Books by Jim Robbins and Complete Book Reviews
Les Fehmi, Author, Jim Robbins, Author . Shambhala/Trumpeter $22.95 (192p) ISBN 978-1-59030-376-4
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longtime clinician and researcher in biofeedback, Fehmi (with the assistance of science writer Robbins, author of A Symphony in the Brain
) advances his program for learning to relieve stress by attaining what he calls open focus—a more...
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Jim Robbins, Author Atlantic Monthly Press $24 (256p) ISBN 978-0-87113-807-1
If you thought biofeedback was a passing fad, freelance journalist Robbins will enlighten you. Far from a 1970s fringe treatment, neurofeedback (as it has been renamed) is being used to treat everything from autism and fetal alcohol syndrome to...
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Jim Robbins, Author William Morrow & Company $23 (285p) ISBN 978-0-688-11178-6
How can the miners, loggers and ranchers of the Old West come to terms with the New West's tourists, real-estate agents and environmentalists? Robbins, a journalist who writes for the New York Times and Smithsonian magazine, examines critical issues
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Jim Robbins. Random/Spiegel & Grau, $25 (256p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6906-4
In this scattered environmental call to action, New York Times science writer Robbins examines the “quiet crisis” of the loss of the world’s trees through the lens of Michigan tree farmer David Milarch and his champion tree project. “Champion” trees
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Jim Robbins. Spiegel & Grau, $28 (320p) ISBN 978-0-8129-9353-0
In this deeply felt and well-supported argument for avians’ value to humankind, science writer Robbins (The Man Who Planted Trees) hits the full trifecta for engrossing and satisfying nature writing. He displays a personal involvement with and “soul-
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