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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 65 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Wolfish: The Stories We Tell About Fear, Ferocity and Freedom by Erica Berry
    Wolfish: The Stories We Tell About Fear, Ferocity and Freedom - by Erica Berry

    £10.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781838854638 | ISBN 10: 1838854630

    An original and probing debut work of non-fiction by a brilliant new writer, rooted in her years-long quest to study the cultural legacy of the wolf.  A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 FOR FINANCIAL TIMES, TIME, VULTURE, LIT HUB, GOODREADS, RUM ... more

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  • Cover image of book Hysterical: Exploding the Myth of Gendered Emotions by Pragya Agarwal
    Hysterical: Exploding the Myth of Gendered Emotions - by Pragya Agarwal

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781838853235 | ISBN 10: 1838853235

    An urgent exploration of how the gendering of emotions came about, and what we can do to change these damaging stereotypes, by award-winning behavioural and data scientist Dr Prayga Agarwal.  A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2022: POPULAR SCIENCE ... more

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  • Cover image of book Philosophers on Consciousness: Talking about the Mind by Jack Symes (Editor)
    Philosophers on Consciousness: Talking about the Mind - by Jack Symes (Editor)

    £10.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781350190412 | ISBN 10: 1350190411

    We know, more intimately than anything else, what it's like to undergo a rich world of experiences: agonizing pains, dizzying pleasures, heady rage and existential doubts. But, despite the incredible advances of physical science, it seems that we're ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Empathy Diaries by Sherry Turkle
    The Empathy Diaries - by Sherry Turkle

    £14.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780525560111 | ISBN 10: 0525560114

    Winner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award in Autobiography & Memoir!  “A beautiful book... an instant classic of the genre.” — Dwight Garner, New York Times   • A New York Times Critics’ Top Book of 2021 • A New York Tim ... more

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  • Cover image of book On Connection by Kae Tempest
    On Connection - by Kae Tempest

    £7.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780571370436 | ISBN 10: 0571370438

    Beneath the surface we are all connected...   Drawing on twenty years' experience as a writer and performer, award-winning poet, rapper and storyteller Kae Tempest explores how and why creativity - however we choose to practise it - can cultivate ... more

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  • Cover image of book Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias by Dr Pragya Agarwal
    Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias - by Dr Pragya Agarwal

    £10.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781472971388 | ISBN 10: 1472971388

    For the first time, behavioural and data scientist, activist and writer Dr Pragya Agarwal unravels the way our implicit or 'unintentional' biases affect the way we communicate and perceive the world, how they affect our decision-making, and how they ... more

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  • Cover image of book Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
    Humankind: A Hopeful History - by Rutger Bregman

    £9.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781408898956 | ISBN 10: 1408898950

    It's a belief that unites the left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians. It drives the headlines that surround us and the laws that touch our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Dawkins, the roots of this belief h ... more

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  • Cover image of book Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt
    Biased - by Jennifer Eberhardt

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781786090195 | ISBN 10: 1786090198

    No matter how fair-minded we think we are, we still don't treat people equally. Why not?Every day, unconscious biases affect our visual perception, attention, memory and behaviour in ways that are subtle and very difficult to recognise without in-dep ... more

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  • Cover image of book Yes To Life In Spite of Everything by Viktor E Frankl
    Yes To Life In Spite of Everything - by Viktor E Frankl

    £12.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781846046360 | ISBN 10: 184604636x

    Find hope even in dark times with this rediscovered masterpiece by the 16 million copy bestselling author of Man's Search For Meaning.   Just months after his liberation from Auschwitz renowned psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl delivered a series ... more

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  • Cover image of book Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds by A. K. Benjamin
    Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds - by A. K. Benjamin

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781784709075 | ISBN 10: 1784709077

    Let Me Not Be Mad is an immersive, virtuosic and provocative investigation of madness, love and self-destruction that defies categorisation.   A consulting room with two people in it. One of them is talking, the other is listening. Both of th ... more

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  • Cover image of book I
    I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity - by Robin Ince

    £8.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781786492616 | ISBN 10: 178649261x

