Posts Tagged ‘Non-Fiction’
Written In The Flesh
Edward Shorter, American-born, who earned his PhD at Harvard is a renowned scholar and author. His plethora of books include the classic work A History of Women’s Bodies (Basic), A History of Psychiatry from the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac (Wiley) a new works, The Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry (Oxford University Press) and Shock Therapy with David Healy (Rutgers University Press).…
Read MoreA Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry
Edward Shorter, American-born, who earned his PhD at Harvard is a renowned scholar and author. His plethora of books include the classic work A History of Women’s Bodies (Basic), A History of Psychiatry from the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac (Wiley) a new works, The Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry (Oxford University Press), and Written In The Flesh: The…
Read MoreShock Therapy
Edward Shorter, American-born, who earned his PhD at Harvard is a renowned scholar and author. His plethora of books include the classic work A History of Women’s Bodies (Basic), A History of Psychiatry from the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac (Wiley) a new works, The Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry (Oxford University Press), and Written In The Flesh: The…
Read MoreBefore Prozac
Edward Shorter, American-born, who earned his PhD at Harvard is a renowned scholar and author. His plethora of books include the classic work A History of Women’s Bodies (Basic), A History of Psychiatry from the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac (Wiley) a new works, The Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry (Oxford University Press), Written In The Flesh: The History…
Read MoreHow Everyone Became Depressed
Edward Shorter, American-born, who earned his PhD at Harvard is a renowned scholar and author. His plethora of books include the classic work A History of Women’s Bodies (Basic), A History of Psychiatry from the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac (Wiley) a new works, The Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry (Oxford University Press), Written In The Flesh: The History…
Read MoreThe Madness of Fear: A History of Catatonia
Edward Shorter is a medical historian who has written and published widely about psychiatry. Among his many published works is Endocrine Psychiatry, written with Max Fink and published by Oxford University Press. Dr. Max Fink is a clinician whose writings on melancholia, catatonia, and convulsive therapy have been internationally recognized. “Some phrases are so literary that one cannot resist…
Read MoreThe Madness of Fear: A History of Catatonia
Edward Shorter is a medical historian who has written and published widely about psychiatry. Among his many published works is Endocrine Psychiatry, written with Max Fink and published by Oxford University Press. Dr. Max Fink is a clinician whose writings on melancholia, catatonia, and convulsive therapy have been internationally recognized. “Some phrases are so literary that one cannot resist…
Read MoreLAWYERS GONE BAD
“Slayton’s critique shows an insider’s awareness of the legal profession’s most pressing problems.â€â€¨Globe and Mail “…smart and lively… Slayton’s credentials… make him just the man to figure out why lawyers who go bad do so.â€â€¨Toronto Star “Slayton knows how to tell a human-interest, human frailty tale. And he seamlessly interweaves his larcenous-or-libidinous-lawyer stories with the…
Read MoreMighty Judgment
Praise for Lawyers Gone Bad “Slayton’s critique shows an insider’s awareness of the legal profession’s most pressing problems.â€â€¨Globe and Mail “…smart and lively… Slayton’s credentials… make him just the man to figure out why lawyers who go bad do so.â€â€¨Toronto Star “Slayton knows how to tell a human-interest, human frailty tale. And he seamlessly interweaves his…
Read MoreTHE TEMPTATION OF VICTOR GALANTI
McClelland and Stewart(CAN) THE TEMPTATION OF VICTOR GALANTI “Captivating, bristling with an almost Swiftian wit” — the roller coaster career of an American politician. Backlisted
Read MoreStruck by Lightning
“Jeffrey Rosenthal’sdelightful book will enhance your feelings for probability and its odd relevance to so many aspects of life. If you read it you will almost certainly not be struck by lightning.â€John Allen PaulosAuthor of Innumeracy HarperCollins Canada/World Rights Fall 2005 Joseph Henry/National Academies Press U.S. 2006 Australia Broadcasting Corp.Australia 2006 Longanesi & C. Societa Editrice AsA Italy 2006 BuPyo…
Read MoreKnock on Wood
Jeffrey Rosenthal is a professor of statistics at the University of Toronto. He has been awarded the CRM-SSC Prize, the SSC Gold Medal, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the COPSS Presidents’ Award. He has also received teaching awards at both Harvard and U of T. Rosenthal’s…
Read MoreA KIDNAPPED MIND
“A Kidnapped Mind by Pamela Richardson is a wake-up call to anyone who has ever been involved with divorcing families. By chronicling her son’s desperate attempt to survive the fallout of a court’s custody decision, Richardson raises serious questions about what is ‘in a child’s best interests.’ She also challenges the court’s ability to even…
Read MoreUNDERCOVER AGENT
McClelland and Stewart O/P UNDERCOVER AGENT Leonard Mitchell and Peter Rehak An honest man against drug lords. Backlist
Read MoreCRIME STORY: The Hunt For The Body Parts Killer
“Crime Story matches the standards set by such excellent American true crime writers as Joe McGinniss and yes, even Woodward and Bernstein.”London Free Press Seal Books CAN/92Literary Guild US & CAN/92 CRIME STORY: The Hunt For The Body Parts Killer Nick Pron And Kevin Donovon In probing the death of a beautiful young Chinese woman, a…
Read MoreLETHAL MARRIAGE: The Unspeakable Crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka
Doubleday/Seal CAN/95Ballantine US/96Chuo Art Shuppan Sha Ltd JAPAN/97 LETHAL MARRIAGE: The Unspeakable Crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka In the annals of vicious sexual sadists and serial killers, Paul Bernardo and his stunning young wife Karla Homolka are unique. Paul Bernardo, a graduate of the University of Toronto, was an apprentice accountant, and an…
Read MoreThis Continent Called Love
Quotations from This Continent Called Love: “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.”Elie WieselNobel Prize for Peace “If I’d been a real philanderer, no one would…
Read MoreThe Impossible Takes Longer
“A fanatic is the one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.â€Winston S. ChurchillNobel Prize for Literature “My ambition is to live to see all of physics reduced to a formula so elegant and simple that it will fit easily on the front of a T-shirt.â€Leon LedermanNobel Prize for Physics “Let us…
Read MoreFormula for Genius
Quotations from The Impossible Takes Longer: “A fanatic is the one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.â€Winston S. ChurchillNobel Prize for Literature “My ambition is to live to see all of physics reduced to a formula so elegant and simple that it will fit easily on the front of a T-shirt.â€Leon LedermanNobel…
Read MoreALWAYS CHANGE A LOSING GAME
“Everyone should relate to this book at some time in their life. Dr. Posen teaches us, through practical and entertaining stories, how to make our lives better in every way – and inspires us to take action!”Jack Canfield, Co-author, Chicken Soup For The Soul Key Porter CAN/944th printing in CanadaS. Abdul Majeed Singapore/Malaysia/96 ALWAYS CHANGE A LOSING…
Read MoreSTAYING AFLOAT: Staying Afloat When the Water Gets Rough
“David Posen has done it again! His survival guide for changing times is down to earth, reassuring and fun to read.”Jack Canfield, Co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul “This book is an entertaining page-turner that empowers readers to manage change. Not only does Dr. Posen know what’s going on here, he makes it easy for the rest of…
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