 29th 2004

American Eugenics
Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism
by Nancy Ordover
Review by Aaron Peron Ogletree on Nov 29th 2004

Genetic Prospects
Essays on Biotechnology, Ethics, and Public Policy
by Verna V. Gehring (Editor)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 29th 2004

The New Brain
How the Modern Age Is Rewiring Your Mind
by Richard Restak
Review by Dina Mendonça, Ph.D. on Nov 29th 2004

Stories Matter
by Rita Charon and Martha Montello (Editors)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 29th 2004

Understanding Phenomenal Consciousness
by William S. Robinson
Review by Brad Weslake on Nov 29th 2004

Therapeutic Action
An Earnest Plea For Irony
by Jonathan Lear
Review by Matthew Pianalto on Nov 24th 2004

Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing
by Benjamin Nugent
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 24th 2004

Stoicism
Traditions and Transformations
by Steven K. Strange and Jack Zupko (Editors)
Review by Guillaume Dye, Ph.D. on Nov 24th 2004

Eros and the Good
Wisdom According to Nature
by James S. Gouinlock
Review by Ben Mulvey, Ph.D. on Nov 24th 2004

The Essential Difference
Male and Female Brains and the Truth About Autism
by Simon Baron-Cohen
Review by Adriano Palma, Ph.D. on Nov 24th 2004

Paranoia
A Novel
by Joseph Finder
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 24th 2004

The Epidemic
The Rot of American Culture, Absentee and Permissive
Parenting, and the Resultant Plague of Joyless, Selfish
Children
by Robert Shaw
Review by Sundeep Nayak, M.D. on Nov 23rd 2004

Naked Rooms
by Peter Gorman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 23rd 2004


Happy holidays,
Christian Perring

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Emotion, Evolution, And Rationality
by Dylan Evans, Pierre Cruse (Editors)
Review by Manuel Bremer on Jan 6th 2005

The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics
by Brad Inwood (Editor)
Review by Dominique Kuenzle on Jan 6th 2005

Taking Action
Cognitive Neuroscience Perspectives on Intentional Acts
by Scott Johnson-Frey (Editor)
Review by Isabel Gois on Jan 6th 2005

It's Perfectly Normal
A Book About Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual
Health
by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 6th 2005

The Making of Dr. Phil
The Straight-Talking True Story of Everyone's Favorite
Therapist
by Sophia Dembling and Lisa Gutierrez
Review by David Wolf on Jan 5th 2005

Cracked
Putting Broken Lives Together
by Drew Pinsky
Review by James E. de Jarnette, Ph.D. on Jan 5th 2005

Dirty
A Search for Answers Inside America's Teenage Drug Epidemic
by Meredith Maran
Review by Dick C. on Jan 5th 2005

Pop & Me
DVD
by Chris Roe (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 5th 2005

Fatal Freedom
The Ethics and Politics of Suicide
by Thomas Szasz
Review by Matthew Pianalto on Jan 4th 2005

On the Freud Watch
Public Memoirs
by Paul Roazen
Review by Gerda Wever-Rabehl, Ph.D. on Jan 4th 2005

Destination Unexpected
Short Stories
by Donald R. Gallo (Editor)
Review by Lorraine Rice on Jan 4th 2005

Ready for Anything
52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life
by David Allen
Review by David Wolf on Jan 3rd 2005

True to Life
Why Truth Matters
by Michael P. Lynch
Review by Albert D. Spalding, J.D. on Jan 3rd 2005

Pieces of April
DVD
by Peter Hedges (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 3rd 2005

Under the Wolf, Under the Dog
by Adam Rapp
Review by Lorraine Rice on Jan 2nd 2005

Love in the Asylum
A Novel
by Lisa Carey
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 2nd 2005

Life, Death, & Meaning
Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions
by David Benatar (Editor)
Review by Keith S. Harris, Ph.D. on Jan 1st 2005

BLAB! Vol. 15
by Monte Beauchamp (Editor)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 1st 2005

Sex, Time and Power
How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution
by Leonard Shlain
Review by Jodi Forschmiedt, M.Ed. on Jan 1st 2005

Middlesex
A Novel
by Jeffrey Eugenides
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 1st 2005