    Evening Standard’s the Best Comedy Books of the Year, 2018 Skinny’s Book of the Year, 2018   What better way to understand ourselves than through the eyes of comedians – those who professionally examine our quirks on stage daily? In this ... more

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  • Cover image of book You Are What You Read by Jodie Jackson
    You Are What You Read - by Jodie Jackson

    £8.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781783527229 | ISBN 10: 1783527226

    Why changing your media diet can change the world.   Do you ever get that feeling of overwhelming hopelessness, the moment you switch off the evening news? Do you get sucked into a state of sadness about the world we live in, without any hop ... more

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  • Cover image of book The River of Consciousness by Oliver Sacks
    The River of Consciousness - by Oliver Sacks

    £9.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781447263654 | ISBN 10: 1447263650

    Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the last book he would oversee. The best-selling author of On the Move, Musicophilia, and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Sacks is known for his ill ... more

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  • Cover image of book Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy by Lynne Segal
    Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy - by Lynne Segal

    £9.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786631558 | ISBN 10: 1786631555

    What is the true meaning of happiness? Lynne Segal explores the radical potential of being together.   Why are we so obsessed by the pursuit of happiness? With new ways to measure contentment we are told that we have a right to individual joy. But ... more

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  • Cover image of book Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of Our Gendered Minds by Cordelia Fine
    Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of Our Gendered Minds - by Cordelia Fine

    £8.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781785783180 | ISBN 10: 1785783181

    WINNER OF THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE   Testosterone Rex is the powerful myth that squashes hopes of sex equality by telling us that men and women have evolved different natures. Fixed in an ancestral past that rew ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind by Siri Hustvedt
    A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind - by Siri Hustvedt

    £10.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781473638907 | ISBN 10: 1473638909

    A trailblazing and inspiring collection of essays on art, feminism, neuroscience, psychology by the internationally bestselling novelist Siri Hustvedt.  Internationally acclaimed as a novelist, Siri Hustvedt is also highly regarded as a write ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Off-Modern: Psychology Estranged by Ron Roberts
    The Off-Modern: Psychology Estranged - by Ron Roberts

    £14.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781785355950 | ISBN 10: 1785355953

    Society is undergoing a process of deep change and transformation as the neoliberal order moves into crisis. Contemporary psychology, mired in exceptionalism and individualism, fails to address this broader context and continues with a fragmented red ... more

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  • Cover image of book Shrinking Violets: The Secret Life of Shyness by Joe Moran
    Shrinking Violets: The Secret Life of Shyness - by Joe Moran

    £9.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781781252642 | ISBN 10: 1781252645

    Our success as a species is built on sociability, so shyness in humans should be an anomaly. But it's actually remarkably common - we all know what it's like to cringe in embarrassment, stand tongue-tied at the fringe of an unfamiliar group, or flush ... more

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  • Cover image of book Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control by Kathleen Taylor
    Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control - by Kathleen Taylor

    £10.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780198798330 | ISBN 10: 0198798334

    Throughout history, humans have attempted to influence and control the thoughts of others. Since the word 'brainwashing' was coined in the aftermath of the Korean War, it has become part of the popular culture and been exploited to create sensational ... more

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  • Cover image of book Psychogeography by Will Self, illustrated by Ralph Steadman
    Psychogeography - by Will Self, illustrated by Ralph Steadman

    £20.00   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781408880326 | ISBN 10: 1408880326

    Provocateurs Will Self and Ralph Steadman join forces in this post-millennial meditation on the vexed relationship between psyche and place in a globalised world, bringing together for the first time the very best of their 'Psychogeography' columns f ... more

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  • Cover image of book Shrinking Violets: A Field Guide to Shyness by Joe Moran
    Shrinking Violets: A Field Guide to Shyness - by Joe Moran

    £14.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781781252635 | ISBN 10: 1781252637

    Our success as a species is built on sociability, so shyness in humans should be an anomaly. But it's actually remarkably common - we all know what it's like to cringe in embarrassment, stand tongue-tied at the fringe of an unfamiliar group, or flush ... more

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  • Cover image of book Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships by Eric Berne
    Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships - by Eric Berne

    £8.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780241257470 | ISBN 10: 0241257476

    The bestselling Games People Play is the book that has helped millions of people understand the dynamics of relationships, by psychiatrist Eric Berne.  We all play games. In every encounter with other people we are doing so. The nature of the ... more

