Recommend a Psyc Book?

College Life
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<p>I have to read and write a short (5 page) paper on a book pertaining to any topic in psychology. I’ve been scanning amazon for a little while but was wondering if anyone here has read any book that deals with psychology and was particularly interesting?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Dibs-Search-Self-Virginia-Axline/dp/0345339258/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-0479128-3144945?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176063697&sr=8-1[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Dibs-Search-Self-Virginia-Axline/dp/0345339258/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-0479128-3144945?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176063697&sr=8-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Nice book on child therapy. It’s a true story too. I’m not sure if that’s the kind of book you’re looking for though.</p>

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<p>that looks pretty interesting. thanks!</p>

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<p>here’s another one:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Drama-Gifted-Child-Search-True/dp/0465016901/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9788941-3288738?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176065332&sr=1-1[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Drama-Gifted-Child-Search-True/dp/0465016901/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9788941-3288738?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176065332&sr=1-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I Never Promised you a Rose Garden (1977?), is always a good choice.</p>

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<p>Wow, that Drama of the Gifted Child book needs to be read by a lot of people on CC. </p>

<p>thx for the suggestions.</p>

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<p>Actually, Drama of the Gifted Child is a book that just about all Psychologists and Psychiatrists read in their training. I still haven’t finished it myself but it’s supposed to be good.</p>

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<p>Hobson - “The Dreaming Brain”</p>

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<p>there’s a novel written from the perspective of an autistic child called The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which is very good.
if not a novel…
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks is interesting, as is Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin. The first one is a selection of case studies from his work, and the second is a book by an autistic woman about animal behavior. They’re both kind of long, though. </p>

<p>Dibs in Search of Self is amazing. It’s better than the other two non-fiction ones I mentioned.</p>

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<p>whoa the Dreaming Brain looks awesome. Ok thank you all. I will consider them all but think I’ve got enough good options.</p>

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<p>There is one on cognitive psychology called Blink, it’s pretty good.</p>

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<p>“Guilty by Reason of Insanity” by Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis.</p>