Stress
A Brief History
by Cary L. Cooper and Philip Dewe
Review by Anne H. Berman, Ph.D. on Dec 30th 2004

DSM-IV-TR Mental Disorders
Diagnosis, Etiology and Treatment
by Michael B. First and Allan Tasman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 30th 2004

Breathing
The Master Key to Self Healing
by Andrew Weil
Review by David Wolf on Dec 29th 2004

Conquering Postpartum Depression
A Proven Plan for Recovery
by Ronald Rosenberg, Deborah Greening, and James Windell
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 29th 2004

What I Learned in Medical School
Personal Stories of Young Doctors
by Kevin M. Takakuwa, Nick Rubashkin, and Karen E. Herzig
Review by Duncan Double on Dec 28th 2004

Playing with Fire
A Novel of Suspense
by Peter Robinson
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 28th 2004

Dante's Cure
A Journey Out of Madness
by Daniel Dorman
Review by Tony O'Brien, M. Phil. on Dec 22nd 2004

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by David Sedaris
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 22nd 2004

Creating a Life of Meaning and Compassion
by Robert W. Firestone, Lisa A. Firestone and Joyce Catlett
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Dec 22nd 2004

Ancient Anger
Perspectives from Homer to Galen
by Susanna Braund and Glenn W. Most (Editors)
Review by David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D. on Dec 22nd 2004

Stress Survival Guide
by Jit Gill
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 22nd 2004

Connected, or What It Means to Live in the Network Society
by Steven Shaviro
Review by Robert Ramos on Dec 21st 2004

Boys Don't Cry
DVD
by Kimberly Peirce (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 21st 2004

My Life with Corpses
A Novel
by Wylene Dunbar
Review by Tony O'Brien, M Phil. on Dec 21st 2004

Jock Sturges
Notes
by Jock Sturges
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 21st 2004

Passing
When People Can't Be Who They Are
by Brooke Kroeger
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Dec 20th 2004

The Social History of the Unconscious
A Psychoanalysis of Society, Revised Edition
by George Frankl
Review by Aleksandar Dimitrijevic on Dec 20th 2004

Rain Man
Special Edition DVD
by Barry Levinson (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Dec 20th 2004


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 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 2 weeks we have published the following
reviews:

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


Walking a Literary Labyrinth
A Spirituality of Reading
by Nancy M. Malone
Review by Tony O'Brien, M. Phil. on Feb 1st 2005

Psychiatric Slavery
by Thomas Szasz
Review by Kevin T. Keith on Feb 1st 2005

The Mummy at the Dining Room Table
Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases
by Jeffrey Kottler and Jon Carlson
Review by Patricia Ferguson, Psy.D. on Feb 1st 2005

Varieties of Meaning
The 2002 Jean Nicod Lectures
by Ruth Garrett Millikan
Review by Nick Trakakis on Feb 1st 2005

The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability
For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain and
Illness
by Miriam Kaufman, Cory Silverberg, and Fran Odette
Review by David Wolf, M.A. on Feb 1st 2005

Thinking and Seeing
Visual Metacognition in Adults and Children
by Daniel T. Levin (Editor)
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

Family First
Your Step-By-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family
by Phillip C. McGraw
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

Descartes' Cogito
Saved from the Great Shipwreck
by Husain Sarkar
Review by Kamuran Godelek, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

Feeding Your Child
The Brazelton Way
by T. Berry Brazleton and Joshua Sparrow
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

The Act of Thinking
by Derek Melser
Review by Max Hocutt, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall
by David Sedaris
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

A Physicalist Manifesto
Thoroughly Modern Materialism
by Andrew Melnyk
Review by Alan Sussman, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

The Mirror of Love
by Alan Moore and Jose Villarrubia
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

Skeptical Feminism
Activist Theory, Activist Practice
by Carolyn Dever
Review by Kevin Aho, Ph.D. on Jan 25th 2005

Realism in Action
Essays in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
by Matti Sintonen, Petri Ylikoski and Kaarlo Miller
(Editors)
Review by Ed Brandon on Jan 25th 2005

Emotions
A Brief History
by Keith Oatley
Review by Dina Mendonca on Jan 25th 2005