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  • Cover image of book Empathy: Why it Matters, and How to Get It by Roman Krznaric
    Empathy: Why it Matters, and How to Get It - by Roman Krznaric

    £8.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781846043857 | ISBN 10: 1846043859

    Influential popular philosopher Roman Krznaric argues our brains are wired for social connection: empathy is at the heart of who we are. It's an essential, transforming quality we must develop for the 21st Century.   Through encounters with ac ... more

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  • Cover image of book Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on it by Ian Leslie
    Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on it - by Ian Leslie

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781782064978 | ISBN 10: 1782064974

    "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious"(Albert Einstein)Everyone is born curious. But only some retain the habits of exploring, learning and discovering as they grow older. Which side of the 'curiosity divide' are you on? In Curio ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks, with an introduction by Will Self
    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat - by Oliver Sacks, with an introduction by Will Self

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781447275404 | ISBN 10: 1447275403

    A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind.  If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know ... more

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  • Cover image of book Psychology: A Very Short Introduction by Gillian Butler and Freda McManus
    Psychology: A Very Short Introduction - by Gillian Butler and Freda McManus

    £7.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780199670420 | ISBN 10: 0199670420

    Psychology is part of everyone's experience: it influences the way we think about everything from education and intelligence, to relationships and emotions, advertising and criminality. People readily behave as amateur psychologists, offering explana ... more

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  • Cover image of book David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
    David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants - by Malcolm Gladwell

    £8.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780241959596 | ISBN 10: 0241959594

    What if everything we thought about power was wrong? What if, in the ancient story of the shepherd boy who topples a giant, David actually had the advantage? This thought sets Malcolm Gladwell on an extraordinary journey that takes him from art to ba ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science by Will Storr
    The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science - by Will Storr

    £10.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780330535861 | ISBN 10: 0330535862

    Why do obviously intelligent people believe things in spite of the evidence against them?  Will Storr has travelled across the world to meet an extraordinary cast of modern heretics in order to answer this question. He goes on a tour of Holocau ... more

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  • Cover image of book Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life by Adam Phillips
    Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life - by Adam Phillips

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780141031811 | ISBN 10: 0141031816

    Missing Out is a meditation on reality and opportunity by Adam Phillips.   We all have two lives - the life we live and the life of our fantasies. But it is the life unlived - the person we have failed to be - that can trouble and even haunt ... more

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  • Cover image of book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can
    Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - by Susan Cain

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780141029191 | ISBN 10: 0141029196

    Our lives are driven by a fact that most of us can't name and don't understand. It defines who our friends and lovers are, which careers we choose, and whether we blush when we're embarrassed.   That fact is whether we're an introvert or an ex ... more

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  • Cover image of book Migraine by Oliver Sacks
    Migraine - by Oliver Sacks

    £9.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780330526142 | ISBN 10: 0330526146

    Migraine is an age-old the first recorded instances date back over two thousand years and often debilitating condition, affecting a substantial minority of the population across the globe. In this book, Oliver Sacks offers at once a medical acc ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Leg to Stand On by Oliver Sacks
    A Leg to Stand On - by Oliver Sacks

    £8.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780330507622 | ISBN 10: 0330507621

    When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position that of patient. The injury itself was severe, but straightforward to fix; the psychological effects, however, were far ... more

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  • Cover image of book An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales by Oliver Sacks
    An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales - by Oliver Sacks

    £9.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780330523608 | ISBN 10: 0330523600

    As with his previous bestseller, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks uses case studies to illustrate the myriad ways in which neurological conditions can affect our sense of self, our experience of the world, and how we relate to tho ... more

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  • Cover image of book Trauma: From Lockerbie to 7/7: How Trauma Affects Our Minds and How We Fight Back by Professor Gordon Turnbull
    Trauma: From Lockerbie to 7/7: How Trauma Affects Our Minds and How We Fight Back - by Professor Gordon Turnbull

    £10.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780552158398 | ISBN 10: 0552158399

