Month: May 2014

Author: Ben Carpenter Publisher: Wiley – Business – 254 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram This is the story of the author as he struggled for stability and progress through his early growing years. It is about his difficulty in establishing roots, as the family was forced to move every few years, with this father constantly being laid off from work. Such moves led to downward spirals of his family’s finances. This book essentially is about the hard lessons he learned in his childhood, youth and adulthood, And about how you can apply those lessons to improve your outcomes...

Editor: C. Nathan DeWall Publisher: Oxford University Press – 313 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram How do you feel when you are deliberately excluded from a family, social or work group? Not good, most people will honestly admit. Others though, will rationalize that that group is not important to them, but they say that mainly to protect their bruised egos. Deep inside they feel that they need to belong. The author writes that psychologists agree that “social exclusion thwarts a fundamental human motivation to have a few positive and lasting relationships.” That is one thing they all agree...

Editors: Harvey S. Levin, David H.K. Shum, Raymond C.K. Chan Publisher: Oxford University Press – 460 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani It has been estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO) that some 10 million people worldwide are either killed or hospitalized each year due to traumatic brain injury (TBI).  This works out to 150 to 300 people per 100,000 affected globally every year. It is estimated that TBI accounts for fifty percent of all trauma-related deaths in the world. And it is now considered the leading cause of death and disability in young adults. The most common...

Authors:  Jay M. Goldberg, Victor J. Wilson, Kathleen E. Cullen, Dora E. Angelaki, Diane M. Broussard, Jean A. Buttner-Ennever, Kikiro Fukushima, and Lloyd B. Minor  Publisher: Oxford University Press – 541 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The vestibular system in the human body is somewhat related to the five senses of hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch, but is distinct from it. The vestibular system relates to, or affects the perception of body position and movement. Located in our inner ear, it is sometimes called the “human balancing system.” But it does more than that. Not only preventing...