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Feeling 'Blah'?: Why Life Feels Joyless and How to Recapture Its Highs
How much do you enjoy your life?Does life feel dull? A bit grey?Do you feel as if your emotions have flatlined?This is anhedonia - a word only a few of...
Why Our Minds Wander: Understand the Science and Learn How to [...]
We all daydream; we've all experienced that moment when we suddenly realise that instead of paying attention in a meeting or reading a book, our mind has wandered. In that...
Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn
'Sarma's book may be the most important work on education written this century' - SkepticAs the head of Open Learning at MIT, Sanjay Sarma has a daunting job description: to...
I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This: 18 Assurances on Grief
'Truly the best and most insightful book about grief I have ever read' Joanna Cannon'Beautiful, heart-breaking and yet overwhelmingly hopeful' Mike GayleGrief is universal, but it's also as unique to...
Look Again: The Power of Noticing What was Always There
For fans of Thinking, Fast and Slow and The Power of Habit, a groundbreaking new study of how disrupting our well-worn routines, both good and bad, can rejuvenate our days...
I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This: 18 Assurances on Grief
'Truly the best and most insightful book about grief I have ever read' Joanna Cannon'Beautiful, heart-breaking and yet overwhelmingly hopeful' Mike GayleGrief is universal, but it's also as unique to...
Paranoia: A Journey Into Extreme Mistrust and Anxiety
'A TRULY IMPORTANT BOOK' JOHN HUMPHRYS'FASCINATING... SHOCKING' SPECTATORWhat is paranoia? What makes us mistrustful? How can this be overcome? Daniel Freeman, Professor of Psychology at Oxford, has spent thirty years...
The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer
New York Times BestsellerBestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers-athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and more-who have changed our definition of the possible,...
Kant's Empirical Psychology
Throughout his life, Kant was concerned with questions about empirical psychology. He aimed to develop an empirical account of human beings, and his lectures and writings on the topic are...
On Behalf of Others: The Psychology of Care in a Global World
This book offers both a theoretical and empirical discussion of the psychology of ethics and care in a global world. Theoretically, the book seeks to problematize the concept of globalization,...
The First Serious Optimist: A. C. Pigou and the Birth of Welfare Economics
A groundbreaking intellectual biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential economists The First Serious Optimist is an intellectual biography of the British economist A. C. Pigou (1877-1959), a...
Aggression in the Sports World: A social psychological perspective
They are familiar scenes: sports fans turning on each other in acts of violence, and mobs of sports fans flooding onto the field or out into the streets. Is there...
If I Survive You
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE'Dazzling' GUARDIAN'Blistering' THE TIMES'A delight' DIANA EVANS'Fiction written at the highest level' ANN PATCHETT'Hilarious, revelatory' MARLON JAMES An electrifying, hilarious and deeply moving tragicomic debut...
Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind
'Trippy, incisive, riotously funny' ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN'[An] insightfully nightmarish parable ' HALLE BUTLER'A stunner' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH'Luminous ... as if George Saunders infiltrated the Severance writers' room' WASHINGTON POST A work...
Foolproof: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity
Winner of British Psychological Society Best Book Prize (Popular Science) 2023Nature's Top 10 Books of 2023A Financial Times Book of the Year 2023 A Waterstones Book of the Year for...
A Brain for Numbers: The Biology of the Number Instinct
How our intuitive understanding of numbers is deeply rooted in our biology, traceable through both evolution and development.Humans' understanding of numbers is intuitive. Infants are able to estimate and calculate...
The Boundaries of Desire: A Century of Good Sex, Bad Laws, and Changing Identities
Author: Eric BerkowitzFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 228mm, 304 pagesPublished: Counterpoint, United States, 2015The act of reproduction, and its variants, never change much, but our ideas about the meaning of sex...
Plato on Pleasure and the Good Life
Author: Daniel Russell (Wichita State University, Kansas)Format: Hardback, 163mm x 242mm, 585g, 284 pagesPublished: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, 2005Daniel Russell examines Plato's subtle and insightful analysis of pleasure and...
Hanger Management: Master Your Hunger and Improve Your Mood, Mind, and Relationships
Author: Susan Albers, Psy.D. Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 It happens to all of us. One minute you're happily going about your day and a few seconds later you're...
Dare to Change Your Life
Author: Lawrence Okolie Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 An essential and refreshing personal development book for all of us to champion to create better representation for diverse role models....
Who Are You? Test Your Personality
With 50 IQ, 40 Personality, and 50 EQ tests, you'll discover every facet of yourself in this book of quizzes. WHO ARE YOU? TEST YOUR PERSONALITY is perfect for a...
What Makes Us Smart: The Computational Logic of Human Cognition
Author: Samuel J. Gershman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 How a computational framework can account for the successes and failures of human cognition At the heart of human intelligence...
Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World
Why are some things cute, and others not? What happens to our brains when we see something cute? And how did cuteness go global, from Hello Kitty to Disney characters?Cuteness...
