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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness21 reviews
Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein

Yale University Press, 2008

A Triumph for Behavioral Economics
Richard Thaler, an economist at the University of Chicago School of Business, is one of the founders of modern behavioral economics, along with economists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman. Cass Sunstein is a legal scholar and political science professor at the University of Chicago, and has been at the forefront of applying the results of experimental economics to social problems, especially in ... 		  
  







  
  
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey19 reviews
Jill Bolte Taylor

Viking Adult, 2008

Profound Insight and Spiritual Wisdom
This remarkable book, "My Stroke of Insight" by Jill Bolte Taylor is far more than a dynamic story of a brain scientist, who suffered a massive stroke and amazingly recovered. It inspires the willingness to look beyond what we think is reality to an exploration of human consciousness and its limitless possibilities. For anyone who has contemplated the value of spiritual awakening, those who ... 		  
  







  
  
Einstein: His Life and Universe189 reviews
Walter Isaacson

Simon & Schuster, 2008

Insightful and wonderfully written: a page-turner
Walter Isaacson writes history so that it reads like an excellent, exciting novel. This biography is a page-turner. Moreover, the author writes with subtle humor and great insight. Isaacson's research is accurate and extensive, which makes it even more amazing that the book does not have the format of a history textbook. This biography of Albert Einstein is filled with stories of a ... 		  
  







  
  
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives9 reviews
Leonard Mlodinow

Pantheon, 2008

BEST NON-FICTION BOOK THIS YEAR
I do not know how to explain this book because it is so good. Its lessons are useful in business strategy, in evaluating the Iraq war, in deciding whether the Feds should lower interest rates and in planning one's own career. It is simply put the Best Book of the Year. The author covers the growth and evolution of theories of probability, what he calls theories of randomness, and ties it ... 		  
  







  
  
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals423 reviews
Michael Pollan

Penguin, 2007

Excellent
This is a wonderful book! The science and philosophy and personal narrative blend together to make an extremely satisfying read. I found The Omnivore's Dilemma to be one of those works which contemplate the question of what it means to be human, with a thought-provoking answer which touches many facets of our humanity. The writing is conversational and easy to understand. Five stars! 		  
  







  
  
The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1123 reviews
Thomas L. Friedman

Picador, 2007

flatenning but biased
The World is Flat - Thomas Friedman "What else but sensationalism could you expect from an American Journalist" My friend commented when I told him I was on a most sensational book by New York Times' Thomas Friedman. I thank my friend and my kids favorite 4th Grade teacher Michael Citrino to have recommended "The World is Flat" which has introduced me to a rapidly flattening world, of which I ... 		  
  







  
  
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association215 reviews
American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association (APA), 2001

APA Publication Manual is the Best!
There's no way I could be getting through grad school without this manual. I highly recommend this to anyone who is in college. It's straight forward and easy to use. The best section starts on page 306 and has a full-blown APA paper sample for reference. It's great! 		  
  







  
  
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking926 reviews
Malcolm Gladwell

Back Bay Books, 2007

A Critical Decision Making Tool!
Sometimes decisions need to be made quickly. All of our knowledge, education, experience, reasoning, intuition, common sense and confidence must come together rapidly. Malcolm Gladwell calls quick decision making thin slicing in his book: Blink. Thin slicing is the ability to focus on a small set of critical variables to make a quick decision rather than consciously considering every ... 		  
  







  
  
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, ...90 reviews
Daniel G. Amen

Three Rivers Press, 1999

Change Your Brain Change Your Life
I watched a program 0n TV in which the author Daniel G. Amen discussed this book and and that is why i ordred it.So far I am enjoying reading it. As a person who has suffered from anxiety all my life, I was searching for answers and Dr.Amen's theories interested me very much.So far I am fascinated by his theories and hope to find value in them for me..I have not finished the book but will ... 		  
  







  
  
The Post-American World37 reviews
Fareed Zakaria

W. W. Norton, 2008

Wrong Title
Mr. Zakaria's new book is an excellent and balanced view of the world at the time he wrote it. It is NOT a book on America's decline. It seems to me the title is more a marketing gimmick than anything else. Actually, the last two chapters of the book are more of a celebration of the nation's strength's than anything else. The author chronicles the rise of other nations relative to the U.S. ... 		  
  