The Greeks and the Irrational
by E. R. Dodds
Review by Giuseppina Ronzitti, Ph.D. on Jan 25th 2005

Fear and Other Uninvited Guests
Tackling the Anxiety, Fear, and Shame That Keep Us from
Optimal Living and Loving
by Harriet Lerner
Review by Patricia Ferguson, Psy.D. on Jan 24th 2005

The Concepts of Psychiatry
A Pluralistic Approach to the Mind and Mental Illness
by S. Nassir Ghaemi
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 24th 2005

War Against the Weak
Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race
by Edwin Black
Review by Erika Nanes on Jan 24th 2005

Szasz Under Fire
The Psychiatric Abolitionist Faces His Critics
by Jeffrey A. Schaler (Editor)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 24th 2005

Seeing and Visualizing
It's Not What You Think
by Zenon W. Pylyshyn
Review by Paul Coates, Ph.D. on Jan 24th 2005

The Stress Cure
A Simple 7-Step Plan to Balance Mood, Improve Memory, and
Restore Energy
by Vern Cherewatenko and Paul Perry
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 24th 2005

The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander
From Preschool to High School--How Parents and Teachers Can
Help Break the Cycle of Violence
by Barbara Coloroso
Review by Barry McNamara, Ph.D. on Jan 24th 2005

As Hot as It Was You Ought to Thank Me
A Novel
by Nanci Kincaid
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 24th 2005

The Ride Together
A Brother and Sister's Memoir of Autism in the Family
by Paul Karasik and Judy Karasik
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Jan 20th 2005

Cybersex
The Dark Side of the Force
by Al Cooper (Editor)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 20th 2005

Making Your Mind Matter
Strategies for Increasing Practical Intelligence
by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Jan 20th 2005

Family History
A Novel
by Dani Shapiro
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 20th 2005

Seven Life Lessons from Noah's Ark
How to Survive a Flood in Your Own Life
by Michael Levine
Review by Dick C. on Jan 20th 2005

Virtual Addiction
Help for Netheads, Cyberfreaks, and Those Who Love Them
by David Greenfield
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 20th 2005

How to Spot Hidden Alcoholics
Using Behavioral Clues to Recognize Addiction in Its Early
Stages
by Doug Thorburn
Review by Dick C. on Jan 20th 2005

Depression Fallout
The Impact of Depression on Couples and What You Can Do to
Preserve the Bond
by Anne Sheffield
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Jan 20th 2005


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 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 Philosophy of Psychiatry
A Companion
by Jennifer Radden (Editor)
Review by Daniel Callcut, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2005

Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Young Children
Effective Interventions in the Preschool and Kindergarten
Years
by Gretchen A. Gimpel and Melissa L. Holland
Review by Gerda Wever-Rabehl, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2005

The Only Girl in the Car
A Memoir
by Kathy Dobie
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2005

Raising a Moody Child
How to Cope with Depression and Bipolar Disorder
by Mary A Fristad and Jill S Goldberg Arnold
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2005

Upstate
by Kalisha Buckhanon
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2005

Handbook of Closeness and Intimacy
by Debra J. Mashek, Arthur Aron (Editors)
Review by Kendell C. Thornton, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2005

Dying to Know
Scientific Epistemology and Narrative in Victorian England
by George Levine
Review by James Sauer, Ph.D. on Mar 1st 2005

On Being Authentic
by Charles B. Guignon
Review by Kevin Aho, Ph.D. on Feb 28th 2005

Exuberance
The Passion for Life
by Kay Redfield Jamison
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 28th 2005

The Encyclopedia of Stupidity
by Matthijs van Boxsel
Review by Anthony R Dickinson, Ph.D. on Feb 28th 2005

Taking the Red Pill
Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix
by Glenn Yeffeth (Editor)
Review by Shelly Marshall, B.S., CSAC on Feb 28th 2005

The First Time
What Parents and Teenage Girls Should Know About "Losing
Your Virginity"
by Karen Bouris
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 28th 2005

Nudes and Portraits
by Gordon Thye
Review by Christian Perring on Feb 28th 2005

The Agile Gene
How Nature Turns on Nurture
by Matt Ridley
Review by Martin Hunt on Feb 24th 2005

The Secret Life of Bees
A Novel
by Sue Monk Kidd
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 24th 2005