    The Ancient Greeks called it 'trauma'. During the First World War it was known as 'shellshock'. Only since Vietnam have we begun to understand the symptoms and causes of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. And to realise that it threatens us all. From vi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Building Happiness, Resilience and Motivation in Adolescents by Ruth MacConville and Tina Rae
    Building Happiness, Resilience and Motivation in Adolescents - by Ruth MacConville and Tina Rae

    £26.95   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781849052610 | ISBN 10: 1849052611

    Positive psychology focuses on building strengths and developing creative and positive thinking in order to boost happiness, well-being and achievement. It helps people to be motivated, maintain positive mental health, and to flourish in all areas of ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Shrink and the Sage: A Guide to Living by Julian Baggini and Antonia Macaro
    The Shrink and the Sage: A Guide to Living - by Julian Baggini and Antonia Macaro

    £9.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781848313774 | ISBN 10: 1848313772

    Should we be happy pessimists?  How much should we care about our appearance?  What should you do before you die?   Philosopher Julian Baggini and therapist Antonia Macaro present their unique brand of self-help with a distin ... more

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  • Cover image of book Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
    Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain - by Oliver Sacks

    £10.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780330523592 | ISBN 10: 0330523597

    Oliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we understand our own minds. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experien ... more

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  • Cover image of book Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths by Alan Carr
    Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths - by Alan Carr

    £36.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780415602365 | ISBN 10: 041560236x

    Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central preoccupation for clinical psychologists. Positive Psychology, in contrast, is concerned with the enhancement of happiness and well-being, involving the scientific study of the role of ... more

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  • Cover image of book Internal Racism: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Race and Difference by M. Fakhry Davids
    Internal Racism: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Race and Difference - by M. Fakhry Davids

    £31.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780333964576 | ISBN 10: 0333964578

    Racism's external forms, from racial assault to petty discrimination, are readily recognized. However, its internal dimensions are easily overlooked: how can we understand what happens in the mind of those engaged in or experiencing racism?  ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Schulz
    The Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error - by Kathryn Schulz

    £9.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781846270741 | ISBN 10: 184627074x

    Being wrong is an inescapable part of being alive. And yet, we go through life tacitly assuming (or loudly insisting) that we are right about nearly everything - from our political beliefs to our private memories, from our grasp of scientific fact to ... more

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  • Cover image of book Confessions of a Conjuror by Derren Brown
    Confessions of a Conjuror - by Derren Brown

    £8.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781905026593 | ISBN 10: 1905026595

    The inside of Derren Brown's head is a strange and mysterious place. Now you can climb inside and wander around. Find out just how Derren's mind works, see what motivates him and discover what made him the weird and wonderful person he is today. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Dummies (2nd edition) by Rhena Branch and Rob Willson
    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Dummies (2nd edition) - by Rhena Branch and Rob Willson

    £15.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780470665411 | ISBN 10: 0470665416

    An updated edition of the bestselling guide on reprogramming one's negative thoughts and behaviour.  Once the province of mental health professionals, CBT (or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) has gained wide acceptance as the treatment of cho ... more

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  • Cover image of book Change Your Life with CBT: How Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Can Transform Your Life by Corinne Sweet
    Change Your Life with CBT: How Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Can Transform Your Life - by Corinne Sweet

    £10.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780273737155 | ISBN 10: 0273737155

    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy has already helped millions of people overcome their issues and move their life forward now it can really help you too.  In this busy, demanding and often stressful modern world, its a struggle to find time to ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Redstone Inkblot Test by Redstone Press
    The Redstone Inkblot Test - by Redstone Press

    £11.95   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781870003643 | ISBN 10: 1870003640

    Inkblots have long proved irresistible to the human imagination. Open to endless interpretation, they satisfy an innate delight in the art of seeing. While The Rorschach Test was used to identify different forms of abnormality The Redstone Inkblot Te ... more

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  • Cover image of book Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World by Barbara Ehrenreich
    Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World - by Barbara Ehrenreich

    £8.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781847081735 | ISBN 10: 1847081738

    This brilliant new book from the author of Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch explores the tyranny of positive thinking, and offers a history of how it came to be the dominant mode in the USA. Ehrenreich conceived of the book when she became i ... more

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  • Cover image of book Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Mind by Daniel Tammet
    Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Mind - by Daniel Tammet

