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What books would you recommend for learning more about Sociopaths?

THANKS FOR A2A.The Sociopath Next DoorWho is the devil you know?Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband?Your sadistic high school gym teacher?Your boss who loves to humiliate people in meetings?The colleague who stole your idea and passed it off as her own?In the pages of The Sociopath Next Door, you will realize that your ex was not just misunderstood. He’s a sociopath. And your boss, teacher, and colleague? They may be sociopaths too.We are accustomed to think of sociopaths as violent criminals, but in The Sociopath Next Door, Harvard psychologist Martha Stout reveals that a shocking 4 percent of ordinary people—one in twenty-five—has an often undetected mental disorder, the chief symptom of which is that that person possesses no conscience. He or she has no ability whatsoever to feel shame, guilt, or remorse. One in twenty-five everyday Americans, therefore, is secretly a sociopath. They could be your colleague, your neighbor, even family. And they can do literally anything at all and feel absolutely no guilt. How do we recognize the remorseless? One of their chief characteristics is a kind of glow or charisma that makes sociopaths more charming or interesting than the other people around them. They’re more spontaneous, more intense, more complex, or even sexier than everyone else, making them tricky to identify and leaving us easily seduced. Fundamentally, sociopaths are different because they cannot love. Sociopaths learn early on to show sham emotion, but underneath they are indifferent to others’ suffering. They live to dominate and thrill to win.The fact is, we all almost certainly know at least one or more sociopaths already. Part of the urgency in reading The Sociopath Next Door is the moment when we suddenly recognize that someone we know—someone we worked for, or were involved with, or voted for—is a sociopath. But what do we do with that knowledge? To arm us against the sociopath, Dr. Stout teaches us to question authority, suspect flattery, and beware the pity play. Above all, she writes, when a sociopath is beckoning, do not join the game.It is the ruthless versus the rest of us, and The Sociopath Next Door will show you how to recognize and defeat the devil you know.For Moderator this is serious answer.

What books are recommended to learn more about film?

I read this website on a daily basis No Film School constant stream of interesting articles and videos about all aspects of film making.I recently read this book focusing on editing style and it is excellent. Fascinating look at the history and influence of the edit on cinema.Amazon.com: The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory, and Practice (9780240813974): Ken Dancyger: Books

What books would you recommend to learn more about world history, wars, and politics?

Thanks for the A2ATheir very names--Gettysburg, Waterloo, Stalingrad--evoke images of great triumph and equally great suffering, moments when history seemed to hang in the balance. Considered in relation to each other, such battles--and others of less immediate renown--offer insight into the changing nature of armed combat, advances in technology, shifts in strategy and thought, as well as altered geopolitical landscapes. The most significant military engagements in history define the very nature of war.In his newest book, Richard Overy plumbs over 3,000 years of history, from the Fall of Troy in 1200 BC to the Fall of Baghdad in 2003, to locate the 100 battles that he believes the most momentous. Arranged by themes such as leadership, innovation, deception, and courage under fire, Overy presents engaging essays on each battle that together provide a rich picture of how combat has changed through the ages, as well as highlighting what has remained consistent despite advances in technology.

Where do you most often get the book recommendations for the books you enjoy the most?

I first followed authors and subjects that I had read and liked. That hooked me on Clifford Simak, Robert Heinlein and John Wyndham.The the local library saved me by having many of the Gollancz SF titles in stock, with their distinctive (1950s and 1960s) dust-covers. But in the back of the dj was about a dozen titles in the SF series, so I found new authors. Many of these authors also had non-SF books, and I could find them this way.Then a local library used by a school friend published a catalogue of all its SF titles, and my friend used to collect a carry-bag of books from the catalogue every week for me to read. And thus I found new authors.Then I discovered Analog, and the reviews, comments in letters, and stories that made me like authors.After that, it seemed my pwn reviews garnered interest from publishers, and they began to send me books to read and review. I found that if another reviewer invariably approved a book that I approved, then an approval of a book I had not read was a good recommendation.Generally, I pay no attention to critics unless I trust them. Even then, mistakes can be made. The review of Niven’s “Ringworld” in Analog stopped me bothering to read the book for several years until I had read some of his short stories (“Inconstant Moon” comes to mind).Basically, I learned to follow authors, which allowed me to cross genres; and topics, which allowed me to meet new authors. Negative reviews and critiques tended to push me to read a work, unless they concentrated on poor writing or exposition skills, while I found most reviews to reflect the reviewers’ tastes, not quality.