If Books Could Kill

A 2002 dating guide has found new popularity on Tiktok using an old fashioned method: Have a catchy title and four pages of good advice.
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The Tragedy of Heterosexuality
Why men (still) love bitches
Systematic review on converting online contact into a first date
A Meta-Analytical Review of the Demand/Withdraw Pattern
Gender-Related Predictors of Change in Marital Satisfaction and Marital Conflict
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Peter and Michael discuss "Surrounded by Idiots," a book that dares to ask: Can the mystery of human relationships be unraveled by a workplace personality assessment?
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Pioneers, Drivers, Integrators, and Guardians
Creator of Lie Detector Test Dies; Lecturer and Author Produced Comic Strip
One of Sweden's biggest scientific bluffs 
Pseudoscience and the Claim of Practical Utility: The Case of Thomas Erikson's Surrounded by Idiots
Thomas Erikson accepts being called a pop psychology writer
Four personality types may be neither robust nor exhaustive
Spuriouser and spuriouser: The use of ipsative personality tests
Reconsidering the use of personality tests in personnel selection contexts
Using Personality Tests in Pre-Employment Screening
Employment Tests and Selection Procedures 
The Cult of Personality Testing
A history of the early days of personality testing in American industry: an obsession with adjustment  
Psychological Testing in Personnel Selection, Part II: The Refinement of Methods and Standards in Employee Selection
Psychological Testing in Personnel Selection, Part III: The Resurgence of Personality Testing
ACLU Files Discrimination Complaint Against CVS 
Target Corporation to Pay $2.8 Million to Resolve EEOC Discrimination Finding
Personality Tests Are the Astrology of the Office
The $2 Billion Question of Who You Are at Work
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In 1993, a desperate man stumbled into a remote village in the foothills of the Karakoram mountains. After the residents nursed him back to health, he placed his hands on the village elder's shoulders and made a sacred promise. "Somehow," he said, "I am going to get some private jet reimbursements out of this." 
Warning: Contains spoilers for the 2016 film "Arrival." 
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Three Cups of Deceit
“60 Minutes” expose
3000 Cups of Deceit
Books vs Bombs? Humanitarian development and the narrative of terror in Northern Pakistan
Delusional States
Can't Get There From Here
Nobel Prize Nominee’s Charity Wins No Award for Accountability
David Oliver Relin, Adventurous Journalist, Dies at 49
What Mortenson Got Wrong
Three Cups of Tea: The Pakistan and Afghan side
3 Lessons to Learn From Greg Mortenson 
Mortenson returns to Afghanistan
The naive republic of aid: Grassroots exceptionalism in humanitarian memoir
Religious School Enrollment in Pakistan: A Look at the Data
If you build it, will they come?
What Really Works to Improve Learning in Developing Countries?
The madrassa scapegoat
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You know that book your friend recommended? The one that rigorously describes the science of trauma, de-stigmatizes abuse and promotes effective treatments? Well here’s the thing: It doesn't actually do that.
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What the Most Famous Book About Trauma Gets Wrong
Trauma: A Genealogy
Remembering Trauma
Advocates of Research-Supported Treatments for PTSD are Losing 
Tell Me Why It Hurts
‘The Body Keeps the Score’ offers uncertain science
Your Brain Is Not an Onion With a Tiny Reptile Inside  
PTSD and complex PTSD: a review of reviews
What Does It Mean When 38% Forget?
Multiple Identity Enactments and Multiple Personality Disorder: A Sociocognitive Perspective
The Brain Is Adaptive Not Triune
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Peter and Michael discuss "Think And Grow Rich," the 1937 classic written by a lifelong fraudster who finds his final mark: You.
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The Untold Story of Napoleon Hill, the Greatest Self-Help Scammer of All Time
A Lifetime of Riches
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
How a Different America Responded to the Great Depression
The Psychic Scandal
How Trump Turned The Power of Positive Thinking Into Delusion
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