Introduction: Against Depression by Peter D. Kramer is an astonishing volume. It is not your standard work on a mental disorder – in fact, the title is both misleading and exactly on point. Against Depression is not so much about explaining and treating depression as it is a polemic literally against depression. Kramer effortlessly skips …
Book Review: Against Depression (Author: Peter D. Kramer). Read More »
Ted Dekker Generally: The first book I read by Ted Dekker was Thr3e, which I enjoyed thoroughly from start to end. But then it felt like Dekker hit a dry spell. I read House which he had co-authored with Frank Peretti and it disappointed thoroughly. House seemed to lack real story (as most horror does) …
Book Review – Fiction: Adam (Author: Ted Dekker). Read More »
Per my introductory post, in several upcoming posts I want to discuss briefly different mental disorders and recommend a book or two that I’ve found informative. This list isn’t just for sufferers, as I mention in my early post it is my opinion that anyone who wants to be a leader (educational, religious, political, business) …
Mental Health Reading List (Part II) – OCD and AD(H)D. Read More »
I am fascinated by mental illness. Part of this comes from an interest in just about everything that is abnormal or unusual. Part of it comes from the constant battle to understand and improve myself. I have childhood onset obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as well as struggling with depressive episodes. I have spent years battling and …
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Its November, soon it will be December and “Christmas” – the time of gift giving. In this post and several others to follow it is my intent to offer brief recommendations on some of the best products I have experienced – especially in the books/movies/software arena – the sort of things that make a perfect …
I’m going to reprint a series of three posts in their entirety (with slight edits for continuity/grammar/etc) from an older blog of mine which chronicle my initial experiences with an excellent novel by Tosca Lee entitled Demon: A Memoir. I still highly recommend it and am eagerly looking forward to reading Tosca’s second title Havah. …
Book Review – Fiction: Demon: A Memoir (Author: Tosca Lee). Read More »
Image via Wikipedia Stephen Lawhead is a prolific author. As a teen I always wanted to read his fantasy books but never had the opportunity. I recently borrowed his historical novel, The Iron Lance, from my local library (Pennwood). I’m sure if the librarians stumble across this post they curse my name – the book …
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Image via Wikipedia I can’t even remember why, but for some reason recently I had a desire to read Lewis Carroll‘s Alice in Wonderland. I pulled up a copy of the e-text from Project Gutenberg. I hadn’t read the little volume in years. How had it become a classic piece of literature? From all I …
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[Update: We let our Newsweek subscription expire…it went downhill and downhill fast. I’m not even sure if they still publish it…] I’m big on utilizing the internet for a lot of my research. Books are quickly outdated – even magazines, especially on technology topics, are often outdated before they hit the shelves. But, despite predictions …
As a youngster I was fascinated by the American Civil War. My bookshelves still reflect this fact. I have Freeman’s classic series Lee’s Lieutenants, Bruce Catton’s three volumes on the Army of the Potomac, and Shelby Foote’s three volume series, once considered definitive, on the war. As I grew older my interest waned a bit. …
Book Review: Rise to Rebellion and The Glorious Cause (Author: Jeff Shaara). Read More »