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Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

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Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

The Scott Peterson murder case is the most gripping and highly publicized crime story of the 21st Century. It has captivated a public hungry for the answer to one question: Why would a man with no known history of violent crime or mental illness, with a pretty wife about to give birth to his son, brutally murder her? To get "inside Peterson's head," the national media turned to forensic psychiatrist Keith Ablow, M.D. His appearances resulted in a deluge of e-mails with most stating that his theories about the spawning of a killer inside Peterson were the first that made sense to them. Members of Scott's and Laci's families have also stated that his comments were the first that helped them understand what happened inside Scott's mind. Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson takes readers into the mind of a killer, including: · How Scott Peterson's empathy for others was shattered by a three generation "blood line" of childhood loss and abandonment · How Peterson came to expertly "imitate" a person, while having no true, core self · Early signs that Peterson was losing his capacity to empathize with others · Why an addiction to sex took root in his psyche · Why Peterson's meeting Amber Frey while his wife was pregnant triggered the "perfect" psychological storm · Clues to Peterson's guilt in his interviews with Gloria Gomez and Diane Sawyer · What Peterson was probably thinking as he listened to testimony in court and received his death sentence Why Peterson could kill again, if released. Using contacts at the FBI, and hiring private investigators and researchers, Keith Ablow delves deeply into Scott Peterson's life story to answer the question: How did an All American boy turn into a ruthless killer? As the nation continues to follow the case this summer, and Peterson awaits appeal on his death sentence, Ablow's extensive psychological profile will be a window on Peterson's soul and the pathological gears turning in his mind.

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Psychopath

A Novel

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

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Psychopath

A Novel

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

Forensic psychiatrist Frank Clevenger returns in this arresting new thriller from bestselling author Keith Ablow. Having achieved celebrity status with his last case, Clevenger is tapped by the FBI to catch an elusive murderer known as the Highway Killer, who has left twelve bodies strewn across twelve states. But the Highway Killer isn't just a serial killer--he's a psychiatrist whose brilliance as a doctor is matched only by his precision as a murderer. When he writes to a national newspaper challenging Clevenger to cure him through an exchange of open letters, a gripping public therapy unfolds. With the Highway Killer's brutality reaching new heights as he confronts his mind's darkest demons, will Clevenger exorcise those demons before they spin completely out of control?

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The Architect

A Novel

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

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The Architect

A Novel

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Frank Clevenger returns with another frightening journey into the mind of a killer ... West Crosse is a stunningly brilliant, strikingly handsome architect with a love of ideal beauty and a commitment to achieving it at any cost. But the rich, powerful families who secretly engage him to design their homes don't know his dark side: Crosse can't stop at designing their dwellings. He needs to make their lives more perfect, too, even if it means a gut rehab of the family, even if the final design takes years to achieve--murdering an abusive spouse, a toxic lover, a predatory business partner or an unwanted child. As Crosse is about to embark on the master work of his creative life, the FBI puts Frank Clevenger on the case, and the ultimate cat and mouse game begins. “Keith Ablow's The Architect is original, well written, and very suspenseful. West Crosse is a complex, unforgettable bad guy.” —James Patterson, New York Times Bestselling author of Cat and Mouse

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1429901136

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Without Mercy

The Shocking True Story of a Doctor Who Murdered

By: Russell Ablow

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Without Mercy

The Shocking True Story of a Doctor Who Murdered

By: Russell Ablow

The New York Times–bestselling psychologist and true crime author examines the twisted mind of a doctor driven to kill time and again. Dr. John Kappler was a well-respected physician in dozens of California hospitals, yet none of his patients ever imagined that his true calling was murder. The horror began the day he secretly attempted to kill three patients—including a pregnant woman who suffered permanent brain damage at his hands. Then, in a driving rampage, Kappler rammed another car, stole it, and used it as a lethal weapon. Yet, incredibly, his fellow doctors bailed him out of jail, and he was soon back on the job. Desperate to satisfy his lust for killing, Kappler plunged a patient into cardiac arrest. Next, he pulled the plug on an unconscious man. Finally, he exploded in a terrifying rage of violence and murder. Pressing the accelerator of his car to the floor, he cut down a promising young doctor and seconds later maimed a toddler’s mom for life. In Without Mercy, Keith Ablow examines Kappler’s many crimes, his eventual murder trial, and his unsuccessful insanity defense.

