This webpage was created for my own personal use, but if you have stumbled onto it, that is okay, too. This is a list of the books in my own personal library.

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Books About Psychology
  • The Mask Of Sanity by Hervey Cleckley
  • The Manufacture of Madness by Thomas Szasz: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement
  • Without Conscience by Robert D. Hare, PhD: The Disturbing World Of The Psychopaths Among Us
  • Us and Them by David Berreby: Understanding Your Tribal Mind
  • The Wrong Way Home by Arthur J. Deikman, M.D.: Uncovering the Patterns of Cult Behavior in American Society
  • Dealing With Resistance in Psychotherapy by Althea J. Horner
  • Evil Genes by Barbara Oakley, PhD: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend
Other Kinds Of Books
  • Encyclopedia of the Unexplained Edited by Richard Cavendish: Magic, Occultism and Parapsychology
  • Edgar Allen Poe: Sixty-Seven Tales As Well As The Raven and Other Poems
  • The Devil*s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
  • The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
  • Lords of Chaos by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground
  • King Arthur and The Grail by Richard Cavendish: The Arthurian Legends and their Meaning
  • The Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson with Neil Strauss
  • A Prince Of Our Disorder by John E. Mack: The Life of T. E. Lawrence.
  • Dracula: Prince Of Many Faces by Radu R. Florescu and Raymond T. McNally: His Life And His Times
  • Vlad III Dracula by Kurt W. Treplow: The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula
  • The Bloody Countess by Valentine Penrose: The Crimes of Erzsebet Bathory
  • The Valleys Of The Assassins by Freya Stark: and Other Persian Travels
  • Between Good And Evil by Roger L. Depue: A Master Profiler*s Hunt For Society*s Most Violent Predators
  • The Children*s Blizzard by David Laskin
  • A Christmas Story by Jean Shepherd: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film
  • The Darwin Awards 3 by Wendy Northcutt: Survival of the Fittest
  • Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid by Jan Harold Brunvand: The Book of Scary Urban Legends
  • The Ig Nobel Prizes by Marc Abrahams: The Annals of Improbable Research
  • Grimm*s Grimmest by Tracy Arah Dockray, Illustrator
  • The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
  • The Pirate Wars by Peter Earle
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl: Illustrated by Quentin Blake
  • The Waste Lands by Stephen King: The Dark Tower III
  • Serial Killers by Time-Life Books: True Crime Series
  • The Fall of Camelot by Time-Life Books: The Enchanted World Series
  • The Book of Christmas by Time-Life Books: the Enchanted World Series
  • Patsy Doll Family Encyclopedia by Patricia N. Schoonmaker: Volume I
  • Vampire by Manuela Dunn Mascetti: The Complete Guide to the World of the Undead
  • Mistresses of Mayhem by Francine Hornberger: The Book of Women Criminals
  • 1776 by David McCullough
  • Lend Me An Ear by Martha Hoffman: The Temperament, Selection, and Training of the Hearing Ear Dog
  • Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon: A Journey Into America
  • To The Scaffold by Carolly Erickson: The Life of Marie Antoinette
  • Wake Up, I'm Fat by Camryn Manheim
  • The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
  • A Crack In The Edge Of The World by Simon Winchester: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
  • The Sons of Caesar by Philip Matyszak: Imperial Rome*s First Dynasty
  • 69 A.D. by Gwyn Morgan: The Year of Four Emperors
  • The Big Bam by Leigh Montville: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth
  • Cats 24/7 by Rick Smolan and David Elliot Cohen: Extraordinary Photographs of Wonderful Cats
  • The Night Attila Died by Michael A. Babcock, Ph.D.: Solving the Murder of Atilla the Hun
  • Alaska by James A. Michener
  • Texas by James A. Michener
  • Hawaii by James A. Michener
  • Poland by James A. Michener
  • Chesapeake by James A. Michener
  • Space by James A. Michener
  • No Place To Hide by Robert O*Harrow: Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society
  • The Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney
  • Conservatives Without Conscience by John W. Dean
  • State of Denial by Bob Woodward: Bush at War, Part III
  • War and the American Presidency by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
  • Losing America by Senator Robert C. Byrd: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency
  • Field Notes From a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
  • The Master Plan by Heather Princle: Himmler*s Scholars and the Holocaust
  • The Monsters by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler: Mary Shelley & the Curse of Frankenstein
  • I Wish I'd Been There Edited by Byron Hollinshead: Twenty Historians Bring To Life Dramatic Events That Changed America
  • The War of the World by Niall Ferguson: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
  • Ship of Ghosts by James D. Hornfischer: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR*s Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors
  • Sea of Thunder by Evan Thomas: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945
  • The Greatest Story Ever Sold by Frank Rich: The Decline and Fall of Truth From 9/11 to Katrina
