Exuberance: The Passion For Life by Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison Reviewed by Julie Sara Porter To be exuberant is to be lively, enthusiastic, and filled with energy. An exuberant person may have a great passion for something and want to share it with others. Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, author of An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir …
Book Review by Julie Sara Porter The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing by Merve Emre We all know the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI ) even if we may never have taken it ourselves. We may have described our child as “she’s such an introvert. She won’t play …
Book Review by Julie Porter The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google By Scott Galloway We know these Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. They are a part of our daily lives. We may hold their creators under suspicion and grumble about their unfair practices, but we can’t cut ourselves off from …
Book Review by Julie Porter Sharp: The Women Who Made An Art of Having An Opinion By Michelle Dean When someone is described as sharp, it means that the person is usually intelligent, witty, and perceptive. Journalist, Michelle Dean gathered some of the smartest, perceptive female authors who have all been described as “sharp.” Her …
Book review by Julie Porter A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story about Schizophrenia by Sandy Allen Schizophrenia is a complex psychiatric disorder. People who have it may hear voices or see hallucinations, become paranoid, and disconnect themselves from friends, family, and reality. Sometimes those who have it aren’t always able to articulate what …