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The seat of my mind    by Jean-Nichol Dufour
Price: Free! 54460 words. Language: English. Published on May 21, 2012. Nonfiction » Inspiration » Spiritual inspiration.

his is part 2 of a 10 books suite. This one is about a new way to see the mind. I will describe how I believe it connected to life systems, its interrelations with previous life developments, how its different parts take form, the importance of truth in its evolution, the consciousness-unconsciousness interactions, and the stagnating effect of conflicting definitions.
Revolted    by Jean-Nichol Dufour
Price: Free! 154240 words. Language: English. Published on May 21, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Philosopher biography.

This is part 1 of a 10 books suite. In this one I explore different points of views expressing the revolt and frustration of the character at actually living in the current reality. The subject mostly turns around the personal life of the character while attacking the sources of his problems. It is an initiation to my vision of things too.
Rho Magna, the Laotian War Dragon    by Mark Berent
Price: Free! 3830 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2012. Nonfiction » History » War.

Combat fighter pilot Mark Berent writes of a dragon-shaped karst mountain in Laos along the Ho Chi Minh Trail that bristles with physical and psychological danger. He writes of it as he first saw it on an F-4 FAC mission from Ubon RTAFB in 1969. Then he adds an excerpt from "Phantom Leader," one of his historical fiction books about war and politics in the Vietnam era.
The Pied Pipers of Autism    by Leonard Oestreicher
Price: Free! 68390 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2012. Nonfiction » Parenting » Childhood psychology.

Puzzled by Autism? In the last 50 years TV, video screens, and talking toys have invaded the lives of our infants stealing them away from forming social connections and in the end causing 100,000's of children to suffer from autism. Pulling together hundreds of studies on autism The Pied Pipers of Autism comes to the startling conclusion that autism is largely preventable starting today.
Fritz Perls---Being in the Now    by Ernest Kinnie, PhD
Price: $0.99 USD. 6980 words. Language: English. Published on May 15, 2012. Nonfiction » Psychology » Applied psychology.

The best of Fritz Perls, who pioneered a unique way to get people out of their heads and back to reality. An entertaining and useful set of ideas and hands-on experiences to enrich your life. Experiential, not intellectual understanding is emphasized.
Eric Berne---Games People Play    by Ernest Kinnie, PhD
Price: $0.99 USD. 4760 words. Language: English. Published on May 15, 2012. Nonfiction » Psychology » Applied psychology.

The best of Eric Berne, author of Games People Play. An entertaining and useful set of ideas and hands-on experiences to enrich your life. Experiential, not intellectual understanding is emphasized.
Cynical Soup    by Ernest Kinnie, PhD
Price: $0.99 USD. 9450 words. Language: English. Published on May 15, 2012. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Political.

Cynical Soup contains over 275 quotes collected over a lifetime from many people. You may find some very distressing, but as George Bernard Shaw wrote: "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." Not for the easily offended.
Creativity, Intelligence & Depressive Realism    by Kelli Jae Baeli
Price: $0.99 USD. 2780 words. Language: English. Published on April 28, 2012. Nonfiction » Psychology » Creative ability.

Does creativity come first, and then depression? Do depression-oriented people seek creative expression? Do intelligent people tend toward a need for creative expression?
Wagging My Redshift Tail - A Philosophy of Madness    by Nepomuk Onderdonk
Price: Free! 91640 words. Language: English. Published on April 27, 2012. Nonfiction » Psychology » Psychopathology / schizophrenia.

It's work of philosophy and literature; the book "Writing and Madness" suggested that, after madness was set free from the insane asylums in the 60's, it's new home is literature, where it cannot talk directly to us, but instead intimates itself to us through the mysterious altars of the odd lives we read about and try to piece together.I have given my madness a home in "Wagging My Redshift Tail".
Koreans Who Hate Seinfeld    by Rodney Ohebsion
Price: Free! 6380 words. Language: English. Published by Immediex Publishing  on April 17, 2012. Nonfiction » Psychology » General.

Rodney Ohebsion on the psychology of persuasion. Sort of.