Senses Books

Every now and then there comes along an author, two in this case, who can actually deliver on their promises to the New Age community. This is yet another excellent work by Christopher Valentine, and his main channel Dr. Christian von Lahr. Excellent because it does with the title implies. This book actually teaches you how to see the gnomes, and those leprechauns too. I also saw elves.

They augment their teaching with some sound understanding of why nature spirits (oops, Nature People) are out there, where they can be seen, how to set up areas in your homes and gardens to welcome them. Most importantly, they share exactly how communication works. This fundamental has been missing from all other materials. They have taken the effort to put together all the necessary facts so we can enjoy a genuine experience, by going directly to the source. Finally, the New Age circuit has some superpower instructors, as well as authors; those that practice their craft every day. They have solicited the most amazing insight from all classes of nature inhabitants, things that will knock your stockings off.

For years I had wondered if this was a phenomena limited to just a few. These authors explain how everyone can enjoy this experience; there are but a couple of obstacles to overcome. You guessed it, it is all in the books. This is "How To" right from the gnomes and leprechauns themselves. It has to work.

It would be inconsiderate not to give exceptional credit to the Nature People who provided this essential information. Christopher does so up front, wanting only to share the messages that the nature people have for all of us. And I am glad he does so. I feel so endeared to these sweet litle kids, the nature people, who share the wisdom we have all been asking for. Finally, it's here. Get your copy. Get the series. Get on with your connection with Nature. I found out it was possible with this book, you will too. It is a no fail for everyone. If you want to connect with the little people, you will. It is actually they who are trying to reach out to us. We only have to put forward a little bit of effort in just the right ways. This book has the right ways. All my friends got the book, and all are now believers. They're Real! Yea. I knew I wasn't crazy. Well, alright, I didn't know I wasn't crazy, but now I DO know, everyone can see Nature People.

I chose Coren & Ward because a GRE study guide recommended it. C&W was the best GRE studying I did.

The writing is clear, the organization is great, the illustrations, diagrams, and inset examples are excellent. You can't do better than this to get an overview of S&P. Good introductory or mid-level book. Starts with all the basics (how the ear works, how we see color) and winds up with complex topics like how we perceive music.

A good reference book, it's even fun for browsing, or for sharing with friends and saying "This is so cool! Check this out!" (regarding some of the perceptual illusions and demonstrations etc.) How many textbooks can you say that about?

This book is excellent. Well written and format is easy to read but most of all the accompanying website and lab book - really help in studying.

This book is very well written and covers all the bases of sensation and perception. It is not only factual but very interesting as well. I highly recommend this book.

Borderlands of knowledge

Hans Eysenck was one of the most important and influential psychologists of the 20th century, being at the time of his retirement the most-cited social scientist in the World. He was especially known for advocating "the highest degree of scientific rigour in the design of psychological experiments and [being] very critical of much loose thinking current at present under the guise of 'psychology'" (from the cover).

In the course of his career he produced several pioneering books demystifying psychology for the general public: in particular a seminal trilogy (later expanded to a quartet) for Penguin. He was an exceptionally lucid and entertaining writer, and the books sold millions of copies and were translated into several other languages. The quartet comprises:

Uses and Abuses of Psychology (1953)
Sense and Nonsense in Psychology (1957)
Fact and Fiction in Psychology (1965)
Psychology is about People (1977)

In the first part of "Sense and Nonsense" the author takes the discussion further afield than "Uses and Abuses", dealing with matters such as hypnosis, lie detectors and truth drugs, the interpretation of dreams, and even telepathy and clairvoyance. As always, his purpose is to sort out the wheat from the chaff; there is considerable discussion of the reliability of human testimony. Eysenck himself has experience in some of these areas. However, his conclusions have surprised and even annoyed some people, especially the following much-quoted passage:

"Unless there is a gigantic conspiracy involving some thirty university departments all over the world, and several hundred highly respected scientists in various fields, many of them originally hostile to the claims of the psychical researchers, the only conclusion the unbiased observer can come to must be that there is a small number of people who obtain knowledge existing either in other people's minds, or in the outer world, by means as yet unknown to science."

The second half of the book is concerned with personality and social life. After dealing with the question of whether personality can be measured (yes), the author considers its relation to conditioning, politics and æsthetics. Particular interesting is the Politics section, where Dr Eysenck demonstrates that attitudes logically unrelated often cluster together, and shows similarities between two groups commonly regarded as opposites - Communists and Fascists. He proposes a two-dimensional system (radical/conservative and tough-minded/tender-minded) and shows where various contemporary attitudes lie on it.

