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Peter Alan Olsson MD is a retired psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. His published books are Malignant Pied Pipers : From the Rev. Jim Jones to Osama Bin Laden; The Cult of Osama: Psychoanalyzing Bin Laden and His Magnetism for Muslim Youths, If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Advice to a Young Psychotherapist, Poems Behind a Psychiatrist’s Couch, A Psychotherapist's Sanctuaries from Soul Sadness, Of Heart and Mind: A Psychiatrist's Poems, Donald Trump's Dominant Mind, Tragic Flaw and Psychological Blind Spot, Resilience: Successful Psychotherapies, Wandering Selves: Short Stories, The Trojan Horse President: Observations About Barack Obama's Personality, Leadership and Politics with Lawrence F. Messner, The Big Bang Trilogy and Beyond: A Theolog ...more

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	Malignant Pied Pipers of Our Time: A Psychological Study of Destructive Cult Leaders from Rev. Jim Jones to Osama Bin Laden 3.60 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making of a Homegrown Terrorist: Brainwashing Rebels in Search of a Cause 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Boyish God it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Janusian Days: Memoirs of an Almost-Old Psychiatrist it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cult of Osama: Psychoanalyzing Bin Laden and His Magnetism for Muslim Youths really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Poems Behind a Psychiatrist's Couch 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Psychotherapist's Sanctuaries from Soul-Sadness 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Houston's Homegrown Terror 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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THE ASSUMPTIONS AND MEDITATIONS BEHIND MY BOOK---THE BIG BANG TRILIOGY AND BEYOND: A Political Theological Fantasy Peter A. Olsson One evening I was struck with the images that introduce the popular and playful TV show The Big Bang Theory. The rapidly ...more
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