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1429901179

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Murder Suicide

A Novel

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

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Murder Suicide

A Novel

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

The only forensic psychiatrist writing suspense, Keith Ablow is being hailed as the heir to Thomas Harris. Keith Ablow's novels delve deep into that dark and deadly place that Ablow, one of the nation's leading forensic psychiatrists, knows best: the psyche of a killer. Ablow has explored the catacombs of the criminal mind to find out what makes them tick, and he brings that expertise to his new novel, a chilling and emotionally compelling story of the lengths to which one man will go to leave his own life behind. In Murder Suicide, Ablow and his alter-ego, Dr. Frank Clevenger, return to take on a murder case like no other. John Snow is a brilliant inventor who has made millions from his genius in aeronautics. He has everything a man could desire: wealth, family, even a beautiful mistress. But he also has a brain disease, a rare form of epilepsy, that threatens his most valuable possession -- his mind. Only one doctor may be able to cure it surgically, but at a terrible cost, one that Snow reveals to no one: Snow will have no memory whatsoever of his past - of its emotional entanglements or its secrets. He will be abandoning everyone he has ever known. But the night before he is scheduled to undergo the operation, he is found near the Massachusetts General Hospital, dead of a gunshot wound. Did he commit suicide, as the police suspect - or was he murdered? Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Frank Clevenger delves into Snow's complex past and tortured relationships to unlock the identity of Snow's killer: Was it the wife who can never forgive what he's done to their child and their marriage, the son who loathes him, the beautiful mistress who loves him so deeply but can never have him, or the business partner intent on taking control of his inventions? Only Frank Clevenger can unlock the door to Snow's startling past. And only Keith Ablow can take readers even further into the mind of a killer.

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1429901128

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Compulsion

A Novel

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

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Compulsion

A Novel

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

Dr. Frank Clevenger, a brilliant forensic psychiatrist, is eager to leave the world of the criminally insane behind-until he receives a chilling phone call. Close friend and former colleague North Anderson, now the Chief of Police on the exclusive island of Nantucket, is desperate for help in solving a shocking case: One of the infant twin daughters of billionaire Darwin Bishop has been murdered in her crib at the family's estate. The suspected killer is her adopted brother Billy, and investigators believe that the fugitive teenager has targeted the surviving twin. But as Clevenger maps the Bishop family's psychological layers he uncovers some disturbing revelations that lead him to believe Billy may be innocent. The Bishops are a deeply troubled family. As charming as he is ambitious and cruel, Darwin seems determined to protect his son-but is he actually trying to railroad him? Why does Garret, Bishop's other son, despise his father so intensely? Is beautiful Julia Bishop a mother grieving for her murdered child or a manipulative seductress with a dark secret to hide? As Clevenger fights to protect the innocent and hunt down the guilty, aspects of the case begin to collide with demons from his own past. After a life-threatening attack the forensic psychiatrist knows he must penetrate the killer's psychosis in order to identify him before the Bishop family-and Clevenger himself-become the next victims. Using his mastery of psychiatry, Clevenger lays a trap to reveal the murderer in an unforgettable finale.

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1429901101

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Medical School

Getting In, Staying In, Staying Human

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

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Medical School

Getting In, Staying In, Staying Human

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

Medical School: Getting In, Staying In, Staying Human by Keith Russell Ablow, M.D., is the best basic guide to getting into, and staying in, medical school. *Deciding if medicine is right for you *Planning ahead in high school *College curriculum suggestions *Avoiding "pre-med syndrome" *Preparing for the MCAT (with an update on new sections) *Sidestepping application traps *Sample essays from successful applicants *Interviewing well *Getting financial aid *Information for minority, older, second-time, and foreign applicants *Medical school abroad *Coping in medical school

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1429991968

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Denial

By: Keith R. Ablow,Keith Russell Ablow, MD

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Denial

By: Keith R. Ablow,Keith Russell Ablow, MD

Between pleasure and pain, danger and desire, life and death, there is Denial.

