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enjoyable psychology
A Listmania! list by "rhiannonfay"

1. Yellow Wallpaper" and Other Writings by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The list author says:
	"creepy little story... is it really about how NOT to decoate? no way. a classic."

�3.80 Used & New from: �0.01

(2 customer reviews)

2. Wide Sargasso Sea (Essential Penguin) by Jean Rhys

The list author says:
	"remember that madwoman in the attic in jane eyre? well, here's her side of the story..."

Used & New from: �0.01

(3 customer reviews)

3. The Man with the Beautiful Voice: And More Stories from the Other Side of the Couch by Lillian B. Rubin

The list author says:
	"case stories from a woman therapist's perspective... good stuff."

Used & New from: �0.94

(4 customer reviews)

4. An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks

The list author says:
	"sacks knows his stuff when it comes to neuroscience, but these stories of how the brain can go wrong are very readable - no lecture in sight."

Used & New from: �0.01

(8 customer reviews)

5. An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison

The list author says:
	"jamison is an authority in the field of psychiatry, esp. for manic-depressive (bipolar) disorder. here, she tells how she fought and learned to live with the illness. beautifully written!"

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(50 customer reviews)

6. The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients by Irvin D. Yalom

The list author says:
	"while i didn't like his case studies (love's executioner) as much, this "open letter to new therapists & their clients" is very enjoyable."

Used & New from: �4.20

(4 customer reviews)

7. Owls Do Cry by Janet Frame

The list author says:
	"the author is NZ's most gifted writer, possibly. she's had her share of personal experience with mental illness. this semi-autobiographic novel about a NZ family is moving and well written."

Used & New from: �6.54

(4 customer reviews)

8. Flowers For Algernon (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Daniel Keyes

The list author says:
	"this little story won the Hugo and the Nebula award. an experiment: can a retarded boy be turned into a super-genius? at what price?"

�5.19 Used & New from: �0.01

(143 customer reviews)

9. K-Pax by Gene Brewer

The list author says:
	"a psychiatrist finds himself faced with a man who claims he's from the planet K-PAX. he has unusual abilities, and doesn't seem to be missed anywhere. who is this man really?"