A thought-provoking book, and still well worth reading.

Hans Eysenck was one of the most important and influential psychologists of the 20th century, being at the time of his retirement the most-cited social scientist in the World. He was especially known for advocating "the highest degree of scientific rigour in the design of psychological experiments and [being] very critical of much loose thinking current at present under the guise of 'psychology'" (from the cover).

In the course of his career he produced several pioneering books demystifying psychology for the general public: in particular a seminal trilogy (later expanded to a quartet) for Penguin. He was an exceptionally lucid and entertaining writer, and the books sold millions of copies and were translated into several other languages. The quartet comprises:

Uses and Abuses of Psychology (1953)
Sense and Nonsense in Psychology (1957)
Fact and Fiction in Psychology (1965)
Psychology is about People (1977)

In the first part of "Sense and Nonsense" the author takes the discussion further afield than "Uses and Abuses", dealing with matters such as hypnosis, lie detectors and truth drugs, the interpretation of dreams, and even telepathy and clairvoyance. As always, his purpose is to sort out the wheat from the chaff; there is considerable discussion of the reliability of human testimony. Eysenck himself has experience in some of these areas. However, his conclusions have surprised and even annoyed some people, especially the following much-quoted passage:

"Unless there is a gigantic conspiracy involving some thirty university departments all over the world, and several hundred highly respected scientists in various fields, many of them originally hostile to the claims of the psychical researchers, the only conclusion the unbiased observer can come to must be that there is a small number of people who obtain knowledge existing either in other people's minds, or in the outer world, by means as yet unknown to science."

The second half of the book is concerned with personality and social life. After dealing with the question of whether personality can be measured (yes), the author considers its relation to conditioning, politics and æsthetics. Particular interesting is the Politics section, where Dr Eysenck demonstrates that attitudes logically unrelated often cluster together, and shows similarities between two groups commonly regarded as opposites - Communists and Fascists. He proposes a two-dimensional system (radical/conservative and tough-minded/tender-minded) and shows where various contemporary attitudes lie on it.

A thought-provoking book, and still well worth reading.

Sense and Affect introduces a comprehensive new vision for philosophy, and by co-implication, a new way of thinking about modalites from the ethical to the political, the empirical to the aesthetic. The book takes as its starting point an acknowledgement of the important insight contributed by Jacques Derrida, and writers having a proximity to Derrida's deconstructionist project, that to mean is to transform, that to be is to repeat and to repeat is alter. However, it questions the deconstructive assumption that this presencing-effacing repetition is necessarily and irreducibly a disturbing, traumatic tension. The book undertakes a radicalizing rethinking of the concept of affectivity, in order to reveal a simultaneously more mobile and less polarizing basis of meaning than that proposed by Derrida. A key focus of the work is a critical examination of philosophical justifications of notions of blame, anger and forgiveness. This book should be especially of interest to those following contemporary movements in postmodern philosophy, psychology and literature.

What a great book! I bought this book out of curiousity years again and was overjoyed at the abundance of my childhood memories Teresa had captured in her own recollection. I'm sorry to see that this book is no longer being printed, as I feel that many a mother would appreciate and adore the wisdom of "momsense".

This book was in great condition. I recommend the seller. Thank you.

Everything is fine on Nonsense Street. The people and their pets do things in a nonsensical manner and are very happy doing things the way they do them. Their children don't go to school and it is fine if they even read their books upside down. The people of Nonsense Street have messes everywhere in their houses, they sleep under their beds, they run away from people rather than saying hello, and they eat their food with their hands.
Suddenly, a new family moves into the neighborhood. They are the Normal people and their children go to school, they are mannerly in eating, are polite in their greetings to others, their children work hard doing their homework and they wash their face and brush their teeth in the mornings. This causes the Non-sense people to hold more firmly to their views of the world. Neither side tries to change the other, even though both believe that theirs is the better way.
The story is told in verse and it is very well done for the level of children in second or third grade. These children will find the story amusing and they will laugh at the antics of the non-sense people. The book is very well illustrated, the colors are pronounced and distinct. On the back cover, the author claims that the story will teach children diversity. I don't agree with that, the lesson that most children will take away is the silliness of sloppiness and being antisocial. It will charm them into laughter, as they find the actions of the non-sense people to be absurd to the point of hilarity.