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Books are listed in order of most recent first. Click on any book title to read the full-length review by that MHN reviewer.

Psychiatry as Cognitive Neuroscience
Philosophical Perspectives
by Matthew R. Broome and Lisa Bortolotti (Editors)
Review by Drozdstoj St. Stoyanov on Nov 17th 2009

Talking Oneself Sober
The Discourse of Alcoholics Anonymous
by Seán O'Halloran
Review by Maria Gabrielle Swora, PhD, MPH on Nov 17th 2009

Simulation and Its Discontents
by Sherry Turkle, William J. Clancy, Stefan Helmreich, Yanni A. Loukissas, and Natasha Myers
Review by Olle Blomberg on Nov 17th 2009

Putting on Virtue
The Legacy of the Splendid Vices
by Jennifer A. Herdt
Review by Tom Grimwood on Nov 17th 2009

Embodied Minds in Action
by Robert Hanna and Michelle Maiese
Review by Sven Walter on Nov 17th 2009

Rethinking the Western Understanding of the Self
by Ulrich Steinvorth
Review by Gustav Jahoda, Ph.D. on Nov 17th 2009

On Killing
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Dave Grossman
Review by E. James Lieberman, M.D. on Nov 17th 2009

Cinema, Philosophy, Bergman
On Film as Philosophy
by Paisley Livingston
Review by Manuel Bremer on Nov 17th 2009

The New Atheism
Taking a Stand for Science and Reason
by Victor J. Stenger
Review by Bob Lane, MA on Nov 17th 2009

Deception
by Ziyad Marar
Review by Cynthia L. Pauwels on Nov 17th 2009

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
by Artists for a New South Africa
Review by Wendy C. Hamblet, Ph.D. on Nov 17th 2009

Before the Frost
A Kurt and Linda Wallander Novel
by Henning Mankell
Review by Christian Perring on Nov 17th 2009

North of Beautiful
by Justina Chen Headley
Review by Amy Ridley on Nov 17th 2009

The Innate Mind: Volume 3
Foundations and the Future
by Peter Carruthers, Stephen Laurence and Stephen Stich (Editors)
Review by Timothy Bowen, B.Phil on Nov 10th 2009

Expression and the Inner
by David H. Finkelstein
Review by Nathanial Blower on Nov 10th 2009

Normative Ethics
5 Questions
by Thomas Petersen and Jesper Ryberg (Editors)
Review by Patrick Giddy on Nov 10th 2009

The Oxford Handbook of Rationality
by Alfred R. Mele and Piers Rawling (Editors)
Review by Tim Thornton, Ph.D. on Nov 10th 2009

Foundations of Forensic Mental Health Assessment
by Kirk Heilbrun, Thomas Grisso, Alan M. Goldstein
Review by Mirko Daniel Garasic on Nov 10th 2009

Drunkard
A Hard-Drinking Life
by Neil Steinberg
Review by James K. Luiselli, Ed.D., ABPP, BCBA on Nov 10th 2009

Reviving the Left
The Need to Restore Liberal Values in America
by Dwight Furrow
Review by David Marjoribanks on Nov 10th 2009

Think Confident, Be Confident
A Four-Step Program to Eliminate Doubt and Achieve LifelongSelf-Esteem
by Leslie Sokol and Marci G. Fox
Review by Beth Cholette, Ph.D. on Nov 10th 2009

Nothing Right
Short Stories
by Antonya Nelson
Review by Tony O'Brien on Nov 10th 2009

The Three of Us
A Family Story
by Julia Blackburn
Review by Helen Mawby, Ph.D. on Nov 10th 2009

Quick Blast Method
4 DVD Set
by Tracey Mallet
Review by Christina Behme on Nov 10th 2009

After You
A Novel
by Julie Buxbaum
Review by Christian Perring on Nov 10th 2009

Project Sweet Life
by Brent Hartinger
Review by Amy Ridley on Nov 10th 2009

I Don’t Want to be Crazy
by Samantha Schutz
Review by Christian Perring on Nov 10th 2009

The Engaged Intellect
Philosophical Essays
by John McDowell
Review by John Hacker-Wright, Ph.D. on Nov 3rd 2009

Enjoyment
The Moral Significance of Styles of Life
by John Kekes
Review by David Killoren on Nov 3rd 2009

Beyond Evidence-Based Psychotherapy
Fostering the Eight Sources of Change in Child and Adolescent Treatment
by George W. Rosenfeld
Review by Minna Forsell on Nov 3rd 2009

The Cambridge Handbook of Situated Cognition
by Philip Robbins and Murat Aydede (Editors)
Review by Justine Johnstone, Ph..D. on Nov 3rd 2009

What Is Good and Why
The Ethics of Well-Being
by Richard Kraut
Review by Dan Turton on Nov 3rd 2009

Mixed Feelings
Emotional Phenomena, Rationality and Vagueness
by Marion Ledwig
Review by Robert Zaborowski on Nov 3rd 2009

Degrees of Belief
by Franz Huber and Christoph Schmidt-Petri (Editors)
Review by Andrei Marasoiu on Nov 3rd 2009

The Future of Psychoanalysis
by Richard D. Chessick
Review by Daniel Hourigan on Nov 3rd 2009

The Psychology of Superheroes
An Unauthorized Exploration
by Robin Rosenberg
Review by Bruce MacDonald on Nov 3rd 2009

Trial and Retribution
Set 2
by Lynda La Plante (Writer)
Review by Christian Perring on Nov 3rd 2009

Yoga Emergency DVD: Full Leg Stretch
The 12 Minute Workout
by Kristen Eykel
Review by Beth T. Cholette, Ph.D. on Nov 3rd 2009

Twenty Boy Summer
by Sarah Ockler
Review by Amy Ridley on Nov 3rd 2009

Blame
A Novel
by Michelle Huneven
Review by Christian Perring on Nov 3rd 2009

Remembering Home
Rediscovering the Self in Dementia
by Habib Chaudhury
Review by Jacqui Poltera, Ph.D. on Oct 27th 2009

Why Us?
How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves
by James Le Fanu
Review by Chris Vaughan on Oct 27th 2009

Us and Them
The Science of Identity
by David Berreby
Review by Jodi Forschmiedt, M.Ed. on Oct 27th 2009

Trusting Doctors
The Decline of Moral Authority in American Medicine
by Jonathan B. Imber
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Oct 27th 2009

Philosophy of Biology
An Anthology
by Alex Rosenberg and Robert Arp (Editors)
Review by Davide Vecchi, Ph.D. on Oct 27th 2009

Soft Subversions
Texts and Interviews 1977–1985
by Felix Guattari
Review by John McSweeney on Oct 27th 2009

Generosity
An Enhancement
by Richard Powers
Review by Christian Perring on Oct 27th 2009

Unscientific America
How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future
by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Oct 27th 2009

Science and the Pursuit of Wisdom
Studies in the Philosophy of Nicholas Maxwell
by Leemon McHenry (Editor)
Review by Rouhallah Ramezanivarzaneh on Oct 27th 2009

Food, Medicine, and the Quest for Good Health
by Nancy N. Chen
Review by A.Ch.F. Weizmann, Ph.D. on Oct 27th 2009

Criminal Justice
DVD
by Peter Moffat (Writer)
Review by Christian Perring on Oct 27th 2009

Yoga Emergency DVD: Pregnancy
The 12 Minute Workout
by Kristen Eykel
Review by Beth T. Cholette, Ph.D. on Oct 27th 2009


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