Books from the "Real World"

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Here are your options for the book analysis assignment:

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Calahan

http://www.amazon.com/Brain-Fire-My-Month-Madness/dp/1451621388/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384286096&sr=8-1&keywords=brain+on+fire

Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley

http://www.amazon.com/Doors-Perception-Flamingo-Modern-Classics/dp/0006547311/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283172548&sr=8-3

LSD Psychotherapy by Stanislov Graf

http://www.amazon.com/Psychotherapy-Healing-Potential-Psychedelic-Medicine/dp/0979862205/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283172609&sr=1-1

On The Road by Jack Kerouac

http://www.amazon.com/Road-Jack-Kerouac/dp/0140042598-

Walden 2 by BF Skinner

http://www.amazon.com/Walden-Two-B-F-Skinner/dp/0872207781/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282848017&sr=1-1-

101 Theory Drive: A Neuroscientist's Quest for Memory by Terry McDermott

As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060929596/qid=1084458454/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-6953461-9736661?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Asylums

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385000162/qid=1029960283/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-2777705-2011124

A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684853701/qid=1029960624/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/104-2777705-2011124

The Bell Jar

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060930187/qid=1058908578/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-9169539-2916129

Black and Blue

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440226104/ref=pd_sim_books_2/102-0916068-4077719?v=glance&s=books

A Clockwork Orange

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393312836/qid=1058908401/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-9169539-2916129

The Female Man

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807063134/qid%3D1029960537/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/104-2777705-2011124

Fraternity Gang Rape

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0814779026/qid=1029343686/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-1334532-6018213

Girl Interrupted

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679746048/qid=1029960337/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-2777705-2011124

The Handmaid's Tale

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0770428207/qid=1058908517/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/102-9169539-2916129

House of Stairs

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140345809/qid=1029961447/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/104-2777705-2011124

I Know this Much is True

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060987561/qid=1093373727/sr=8-2/ref=pd_ka_2/102-0916068-4077719?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0688128165/qid=1029344012/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/103-1334532-6018213

Ladder of Years

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0804113475/qid=1029961623/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-2777705-2011124

The Language of Confession, Interrogation, and Deception

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761913467/qid=1029958714/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/104-2777705-2011124

A Man Named Dave

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452281903/qid=1058908348/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/102-9169539-2916129

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684853949/qid=1029960358/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-2777705-2011124

The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0738203998/qid=1089383586/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-2769865-2999217?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

My Mother, Myself

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385320159/qid=1093374026/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0916068-4077719?v=glance&s=books

The Naked Ape

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385334303/qid=1029960306/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-2777705-2011124

Ordinary People

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140065172/qid=1029961752/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-2777705-2011124

Paradise

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0452280397/qid=1058908468/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/102-9169539-2916129?v=glance&s=books

Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0688172172/ref=pd_sim_books/104-2777705-2011124

The Power of Persuasion: How We are Bought and Sold

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471266345/qid=1075134568//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i6_xgl14/104-2449508-7352752?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

The Psychology of Everyday Things

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465067093/qid=1029961576/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-2777705-2011124

Reading Faces

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0813327474/qid=1029960203/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-2777705-2011124?s=books

The Rediscovery of Mind

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/026269154X/qid=1029960232/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-2777705-2011124

Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375704078/ref=pd_sim_books/104-2777705-2011124

Sybil

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446359408/qid=1029960249/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-2777705-2011124

A Thousand Acres

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0804115761/qid=1029961597/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-2777705-2011124

The Tipping Point

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316316962/qid=1029961917/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-2777705-2011124

An Unquiet Mind

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679763309/ref=pd_sr_ec_ir_b/104-2777705-2011124

The Wave

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440993717/qid=1029961870/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/104-2777705-2011124

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/038079487X/ref=pd_sim_books_1/102-0916068-4077719?v=glance&s=books

Telling lies: Clues to deceit in the marketplace, politics and marriage.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393321886/qid=1029958435/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-2777705-2011124

Black and Blue

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440226104/ref=pd_sim_books_2/102-0916068-4077719?v=glance&s=books

Born to Be Good

http://www.amazon.com/Born-Be-Good-Science-Meaningful/dp/0393337138/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264518276&sr=8-1

The Compassionate Instinct

http://www.amazon.com/Compassionate-Instinct-Science-Human-Goodness/dp/0393337286/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264518276&sr=8-2

Emotions Revealed : Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080507516X/ref=pd_sim_b_1/102-7445806-9744127?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155

The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/046500802X/qid=1136508954/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/102-7445806-9744127?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195158067/qid=1136509075/sr=1-38/ref=sr_1_38/102-7445806-9744127?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Intrinsic Motivation at Work: Building Energy & Commitment

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1576752380/qid=1136507405/sr=8-13/ref=pd_bbs_13/102-7445806-9744127?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425179613/qid=1136508118/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-7445806-9744127?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

Ladder of Years

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0804113475/qid=1029961623/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-2777705-2011124

Learning and Motivation Strategies: Your Guide to Success

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0130330639/qid=1136508276/sr=8-31/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i31_xgl14/102-7445806-9744127?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

Lives on the Boundary

http://www.amazon.com/Lives-Boundary-Achievements-Educationally-Underprepared/dp/0143035460/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263305507&sr=8-2

Loneliness

http://www.amazon.com/Loneliness-Human-Nature-Social-Connection/dp/0393335283/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264518354&sr=1-1

The Long Walk

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451196716/qid=1136509619/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/102-7445806-9744127?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

A Million Little Pieces

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307276902/qid=1136510045/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-7445806-9744127?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

The Mind at Work

http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Work-Valuing-Intelligence-American/dp/0143035576/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263305820&sr=8-3

Motivation and Goal Setting: How to Set and Achieve Goals and Inspire Others

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1564143643/qid=1136507405/sr=8-8/ref=pd_bbs_8/102-7445806-9744127?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

No Easy Answers: The Truth Behind Death at Columbine

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590560310/qid=1136510268/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-7445806-9744127?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Ordinary People

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140065172/qid=1029961752/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-2777705-2011124

The Power of Positive Thinking

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0449911470/qid=1136508516/sr=8-9/ref=pd_bbs_9/102-7445806-9744127?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

Talent is Overrated

http://www.amazon.com/Talent-Overrated-Separates-World-Class-Performers/dp/1591842247/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262749495&sr=8-1

Toward a Psychology of Being

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471293091/qid=1136509478/sr=1-10/ref=sr_1_10/102-7445806-9744127?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Unstoppable: 45 Powerful Stories of Perseverance and Triumph from People Just Like You

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1570713383/qid=1136508365/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-7445806-9744127?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

The Way of Zen

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375705104/qid=1136510544/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/102-7445806-9744127?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Why School?

http://www.amazon.com/Why-School-Mike-Rose/dp/1595584676/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263305820&sr=8-1

Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140255265/qid=1136507470/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-7445806-9744127?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

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