A

Ackerman, Diane (1990) A Natural History of The Senses, New York: Vintage Books

B

Bach, Richard (1970) Jonathan Livingston Seagull, New York: Avon Books

C

 

LastName, FirstInitial. Year. Title of publication. City, State: Publisher.

D

De Saint Exupéry, (1943,1971) The Little Prince, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

 

F

Frankl, Viktor E. (1939,1963) Man’s Search for Meaning, New York: Simon & Schuster

G

Gold, Laura Maery and Joan M. Zielinski (2000) Homeschool Your Child For Free, Prima Publishing

Goleman, Daniel (1995) Emotional Intelligence, Why It can Matter more than IQ, New York: Bantam Books

Groce, Nora Ellen (1985) Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language, Hereditary Deafness on Martha’s Vineyard, Cambridge: Harvard University Press

Guterson, David (1992) Family Matters, Why Homeschooling Makes Sense, Orlando: Harcourt Brace & Company

K

Kaufeld, Jennifer (2002) Homeschooling for Dummies, New York: Hungry Minds Inc. Don't be offended by the title. This book speaks for itself.

Kaufman, Barry Neil (1991) Happiness Is a Choice, New York: Fawcett Columbine

Kelly, George A (1955,1963) A Theory of Personality, New York: W.W. Norton & Company

Recommended for KACL Staff

Pinker, Steven (1997) How the Mind Works, W.W. New York: Norton & Company

In this extraordinary book, Steven Pinker explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and ponder the mysteries of life.  How The Mind Works explains many of the imponderables of everyday life: Why does a face look more attractive with makeup? Why are children bratty? Why do fools fall in love? Why are we soothed by paintings and music? He challenges fashionable ideas such as that passionate emotions are irrational, that parents socialize their children, that creativity springs from the unconscious, that nature is good and modern society corrupting, and that art and religion are expressions of our higher spiritual yearnings. How the Mind Works presents the big picture.  It is a grand synthesis of the most satisfying explanations of our mental life that has been proposed in cognitive science and evolutionary biology, with insight from disciplines ranging from neuroscience to economics and social psychology.  It is fascinating, provocative, and thoroughly entertaining.

 

 


Revised: 06/23/03.