Yes, read that book. i believe Malcomn has another out. ginnie

I now have ALL the books in this thread sitting in front of me, looking fwd 2 reading them all

The one I absolutely must start with first is this one:

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell ..............

´But Gottman, it turns out, can teach us a great deal about a critical part of rapid cognition known as thin-slicing.
"Thin-slicing" refers to the ability of our unconscious to find patterns in situations and behavior based on very narrow slices of experience´

A good friend also recommended another one which hasn´t arrived yet:

http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-In.../dp/0307352145


Anacrusis

Yes keep on reading! Currently I just finished a whopper called "Partical At The End of The Universe" I have read physics for about 10 years, and this one went way deeper into all the particles, how they fit together, and just what the Higgs field and Higgs partical is. Very in depth reading and well over my head. I started "Cloud Atlas" last night. Interesting beginning.... the language is very different.

Have a good holiday, and let me know what you read. I won't live long enough to read all the books I want to! take care, ginnie

Thanks Ginnie! I looked up both of those but would probably need another lifetime to read & understand them!!!!!!!
BTW... I´m worried I won´t live long enough to learn all that I´d like to learn!

For example:

......be a pop star
.....study medicine full time
.......study violin full time
.......Phd studies
.......become proficient in at least 3 dances
.......voice lessons
.....become a gourmet chef
........get a degree in IT
........study neuroscience
........study history
.......politics
.......sociology
.......psychology

Take care U2

Yep, I want to learn more too! Make a bucket list, and start checking them off. Even if you did just a couple of them, it makes you feel so much better!
I think some of those on your list may just be doable! ginnie

Yeah a ´bucket list´!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Made me giggle


Ginnie,

4 more for this thread before 2013

Total Fears by Bohumil Hrabal........

http://www.amazon.com/Total-Letters-.../dp/8090217192

My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor.......

http://www.amazon.com/My-Stroke-Insi.../dp/0452295548

Mindsight by Daniel Siegel.........

http://www.amazon.com/Mindsight-New-.../dp/0553386395

And of course my favorite

The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge........

http://www.amazon.com/Brain-That-Cha.../dp/0143113100


Anacrusis

I looked up those books you posted. I think the ones about the brain would interest me. I go back to "Cloud Atlas" tonight. Very odd but interesting read once you figure out the language of the first character. Have a good night happily engaged with reading. It is cold even in Fla. perfect night to read. ginnie