Mary Barnes
Two Accounts of a Journey Through Madness
by Mary Barnes and Joseph Berkes
Review by Tony O'Brien, M.Phil on Feb 24th 2005

Over the Influence
The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol
by Patt Denning, Jeannie Little and Adina Glickman
Review by Fred Ashmore on Feb 24th 2005

The Serious Kiss
by Mary Hogan
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 24th 2005

Essays in Social Neuroscience
by John T. Cacioppo and Gary G. Bernston (Editors)
Review by Peter Zachar, Ph.D. on Feb 24th 2005

Welfare and Rational Care
by Stephen Darwall
Review by Guillaume Dye, Ph.D. on Feb 24th 2005

Neuropolitics
Thinking, Culture, Speed
by William Connolly
Review by Matt Lee on Feb 23rd 2005

New and Used BLAB!
by Monte Beachamp (Editor)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 23rd 2005

Photo Icons I (1827-1926)
The Story Behind the Pictures
by Hans-Michael Koetzle
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 22nd 2005

The Cafe Brenda Cookbook
Seafood and Vegetarian Cuisine
by Brenda Langton and Margaret Stuart
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 22nd 2005

Position Of The Day Playbook
Sex Every Day In Every Way From Nerve.com
by Nerve.com
Review by Christian Perring on Feb 22nd 2005

In My Darkest Hour
by Wilfred Santiago
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 22nd 2005

Karl Jaspers
A Biography--Navigations in Truth
by Suzanne Kirkbright
Review by S. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D. on Feb 15th 2005

The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life
by Daniel N. Stern
Review by Marilyn Nissim-Sabat, Ph.D., M.S.W. on Feb 15th
2005

He's Just Not That Into You
The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 15th 2005

The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
Review by Tony O'Brien, M.Phil. on Feb 15th 2005

Ethically Challenged Professions
Enabling Innovation and Diversity in Psychotherapy and
Counselling
by Yvonne Bates and Richard House (Editors)
Review by Diane J. Klein, J.D. on Feb 15th 2005

Purple Haze
The Puzzle of Consciousness
by Joseph Levine
Review by Dimitris Platchias on Feb 15th 2005

Blankets
An Illustrated Novel
by Craig Thompson
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 15th 2005

Me++
The Cyborg Self and the Networked City
by William J. Mitchell
Review by Nicholas Ruiz III on Feb 15th 2005

Meditations for the Humanist
Ethics for a Secular Age
by A. C. Grayling
Review by Max Hocutt, Ph.D. on Feb 15th 2005

Modernity and Technology
by Thomas J. Misa, Philip Brey, and Andrew Feenberg
(Editors)
Review by Wesley Cooper, Ph.D. on Feb 15th 2005

Gotta Get Some Bish Bash Bosh
by M. E. Allen
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 15th 2005

Crazy Babe
by Bob Coulter
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 15th 2005

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment for Health and
Mental Professionals
by Larry B. Silver
Review by Ruth Mark on Feb 9th 2005

Beyond Diversity Day
A Q & A on Gay and Lesbian Issues in Schools
by Arthur Lipkin
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 9th 2005

Movies and the Mind
Theories of the Great Psychoanalysts Applied to Film
by William Indick
Review by Mark Welch on Feb 9th 2005

The Diary of a Teenage Girl
An Account in Words and Pictures
by Phoebe Gloeckner
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 9th 2005

Wittgenstein
Biography and Philosophy
by James C. Klagge (Editor)
Review by Constantine Sandis on Feb 8th 2005

Ten Minutes to Relax
by Paul Overman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 8th 2005

The One With the News
A Collection of Stories
by Sandra Sabatini
Review by Tony O'Brien M Phil. on Feb 8th 2005

Fred the Clown
by Roger Langridge
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 8th 2005

Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability
by Paul K. Longmore
Review by Gerda Wever-Rabehl, Ph.D. on Feb 8th 2005

Magical Thinking
True Stories
by Augusten Burroughs
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 8th 2005

Walking a Literary Labyrinth
A Spirituality of Reading
by Nancy M. Malone
Review by Tony O'Brien, M. Phil. on Feb 1st 2005

