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Title: The Wisest One in the Room

Subtitle: How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology's Most Powerful Insights

Author: Thomas Gilovich, Lee Ross

Narrator: Chris Sorensen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-30-15

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 90 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Renowned psychologists describe the most useful insights from social psychology that can help make you "wise" - wise about why people behave the way they do, and wise about how to use that knowledge in understanding and influencing the people in your life.

When faced with a challenge, we often turn to those we trust for words of wisdom. Friends, relatives, and colleagues - someone with the best advice about how to boost sales, the most useful insights into raising children, or the sharpest take on an ongoing conflict.

In The Wisest One in the Room, renowned social psychologists Thomas Gilovich and Lee Ross ask, Why? What do these people know? What are the foundations of their wisdom? And, as professors and researchers who specialize in the study of human behavior, they wonder: What general principles of human psychology are they drawing on to reach these conclusions? They begin by noting that wisdom, unlike intelligence, demands some insight into people - their hopes, fears, passions, and drives. It's true for the executive running a Fortune 500 company, the candidate seeking public office, the artist trying to create work that will speak to the ages, or the single parent trying to get a child through the tumultuous adolescent years. To be wise, they maintain, one must be psych-wise.

Members Reviews:

Not Really About Wisdom. Nothing New Here.

"The Wisest One in the Room" is a rehash of almost every interesting finding of social psychology research. No new research is presented. All the authors have done is to attempt to reposition knowledge of these findings as wisdom. The attempt almost completely fails, and quite glaringly so when it tries to transition from the anecdote at the beginning of the book about Eisenhower and D-Day to the main body of the book, not one bit of which has any explanatory power about the introductory anecdote.

If one has not read much in social psychology, then this book might be as good as any of several others to give an overview of some of the most interesting findings of the field. It's not actually a bad book. It's just an unnecessary one.

For liberals only

Overall, I enjoyed the book until the last 90 minutes. The author focused on climate change and if you do not believe in climate change, you are a science denier and you do not have rational thought. I do not believe it is helpful once you start labeling one side and calling them unwise. I do believe in climate change, however, I do not feel calling the other side names is extremely helpful when debating the issue.

Decent content, terrible narrator

Content was good, nothing new, but valuable content brought together in one place and linked in a meaningful way. Narrator spoilt it for me, really irritated me and drove me to distraction.

Terribly narrated and learned nothing new

What would have made The Wisest One in the Room better?

Any unique insights would have helped. This was just a re-hash of research surfaced in other similar, much better novels

How could the performance have been better?

The accent of the narrator and his intonation was patronising and grated throughout. I didn't finish the book because of this.

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Title: Presence

Author: Amy Cuddy

Narrator: Amy Cuddy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-22-15

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 157 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

How can we be our strongest selves in life's most challenging situations? We often approach these situations - job interviews, difficult conversations, speaking up for ourselves - with anxiety and leave them with regret. Moments that require us to be genuine and powerful instead cause us to feel phoney and powerless, preventing us from being our best selves.

Harvard professor Amy Cuddy shows us we need to stop worrying about the impression we're making on others and instead change the impression we're making on ourselves. Cutting-edge science reveals that if we adopt behaviours reflecting power and strength, we liberate ourselves from the fears and doubts that obstruct us. By redirecting our thoughts, actions, and even physiology, we free ourselves to be our best.

Amy Cuddy galvanised viewers around the world with her TED talk on 'power poses'. Now she explains the science underlying these and many other fascinating body-mind effects and teaches us how to use this science to become self-assured in high-pressure moments.

Impassioned, beautifully researched, and accessible, Presence is filled with stories of individuals facing real obstacles and succeeding against the odds. Every reader will learn how to approach stress-filled challenges without fear and leave them without regret.

Written and read by Amy Cuddy, a professor and researcher at Harvard Business School who studies how nonverbal behavior and snap judgments affect people. Her research has been published in top academic journals and covered by NPR, The New York Times, Wired, Fast Company, and more. Cuddy has been named a 'Game Changer' by Time, one of '50 Women Who Are Changing the World' by Business Insider, and a 'Young Global Leader' by the World Economic Forum. Her 2012 TEDTalk is the second most-viewed talk in TED's history.

Members Reviews:

NOT THE SELF-EMPOWERMENT BOOK I'D HOPED!

What disappointed you about Presence?

Having immensely enjoyed Amy Cuddy's inspiring TED lecture entitled 'Your Body Shapes Who You Are', I was really excited to read her following book. I hoped it would provide greater insight on HOW to become more 'present' and self-empowered.

