Recommended Books, Etc.

Communication

Language in Thought and Action by S.I. Hayakawa

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Human Nature

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer

The Way We Are by Allen Wheelis

Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John Gray

Miscellaneous

Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson

Quantum Psychology: How Brain Software Programs You and Your World by Robert Anton Wilson

Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard

Persuasion

Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive by Cialdini, Goldstein and Martin

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini

Covert Persuasion: Psychological Tactics and Tricks to Win the Game by Kevin Hogan

Persuasion: The Art of Getting What You Want by Dave Lakhani

Thank You for Arguing by Jay Heinrichs

Psychology

The Corruption of Reality by John Schumaker

Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram

The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker

Success

The Superman Syndrome: The Magic of Myth in The Pursuit of Power by Gene Landrum

The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene

Sex Money Kiss by Gene Simmons