Category: Book Review

Oct 19

Book Review: Is He Lying to You?

Is He Lying to You?: An Ex-CIA Polygraph Examiner Reveals What Men Don’t Want You to Know by Dan Crum The book I wanted wasn’t available at the library, so I grabbed this because it was in the same section. I’ve read more than one book on reading body language, but this one purported to …

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Oct 16

Book Review: The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman I got this as an audiobook, based on the fact that it falls within my usual taste for non fiction and because it’s been referred to by many other books. In many ways, this is a classic book that inspired many people to think more seriously …

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Oct 16

Book Review: What every BODY is saying

What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro This book is yet another book on how to read body language that purports to teach you how to read people by reading their bodies. Like all of these books, I find it more of a refresher course on stuff …

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Oct 10

Book Review: How Many Friends Does One Person Need

How Many Friends Does One Person Need?: Dunbar’s Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks by Robin Dunbar This book was recommended to me off of Amazon, and it seemed a sure bet: pop science, original research, and heavy on the sociology. The title refers to Dunbar’s number, the maximum number of people that a person can …

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Oct 09

Book Review: Opening the Door of Your Heart

Opening the door of your heart and other Buddhist tales of happiness by Ajahn Brahm This book contains 108 tales, many of them retellings of old fables and teaching parables, some others personal, which illustrate Buddhist fundamental teachings. A talkative tortoise gets a chance to fly by holding on to a stick held by swans. …

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