Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Library Thing

Know a man's library, know the man.

For nosey people like me, this app is great.  For example i saw that only two other people had added the book
The Psychology of the Language Learner: Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition (Second Language Acquisition Research) by Zoltan Dörnyei (Paperback - 11 Jan 2006)
I clicked on the link to one of them and found the "ideal" library of Charles Nelson,  assistant professor of ESL writing, Kean University, Union, NJ, USA.


Homepage http://www.kean.edu/~cnelson/

The system tells me that we have four books in common (including Flow)

Clicking on the Flow book brings up ten recommendations (Brilliant) 

http://www.librarything.com/work/13383/5342164

1.Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life (Masterminds Series) by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi


2.Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

3.The Evolving Self by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

4.Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E. P. Seligman

5.Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment by Martin Seligman

6.Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

7.Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman

8.Getting Things Done by David Allen

9.Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials) by Robert B. Cialdini

10.The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt
Here is Charles' library:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/cpn/yourlibrary