Psychiatric Slavery
by Thomas Szasz
Review by Kevin T. Keith on Feb 1st 2005

The Mummy at the Dining Room Table
Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases
by Jeffrey Kottler and Jon Carlson
Review by Patricia Ferguson, Psy.D. on Feb 1st 2005

Varieties of Meaning
The 2002 Jean Nicod Lectures
by Ruth Garrett Millikan
Review by Nick Trakakis on Feb 1st 2005

The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability
For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain and
Illness
by Miriam Kaufman, Cory Silverberg, and Fran Odette
Review by David Wolf, M.A. on Feb 1st 2005

Thinking and Seeing
Visual Metacognition in Adults and Children
by Daniel T. Levin (Editor)
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

Family First
Your Step-By-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family
by Phillip C. McGraw
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

Descartes' Cogito
Saved from the Great Shipwreck
by Husain Sarkar
Review by Kamuran Godelek, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

Feeding Your Child
The Brazelton Way
by T. Berry Brazleton and Joshua Sparrow
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

The Act of Thinking
by Derek Melser
Review by Max Hocutt, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall
by David Sedaris
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

A Physicalist Manifesto
Thoroughly Modern Materialism
by Andrew Melnyk
Review by Alan Sussman, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005

The Mirror of Love
by Alan Moore and Jose Villarrubia
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2005


Thanks,
Christian Perring


=====
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 Psychology of Parental Control
How Well-Meant Parenting Backfires
by Wendy S. Grolnick
Review by John D. Mullen, Ph.D. on Mar 31st 2005

Humankind
A Brief History
by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Mar 31st 2005

Smashed
Story of a Drunken Girlhood
by Koren Zailckas
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 30th 2005

The Secret of Life
Commonsense Advice for the Uncommon Woman
by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Review by David M. Wolf, M.A. on Mar 30th 2005

Goffman's Legacy
by Javier Trevino (Editor)
Review by Elizabeth McCardell, Ph.D. on Mar 30th 2005

Devil in the Details
Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood
by Jennifer Traig
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 30th 2005

Gut Reactions
A Perceptual Theory of Emotion
by Jesse J. Prinz
Review by Adele Tomlin on Mar 22nd 2005

Sentimental Rules
On the Natural Foundations of Moral Judgment
by Shaun Nichols
Review by Neil Levy, Ph.D. on Mar 22nd 2005

Unkempt
Stories
by Courtney Eldridge
Review by Tony O'Brien, M Phil. on Mar 22nd 2005

On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt
Review by Tony O'Brien, M Phil. on Mar 22nd 2005

Coming of Age in Ancient Greece
Images of Childhood from the Classical Past
by Jenifer Neils and John Oakley
Review by Wendy C. Hamblet, Ph.D. on Mar 22nd 2005

Facts, Values, and Norms
Essays toward a Morality of Consequence
by Peter Railton
Review by Tim Thornton, Ph.D. on Mar 22nd 2005

Pure
A Novel
by Rebecca Ray
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 22nd 2005

Families Like Mine
Children Of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is
by Abigail Garner
Review by Elizabeth O'Connor, Ph.D. on Mar 18th 2005

Everyday Mind Reading
Understanding What Other People Think and Feel
by William Ickes
Review by Kevin Purday on Mar 18th 2005

Greed
The Seven Deadly Sins
by Phyllis Tickle
Review by Wendy C. Hamblet, Ph.D. on Mar 18th 2005

The First Idea
How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from our
Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans
by Stanley I. Greenspan and Stuart G. Shanker
Review by Ramesh Kumar Mishra, Ph.D. on Mar 18th 2005

Girls in Pants
The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
by Ann Brashares
Review by Amy Ridley on Mar 18th 2005

The Narrows
by Michael Connelly
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 18th 2005

Shut the Door
A Novel
by Amanda Marquit
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 18th 2005

Will They Ever Trust Us Again?
Letters From the War Zone
by Michael Moore (Editor)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 18th 2005

Beluga
by Jean Van Cleemput
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 18th 2005

Brain Fiction
Self-Deception and the Riddle of Confabulation
by William Hirstein
Review by Neil Levy, Ph.D. on Mar 9th 2005

Learning and Behavior Problems in Asperger Syndrome
by Margot Prior (Editor)
Review by Elizabeth McCardell, Ph.D. on Mar 9th 2005

