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Animal Instincts
Gena Showalter
HQN Books, 2007
Animal Instincts by Gena Showalter
Naomi is a newly divorced event planner who has decided to unveal her inner tiger. She is tired to be used by men and now her life will be different... but then she meets Royce, a multimillionar hunk who says he loves her and wants to marry her. What a[...], isn't he? ...
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Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts
Terry Burnham, Jay Phelan
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001
A Food For Thought
This short book is very readable and at the same time, very informative. A lot of information from this book gives one a food for thought, especially the struggles for self-control.
Very insightful read and I would recommend it.
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By Force of Instinct: A Pride & Prejudice Variation
Abigail Reynolds
Intertidal Press, 2007
This page-turner makes you wonder. . .
Let me start by saying that the Pemberly variations series has nearly cost me my eyesight. I have been reading them back-to-back in recent days. Far be it from me to complain about the books, as I have throughly enjoyed being back in Darcy and Elizabeth's world. ...
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Awakened Instincts: Seven Keys for Enhancing Every Aspect of Your Life
MaryRose Occhino
Atria, 2008
Say I LOVE YOU to seven people
I have read all of Mary's books and have enjoyed them all. I loved when Mary gave the advise to say I LOVE YOU to seven people each day. I started saying it to people I wouldn't normally say it to, but felt love for, and it felt so good to say it out loud. Mary gives ...
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First Instinct
Jlee Meyer
Bold Strokes Books, 2006
Excellent Character Developement!
I enjoyed this novel, despite there being a certain awkwardness in places. Specifically, there was one point where I thought the book was missing an entire chapter; the author made the decision to gloss over what I believed to be quite pertinent information to the ...
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The Instinct to Heal: Curing Depression, Anxiety and Stress Without Drugs and Without Talk Therapy
David Servan-Schreiber
Rodale Books, 2005
The Instinct to Heal
So gratifying to read that science backs up much of what some of us have been doing for many years. Easy read for a sometimes complex subject.
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (P.S.)
Steven Pinker
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007
Just plain fun.
I give this book five stars not because its reasoning is impeccable, or its writing everywhere beautiful, or its theme always engaging and irresistible. In none of these dimensions is it flawless. But I would nonetheless recommend it without reservation to all readers, ...
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Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying
Wolfgang Langewiesche
McGraw-Hill Professional, 1990
Beyond Informative!
To begin, the entire Amazon experience was great. The product itself was the icing on the cake. Any aspiring pilots, or veterans, should consider this a "must read" publication. It clarifies many misled bits of advice, about flight, and makes knowledge of aircraft ...
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The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
Matt Ridley
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998
Good evolutionary explantion of cooperation
The subject is cooperation and its evolutionary origins. Fascinating dicussion of reciprocal altruism which is illustrated with games like the Prisoner's Dilema. He introduces the perhaps surprising idea that there are versions of the Prisoner's Dilema where slightly ...
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Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct
Michael McCullough
Jossey-Bass, 2008
A call to compassion and caring, a better world
Revenge and forgiveness are two behaviors that get lots of attention in modern society. On one end, popular movies and books (at least from Western cultures) glorify vengeful behavior. Protagonists succeed by using violence that is morally justifiable. On the other ...
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Exiles Vol. 5: Unnatural Instinct (X-Men)
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics, 2003
X-Meh....
It isn't that bad, really. I mean I read through the Draco arc in X-men, where Austen totally bastardized my favorite character Nightcrawler with some ridiculous plot... ok moving on.
It's still good ol' Chuck weirdness, but it's not so horribly bad that you'll never ...
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Death Instinct
Bentley Little
Signet, 2006
thrilling from start to finish
this book was so scary and thrilling. i finished it in record time. it was so good. bentley little is one of the scariest writers i have ever had the opportunity to read. he literally scares the wits right out of me. i read this book at red lights and in waiting rooms ...
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Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species
Sarah Hrdy
Ballantine Books, 2000
A must read for any evolutionary psychologist
So many great little factoids. My favorite topics include family planning (abortion, infanticide), maternal bonding, the adaptiveness of menopause, females in social structure, and lots of other tidbits I wish more authors would cover. The most fascinating thing is ...
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The Conative Connection : Acting on Instinct
Kathy Kolbe
Addison-Wesley, 1997
Finding Your Right Livelihood
If I had found this book sooner, it would have helped stop me from many years of lamenting "I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up". And it would have saved me many years of stress while attempting to fit my round peg into too many square holes. The ...
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The Instinct to Heal: Curing Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Without Drugs and Without Talk Therapy
David Servan-Schreiber
Rodale Books, 2004
Finally, alternatives that I can live with
Dr. Servan-Schreiber walks you through various, alternative methods for dealing with depression. He explains everything in easy-to-understand language without talking down to the reader. He combines common sense approaches such as nutrition, exercise and meditation ...
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