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Unprotected: A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student 44 reviews
MD Anonymous
Sentinel HC, 2006
I hope this starts a tidal wave of similar reports
+ Its what she doesnt speak of that concerns me......
+ excellent book
+ An Amazing Book
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Life Itself: Exploring the Realm of the Living Cell 16 reviews
Boyce Rensberger
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
Very detailed, yet clear and absorbing.
+ Life Itself by Boyce Rensberger
+ The best of all biology books
+ A GREAT SUPPLEMENTAL TEXT!
+ More of a review of Trueskeptic
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The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom72 reviews
Jonathan Haidt
Basic Books, 2005
This might become a classic---so much wisdom in so little space
+ AMAZING BOOK
+ Outstanding field of psychology
+ A Happy Accident, but an Accident Nevertheless
+ You can really discuss this book with your coffee partner
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The Real Eve: Modern Man's Journey Out of Africa18 reviews
Stephen Oppenheimer
Basic Books, 2004
Genes, DNA, and man's migrations
+ The Real Eve
+ All About Eve
+ One exit from Africa
+ The Real Eve is an excellent and informative read
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Stumbling on Happiness218 reviews
Daniel Gilbert
Vintage, 2007
Makes me glad to be human
+ A valuable and important book that needs to truly deal with the results of unhappiness to make even more sense.
+ Interesting pop-psychology
This book is fabulous. As much as the content informs on the human condition, the frolicking experience of reading it reinforces it. Makes me glad to be human. Highly recommended!
- kara
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Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth72 reviews
Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi, Mahadev H. Desai
Beacon Press, 1993
This book will tell you what Gandhi thought, not necessarily what you'd want to hear
+ Good, Inexpensive Edition
+ A life changing book
+ Gandhi
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The Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy (The Schocken Bible, Volume 1) 31 reviews
Schocken, 2000
Excellent
+ Excellent translation
+ The Five Books of Moses
+ Not your grandfather's translation--but essential
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The Tao Te Ching: A New Translation With Commentary7 reviews
Paragon House Publishers, 1989
Arriving as Guests to a Banquet.
+ Right up there with the best
+ Best of The Best
+ Outstanding Commentary
+ I Completely Agree
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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language48 reviews
John Mcwhorter
Harper Perennial, 2003
Really good, even if not exactly what some would expect
+ Adam Spoke Creole
+ Objective Attainable
+ McWhorter Hits a Home Run
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Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town67 reviews
Paul Theroux
Houghton Mifflin, 2003
Most educational travel book I've seen to date
+ Get to Know Africa
+ Engrossing ...
+ Another Paul Theroux adventure
+ A wonderful travelogue
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Meta Maths: The Quest for Omega
Gregory J. Chaitin
Atlantic Books, 2006
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THE EMPTY CRADLE: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity And What to Do About It 16 reviews
Phillip Longman, 2004
Very interesting and insightful
+ Superbly cerebral author - harshly treated but should be respected
+ Best book on declining birthrates
+ Another perspective on the changing demographics of the world
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Phase Change: The Computer Revolution in Science and Mathematics (Computer Sciences)3 reviews
Douglas S. Robertson, 2003
Read this book
+ Popularity can be inversely correlated with quality
+ New ideas on the history of science
The author generalizes the meaning of "phase change" to describe any event for which it is nearly impossible to forecast the behavior of a system after the event from a knowledge of the behavior of a system before the event. He points out that such events in science and mathematics frequently ...
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Understanding Comics126 reviews
Scott McCloud
Dc Comics, 1999
Brilliant Book!
+ Reading between the lines
+ Great!
+ A Brilliant Look at the Psychology, Physiology, and Effectiveness of Comic Strips and Books
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Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict With a New Introduction by the Author20 reviews
Michael T. Klare
Holt Paperbacks, 2002
best characterization of the geopolitical framework of the Post-Cold War era
+ Through detailed, an important concept
+ Power where does it all stem from...
+ Good book on resource geopolitics. My 13 yo son loves it
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The Unfolding of Language : An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention24 reviews
Guy Deutscher, 2005
Endless Forms Most Beautiful
+ I'm no linguist
+ How we erode & generate language
+ Bursting with new ideas
+ Informative and Fun
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Present Moment, Wonderful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living7 reviews
Mayumi Oda, Thich Nhat Hanh
Parallax Press, 1990
Present Book Wonderful Book!
+ Buddhism for daily living...
+ peace and freedom in each moment -- my own peace and freedom
+ Short and sweet -- if you don't mind getting creative!
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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition448 reviews
Steve Krug
New Riders Press, 2005
Don't Make Me Think!
+ Great book - a must read
+ Good, but the last part made me think
+ Great
+ Must read for understanding Web Design
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A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down 32 reviews
Robert B. Laughlin, 2005
Self-indulgent and offensive but absolutely wonderful
+ Why do they love it and hate it?
+ A Very Funny Book...
+ Simply Brilliant
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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology127 reviews
Ray Kurzweil
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
upon reading it a second time...
+ The Singularity
+ Insightful, but not gripping
+ Really makes you wonder
+ Excellent Roadmap of the Potential Future
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