Experiences of Depression
Theoretical, Clinical, and Research Perspectives
by Sidney J. Blatt
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Mar 8th 2005

Practical Management of Personality Disorder
by W. John Livesley
Review by Colin A Holmes, Ph.D. on Mar 8th 2005

Science in the Private Interest
Has the Lure of Profits Corrupted Biomedical Research?
by Sheldon Krimsky
Review by David Teira Serrano, Ph.D. on Mar 8th 2005

Noir Anxiety
by Kelly Oliver and Benigno Trigo
Review by Irene E. Harvey, Ph.D. on Mar 8th 2005

Advances in Identity Theory and Research
by Peter J. Burke, Timothy J. Owens, Richard T Serpe, and
Peggy A. Thoits (Editors)
Review by Liam Dempsey, Ph.D. on Mar 8th 2005

The Case for Humanism
An Introduction
by Lewis Vaughn and Austin Dacey
Review by Kevin Purday on Mar 8th 2005

Truth and Truthfulness
An Essay in Genealogy
by Bernard Williams
Review by Matthew Ray on Mar 8th 2005

Deception
A Novel
by Denise Mina
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 8th 2005

Clyde Fans
Book 1
by Seth
Review by Christian Perring on Mar 8th 2005

Ellison the Elephant
by Eric Drachman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 8th 2005

It's Me!
by Eric Drachman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Mar 8th 2005

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 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



Asperger Syndrome and Your Child
A Parent's Guide
by Michael D. Powers and Janet Poland
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Apr 28th 2005

Sickened
The True Story of a Lost Childhood
by Julie Gregory
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 28th 2005

The Schopenhauer Cure
A Novel
by Irvin Yalom
Review by Fran Gillespie on Apr 28th 2005

Doing It
A Novel
by Melvin Burgess
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 28th 2005

The Big Love
A Novel
by Sarah Dunn
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 28th 2005

Writing to Heal
A Guided Journal for Recovering from Trauma and Emotional
Upheaval
by James W. Pennebaker
Review by Dick C. on Apr 28th 2005

Distancing
Avoidant Personality Disorder. Revised and Expanded
by Martin Kantor
Review by David A. Flory on Apr 28th 2005

Spiritually Healing the Indigo Children (and Adult Indigos,
Too!)
The Practical Guide and Handbook
by Wayne Dosick and Ellen Kaufman
Review by Shelly Marshall, B.S., CSAC on Apr 28th 2005

XXX
30 Porn-Star Portraits
by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 21st 2005

Little Scarlet
An Easy Rawlins Mystery
by Walter Mosley
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 21st 2005

Awakening Self-Esteem
Spiritual and Psychological Techniques to Enhance Your
Well-Being
by Christine Maguth Nezu and Arthur M. Nezu
Review by Dick C. on Apr 21st 2005

Thinking About Feeling
Contemporary Philosophers on Emotions
by Robert C. Solomon (Editor)
Review by Berel Dov Lerner, Ph.D. on Apr 21st 2005

An Interpretation of Desire
Essays in the Study of Sexuality
by John Gagnon
Review by Gerda Wever-Rabehl, Ph.D. on Apr 19th 2005

Science, Consciousness and Ultimate Reality
by David Lorimer (Editor)
Review by A. P. Bober on Apr 19th 2005

Grassroots Spirituality
What It Is, Why It Is Here, Where It Is Going
by Robert Forman
Review by Naomi Gold, Ph.D. on Apr 18th 2005

Odd Girl Speaks Out
Girls Write about Bullies, Cliques, Popularity, and
Jealousy
by Rachel Simmons
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 18th 2005

The Flight of a Dove
by Alexandra Day
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 18th 2005

Epistemology and the Psychology of Human Judgment
by Michael A Bishop and J. D. Trout
Review by Neil Levy, Ph.D. on Apr 14th 2005

Visits from The Drowned Girl
A Novel
by Steven Sherrill
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 14th 2005

Six Questions of Socrates
A Modern-Day Journey of Discovery Through World Philosophy
by Christopher Phillips
Review by Wendy C. Hamblet, Ph.D. on Apr 6th 2005