Instead, I found the book to be a rather rambling and exasperating tour of case study after case study, with the odd inspiring quote or anecdotal story thrown in along the way. Cuddy focuses on highlighting, again and again, that body posturing influences state of mind.

Sadly, she only dedicates one chapter (of just ten minutes!) to advice on HOW to implement these ideas in daily life, much of which she had already mentioned in her TED talk.

Love the story, innoying voice

Loved the research and story. However, buy the book hardcopy! Vocal tone deeply innoyed me.

help for one to allow oneself to be oneself

One has to be present to grasp the message of this valuable book. Listening to Professor Cuddy has its impact though not the same as attending her lecture. It is helpful that she shares the science by explaining various details of multiple findings by numerous researchers that support her statements from her much acclaimed TED Talk.

Noticed change in sound of voice twice.

A most read for women, teens, and parents of teens.

I enjoyed this book so deeply I want every person to read it. I kept thinking of all this amazing people that I know that sabotage their true self because of lack of confidence.

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Title: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome: Experiencing Complex PTSD, Trauma, Anxiety, Depersonalization, Derealization, and Migraines

Subtitle: Transcend Mediocrity, Book 101

Author: J.B. Snow

Narrator: Carl Moore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-22-15

Publisher: JB Snow Publishing

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Many people have heard of trauma and PTSD. But when we think of PTSD, many of us think of nightmares and flashbacks that are related to one traumatic incident or event that has been experienced by the sufferer. There is another form of PTSD that's related to being exposed to repetitive trauma. It is called Complex PTSD, coined by a woman named Judith Herman.

In this audiobook, we will first explain Complex PTSD and trauma as it relates to Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS). We will also discuss how AIWS relates to migraines, stress, and food intolerances. We will then touch base on who exactly is prone to experience Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, what the symptoms are, and how one can seek relief from this mysterious brain disturbance.

What is Complex PTSD? How does it relate to Alice in Wonderland Syndrome? Complex PTSD is a disorder which alters a person's cognitive state, personality, and emotional states due to repeated exposure to events in which the person feels incapable or helpless.

These events can be an abusive romantic relationship or childhood physical abuse. Traumatic events can include a death, an infidelity, a complicated birth, a medical or mental illness, a job loss, and many other events. Events that cause people stress and dysfunction can also include natural disasters, school bullying, rape, theft, mugging, automobile accidents, and physical injury.

PTSD or Complex PTSD can be caused by nearly any event in which a person feels an overall lack of control in reference to what is occurring. They feel hopeless, helpless, weak, or powerless during the event because of circumstances or actions that may be out of their control.

Members Reviews:

Unbelievable

I can't believe there are other people who experience the same thing I have hidden my whole life. I have never spoken of or sought after the distortions I have had in my mind. I feel relief and excitement all at the same time. I will be continuing my own education about AIWS and seek counseling. Thank you for this research.

Interesting & well written but not in depth enough for me.

I enjoyed this book, it certainly covered some questions I had & cleared up some minor points, however, I was looking for something more in depth & will check out the websites offered.

This book would be a good starting point to give to the partner of someone who suffers from PTSD or Alice in Wonderland Syndrome.

It's not overly long or full of difficult technical jargon & gives a brief insight into the conditions. A partner would find it quite easy reading without being completely overwhelmed by the insidious depths of despair that these conditions can induce.

not good

No evidence is given for any of the claims made, or information given. The writer has no qualifications in psychiatry or psychology, nor does she claim to speak from personal experience. it is repetitive but actually says very very little.

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Title: Narcissistic Abuse and the Narcissism Epidemic: Losing Your Sanity to Overt and Covert Manipulation Tactics

Subtitle: Transcend Mediocrity, Book 94

Author: J.B. Snow

Narrator: Sorrel Brigman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-18-15

Publisher: JB Snow Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 58 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Narcissistic abusers... They manipulate. They lie. They cheat. They pick fights. They gaslight to make their partners feel as though they are losing their minds. They compartmentalize their lives so that they can keep their stories and their characters straight. They seem to become whomever the situation calls for. They seem to do it with ease and a lack of conscience.

Many of my readers email me with their stories - I hear the same kinds of stories time and time again. They wonder if they are the ones who are abusive because their partner s are calling them so.... They wonder if they are going crazy because their partners like to throw that word in their faces, too. The narcissist talks his partner around in circles until she is unaware of what reality and truth are anymore. He isolates her and takes away her freedoms until she has very few left.