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0312965966

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Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony

A Psychological Portrait

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

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Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony

A Psychological Portrait

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

The trial of twenty-five year old Casey Anthony for the death of her daughter Caylee was the most sensational case in America since O.J. Simpson's—with a verdict every bit as stunning. After being acquitted in July 2011, Ms. Anthony instantly became one of the most infamous women in the world. Dr. Keith Ablow distills tens of thousands of pages of documents he has obtained, his behind-the-camera, one-on one interviews, and his decades of experience in the world of forensic psychiatry to make sense of a woman whose defense attorney described as an innocent victim of childhood sexual abuse, but the state insisted was a cold-blooded murderer. Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony delivers an incisive, riveting way of understanding this troubled young woman.

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1429965932

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A Sum of Destructions

Poems

By: Theodore Russell Weiss

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A Sum of Destructions

Poems

By: Theodore Russell Weiss

In The Garden Beyond, one of the poems in the collection Eve complains to the serpent that Adam is discouraging her "appetite for change." She is convinced God wants her to bite the apple. By the author of A Slow Fuse.

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0807119334

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The Ephemeral Eighteenth Century

Print, Sociability, and the Cultures of Collecting

By: Gillian Russell

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The Ephemeral Eighteenth Century

Print, Sociability, and the Cultures of Collecting

By: Gillian Russell

Often regarded as trivial and disposable, printed ephemera, such as tickets, playbills and handbills, was essential in the development of eighteenth-century culture. In this original study, richly illustrated with examples from across the period, Gillian Russell examines the emergence of the cultural category of printed ephemera, its relationship with forms of sociability, the history of the book, and ideas of what constituted the boundaries of literature and literary value. Russell explores the role of contemporary collectors such as Sarah Sophia Banks in preserving such material, arguing for 'ephemerology' as a distinctive strand of popular antiquarianism. Multi-disciplinary in scope, The Ephemeral Eighteenth Century reveals new perspectives on the history of theatre, the fiction of Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen, and on the history of bibliography, as well as highlighting the continuing relevance of the concept of ephemerality to how we connect through social media today.

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1108803865

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Hypatia: Woman and Knowledge

By: Dora Russell

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Hypatia: Woman and Knowledge

By: Dora Russell

A feature of modern life is that matrimonial quarrels, like modern war, are carried on on a large scale, involving not individuals, nor even small groups of individuals, but both sexes and whole classes of society. In the past, Jason and Medea, neither of them quite an exemplary character, measured their strength against one another as individuals; and, though each voiced the wrongs and the naked brutality of their sex, it did not occur to either to seek in politics or in social reform a solution or a compromise. Jason, indeed, as the reactionary face to face with a turbulent and insurgent female, called to his aid the powers of kingship and the State—to suppress and exile, but not to remedy. Medea, driven mad—like so many able and remarkable women—by the contempt and ingratitude of men as individuals or in the mass, and aware that the law was a mockery where she was concerned, expressed herself in savage protest after the manner of a militant suffragette. While I can open my newspaper to-day and read of mothers desperate with hunger, misery, or rage drowning themselves and their children, I cannot bring myself to look upon Medea as some elemental being from a dark and outrageous past. As for Jason, he never did appear to anybody as other than an ordinary male. During the last twenty or twenty-five years, when women were struggling for their right as citizens to a vote and to a decent education, began what has been called the sex war. No woman would deny that we began it, in the sense that we were rebels against a system of masculine repression which had lasted almost unbroken since the beginning of history. In a similar sense, the proletarian to-day begins the class war. Those who remember the heroic battles of suffrage days know that the sequence of events was as follows: We made our just demands and were met with ridicule. We followed with abuse—all the pent-up anger, misery, and despair of centuries of thwarted instinct and intelligence. Man retaliated with rotten eggs. We replied with smashed windows; he with prison and torture. People forget so readily, that it is well to remember that this was in the immediate past; it is not a nightmare picture of one of those future sex wars with which our modern Jasons delight to terrify the timorous of both sexes. Is there a sex war? There has been. It was a disgraceful exhibition, and would not have come to a truce so soon, but that it was eclipsed by the still more disgraceful exhibition of the European War. In 1918 they bestowed the vote, just as they dropped about a few Dames and M.B.E.’s, as a reward for our services in helping the destruction of our offspring. Had we done it after the fashion of Medea, the logical male would have been angry. They gave the vote to the older women, who were deemed less rebellious. Such is the discipline of patriotism and marriage, as it is understood by most women, that the mother will sacrifice her son with a more resigned devotion than the younger woman brings to the loss of her lover. There may be more in this than discipline. If honesty of thought, speech, and action were made possible for women, it might transpire that on the average a woman’s love for her mate is more compelling than love for her offspring. Maternal instinct—genuine, not simulated—is rarer, but, when found, more enduring.