How the Mind Explains Behavior
Folk Explanations, Meaning, and Social Interaction
by Bertram F. Malle
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Apr 6th 2005

Normal
DVD
by Jane Anderson (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Apr 6th 2005

When It Gets Dark
An Enlightened Reflection on Life with Alzheimer's
by Thomas DeBaggio
Review by S. V. Swamy on Apr 6th 2005

My Perfect Life
by Dyan Sheldon
Review by Lorraine Rice on Apr 6th 2005

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
by Dyan Sheldon
Review by Lorraine Rice on Apr 6th 2005

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 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


Wise Therapy
by Tim LeBon
Review by Matthew Ray on May 28th 2005

Relational Mental Health
Beyond Evidence-Based Interventions
by Jose Guimon
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 28th 2005

Desert Islands and Other Texts (1953-1974)
by Gilles Deleuze
Review by Alistair Welchman, Ph.D. on May 27th 2005

Sleeping Beauty
by Phillip Margolin
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 27th 2005

Why the Mind is Not a Computer
by Raymond Tallis
Review by Tony Dickinson, Ph.D. on May 27th 2005

The Essential Kamasutra
by Wendy Doniger
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 27th 2005

Margaux with an X
by Ron Koertge
Review by Amy Ridley on May 27th 2005

Down the Rabbit Hole
An Echo Falls Mystery
by Peter Abrahams
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 27th 2005

Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
Review by Amy Ridley on May 27th 2005

Free Will
by Robert Kane (Editor)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 20th 2005

The Bitch Posse
A Novel
by Martha O'Connor
Review by Jodi Forschmiedt, M.Ed. on May 19th 2005

EVA
Eloge De Ma Fille
by Irina Ionesco
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 19th 2005

The Insider's Guide to Mental Health Resources Online
Revised Edition
by John M. Grohol
Review by Fran Gillespie on May 18th 2005

Empire Falls
A Novel
by Richard Russo
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 18th 2005

Problems of Rationality
by Donald Davidson
Review by Manuel Bremer on May 17th 2005

The Surrender
An Erotic Memoir
by Toni Bentley
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 17th 2005

The Nature of the Mind
An Introduction
by Peter Carruthers
Review by Harry Witzthum, Ph.D. on May 16th 2005

The Hillside Diary and Other Writings
by Robert Gary Neugeboren
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 16th 2005

Michael Rosen's Sad Book
by Michael Rosen
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 15th 2005

Causation and Counterfactuals
by John Collins, Ned Hall, L. A. Paul (Editors)
Review by Peter Murphy, Ph.D. on May 15th 2005

Boundaries of the Mind
The Individual in the Fragile Sciences
by Robert A. Wilson
Review by Ray Rennard, Ph.D. on May 14th 2005

Graceful Exits
How Great Beings Die
by Sushila Blackman (Editor)
Review by A. P. Bober on May 14th 2005

Procrastination
Why You Do It, What to Do About It
by Jane B. Burka and Lenora M.Yuen
Review by A. P. Bober on May 14th 2005

Changing the Subject
Psychology, Social Regulation and Subjectivity
by Julian Henriques, Wendy Hollway, Cathy Urwin, Couze
Venn, Valerie Walkerdine
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 14th 2005

Stress Relief
by Michael Reed Gach
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 13th 2005

Less Than Perfect
by Louise Albert
Review by Patricia Ball, B.A. on May 13th 2005

Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell
Review by Michael Brodsky on May 6th 2005

The Deadly Truth
A History of Disease in America
by Gerald N. Grob
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on May 6th 2005

Blood and Guts
A Short History of Medicine
by Roy Porter
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on May 6th 2005

Crosses
by Shelley Stoehr
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 6th 2005

Voluntary Simplicity
Responding to Consumer Culture
by Daniel Doherty and Amitai Etzioni (Editors)
Review by Susan Reno-Gilliland on May 6th 2005

Very Far Away from Anywhere Else
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Review by Lorraine Rice on May 6th 2005

The Witch's Boy
by Michael Gruber
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on May 6th 2005

Lacan
Topologically Speaking
by Ellie Ragland and Dragan Milovanovic (Editors)
Review by Petar Jevremovic on May 6th 2005


Christian Perring



Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
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