When a person's life is filled with negativity, craziness, chaos, and confusion, it is no wonder that a victim of a narcissist has no idea who is right and who is wrong anymore. The narcissist justifies all of his behavior, and he puts all of the blame for the chaotic relationship on his partner. He projects all of his negative feelings onto her, and then he goes about his day with a smile. He has gained or retained control of his world, and so he is happy again with his existence as a narcissist. This is the world that he lives in.

Outsiders start to wonder whether the person who is complaining about the narcissist is actually the crazy one. She starts to lose her grip while the narcissist is telling his friends, his family, and her family information that is conflicting with her stories. All the while he does it with a smile, and she is left even more isolated and alone. Other people cannot see past the charm that he won her over with.

Members Reviews:

Terrible

What disappointed you about Narcissistic Abuse and the Narcissism Epidemic: Losing Your Sanity to Overt and Covert Manipulation Tactics?

This book was terrible. It sounded like someone's diary entry about an ex-boyfrend, and was not in any way scholarship or psychology. This author was making general rules about particular experiences, which may or may not be true about all narcissists. And the worst part was it was just a list of these experiences, almost like bullet points: the narcissist is...blah, blah, blah. Terrible book. I am going to see if I can return it. Not helpful.

Easy to follow

Good for someone who is starting to learn about this multifacited disorder. Would have liked more indepth information.

everyday experience

i loved it and fits what i go through everyday with my boyfriend real stuggle

Quick and to the point while maintaining structure

Although it was not long it provides a good chunk of information if you are taking your first steps to educate yourself on this subject.

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Title: Perfect Brilliant Stillness

Author: David Carse

Narrator: Terence Stamp

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 12-02-15

Publisher: silksoundbooks Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 74 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

The legendary British actor Terence Stamp reads the book that he says 'changed his life'. This is an exploration of our existence and a journey towards enlightenment.

In what the author calls 'the fine print' at the start of the book, David Carse wrote: 'There are many books out there that will help you to live a better life, become a better person, and evolve and grow to realise your potential as a spiritual being. This is not one of them...almost every popular spiritual teacher in America and Europe is teaching that ultimate spiritual enlightenment...can now be yours; and that reading their book or attending their seminar will help you toward that end. This book will tell you that these ideas are absurd, because its quite obvious that neither you nor anything else has ever existed....' He then concludes, 'That said, enjoy'. We think you probably will.

Members Reviews:

My desert island book

Any additional comments?

This book has been my companion for many years. I was thrilled to see that there was an audio version and Terrance Stamp reads it with real understanding. This is the best book I've read on the experience of losing the self but gaining the All.

A pearl beyond price

Treasures come our way in life sometimes through the generosity of others sharing something precious they have found. I will forever be indebted to the friend who told me about PBS and introduced me to David Carse. This is truly a life changing story, if you allow it to be. Finally the search is over for me, no small thing! I love listening to this narrative by Terence Stamp and I can tell he feels the same way, you can 'feel the love' as they say. Words cannot explain what all this means really. If you are interested don't pass this by but be ready for what might come next.

Wonderful Wonderful

I will listen to this over and over!

Loved everything about it. Just listening is a meditation and always hear something different the more times I listen. Terence Stamp has been an inspiration in every performance he does.

Entertaining But Not Enlightening

Narration of this very well written book was excellent. The book was gripping and very entertaining, however, it is entertainment only, in my opinion.

I was incorrectly under the impression that it was more enlightening than it actually was.

Seekers should set this one aside for less lofty intentions.

The Only Book You Need

The writing is clear and straight to the point. You are that. You always have been and always will be. There's no need to find it or obtain it, because it is all there is. So why listen to an audiobook on it? Because most are misidentifying with what they are not, which is the cause of all the unnecessary suffering. This book points directly to what you are and helps to untangle the mess. Let these words wash through you until it is seen that there never was a you to begin with.

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Title: 7 Habits of Highly Manipulative People

Author: Jon Bet

Narrator: Jack Nolan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-15

Publisher: ZA Productions

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 77 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

This audiobook will guide you through seven habits which are consistent across all game players, manipulators, narcissists, sociopaths, and liars. Simply by becoming aware of these habits, you'll find yourself being overlooked rather than targeted as another mark by these pernicious, intra-species predators.

Members Reviews:

Direct Clear Explanations and Examples of Manipulative Techniques

Good review of manipulative techniques and how they can be used in combinations to achieve the manipulator's goals. Good examples of the techniques and explanations of how they work are provided.

Very good and informative!

