Pop Culture and Psychology

'Thoughtful, lucid and blessedly free of therapese . . . Weber's book is a powerful snapshot into the little bombs going off in the lives and homes of those around...

In The Wild Remedy, Emma Mitchell's deeply personal account of her interactions with nature and its healing properties, she recorded, month by month, a year of her nature finds and...

Selected as a best book of 2017 by Forbes, The Times, Huffington Post, Bloomberg, Greater Good Magazine, Stanford Business School and more.'A timely, intriguing book' Adam Grant, New York Times...

You may never now become a rock star or regain the waist size you had at 18. You have taken a sudden interest in bleeding your radiators and figuring out...

An interactive workbook for parents and children from the author of the best-selling titles Don't Worry, Be Happy: A Child's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety and My Feelings and Me -...

How many people are walking through the world convinced that they have to settle?     How many people are being treated badly because they think they don't tick desirable...

New York Times bestselling author and retired US Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills, who has nearly a decade of experience coaching others to overcome adversity, shares strategies for healing and...

From uncertainty and risk to ambiguity, emotion and non-verbal behaviour, life can be like a game of poker. So approach it like one, with every day critical thinking.In The Truth...

It was my job to look and look and never look away, until I had captured every part of the scene, until I had told the story of those last...

Ambition-the want, the hunger, the need to achieve-is woven into America's fabric from the first colonization to capitalism. From our first gold star assignment to acceptance at the "right" college...

If you're like most people, you probably believe that your identity is stable. But in fact, your identity is constantly changing - often outside your conscious awareness and sometimes even...

Like Sarah Bakewell's How to Live and Andrea Wulf's Magnificent Rebels, Mortal Secrets is a lively and accessible portrait of a major figure - Sigmund Freud - and the unprecedented...

The meaning of consciousness, the mechanics of the mind and otherworldly transition or disrupted states - such as trance, sleep-walking, amnesia and locked-in syndrome - are perennially fascinating issues. The...

Uncover the chilling true stories behind some of history's most monstrous murderers.Ian Brady and Myra Hindley Ted Bundy, Harold Shipman - these notorious names represent the worst of humanity, men...

Uncover the chilling true stories behind some of history's most monstrous murderers.Ian Brady and Myra Hindley Ted Bundy, Harold Shipman - these notorious names represent the worst of humanity, men...

Artificial intelligence is about to amplify the most primitive version of who we are, and spit it back at us for entertainment and profit. That's the warning from award-winning technology...

Cynicism is making us sick; Stanford psychologist Dr Jamil Zaki has the cure - a 'ray of light for dark days' (Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author).For thousands...

We all hear voices. Ordinary thinking is often a kind of conversation, filling our heads with speech: the voices of reason, of memory, of self-encouragement and rebuke, the inner dialogue...

'A brilliant and important book ... Five Stars!' Mark Dolan, talkRADIO'An important new book' Daily Express An alternative history of the world that exposes some of the biggest lies ever...

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...

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...

'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...

Author: Henry Clay SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: McGraw-Hill, 1966Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSensitivity to People is a thoughtful exploration of interpersonal relationships and the importance of empathy in...

Author: Wilhelm Stekel; Emil Gutheil (transl.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Peter Nevill, 1950Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner A comprehensive exploration of the psychological themes of compulsion and doubt, this...

Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our...

Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our...

'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...

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Author: Donald Powell WilsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1952, Third ImpressionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsMy Six Convicts is a personal account by psychologist Donald Powell Wilson, detailing...

Author: Arthur JanovBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, 1972, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerExplore the depths of human psychology with 'The Primal Revolution Toward...

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...

'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...

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...

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...

Author: Frank Joseph Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 A collection of investigations into strange and mysterious phenomena from around the world * Explores ancient and modern sacred sites, places...

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Author: Charles Waldegrave; Kiwi Tamasese; Flora Tuhaka; Warihi CampbellBinding: SoftbackPublished: Dulwich Centre Publications, 2003Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book is a compilation of papers by...

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Author: Rose WylieFormat: Hardback, 248mm x 330mm, 1830g, 196 pagesPublished: David Zwirner, United States, 2023"Wylie fearlessly tackles the thorniest topics head-on, committing her thoughts and questions about politics, religion, fame,...

Author: Thurstan ReddingFormat: Hardback, 250mm x 280mm, 1060g, 144 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023In this bold, surreal photographic celebration of the fantastical beauty of cosplay, 70 cosplayers...

Author: Michael HorshamFormat: Hardback, 165mm x 240mm, 860g, 232 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022A kaleidoscopic journey tracing the methods and means of visual communication from the cave...

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Author: DeForrest Brown Jr.Format: Paperback, 170mm x 240mm, 780g, 300 pagesPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2022As a worldwide phenomenon, techno has not only influenced music history, but also contemporary culture. Its...

Author: Glyn MorganFormat: Hardback, 210mm x 245mm, 1420g, 288 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022A compelling, fully illustrated account of the worldwide phenomenon of science fiction as depicted...

Author: Paul GormanFormat: Hardback, 153mm x 234mm, 900g, 384 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022A raucous yet reflective look back at the evolution of the music press and...