Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon151 reviews Daniel C. Dennett Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Fills a niche. + Is It 'Breaking' the Spell or 'Casting' the Spell? A Brilliant Cognitive Philosopher casts his net! + Good work! + A Powerful Book             Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence, 3rd Edition (Comparative Studies in ...29 reviews Mark Juergensmeyer University of California Press, 2003 Religion and Violence in a postmodern context + Disturbing + Survey of Religious terrorism + Juergensmeyer has done his research!             Snake Oil3 reviews John Diamond Vintage, 2001 Snake Oild by John Diamond + Just a short note A must-read book for anyone treating patients with Cancer, for anyone with Cancer or for anyone involved with patients with any illness. An amazingly courageous man and extraordinarily moving story.             Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect' (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology)2 reviews Daniel E. Moerman Cambridge University Press, 2002 Meaning, not placebo: Moerman gets it right! + The meaning response As a family physician and behavioral scientist with strong interest in the "placebo effect", I can say without reservation that this is one of the best all-around reviews available. The "placebo paradox" has confounded reductionist thinkers for decades: if there is nothing in the pill, then how ...             The Truth About Lying16 reviews Stan Walters Sourcebooks, Inc., 2000 closer to the truth than other pop psychology books Of the four books I read recently about reading people and/or uncovering deception, this is probably the best, mainly because it doesn't fall into the trap of assigning specific behaviors as indicators of certain traits. The author is an expert in interrogation, and it shows-- the book is grounded ...             Book of Tells3 reviews Peter Collett Bantam Books, 2004 Read the Subconscious + Awesome book! A must purchase for everyone! + I notice things I never would have noticed before We all send and receive subconscious body language every day. Even the handshake leaves one person a little more powerful, and the other, a little less. There are no evens. That is way of the animal kingdom. If you are an evolutionary biology fan, or if you just want to learn how to ...             Gospel Fictions25 reviews Randel Helms Prometheus Books, 1989 Responding to Art Scholar + A fun little book about how the bible shows how Jesus did'nt exist. + Bible As Literature + The Gospels - The eternal HOAX + Very good -- over a dummies head like me!             The Psychology of the Psychic6 reviews David F. Marks, Richard Kammann Prometheus Books, 2000 A critical look at psychic phenomena and human nature + Very informative and funny too If you're a firm believer in psychic abilities, you may find this book's skeptical stance to be a little disheartening. Read it anyway! It's loaded with useful and fascinating information. Psychology of the Psychic is a fair and honest look at mentalists, psychics, clairvoyants, "spoonbenders", ...             Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth56 reviews Burton L. Mack HarperOne, 1996 No Free Pass + Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth + A Wealth of Information on NT Origins; Immensely Worth Reading Prologue (1-18): Myths are generated by the needs of a people, connecting their culture with its universal truths - a process that reconfigures the "worldview" in which one lives. All cultures have developed myths, consisting of their histories, their heroes, and their religions. Because of the ...             Detecting Lies and Deceit: The Psychology of Lying and the Implications for Professional Practice (Wiley ...3 reviews Aldert Vrij Wiley, 2000 Excellent survey of psychological literature on deception + Detecting Lies & Deceipt + EXCELLENT BOOK ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LIE DETECTION This is an extraordinary book, a well-written and clear survey of the psychological literature on deception written by one of the leaders in the field. Extremely thorough, and although sophisticated enough for professionals it is nevertheless useful for students and non-psychologists. As a lawyer ...             Confessions of a Medium: With five illustrations not known BookSurge Publishing, 2001 This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1882 edition by Griffith & Farran, London.             Placebo: Mind over Matter in Modern Medicine2 reviews Dylan Evans Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 Scientific look at mental healing + Most Interesting In this investigation of the placebo effect, the author asserts that orthodox medical opinion has for decades been convinced about the healing powers of the mind. This confidence in the power of the placebo effect provides scientific legitimacy to the many claims about mental healing. By ...             Frogs into Princes : Neuro Linguistic Programming27 reviews Richard; Grinder, John; Stevens, John O. (editor) Bandler Real People Press, 1979 learning how to use your brain + WANT TO LEARN ABOUT NLP? + my favorite NLP book + Awesome             Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D29 reviews Richard Bandler, John Grinder Grinder, DeLozier & Associates., 1996 Great, but not an easy read + The Best + Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D + Very Informative + An intro to NLP             The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason837 reviews Sam Harris W. W. Norton, 2005 It actually worked! + Anti-theism without explicit atheism plus 9/11 causation revealed + From a former christian + Well worth it - even after reading Dawkins, Dennett and Hitchens             The God Delusion1281 reviews Richard Dawkins Houghton Mifflin, 2006 A Wonderful Book.. + Everyone should read this + Great Overview of Anti-Theistic Realism Whether you are an atheist or a believer, this book is a genuinely life-changing work. I have always been an atheist, but occasionally find myself thinking that it would be nice if God existed - idle day-dreaming, really. This book shows that nature without God is many times more awe-inspiring and ...             Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It41 reviews Kenneth L. Higbee Da Capo Press, 2001 Go ahead... Read it! + Memory is important! + Helpful to the tee. This is a very simple book. I just finished reading half of it in little over an hour and a half. It was very interesting so far. Although I haven't read the whole thing, I wanted to go ahead and review it now. The book is worth reading for chapter seven alone (which contains some example mnemonic ...             The Individual In A Social World: Essays and Experiments Stanley Milgram, John Sabini, ... McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 1992 Stanley Milgram is the most oft-cited social psychologist in textbooks. This collection of major experiments and essays is the first and only one that includes his famous obedience study (unabridged) and his posthumous essay on the "Cyrano effect." Edited by two of his famous students (Sabini and Silver), this brief, inexpensive paperback is an ideal primary source supplement for social ...             How to Develop a Super Power Memory11 reviews Harry Lorayne Frederick Fell Publishers, 1989 This Works, And Isn't Boring + Marvel + How to Develop a Super Power Memory by Harry Lorayne + How to Develop a Super Power Memory by Harry Lorayne + Excellent memory book             Sceptical Essays (Routledge Classics)2 reviews Bertrand Russell Routledge, 2004 Readable philosophy from a professional sceptic + A Case for Rational Scepticism Russell writes accessibly and often wittily. As philosophy goes, he is probably the most readable of all. This volume is a collection of fairly short essays covering limited remits and can easily be bitten off and digested by the lay reader. It includes some important insights, but is not as ...