  
  
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for ...418 reviews
T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell

Benbella Books, 2005

WHAT IS THE CHINA STUDY?
This 417 page book discusses the China Study, which examines more than 350 variables of health and nutrition using surveys from 6,500 adults in China and Taiwan. This investigation shows a strong link between good nutrition and avoiding or reversing obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. The author, Dr. Colin Campbell, concludes that a plant-based vegan diet is the best strategy for ... 		  
  







  
  
Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems649 reviews
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier

Three Rivers Press, 2007

The Very Best
Cesar knows what goes on it a dogs head. It all put out in clear easy to understand language. I would recommend this book to any person who is a dog owner or before they become one. Its an update to some very old thinking about dog training. Definitely a must have. 		  
  







  
  
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the ...15 reviews
Simon Winchester

Harper, 2008

The Man Who Revealed China To The World
Simon Winchester can always be counted on for an extraordinary reading treat. In The Man Who Loved China we have his best work since The Professor and the Madman. Joseph Needham was a brilliant scientist and a remarkable eccentric. He could be affable one moment and withdrawn the next, he practiced nudism and had a very "modern" interpretation of his marriage vows, an interpretation his ... 		  
  







  
  
Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . . . and Your Life79 reviews
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier

Harmony, 2007

a must have for a " parent" of a strong-minded dog
the book (especially at the end ) gives very specific instruction on taking action in situation where your dog may want to step into pack leader's shoes (walks, exiting, entering, feeding, vet visit etc). Still lots of stories (like in Cesar's Way) of solved problems but good specific remedies. Important book to read if you have a dog- just like watching Cesar's "Dog Whisperer" on Nat'l ... 		  
  







  
  
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex34 reviews
Mary Roach

W. W. Norton, 2008

Great writer, great book
I have enjoyed all Mary Roach's books and this is no exception. Good tongue in cheek approach to science subjects. 		  
  







  
  
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies1048 reviews
Jared Diamond

W. W. Norton, 2005

If he could only teach just one history course in each college....
..it wouldn't be "one damn fact after the other," a comment on the study of history that Diamond references. His historical book is the antithesis of the "big man" version of history, so-and-so meets X, and says this and that, and decides Y. His is a study of history in its broadest swaths, examining the proximate reasons for a given outcome, but always striving to ground his work in the ... 		  
  







  
  
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. ...67 reviews
Norman Doidge

Viking Adult, 2007

It reconciles so much
I've been reading other recent books about amazing recent neurological work. This one stands out for the degree to which it puts that work in a broader and more useful perspective on what it all means for everyone's future ways of learning, training and healing. Doidge even makes me see finally why psychiatry still holds Freud in such high esteem, and how what is supposed to go on in ... 		  
  







  
  
The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy, 200822 reviews
David N. Gilbert, Robert C. Moellering Jr., ...

Antimicrobial Therapy, 2008

best pocketbook for clinicians
for medical doctors who work in a busy health unit and need at any time a handy book to review antibiotics, bugs and side effects. very-very helpfull for clinicians with a subspesialty (rheumatology, nephrology, hematology etc) who need fast to have access on information such as the appropriate antibiotic and the first in line medication. 		  
  







  
  
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD)13 reviews
John Medina

Pear Press, 2008

Rule #0 Read this Book
The Summary John Medina has written one of the best brain books I have read. He is a molecular biologist and director of Brain Center for Applied Learning at the Seattle Pacific University. He explains the latest research on the brain, and there have been a lot of advances recently on how the brain works. He boils them down to 12 rules that will help you in all walks of life. If you want an ... 		  
  







  
  
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology119 reviews
Ray Kurzweil

Viking Adult, 2005

A "must read"
Ray Kurzweil is an exceedingly intelligent and perceptive individual. His scientific insight into the future is fascinating and frightening. I am listing this as a "must read" to all of my top students. 		  
  







  




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