A Love That Kills: Stories of Forensic Psychology and Female Violence
Author: Anna Motz Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Anna Motz is one of the most internationally acclaimed forensic psychotherapists at work today. For more than three decades she has...
All In The Mind: the new book from the popular ABC radio program and podcast
Author: Lynne Malcolm Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Inspiring and transformational stories from the forefront of brain science -- from the popular ABC Radio National program and podcast Understanding...
What I Wish I'd Known When I Was Young: The Art and Science of Growing Up
Author: Rachel Sylvester Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A superb study ... brilliant stories, hilarious observations and jaw dropping revelations about so many figures in public life we thought...
Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture
Author: Alice Sherwood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'Wide-ranging, witty and fresh ... a stimulating read. Authentic fun' Tim Harford, Financial Times Best Summer Books 2022 'Brilliantly witty, profoundly...
The Dragonfly in the Haze: A Being Human guide to creating meaningful connection
A specialist in human psychology explores our increasing disconnection with the physical world, and its impact on leading a meaningful life.Meet Walter. Walter is waiting on some important news, but...
The Divorce Surgery: The Art of Untying the Knot
The good divorce guide. Separating, or contemplating divorce, can feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders. But know this: it is going to be OK. In...
The Story of Your Dog: From Renowned Expert Dog Trainer and Host of Lucky Dog: Reunions
Author: Brandon McMillan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 GET TO KNOW YOUR DOG. Renowned expert dog trainer and bestselling author of Lucky Dog Lessons Brandon McMillan unpacks the unique...
Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture
Author: Alice Sherwood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'Wide-ranging, witty and fresh ... a stimulating read. Authentic fun' Tim Harford, Financial Times Best Summer Books 2022 'Brilliantly witty, profoundly...
The Being Human Collection
Author: Dr Carrie Hayward Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 120 Written by a specialist in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, the Being Human series features four narratives that delve into the...
Why We Do the Things We Do: Psychology in a Nutshell
Author: Joel Levy (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Can you really tell a criminal by the bumps on his head? What does a memory look like? Can a...
The Body Language of Love
Author: Allan Pease Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 Authors of multi-million-copy-selling THE DEFINITIVE BOOK OF BODY LANGUAGE reveal all you need to know about the body language of love....
When Happiness Is Not Enough: Balancing Pleasure and Achievement in Your Life
Author: Chris Skellett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Everybody wants to be happy. But do we really know what 'happiness' is and how it contributes to a fulfilling life?...
The Creative SEED: How to enrich your life through creativity: Volume 6
Author: Lilian Wissink Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 200 Skills, Experimentation, Evaluation and Discovery: SEED - an original approach to empower beginners and established creators to clearly understand the nature...
Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don't Exist)
Author: Sarah Chaney Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Before the nineteenth century, the term normal was rarely ever associated with human behaviour. Normal was a term used in maths,...
The Secret Life Of Secrets: How Our Inner Worlds Shape Well-being, Relationships, and Who We Are
Author: Michael Slepian Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'If you've ever wondered why we keep secrets and what motivates us to spill them, look no further' Adam Grant, #1...
Pathways: Your journey to emotional wellbeing
Author: Katie Colombus Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Everyone has moments when the noise and activity of daily life mean it's hard to see the wood for the trees....
The Natural Health Service: How Nature Can Mend Your Mind
Author: Isabel Hardman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 In 2016, Isabel Hardman's mind, in her own words, 'stopped working' as she fell prey to severe depression and anxiety. She...
How to Be Your Own Therapist: Boost your mood and reduce your anxiety in 10 minutes a day
Author: Owen O'Kane Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Smart, short techniques throughout the day can form a healthier perspective 'Truly empowering - a book for everyone. It will help...
Inside Job: Treating Murderers and Sex Offenders. The Life of a Prison Psychologist.
Author: Dr Rebecca Myers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 And here I am. Totally alone in a cell with a convicted sex offender who is free to do what...
Badass Habits: Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick
Author: Jen Sincero Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 New York Times best-selling author Jen Sincero gets to the core of transformation: habits - breaking, making, understanding, and sticking with...
Calming Your Child: De-escalating Tantrums, Anxiety, Aggression, and Other Challenging Behaviors
Author: Dame Sue Bagshaw Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 It's time for school, and your child refuses to put on her clothes. You can sense her anxiety and the...
The How Of Happiness: A Practical Guide to Getting The Life You Want
Author: Sonja Lyubomirsky Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 The key tenet of THE HOW OF HAPPINESS is that every human being has a happiness 'set point' which, depending on...
The Village Effect: Why Face-to-face Contact Matters
Author: Susan Pinker (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Marrying the findings of the new field of social neuroscience together with gripping human stories, award-winning author and psychologist Susan...
Pathways: Your journey to emotional wellbeing
Author: Katie Colombus Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Everyone has moments when the noise and activity of daily life mean it's hard to see the wood for the trees....
How to Build a Human: What Science Knows About Childhood
Author: Emma Byrne Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Looking after children can be overwhelming, especially when a lot of people say they have the 'right' answer. But what if,...