Book Genre: Psychology

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David K Randall
Michelle
4

As a chronic insomniac, I can't get enough information about sleep.  This book is enlightening and entertaining but until the last chapter it sure wasn't helping me sleep.  As if I didn't already know it, sleep is serious business!  And Randall has some crazy sleep stories to tell...

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Daniel Kahneman
Bobby
4

Kahneman, a Nobel Prize winning behavior economist, explains how our thinking is broken down into two systems, one fast and reactionary, and a second that takes time to take in the larger context, past experience, and potential consequences.  Time and time again through study data and in-...

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Katya McCall Walter
Laurie.
3

Separately, the I Ching and DNA are fascinating.  A book talking about the similarities, however, is fascinating x 100!  The author makes a compelling argument whether you believe in an ordered universe or not.

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Benjamin Nugent
Laurie.
4

All things nerdy and wonderful!  Nugent combines his own personal history with the exploration of nerdiness.  Even if you aren't a nerd, chances are you know someone who is. 

 

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Thích Nhá̂t Hạnh
Michelle
5

Truly comforting wisdom for life, whether you're dealing with illness, death or transformation of any kind. Thích Nhá̂t Hạnh reminds us of all the common sense we've lost.

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Robert A. F Thurman
Michelle
4

This excellent readable little book, one of seven from Oxford University Press on the seven biggies, investigates the little good and the tremendous bad that comes from anger.

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