    £10.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780340961339 | ISBN 10: 0340961333

    Daniel's internationally bestselling memoir of living with Asperger`s Syndrome and Savant Syndrome, Born on a Blue Day, established him as one of the most original talents in contemporary non-fiction.  Now, in his new book, Embracing the Wide ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Philosophical Baby: What Children
    The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love and the Meaning of Life - by Alison Gopnik

    £14.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781847921079 | ISBN 10: 1847921078

    For most of us, having a baby is the most profound, intense, and fascinating experience of our lives. Now scientists and philosophers are starting to appreciate babies, too.   The last decade has witnessed a revolution in our understanding of ... more

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  • Cover image of book Money and Soul: The Psychology of Money and the Transformation of Captialism by Per Espen Stoknes
    Money and Soul: The Psychology of Money and the Transformation of Captialism - by Per Espen Stoknes

    £12.95   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781900322461 | ISBN 10: 1900322463

    Many people feel that money and what we perceive as the psyche (or soul) are bitter enemies do we choose money or soul, finance or feelings, markets or common humanity? This book traces the origins of these opposing concepts, and the feelings that ... more

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  • Cover image of book Psychology: A Beginner
    Psychology: A Beginner's Guide - by G. Neil Martin

    £9.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781851686025 | ISBN 10: 1851686029

    Can personality and intelligence be measured? Is being physically attractive an advantage? Is it really better to forgive and forget? How do babies learn to perceive and think? Can listening to Mozart improve IQ? What happens when we slee ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Selfish Capitalist: Origins of Affluenza by Oliver James
    The Selfish Capitalist: Origins of Affluenza - by Oliver James

    £12.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780091924164 | ISBN 10: 0091924162

    In the bestselling Affluenza, world-renowned psychologist Oliver James introduced us to a modern-day virus sweeping through the English-speaking world. He met those suffering from it and demonstrated how their obsessive, envious tendencies made them ... more

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  • Cover image of book Transpeople: Repudiation, Trauma, Healing by Christopher A. Shelley
    Transpeople: Repudiation, Trauma, Healing - by Christopher A. Shelley

    £23.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780802095398 | ISBN 10: 0802095399

    "Christopher A. Shelley's Transpeople displays an impressive amount of research and admirable equanimity in treating different points of view in the fields of trans and queer studies. His interviews with transsexual and transgendered individuals make ... more

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  • Cover image of book Revolution in Psychology: Alienation to Emancipation by Ian Parker
    Revolution in Psychology: Alienation to Emancipation - by Ian Parker

    £26.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780745325354 | ISBN 10: 0745325351

    Psychology is meant to help people cope with the afflictions of modern society. But how useful is it? Ian Parker argues that current psychological practice has become part of the problem, rather than the solution.  Ideal for undergraduates, this ... more

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  • Cover image of book Introducing Psychology: A Graphic Guide by Nigel C. Benson
    Introducing Psychology: A Graphic Guide - by Nigel C. Benson

    £7.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781840468526 | ISBN 10: 1840468521

    What is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with psychiatry and psychotherapy? Is it scientific? Introducing Psychology answers all these intriguing questions and more, explaining what the s ... more

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  • Cover image of book Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown
    Tricks of the Mind - by Derren Brown

    £8.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781905026357 | ISBN 10: 1905026358

    Derren Brown's television and stage performances have entranced and dumbfounded millions. His baffling illusions and stunning set pieces - such as "The Seance", "Russian Roulette" and "The Heist" - have set new standards of what's possible, as well a ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting by Alice Miller, translated by Andrew Jenkins
    The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting - by Alice Miller, translated by Andrew Jenkins

    £11.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780393328639 | ISBN 10: 0393328635

    An examination of childhood trauma and its surreptitious, debilitating effects by one of the world's leading psychoanalysts.  Never before has world-renowned psychoanalyst Alice Miller examined so persuasively the long-range consequences ... more

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  • Cover image of book Peace Psychology: A Comprehensive Introduction by Herbert H. Blumberg, A.Paul Hare and Anna Costin
    Peace Psychology: A Comprehensive Introduction - by Herbert H. Blumberg, A.Paul Hare and Anna Costin

