Tuesday, May 20, 2008

IQs Corner Book Nook APA reviews 5-20-08


A new issue of PsycCRITIQUES is available online.



May 21, 2008
Volume 53, Issue 21


Book Reviews
1. Authoritative Communities: The Scientific Case for Nurturing the Whole Child
Author: Kathleen Kovner Kline (Ed.)
Reviewer: David W. Carroll

2. Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience
Author: Alice Rothchild
Reviewer: Andrea Blanch

3. Handbook of Emotion Elicitation and Assessment
Authors: James A. Coan and John J. B. Allen (Eds.)
Reviewer: Sharon Rae Jenkins

4. The Substance Abuse Handbook
Authors: Pedro Ruiz, Eric Strain, and John Langrod
Reviewer: John C. Roitzsch

5. Sex Discrimination in the Workplace
Authors: Faye J. Crosby, Margaret S. Stockdale, and S. Ann Ropp (Eds.)
Reviewer: Steven M. Elias

6. In the Shadow of Death: Restorative Justice and Death Row Families
Authors: Elizabeth Beck, Sarah Britto, and Arlene Andrews
Reviewer: Norman A. White

7. Social Competence in Children
Author: Margaret Semrud-Clikeman
Reviewers: Victoria Talwar and Sarah-Jane Renaud

8. Closing the Leadership Gap: How District and University Partnerships Shape Effective School Leaders
Authors: Teresa N. Miller, Mary Devin, and Robert J. Shoop
Reviewer: Catherine Scott

9. Freud's Art—Psychoanalysis Retold
Author: Janet Sayers
Reviewer: Gerd H. Fenchel

10. Bullying: A Handbook for Educators and Parents
Authors: Ian Rivers, Neil Duncan, and Valerie E. Besag
Reviewers: Georgette Yetter and Stephanie Backof

11. Biology of Freedom: Neural Plasticity, Experience, and the Unconscious
Authors: François Ansermet and Pierre Magistretti (Susan Fairfield, Trans.)
Reviewer: E. James Lieberman

Video Review
12. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents With Multiple Problems
with Alec L. Miller
Reviewer: Kristin B. Webb