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Library of Alexandria

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1465583211

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How to Cope with Depression

A Complete Guide for You and Your Family

By: J. Raymond DePaulo,Keith Russell Ablow

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How to Cope with Depression

A Complete Guide for You and Your Family

By: J. Raymond DePaulo,Keith Russell Ablow

Depression can be treated with remarkable results. Here, you will find ground-breaking research and clinical advances in a complete and authoritative guide that includes compelling case histories and concrete examples; practical everyday prescriptions for patients and their families, a look at treatment options, and much more.

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0449219305

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Tact

Aesthetic Liberalism and the Essay Form in Nineteenth-Century Britain

By: David Russell

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Tact

Aesthetic Liberalism and the Essay Form in Nineteenth-Century Britain

By: David Russell

The social practice of tact was an invention of the nineteenth century, a period when Britain was witnessing unprecedented urbanization, industrialization, and population growth. In an era when more and more people lived more closely than ever before with people they knew less and less about, tact was a new mode of feeling one’s way with others in complex modern conditions. In this book, David Russell traces how the essay genre came to exemplify this sensuous new ethic and aesthetic. Russell argues that the essay form provided the resources for the performance of tact in this period and analyzes its techniques in the writings of Charles Lamb, John Stuart Mill, Matthew Arnold, George Eliot, and Walter Pater. He shows how their essays offer grounds for a claim about the relationship among art, education, and human freedom—an “aesthetic liberalism”—not encompassed by traditional political philosophy or in literary criticism. For these writers, tact is not about codes of politeness but about making an art of ordinary encounters with people and objects and evoking the fullest potential in each new encounter. Russell demonstrates how their essays serve as a model for a critical handling of the world that is open to surprises, and from which egalitarian demands for new relationships are made. Offering fresh approaches to thinking about criticism, sociability, politics, and art, Tact concludes by following a legacy of essayistic tact to the practice of British psychoanalysts like D. W. Winnicott and Marion Milner.

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Princeton University Press

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0691196923

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Medical School

Getting In, Staying In, Staying Human

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

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Getting In, Staying In, Staying Human

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Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

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Denial

By: Keith R. Ablow,Keith Russell Ablow, MD

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Denial

By: Keith R. Ablow,Keith Russell Ablow, MD

Between pleasure and pain, danger and desire, life and death, there is Denial.

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The Architect

A Novel

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

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The Architect

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Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony

By: Keith Russell Ablow

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Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony

By: Keith Russell Ablow

From America's #1 forensic psychiatrist, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson and acclaimed contributor to Fox News, comes a fascinating and detailed psychological portrait of Casey Anthony and her family that explores the question, "Why is Caylee Anthony dead?

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Without Mercy

The Shocking True Story of a Doctor Who Murdered

By: Russell Ablow

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The Shocking True Story of a Doctor Who Murdered

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Psychopath

A Novel

By: Keith Russell Ablow, MD

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Denial

A Novel

By: Keith Russell Ablow

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Denial

A Novel

By: Keith Russell Ablow

Dr Frank Klevenger is closer than most to understanding his personal demons. Drugs, drink, gambling, sex - Klevenger is hooked on any quick thrill. When the Marblehead police hire him to assess a schizophrenic tramp, he realizes that this is his last chance to make a success of his career.

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How to Cope with Depression

A Complete Guide for You and Your Family

By: J. Raymond DePaulo,Keith Russell Ablow

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A Complete Guide for You and Your Family

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Projection

A Novel of Terror and Redemption

By: Keith Russell Ablow

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Projection

A Novel of Terror and Redemption

By: Keith Russell Ablow

A ward of murderers and rapists take over a locked unit for the criminally insane, threatening to kill their hostages and refusing to negotiate with anyone except Clevenger. The siege is the brain-child of a plastic surgeon brought to trial with the forensic psychiatrist's help. Clevenger enters the ward, his only weapons psychiatry and luck.

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