    £44.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780521547857 | ISBN 10: 0521547857

    A comprehensive introduction to the rapidly growing research area of peace psychology. Both a topic in its own right and studied within courses on peace studies, conflict studies and subsidiaries of psychology, international relations and politics, p ... more

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  • Cover image of book Understanding Our Mind by Thich Nhat Hanh
    Understanding Our Mind - by Thich Nhat Hanh

    £15.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781888375305 | ISBN 10: 1888375302

    Understanding Our Mind is an accessible guide for anyone who is curious about the inner workings of the mind. Originally released as Transformation at the Base, a finalist for the 2001 Nautilus Award, this seminal work on Buddhist applied psychology ... more

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  • Cover image of book Buddhist Psychology by Caroline Brazier
    Buddhist Psychology - by Caroline Brazier

    £10.99   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9781841197333 | ISBN 10: 1841197335

    Western therapeutic approaches have tended to lay great emphasis on the individual building up her or his own self-esteem and enhancing a positive sense of self - they encourage looking inward rather than out. Caroline Brazier, a practicing psychothe ... more

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  • Cover image of book Men Who Batter Women by Adam Jukes
    Men Who Batter Women - by Adam Jukes

    £31.99   paperback   (2002) - ISBN 13: 9780415040990 | ISBN 10: 041504099x

    Violence against women in the home is a major social problem. Most published work understandably concentrates on the victims, but this book looks at the perpetrators.   Considering both feminist approaches to male violence and those perspecti ... more

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  • Cover image of book Houdini
    Houdini's Box: On the Arts of Escape - by Adam Philips

    £7.99   paperback   (2002) - ISBN 13: 9780571206650 | ISBN 10: 0571206654

    In his most captivating book to date, Adam Phillips explores mankind's on-going fascination with ideas of escape. Taking as his starting point the life and works of Harry Houdini - 'the greatest magician the world has ever seen' - he considers why so ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker
    The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence - by Gavin de Becker

    £9.99   paperback   (2000) - ISBN 13: 9780747538356 | ISBN 10: 0747538352

    In this empowering book, Gavin de Becker, the man Oprah Winfrey calls the USs leading expert on violent behaviour, shows you how to spot even subtle signs of danger - before it's too late. Shattering the myth that most violent acts are unpredictable ... more

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  • Cover image of book Resolving Childhood Trauma: A Long-term Study of Abuse Survivors by Catherine Cameron
    Resolving Childhood Trauma: A Long-term Study of Abuse Survivors - by Catherine Cameron

    £56.00   paperback   (2000) - ISBN 13: 9780761921295 | ISBN 10: 076192129x

    Can survivors of severe childhood trauma reclaim their lives as adults?  Social psychologist Catherine Cameron addresses this question in a unique 12-year study of adult survivors of sexual abuse. Five successive surveys combine the richness of ... more

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  • Cover image of book Psychological Trauma by Bessel A. van der Kolk
    Psychological Trauma - by Bessel A. van der Kolk

    £62.00   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781585621620 | ISBN 10: 1585621625

    How many of your psychiatric patients have a history of severe physical or psychological abuse or other psychological trauma? These patients often present diagnostic dilemmas, get a variety of diagnoses, and frequently prove difficult-to-treat. They ... more

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  • Cover image of book Traumatic Stress: Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body and Society by Edited by Bessel A. van der Kolk, Alexander C. McFarlane, and Lars Weisaeth
    Traumatic Stress: Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body and Society - by Edited by Bessel A. van der Kolk, Alexander C. McFarlane, and Lars Weisaeth

    £41.99   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781572304574 | ISBN 10: 157230457x

    Now in paperback, this bestselling classic presents seminal theory and research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Together, the leading editors and contributors comprehensively examine how trauma affects an individual's biology, conceptions of ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Mass Psychology of Fascism by Wilhelm Reich
    The Mass Psychology of Fascism - by Wilhelm Reich

    £12.99   paperback   (1997) - ISBN 13: 9780285647015 | ISBN 10: 0285647016

    In this classic study, Reich provides insight into the phenomenon of fascism, which continues to ravage the international community in ways great and small.   Drawing on his medical expereinces with men and women of various classes, races, nat ... more

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