I really enjoyed listening to the audible version of this book. I appreciate that it was short and concise. The book gets right to the point and told me the most important things to know when dealing with these awful people known as manipulators.

I learned a lot and thanks for writing the book.

Amazing. I cant believe im first to review.

This book is short but fully exhaustive of what i have been going through in each of my marriages. Excellent information and great examples.

Narrator was a speed reader, SLOW DOWN BUDDY

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

The narrator was far too quick, it was very distracting. He was annoying

Would you be willing to try another book from Jon Bet? Why or why not?

If Jack Nolan wasn't reading

Would you be willing to try another one of Jack Nolans performances?

NO WAY, he spoilt the book, and his infliction on T's K's drove me nuts

Do you think 7 Habits of Highly Manipulative People needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Seriously I couldn't concentrate on the story! Very frustrating

Enjoyable, helpful for clarifying my husband

I married & lived with a man (for 12yrs) who fulfils all these point, I am now studying the subject with the intention of not getting caught again, it is painful to here a lot of his methods outlined. I recommend anyone who has been or is living/friends/related to someone who fulfils these different criterias to study and read all you can, watch your finances & get the hell out of there...

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Title: PTSD and Complex PTSD: How Chronic Anxiety, Childhood Trauma, Domestic Abuse and Toxic Relationships Cause PTSD and Complex PTSD

Subtitle: Transcend Mediocrity, Book 70

Author: J.B. Snow

Narrator: Sorrel Brigman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-13-15

Publisher: JB Snow Publishing

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 47 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Many people experience anxiety at some point in their lives. You feel anxiety when speaking in public, trying something new, or meeting someone special. Your palms get sweaty. Your heart races. You feel a ball in your stomach. Your chest feels tight.

Anxiety is good in some situations. It prepares us for flight-or-flight responses. It prompts us to take action or to plan out what is going to occur in a situation. Anxiety in mild forms can be a good thing. Our body is designed to be anxious in situations where we should take control and take action. Anxiety that pervades everything in our life, causes us to be sick, and keeps us awake at night is bad.

Anxiety can escalate to another level. When a person is exposed to traumatic or negative events where they feel little or no control in the outcome, the anxiety can turn into post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). If you have enough recurring events in your life that are traumatic, you may even be diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD).

Complex PTSD is a disorder that often affects soldiers, battered women, and children who have been in abusive and domestic violence situations. It is used to diagnose people who have been exposed to long-term and repeated exposure to situations out of their control, whereas normal PTSD can occur in someone with exposure to one or two traumatic events. PTSD can happen when someone is raped or is the victim of other violent circumstances, like a shooting event. A person who dates or marries a psychopath or a narcissist can have complex PTSD. A child who is sexually abused repeatedly is also likely to have complex PTSD.

Members Reviews:

Clear concise valuable information

The Author targets the topic in such a clear and concise manner which is key for those suffering from PTSD/CPTSD, since often there is difficulty processing information after experiencing severe abuse and trauma. Also has some good resources that are not financially draining and can be used as tools immediately to get on the path toward helping and healing you.

Concise

Concise and to the point. Great summary that covered the facts of each condition and the differences.

great info

I found this informative and helpful with understanding my feelings and why I feel the what I do Thanks!!

I expected content

Provides signs and symptoms but nothing more. I had expected content to at least provide some direction on treatment, exercises and success rate of treatment. It did not. Terrible narration.

doesn't get into anything, simply an overview

there is no meat on the bones... give the listener profound details that notify the listener to catagories, causes, and effects of c-ptsd and ptsd.. but never talks of tips, techniques for rehab or corrective action... then offers the listener to buy more of their books....

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Title: Surviving AI: The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence

Author: Calum Chace

Narrator: Joe Hempel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-09-15

Publisher: Three Cs

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 325 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Artificial intelligence is our most powerful technology and, in the coming decades, it'll change everything in our lives. If we get it right, it'll make humans almost godlike. If we get it wrong...well, extinction is not the worst possible outcome.

Surviving AI is a concise, easy guide to what's coming, taking you through technological unemployment (the economic singularity) and the possible creation of a superintelligence (the technological singularity).

