The Paranoia Switch: How Terror Rewires Our Brains and Reshapes Our Behavior--and How We Can Reclaim Our ...10 reviews
Martha Stout

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007

Save your Mind...Read this book

+ Paranoia Switch
+ Paranoia Switch
+ Enlightening and Informative, Practical Tools for Self-Improvement
+ Backstage at Spookarama
  
  











  



  
Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try to Control You68 reviews
Patricia Evans

Adams Media, 2003

Insightful

+ If you have ANYONE in your life whom you feel is controlling read this book.

Patricia Evans has done it again. She has written a book that I could not put down. "Controlling People" examines much of the subtle and not so subtle behavior you and I have experienced from others, have felt uncomfortable about and even felt worse because of. I always knew someone in my family ...
  
  











  



  
In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People77 reviews
George K. Simon Jr.

A. J. Christopher & Company, 1996

the title explains it all

+ Expose manipulators and take control of your life!
+ A must read! Excellent book. Invaluable insight. Best book I've ever read on the subject.
+ One of the best books I have ever read
  
  











  



  
Safe People: How to Find Relationships That Are Good for You and Avoid Those That Aren't40 reviews
Henry Cloud, John Townsend

Zondervan, 1996

Safe People

+ Great Book!
+ Been hurt? Read the book

Everyone should read this book to identify safe and unsafe people. I saw myself in the book as an unsafe person. I am working to correct that through God's help.
  
  











  



  
The Anatomy of Motive : The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent ...62 reviews
John Douglas, Mark Olshaker

Pocket, 2000

The Best in the Series

+ Well Done
+ A trip to a very dark place

Real info and facts on serial killers. The behind the scenes look at the killers that we don't get from the news. An excellent and well-written book. Also check out Robert Ressler's books.
  
  











  



  
The Gift of Fear304 reviews
Gavin De Becker

Dell, 1998

The Gift of Fear Is the Gift of Awareness

+ Highly Recommended!
+ Listening to your inner voice.
+ Empowering!
+ About fear's affects
  
  











  



  
The 48 Laws of Power508 reviews
Robert Greene

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000

Smart Book

Very smart book. Has some very unique and useful tools. I don't agree with everything but I like the book and I will use some parts. I try to treat people as I would have them treat me....The Golden Rule. But with trouble makers or bad people this book can be very helpful.
  
  











  



  
Bad Boys, Bad Men: Confronting Antisocial Personality Disorder14 reviews
Donald W. Black

Oxford University Press, 2000

Kindness to the wicked will end in cruelty to the righteous

+ good book
+ Stopping the abuse
+ An intelligent, concise review of an often ignored mental illness
  
  











  



  
The Sociopath Next Door215 reviews
Martha Stout

Broadway, 2005

i see the light

+ Essential Reading
+ all people should read & heed
+ the sociopath next door
+ The Psychopath Next Door
  
  











  



  
Conquering Deception35 reviews
Jef Nance

Irvin Benham Group, 2001

A Must Read Book!

+ Personal experience of Police Interview Techniques
+ Informative, original, useful, and entertaining; FINALLY!
+ A Useful and focused book
+ Get the "facts" to back up your gut feeling!
  
  











  



  
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil146 reviews
M. Scott Peck

Touchstone, 1998

a helpful primer on thinking about evil

+ DANGER - This is a life-changing book
+ The Ability to Recognize Human Evil is Crucial for Self-Preservation

After reading, enjoying, and becoming inspired by The Road Less Travelled I had to take Dr. Peck's writing seriously. People of the Lie was a wrenching departure from his first book, a "nice book", as he says. Even tho I am no longer a Christian and in spite of the Christian overtones of POTL, I ...
  
  











  



  
When Your Lover Is a Liar: Healing the Wounds of Deception and Betrayal34 reviews
Susan Forward, Donna Frazier

Harper Paperbacks, 2000

Loving a liar is bad news

+ Bought This
+ Very helpful
+ Love ONLY grows in the fertile soil of trust!
  
  











  



  
Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men190 reviews
Lundy Bancroft

Berkley Trade, 2003

Great book!

+ Hmmm I Did'nt Know That Was Abuse....
+ Very Insightful
+ Great Resource
  
  











  



  
Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us110 reviews
Robert D. Hare

The Guilford Press, 1999

Highly readable intro to psychopaths by world's leading expert

+ Fascinating and Informative
+ A Truly Insightful Book
+ Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
+ ASSISTANCE IS FUTILE!
  
  











  



  
Dealing with People You Can't Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst40 reviews
Dr. Rick Brinkman, Dr. Rick Kirschner

McGraw-Hill, 2002

Dealing With People You Can't Stand

+ You can't fit it all in one book
+ How to deal with stress-inducing people
+ Life Changing
+ the difficlties of self-knowledge
  
  











  



  
The 48 Laws of Power508 reviews
Robert Greene

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000

Smart Book

Very smart book. Has some very unique and useful tools. I don't agree with everything but I like the book and I will use some parts. I try to treat people as I would have them treat me....The Golden Rule. But with trouble makers or bad people this book can be very helpful.
  
  











  



  
The Sociopath Next Door215 reviews
Martha Stout

Broadway, 2005

i see the light

+ Essential Reading
+ all people should read & heed
+ the sociopath next door
+ The Psychopath Next Door
  
  











  



  
In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People77 reviews
George K. Simon Jr.

A. J. Christopher & Company, 1996

the title explains it all

+ Expose manipulators and take control of your life!
+ A must read! Excellent book. Invaluable insight. Best book I've ever read on the subject.
+ One of the best books I have ever read
  
  











  



  
Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men190 reviews
Lundy Bancroft

Berkley Trade, 2003

Great book!

+ Hmmm I Did'nt Know That Was Abuse....
+ Very Insightful
+ Great Resource
  
  











  



  
Dealing with People You Can't Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst40 reviews
Dr. Rick Brinkman, Dr. Rick Kirschner

McGraw-Hill, 2002

Dealing With People You Can't Stand

+ You can't fit it all in one book
+ How to deal with stress-inducing people
+ Life Changing
+ the difficlties of self-knowledge