books about: madness     books:       The Outsider: A Journey Into My Father's Struggle With Madness31 reviews Nathaniel Lachenmeyer Broadway, 2001 A Book Everyone Should Read I truly believe this book should be read by everyone, not just people that are going into the mental health field. I was required to ready it for a Social Work class I am currently taking at the undergraduate level; however, I can say without a doubt it is by far the best book I have ever read! Lachenmeyer really brings home the stigma and heartache that is experienced by people and their loved ...             Perfect Madness: From Awakening to Enlightenment20 reviews Donna Lee Gorrell Inner Ocean Publishing, 2001 Mind-blowing Illumination What happens when God decides to have his way with you? Does he hold you on his lap, feed you candy, and promise you the gift of wonderful mysteries? Or is he God the Hurricane who rips your heart open and tears your house down in order to illuminate your soul? Donna Lee Gorrell writes a mind-blowing account of her tempestuous journey of initiation, and yes, wonderful mysteries are revealed to ...             Milk, Money, and Madness: The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding23 reviews Naomi Baumslag M.D. M.P.H., Dia L. Michels Praeger, 2008 I wish this book were out of date and irrelevant! This definitive history of formula, pharmaceutical companies and infant death is highly readable, despite its depressing topic. While it would be comforting to think that formula fed babies only die at a higher rate than breastfed in places without access to clean water that just ain't so -- never has been, never will be, and the companies which make formula know that. Which is why the code of ...             The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life32 reviews Jim Tressel Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2009 Excellent resource This is very inspiring and worth a read or listen. I would highly recommend if you want wisdom to strenghen your resolve to be your very best!             The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness63 reviews Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett Grand Central Publishing, 1996 Great book! Great price! Great service! The book arrived as promised--in good condition and on time (actually before I expected it). Couldn't ask for better service.             Zombie Factory: 27 Tales of Bizarre Comix Madness from Beyond the Tomb29 reviews Idea Men Productions, 2007 A fun collection Zombie Factory is a collection of the "factory seconds" of the horror comic industry of the Sixties. Not on the same level of artistic competence as the first rate publishers (like Marvel and Warren) but over all much more enjoyable.             Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia35 reviews Patrick Tracey Bantam, 2008 Stalking Irish Madness:Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia I really enjoyed this book immensely. It was so sad and it hit home with my own feelings. I was impressed with his writing and the history was great and the best part was his love for his sisters. It was shared already with several people that have children affected by this disease by far the worst disease on earth. It robs young people of a life. I enjoyed the book and would highly recommend it.             Seduced by Madness24 reviews HarperCollins e-books, 2007 Cuckoo for Coco Puffs: A new classic of the genre Every so often in the true crime genre author and subject come together in an almost fated way to produce a book that illuminates not only the crime but the times that produced it. McGinniss's Blind Faith, Stumbo's Until the Twelfth of Never, Alexander's Very Much a Lady and Rule's The Stranger Beside Me are among the select few and now they are joined by Carol Pogash's Seduced by Madness. This ...             Winterdance: Fine Madness of Alaskan Dog-racing164 reviews Gary Paulsen Orion mass market paperback, 1999 More Than Just a Dog Story If you love dogs, you absolutely have to read this book. And, if you don't love dogs, you still absolutely have to read this book because it is so rich in its enthusiasm for living life and meeting its challenges that it would be a shame to miss it. Paulsen enters the Iditarod, but the book is much more than his account of the race. His description of preparing for the race is rich in humor ...             FINE DINING MADNESS : The rules & realities of fine dining122 reviews John Galloway iUniverse, Inc., 2005 MASTERPIECE!!! After reading this work of art, to say the least, I am officialy gonna quit reading all together, cause every other book will be a complete waste of time. I'd be better off reading this book over and over again and sharing with my friends by giving them out as Christmas gifts.             Hitler's Death Camps: The Sanity of Madness18 reviews Konnilyn G. Feig Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1981 Brutally Honest I read this book when I was 16, after FINALLY watching a copy of "Schindler's List". From the moment I began the movie, I was entranced by the Holocaust and immediately wanted to read as much as I could about this dark time in Our History. As I expected, there isn't that much available to a 16 year old (I am 19 now), but this book was enough and then some! It is amazing how the author goes ...             