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Here are our reviews of books (along with free copies/previews):
  1. Awakenings by Oliver Sacks (free preview) #EncephalitisLethargica #SleepingSickness #Psychopathology
  2. Buy-ology: How Everything We Believe About Why We Buy Is Wrong by Martin Lindstrom (Free preview) #BrandPsychology #NeuroMarketing #IndustrialPsychology
  3. Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Free preview) #Creativity #Innovation
  4. Emotional Intelligence - Why it can matter more than IQ by Daniel Goleman (Free preview) #EmotionalIntelligence #Emotions
  5. Flow - The Classic Work on How To Achieve Happiness by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Free preview) #Flow #Happiness
  6. GIVE and TAKE: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam Grant (Free preview) #Altruism #ProSocialBehavior
  7. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth (Free preview) #Grit #PositivePsychology #Parenting
  8. Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks (free preview) #Hallucinations #Psychopathology
  9. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini (Free preview) #Influence #Persuasion #Marketing #Sales
  10. Manufacturing Consent - The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Noam Chomsky (Free preview) #PsychoTech #SocialPsychology #Propaganda
  11. Mindset - The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck (Free preview) #Mindset #PositivePsychology #Parenting
  12. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness By Richard H. Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein (Free preview) #Nudge #CognitiveBiases #DecisionMaking
  13. Originals: How Non-Conformists Change the World By Adam Grant (Free Preview) #Creativity #Innovation #Entrepreneurship
  14. PRE-SUASION: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade by Robert B. Cialdini (Free preview) #Influence #Marketing #Sales
  15. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking By Susan Cain (Free preview) #Introverts #PersonalityPsychology
  16. Quiet Leadership: Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work By David Rock (free preview) #Communication #ExecutiveCoaching #Leadership #OrganisationalBehavior
  17. Seeing Ourselves Through Technology: How We Use Selfies, Blogs and Wearable Devices to See and Shape Ourselves by Jill Walker Rettberg (Free book link) #PsychoTech #SocialMedia #Technology
  18. Sims' Symptoms in the Mind - An Introduction to Descriptive Psychopathology by Andrew Sims and Femi Oyebode (Free preview) #Abnormal Psychology #Psychopathology
  19. The Guide: Managing Douchebags, Recruiting Wingmen and Attracting Who You Want by Rosalind Wiseman (Free book link) #Bullying #Adolescence #ChildPsychology #Parenting #Teaching
  20. The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness by Andy Puddicombe #Mindfulness #NeuroPlasticity
  21. The Minto Pyramid Principle - Logic in Writing, Thinking and Problem Solving by Barbara Minto #Communication #Linguistics #Logic
  22. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Free preview) #NeuroPsychology #CognitiveBiases #DecisionMaking

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Here are some other useful books for those interested in Psychology :
  1. Essentials of Abnormal Psychology by V. Mark Durand and David H. Barlow (Google books) #Abnormal Psychology



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