Critic Reviews:

"Understanding AI - its promise and its dangers - is emerging as one of the great challenges of coming decades, and this is an invaluable guide to anyone who's interested, confused, excited, or scared." (David Shukman,

BBC Science editor)

"We have recently seen a surge in the volume of scholarly analysis of this topic; Chace impressively augments that with this high-quality, more general-audience discussion." (Aubrey de Grey, CSO of SENS Research Foundation; former AI researcher)

"Calum Chace is a prescient messenger of the risks and rewards of artificial intelligence. In

Surviving AI, he has identified the most essential issues and developed them with insight and wit - so that the very framing of the questions aids our search for answers. Chace's sensible balance between AI's promise and peril makes

Surviving AI an excellent primer for anyone interested in what's happening, how we got here, and where we are headed." (Kenneth Cukier, co-author of

Big Data)

Members Reviews:

Good Overview

Very high-level. Great information. May not be detailed enough for a reader familiar with AI.

Good Introduction to the Topic

You could easily see a book like this become too long and laborious for the average reader. I was impressed that the producer and author kept it informative but relatively brief. I am more technically inclined than the average person but I can see this book being highly accessible by a reader that knows little about AI but wants to know more. The author does an exceptional job in introducing the reader to the moral aspect of AI and makes a compelling case for why it is every bit as important as the how and when we technical people tend to focus on.

Confirmation Bias and the rise of AGI

Would you try another book from Calum Chace and/or Joe Hempel?

The book was more a high-level jet tour of AI in general with a focus on AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) and some details on Superintelligence. Although I enjoy and have read books covering the subject of AI, more in the gaming perspective, the author and his premise is more focused on AI that is self-aware and what do/should we do with such an AI when or if it happens.

This book, in many ways, reminds me of the book "Engines of Creation" by Eric Drexler (1986) covering the subject of Nanotechnology. AI, along with deep learning, meta data, and other terms have been the latest scientific craze to replace the older ones we previously worried about; such as nanotechnology. Like with nanotechnology, one needs to be careful with AI in a similar way. I agree that even if AI were outlawed with hopes of preventing AGI from happening, there would be people experimenting with it just like they did with the atomic bomb. I liked the authors discussion of the issue around indifference and how this is an issue as much as friendly or hostile AI.

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Title: The Price of Privilege

Subtitle: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids

Author: Madeline Levine PhD

Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 65 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

In recent years, numerous studies have shown that bright, charming, seemingly confident and socially skilled teenagers from affluent, loving families are experiencing epidemic rates of depression, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders - rates higher than in any other socioeconomic group of American adolescents. Materialism, pressure to achieve, perfectionism, and disconnection are combining to create a perfect storm that is devastating children of privilege and their parents alike. In this eye-opening, provocative, and essential book, clinical psychologist Madeline Levine explodes one child-rearing myth after another. With empathy and candor, she identifies toxic cultural influences and well-intentioned but misguided parenting practices that are detrimental to a child's healthy self-development. Her thoughtful, practical advice provides solutions that will enable parents to help their emotionally troubled "star" child cultivate an authentic sense of self.

Critic Reviews:

"Well-organized chapters help parents understand how to take the time and show the patience to help their children realize their potential." (Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

Terrible narration

The content is good but the narration is very slow with awkward intonation and phrasing. Listen at 1.5 speed to make it bearable.

so helpful. easy to follow.

Although I was a little wary of the reader's voice at first, I got used to it and even found it most appropriate for the content. I know my family will be better off because of what I've learned. Thank you, Dr. Levine.

Robotic narration

Good content and lots of good ideas.

Awful to listen to - the narrator sounds like a machine. I have never heard a person speak like her - it's almost creepy.

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Title: Born for Love

Subtitle: Why Empathy Is Essential - and Endangered

Author: Maia Szalavitz, Bruce D. Perry

Narrator: Corey M. Snow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 72 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

From birth, when babies' fingers instinctively cling to those of adults, their bodies and brains seek an intimate connection - a bond made possible by empathy, the remarkable ability to love and to share the feelings of others. In this unforgettable book, award-winning science journalist Maia Szalavitz and renowned child psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry explain how empathy develops, why it is essential both to human happiness and for a functional society, and how it is threatened in a modern world.

Critic Reviews:

"

Born for Love is truly fascinating." (Gretchen Rubin, author of

The Happiness Project)

Members Reviews:

love

This book is fantastic. Dr. Perry presents Information in a way that is interesting & informative.

important in understanding human behavior

Well written story of how and why human babies need empathy from the moment they are born.

Must Read

A must read to understand the vital importance of connection for every woman/man and humanity. Our society has become socially impoverished and is growing more so; we must turn this ill trend. This book is convicting, yet hopeful. Read...

Highly informative on why we need empathy

Engaging, individual stories draw you into the severe need for more empathetic behavior from our people. Scientific data and statistics also provide clear insight into the problem solving potential of nationwide empathy.