“Ask Dr Neuman” Advice Column
By: Dr. Fredric Neuman “Superpowers” is a very funny, but serious account of a responsible, perhaps too responsible, young man growing up abruptly over a period of a few weeks. Chipper’s mother died on a Sunday. He was admitted to the hospital the following Tuesday...
By: Dr. Fredric Neuman “Come One, Come All” is a locked-room murder mystery, and a take-off on locked-room murder mysteries. It is a comic novel, but realistic. Abe Redden, the narrator, is a young psychiatrist who was widowed three years ago. He is, consequently,...
Don't despair! Failing at a previous diet and exercise regimen does not mean you are doomed to fail in the future. There was never much chance in the first place that the usual programs would work. And something can be learned from failure. The approach described in...
Based on twenty-five years of experience, Dr. Neuman's effective self-help program establishes ten principles of exposure therapy, explains in reassuring terms the eight states of recovery, and discusses detailed case histories. Purchase Fighting Fear here...
The story of “The Wicked Son” up to this point: Dr. Aster and his friends, Pinzle, and Lila, Princess of the Arrid Wastes, search for three wise men to open the book the Universe Of Knowledge. A great chasm is opening up and threatening to engulf the world, unless...
The wicked son of the Passover service asks what the service means to the other congregants. Because the question itself implies that he is not part of the group, he is told that had he been in Egypt during the exodus, the Lord would not have saved him. This book is...
A gang of goofballs engage in all sorts of mischief in Neuman’s (Come One, Come All, 2011, etc.)high-concept, lowbrow literary comic act.The hulking, somewhat unintelligent Detroit Tom leads a cast of misfit youngsters through a number ofamusing capers designed to...
We live in worrisome times. Perhaps chief among these worries is a concern about health. Newly discovered diseases, ranging from Legionnaires' disease and Lyme disease all the way to AIDS, are reported regularly in the press. At the same time, expensive new...
“Excellent… for families and professionals. It is a great achievement -a combination of caring, love and respect for the emotionally disturbed… Direct, honest, understandable.”-Esther A. Schisa, R.N.Former Assistant Commissioner of Health for Nursing for Westchester,...
Do you or someone you know fear: flying? enclosed places? speaking aloud? bridges? other phobias? If you do, Rising Above Fear can help! For the millions of people who face phobia problems every day, reassuring advice and help are at hand in Rising Above Fear: Healing...
“… a spy novel, sort of. But Fredric Neuman’s “Maneuvers” is primarily a very funny yet altogether serious book about the insanity of war – even in peacetime… there is enough to keep us smiling – and sometimes laughing out loud-throughout.”~ The New York Times Book...
“… Well organized and even classically plotted, with a locked-room mystery. It is a neat puzzle, with some especially authentic backgrounds. One wonders how much autobiography is in it. The figure of Dr. Redden is unusually well-drawn.”~ The New York Times “This...