  • Guerilla by David Rooney: Insurgents, Patriots and Terrorists from Sun Tzu to Bin Laden
  • A Death In Belmont by Sebastian Junger
  • Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz: A Return to the American West to Investigate My Attempted Murder and Solve the Riddle of Myself
  • The Innocent Man by John Grisham: Murder and Injustice In a Small Town
  • Destined For Destiny by Scott Dikkers and Peter Hilleren: The Unauthorized Autobiography of George W. Bush
  • Attention Deficit Democracy by James Bovard:
  • The Lost Life of Eva Braun by Angela Lambert: A Biography
  • Hitler's Beneficiaries by Gotz Aly: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare State
  • Timothy Leary by Robert Greenfield: A Biography
  • Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
  • The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan: A Natural History of Four Meals
  • Beloved by Toni Morrison
  • The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier: A Spiritual Autobiography
  • Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley with Ron Powers
  • Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
  • Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
  • The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
  • The Body Hunters by Sonia Shah: Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients
  • Boom! by Tom Brokaw: Voices of the Sixties. Personal Reflections on the 60's and Today
  • Monopoly by Philip E. Orbanes: The World's Most Famous Game and How It Got That Way
  • It Can Happen Here by Joe Conason: Authoritarian Peril In the Age Of Bush
  • Unusually Stupid Americans by Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity
  • The Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
  • Boots On the Ground By Dusk by Mary Tillman with Narda Zacchino: My Tribute To Pat Tillman
  • Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace One School at a Time
  • Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat: A Memoir
  • Kabul In Winter by Ann Jones: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan
  • Guests of the Ayatollah by Mark Bowden: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam
  • The Siege of Mecca by Yaroslav Trofimov: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda
  • What Happened by Scott McClellan: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  • The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
  • Big Russ and Me by Tim Russert: Father and Son: Lessons of Life
  • A History of Iran by Michael Axworthy: Empire of the Mind
  • Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi: A Memoir In Books
Cookbooks and Craft Books
  • Plastic Canvas All Occasion Gifts by Laura Scott, Editor
  • Country Keepsakes by The Needlecraft Shop: Plastic Canvas
  • Ultimate Christmas Companion by The Needlecraft Shop: Plastic Canvas
  • Hershey*s Homemade by The Hershey*s Kitchens: Over 100 Recipes for Today*s Lifestyles
  • The Complete Bartender by Robyn M. Feller: Updated With Cool New Drink Recipes
  • 500 Best Cookies, Bars & Squares by Esther Brody
  • Best Recipes by Ceil Dyer: From the Backs of Boxes, Bottles, Cans and Jars
  • Paula Deen & Friends by Paula Deen: Living It Up, Southern Style
  • Almost From Scratch by Andrew Schloss: 600 Recipes for the New Convenience Cuisine
  • Mable Hoffman*s Crockery Cookery by Mable Hoffman
  • Pillsbury Family Christmas Cookbook by The Pillsbury Editors
  • Fix-It and Forget It Cookbook by Dawn J. Ranck, Phyllis Pellman Good: Feasting With Your Slow Cooker
  • You*re Cookin* It Country by Loretta Lynn: My Favorite Recipes and Memories
  • Better Homes & Gardens Christmas Cooking From the Heart (2005) Edited by Jessica Saari
  • Better Homes & Gardens Christmas Cooking From the Heart (2006) Edited by Jessica Saari
  • Better Homes & Gardens Annual Recipes (2006) Edited by Jessica Saari
  • Better Homes & Gardens Our Best Recipes (2005) Edited by Julia Martinusen:
  • Southern Living Christmas Cookbook (2005) Edited by Rebecca Brennan: Your Ultimate Holiday Entertaining Guide
  • The Duck Cookbook by James Peterson:
  • Southern Living Homestyle Cooking Edited by Julie Gunter:
  • New York Times Chicken Cookbook Edited by Linda Amster:
  • Sylvia*s Family Soul Food Cookbook by Sylvia Woods and Family: From Hemingway, South Carolina, to Harlem
  • The Blue Willow Inn Bible of Southern Cooking by Louis and Billie Van Dyke: Over 600 Essential Recipes Southerners Have Enjoyed For Generations
  • Christmas With Southern Living 2006 Edited by Rebecca Brennan and Julie Gunter
  • Christmas With Southern Living 2007 Edited by Rebecca Brennan and Julie Gunter
  • The Best of Mr. Food Cookin* Quickies by Art Ginsburg aka Mr. Food
  • Southern Living Annual Recipes Edited by Scott Jones: 2006 Annual Recipes
  • The Cake Book by Tish Boyle
  • Top Secret Recipes by Todd Wilbur: Creating Kitchen Clones of America's Favorite Brand-Name Foods
  • The Red Hat Society Cookbook by members of the Red Hat Society with introduction by Sue Ellen Cooper
  • Paula Deen Celebrates by Paula Deen with Martha Nesbit: Best Dishes and Best Wishes for the Best Times of Your Life
  • Christmas Cookies Edited by Nancy Fitzpatrick Wyatt
  • 2, 4, 6, 8 by Rachael Ray: Great Meals for Couples or Crowds
  • Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker: 4500 Recipes for the Way We Cook Now

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