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  Today's publisher's pride is  Understanding the People around You  by Ekaterina Filatova, which reached #137 in psychology of personalities.  Book description: A Groundbreaking Introduction to Socionics—Now in English from the Founder of the Field Understanding the People Around You  by Dr. Ekaterina Filatova is the definitive guide to socionics—the personality type system rooted in Jung’s original theories and expanded by Russian psychologists into a dynamic model of human behavior, cognition, and relationships. Dr. Filatova, widely credited as the mother of modern socionics in Russia, brings her seminal work to English-speaking readers for the first time. With clarity and warmth, she offers a complete, accessible primer to the 16 socion personality types, their traits, and how they interact in real life. Inside you’ll find: – A self-scoring test to help you identify your socion type – Detailed portraits of each of the 16 types, linked to familiar literary an...

    What is a book jewel? A sometimes-overlooked book with remarkable insight and potential significance. Each month, we share near-daily, or as often as possible, reviews of the monthly book jewel - short, succinct reviews that can be read in 1-2 minutes with links to the reviewer by reviewers whose words are worthy of being heard and whose opinions are worthy of being considered. Sometimes a couple of minutes contains more impressive thought than ten times that many. We will let you decide that. This month's book jewel is  The Rose and the Sword  by Dr. Judith Bach and Nanette Hucknall . Description A unique combination of fiction and self-development, this book invites the reader to enter a realm of modern and fantasy tales that stimulate both mind and feelings. Each tale addresses different aspects of the feminine and masculine energies that exist beyond gender and sexual identity in each one of us. At the end of each story is a psychological commentary that prov...

    What is a book jewel? A sometimes-overlooked book with remarkable insight and potential significance. Each month, we share near-daily, or as often as possible, reviews of the monthly book jewel - short, succinct reviews that can be read in 1-2 minutes with links to the reviewer by reviewers whose words are worthy of being heard and whose opinions are worthy of being considered. Sometimes a couple of minutes contains more impressive thought than ten times that many. We will let you decide that. This month's book jewel is  The Rose and the Sword  by Dr. Judith Bach and Nanette Hucknall . Description A unique combination of fiction and self-development, this book invites the reader to enter a realm of modern and fantasy tales that stimulate both mind and feelings. Each tale addresses different aspects of the feminine and masculine energies that exist beyond gender and sexual identity in each one of us. At the end of each story is a psychological commentary that prov...

What is a  book jewel ? A sometimes-overlooked book with remarkable insight and potential significance. Each month, we share near-daily, or as often as possible, reviews of the monthly book jewel - short, succinct reviews that can be read in 1-2 minutes with links to the reviewer by reviewers whose words are worthy of being heard and whose opinions are worthy of being considered. Sometimes a couple of minutes contains more impressive thought than ten times that many. We will let you decide that. This month's book jewel is  Understanding the People around You , a classic by Ekaterina Filatova. Description: This book is a translation and update by the author of her popular Russian-language book on people types. The field of socionics (personality type along the lines of Jung's theories) is fully covered in this book for American readers; the author is one of the leading socionists in Russia/Europe. The examples and discussions are written at a lay level and are meant for the eve...