The Madness Of A Seduced Woman15 reviews Susan Fromberg Schaeffer Pan Books, 1989 Should be required reading for everyone over the age of 15 "The Madness of a Seduced Woman" is the story of Agnes Dempster, who enters life with a strong legacy from either side of her family. From her father's side she has inherited wealth and from her mother's, beauty, yet people in each of her parents' families have exhibited mental instability in recent generations. As with her mother and grandmother before her, Agnes' dissatisfaction with life ...             One Night of Madness19 reviews Stokes McMillan Oak Harbor Publishing, 2009 A sensitively told story of the heinous murder of three black children I was a professor of Aeronautical Engineering at Mississippi State University in the 1970s, and Stokes McMillan was one of my students. I recently became aware that he had written a book, "One Night of Madness". McMillan has written a meticulously researched book chronicling the heinous murder of three black children in rural Mississippi by three white racists in the winter of 1950. The ...             Guitar World Presents: Dimebag Darrell's Riffer Madness13 reviews Dimebag Darrell, Nick Bowcott Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 2003 Note for Note... First off, the basis for this book was the 48 installments that Dimebag Darrell had written for Guitar World. So to say that i would have high hopes is most definately an understatement. Having this book teach some of Dime's greatest riffs, along with solos and technique for warm-ups and certain phrases. I know it kinda sucks that he's not featured on the cd, but you have to think, this Guitar ...             Love And Madness13 reviews David Rehak PublishAmerica, 2003 [...] I usually prefer poetry to prose, but with some authors I make exceptions. This was one of the BEST books I've ever read. I got it early this year and the story is still with me. [...] I read this book with relish. And no, I don't know the author. Now to the story itself. You will find no really literary prose here, the storyline and what happens to the characters is the really interesting ...             Montessori Madness! A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education15 reviews Trevor Eissler Sevenoff, LLC, 2009 A compelling and personal argument for Montessori Education We recently ordered this book after wanting to know more about the Montessori education our child receives and to help us decide how long we would keep our child enrolled at his Montessori school. The book really catches your attention as Trevor Eissler tells the story of his family's journey to Montessori education and as he describes the environment where his children attend school. The book is ...             Moominsummer Madness16 reviews Tove Jansson Avon Books (Mm), 1976 What I think of Moomin Summer Madness It is such an excellent book, I plan to read it over and over again. I recommend it to everybody - children and adults alike (it was actually an adult who recommended it to me first!!) I'm going to make my mum read it too. It is a magical book and I now want to read all the moomin books. Please give it a try.             The Madness of George W. Bush: A Reflection of Our Collective Psychosis14 reviews Paul Levy AuthorHouse, 2006 Brilliant and Subtle. The Devil You Fear is in Your Heart. Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3N5XUQXBO6CUK Threads, Knots, Tapestries: How A Tribal Connection Is Revealed Through Dreams And Synchronicities             Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness19 reviews Edgar Allan Poe Atheneum, 2004 Tales of Mystery and Madness I have never been a fan of Gris Grimly's writing -- his rhyming poetry is truly and deeply cringe-inducing, as evidenced in these samples from his book Wicked Nursery Rhymes: 'After his instruction's through, he leaves to go find someone new. When he chooses to meander, he flies away upon his gander.' -- from the poem Father Grim 'She would scream, curse, spit, and swear. She said ...             Saturday Afternoon Madness17 reviews Bob Waldstein, Phil Silverman, ... Four Horseman Press, 1996 I Roadtripped with Waldo! A year after Bob and Phil's excellent adventure, I had the extreme pleasure of roadtripping from Charlottesville, Virginia (Where Waldo was holed-up putting the finishing touches on the book) to New Orleans to see Florida State University and The University of Florida play in the Sugar Bowl. It was by far one of the most memorable experiences of my life. (Notwithstanding Waldo's penchant for ...              search for books afternoon, alaskan, argument, awakening, breastfeeding, collective, darrell, dimebag, dog-racing, education, enlightenment, factory, journey, montessori, moominsummer, mystery, outsider, perfect, politics, presents, psychosis, realities, reflection, saturday, schizophrenia, searching, stalking, struggle, winners, winterdance books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Heart Failure home  impressum - about us