Review:In his now-classic "Influence", Robert Cialdini tagged along with vacuum salesmen, car dealers and other persuasion professionals to come up with the six psychological principles that were "deployed routinely in long-prospering influence businesses" -- reciprocation, liking, social proof, authority, scarcity, and consistency. Those principles are still solid gold. Prof Cialdini once again gets his hands dirty to uncover an even deeper level of influence: how to make compliance almost a foregone ... Read more

Review:This has been a truly great book in helping me improve my skills, particularly piano practising. The results were immediate. For example, practising a section three times with 10 minutes breaks in between. It felt weird and so unreal to a point of suspecting auto-suggestion on my part. I am so glad I bought this book. Read more

Review:The Blank Slate is a brilliant synthesis of biology, psychology and humanism, composed by a polymath who is also a gifted writer. Perhaps the highest compliment I can give it is that in the future it will be regarded as boringly obvious. Today, however, it is a presentation of insights that, singly, are recognized by only few, and combined, by practically no one.
Drawing to a considerable extent on the work of R. Trivers and E. O. Wilson, The Blank Slate carries their thinking further, con... Read more

Review:Dangrous book.
Most educated people understand about healthy living and good organic balanced diet. Taking care of yourself, eating healthy, avoid processed food, eat more plant based diet, be active and exercise are the base of science based Medicine and what most doctors recommend to prevent disease.
Creating false hopes and disseminating false "alternative" facts is irresponsible.
Telling desperate cancer patients that diet heals them and avoid medical treatment is criminal.
Crea... Read more

Review:IT IS A MUST READ! It exactly provided me with the peace and understanding of how he could simply walk away and leave my son and I reeling in his aftermath like it was nothing. GREATEST GIFT EVER! I can finally start letting go of the anger and hurt! It is crazy identifiable!Every page I was like this is exactly what u can’t explain to people.....IT WAS HIM AND IM NOT CRAZY! Read more

Review:One of the best books on this topic. Excellent information, with lots of links and suggestions for additional information on the many issues covered. She almost completely avoids blaming the victim as a co-dependent or addict, except for one section, but the rest of the book is very credible. After finally seeing the light while in a 27-year marriage and horrific work situation, I have now read over 50 books on various aspects of narcissism, including many types of addictions, and I have to s... Read more

Review:I have to admit I have not completed the book but almost -I liked the clear, friendly language - and the ability to categorize the different types of emotional abuse, and in many cases, what is behind it. Read more

Review:There are quite a few books out now with a similar thesis to this one,namely, a lot of conventional medical wisdom is wrong. I believe that is true and if this is the first and only book you read on the topic, you will be better informed. However, after reading several similar books, I have found that all of these doctors who claim that most previous research is shoddy and wrong have forgotten that someday, another doctor will say the same about some of their ideas because of new, compelling res... Read more

Review:Disappointed, like the others. Not as bad as "If you Were Here", but the recycled content really was irritating. I hope she's not past her prime, I continue to enjoy her blog, and re-read the first few books and still find them funny. Come back to us, Jen!!! Read more

Review:I hesitated between three and four stars, but decided to give it four. I have read everything Oliver Sacks has ever written, and _Seeing Voices_ is one of my favorite books. However, I found this book less engaging than nearly all of his previous works. I enjoyed the new case studies, but I felt somehow that I had already read the same information in his previous books. The exception to this is his first-person narrative of his own experience with his changing sight, which was a somewhat jarring... Read more