Jamison, Kay Redfield, Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide, Vintage, 2000.

Jamison, a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University who once contemplated her own suicide, provides insight into the mind of those who consider or commit suicide.

Kolanad, Gitanjali, Culture Shock! India, Time Books International, 2003.

Vazirani went through her own version of cultural shock in the United States. This book is a guide to the culture and etiquette of the various regions of India.

Oliver, Mary, A Poetry Handbook, Harcourt, 1995.

Oliver, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, provides insider information on how to write poetry. She never says that writing poetry is easy, but she equips students with poetic tools and insights.

Yapko, Michael D., Breaking the Patterns of Depression, Main Street Books, 1998.

Yapko, a clinical psychologist and expert on depression, articulates the clinical definitions of depression in accessible language and offers...