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  by ldelaney & 3 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: —

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Author: Julian Barnes

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Tags: psychology british fiction art classic religion philosophy love literature essays death novel tragedy shipwreck britain boat lifeafterdeath boatingdisater

2008-05-11

  by mtmiller

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Type: scientific

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Status: to read

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Author: Steven Pinker

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Tags: psychology language

2008-04-06

  by betweenthelines & 14 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Susanna Kaysen

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Tags: psychology

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Description: This slim memoir of a college student who suffers a "breakdown" honestly exploresThis slim memoir of a college student who suffers a "breakdown" honestly explores the details of mental illness, specifically "borderline personality" disorders. The account starts in a cold, almost frightening way: the first page is a copy of author Kaysen's case record folder. The reader then is given a fleeting description of the quiet moments leading up to Kaysen's lengthy hospitalization, and then is shown more official documents. This juxtaposition of the clinical with the personal highlights exactly what this memoir aims to express, that the darkness of mental disease has a face, a voice, that can be hidden by labels and diagnoses. ...

2008-02-23

  by ldelaney & 2 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: neutral

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Authors: Leopold von Sacher_Masoch Larry Wolff Joachim Neugroschel

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Tags: women history psychology fiction art romance classic religion germany historical philosophy love literature novel german masochism

2007-12-09

  by bunchesofdonald

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Type: scientific

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Status: now reading

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Author: Richard Wiseman

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Tags: science psychology interesting

2007-12-07

  by anm_sa & 3 users

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Type: educational

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Status: to read

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Author: Steven Pinker

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Tags: psychology philosophy nonfiction linguistics

2007-11-07

  by ldelaney

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Type: documentary

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Status: liked

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Author: Sarah Churchwell

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Tags: women history psychology art american historical love america nonfiction death true mothers sixties

2007-10-22

  by digitalautumn & 4 users

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Type: scientific

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Daniel Gilbert

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Tags: psychology nonfiction happiness

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Description: I thought this was a great general interest book on some of the research done on happiness,I thought this was a great general interest book on some of the research done on happiness, leaning heavily on study results while being very accessible. It points out some fascinating counterintuitive truths about what makes us happy, and certainly left me better equipped to do things in an examined manner. Another draw to the book was the author's fun, offhand style with plenty of wry humor included. It is not a serious tome, but nevertheless has a lot to tell us....

2007-08-22

  by katie

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Type: business

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Status: liked

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Authors: George M. Prince

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Tags: psychology metaphors creativity cognition group_psychology meetings

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Description: A 1970 book, hailed as a classic -- starting in the Last Whole Earth Catalog. "The practiceA 1970 book, hailed as a classic -- starting in the Last Whole Earth Catalog. "The practice of creativity thgourhg Synectics -- the proven method of group problem-solving". Recommended in the book on web usability I recently read. Assumes all humans are natural problem solvers and analyzes what goes wrong in meetings. Focuses on how to foster sensitivity and contain aggression -- the two elements found in all meetings -- so as to allow ideas to be fairly considered and creativity encouraged. The use of analogies and metaphors in considering ideas is emphasized....

2007-08-03

  by noelani

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Type: educational

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Status: to read

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Author: George Page

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Tags: psychology animals

2007-08-01