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Life After Life by Raymond Moody
Controversial as it undoubtedly is, there is a great deal of evidence for some sort of life, or at least consciousness, after the point of clinical death. The subjects Moody studied describe...
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The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
I wanted to read The Psychopath Test: a Journey Through the Madness Industry for quite some time, not because I was interested in psychopaths, but because I am a huge fan of Jon Ronson. Jon Ronson is a...
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The Woman Who Can’t Forget by Jill Price
What if you could save each day of your life as a .pdf or .mp3 file? Later, when you needed to remember or just reminisce, you could open the file and relive any given day as if it were yesterday,...
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NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman
So, you had your 2.2 kids and read all the right books, listened to all the right experts, and now you’re an expert too, right? Think again. After raising four children (only one left to put through...
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The Psychopath Test: A Journey through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson (author of book-turned-movie The Men Who Stare at Goats) delves into the fascinating topic of insanity in his newest book. When confronted with terms like sociopath and psychopath (which,...
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Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
Are you a fan of Polish science fiction? Do you fantasize about visiting the old stomping grounds of Stanislaw Lem – Lviv? Krakow? Do you venerate his name? If none of this applies to you, it is hereby...
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The Journal of Best Practices: a Memoir of Marriage, and Asperger Syndrome,...
I first heard of this book while listening to All Things Considered on NPR, as they interviewed author David Finch and his wife, Kristen. The conversation was so captivating that I requested a copy of...
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Sybil Exposed: the Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality...
I’m of the wrong era to have been obsessed with Sybil and her multiple personalities, and have never read the book or seen the movies, but I always have an interest in reading books about mental...
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How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman, M.D.
Dr. Groopman is the chair of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of experimental medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. The idea for this book came to him when he realized...
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Best New Books of 2013: Melissa O’s Picks
Here it is! My favorite blog post of the year. It is difficult to narrow down my favorite books of the year to only five, but here is a sample from all over the library. As you can see, I have wide...
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Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being by Martin...
Longtime psychologist Martin Seligman argues that there is more to mental health than the absence of mental illness. He is a proponent of a movement he calls “positive psychology,” which proposes a...
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Crabwalk by Gunter Grass
I happened to stumble onto Crabwalk when I was researching the sinking of the German ocean liner MV Wilhelm Gustloff, which was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine in January 1945 while evacuating...
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The Secret Life of Sleep by Kat Duff
Ever have a difficult time falling asleep? Wake up in the night and fret over hours of lost rest? Millions and millions of Americans struggle with sleep issues every night, adding one of the most basic...
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All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior
I have to admit that reading is such an escape for me that I rarely read anything directly applicable to my life. This includes books about: work, parenting, self-help, spirituality, politics, and...
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Best New Books of 2014: Amy W’s Picks
I enjoy a well-balanced diet…of books. Here we have something for EVERYONE from light and fun page-turners to thought-provoking non-fiction. Don’t let 2014 end without checking out any (or all) of...
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