Pop Culture and Psychology

To comprehend the Freudian revolution, it is necessary to understand the private as well as the public man. This work, which uses illustrations assembled from family collections, manuscripts, letters and...

Weighing in from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, today's most forward-thinking minds explore the rise of "machines that think." Stephen Hawking recently made headlines by noting, "The development of full...

Has Sigmund Freud been seriously misunderstood? The author of The Uses of Enchantment argues that mistranslation has distorted Freud's work in English and led students to see a system intended...

From the author of the bestselling 'Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind', comes a breakthrough book on the future of learning. The new sciences of brain and mind are revealing that everyone...

Million-selling wellbeing guru and psychiatrist's guide to why our addiction to technology causes us to feel anxious, stressed and lost - and what we can do to take back control....

Why Love Matters explains why love is essential to brain development in the early years of life, particularly to the development of our social and emotional brain systems, and presents...

Researcher Ludwig Janus takes us on a journey through the many ways in which our prenatal and birth experiences may continue to affect our lives. He shows how our two...

An incendiary examination of burnout in millennials - the cultural shifts that got us here, the pressures that sustain it and the need for drastic change An incendiary examination of...

Understanding Your Child's Brain simplifies the neuroscience behind what is going on in a child's brain during the first six years of life to help parents develop the full intellectual...

Despite the wealth of research on infancy, this comprehensive handbook is the first to offer a broad interdisciplinary analysis of the developmental, clinical, and social aspects of infant mental health....

'There are few subjects which need treatment that is at once delicate, thoughtful and brave. Helen Joyce manages all of these things in Trans. Anyone looking to understand this most...

This book contains powerful new insights for the therapist on a full-range of topics from intimacy in couples to fathering to politics to child development to gender issues to negative...

`It is a very impressive book. Its coverage of contemporary discourses of fatherhood is comprehensive. The theoretical stance is one that allows for complexity and fluidity. The authors write well,...

Ever since Freud first unveiled his theories of female psychology arguments have raged - from his contemporaries' denial of "infantile sexuality" to the feminist attacks of today. This reader contains...

From the author of the enormously popular When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends, comes this powerful and groundbreaking examination of the father-daughter relationship and how it sets the...

How to find personal identity in life, from the bestselling author of If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! In a libertating, empowering book, Sheldon Kopp uses...

The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Psychological Ethics is a valuable resource for psychologists and graduate students hoping to further develop their ethical decision making beyond more introductory ethics texts. The...

In this work, a developmental psychologist examines the methods and meanings of children's narratives. Engel explores: the different functions of the storytelling process; the way the storytelling process changes as...

What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In Strangers Drowning , Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment and tells their deeply...

After an absence of several years, Roses long-time client Lynette got in touch. During their session, Lynette explained that shed been feeling off. For sure! This hunch was definitely confirmed,...

We are now experiencing one of the most significant - but not yet fully understood - revolutions in human life: the dramatic rise in life expectancy. This revolution does not...

A light-hearted look at the pleasures and pitfalls of sitting on a committee. de-mystifies committee dynamics and procedures, offers diagnoses and examines a range of remedies and survival strategies. It...

Janice Raymond offers a vision of female friendship that is as exhilarating as it is controversial. In this feminist classic, she explores the many manifestations of friendship between women, including...

Of interest to ages 15 years and up and especially appropriate for use in secondary and undergraduate studies, this unique book does not try to define leadership, but instead encourages...

Here is an amusing collection of ingenious mnemonics devised to help us learn and understand hundreds of important facts that we used to know as children, but have since forgotten....

A "gifted and tireless mathematical communicator" (Financial Times) shows why math is the ultimate timesaver--and how everyone can make their lives easier with a few simple shortcuts. Success isn't about...

As seen in the HBO docuseries THE VOW: A jaw-dropping insider look into the world of the so-called "Hollywood Sex Cult" NXIVM chronicling the rise of enigmatic cult leader, Keith...

For anyone interested in exploring the new methodologies and approaches to sexuality - currently a subject of vital interest - this book provides more than just a forum for the...

The field of human sexuality has been neglected in social research. In the 1950s, the Kinsey Institute pioneered the first surveys of American sexuality, but nothing comparable has since been...

Buckle up, folks. It's time to jump in, embrace your inner self, and release the things that are holding you back from wholeness. Enter the Millenneagram. The Enneagram is an...

A COSMOPOLITAN BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF 2022 The Lonely Hunter explores the rise of singledom, the realities of loneliness, and whether it is possible to live contentedly alone. "So what's...

Wayne Berry is convinced that, to achieve the most desirable result when we are negotiating, our behaviour should be counter instinctive and based on the quality of relationships. In this...

From a foremost expert on the science of emotions, a ground-breaking exploration into the history, psychology and meaning of awe Social psychologist Dacher Keltner has spent his career speaking to...

A riveting, revelatory account of how the climate emergency is changing us from the inside out It is now inarguable that climate change threatens the future of life on Earth....

When Vivek Murthy accepted the role of Surgeon General under Obama, he thought his main focus would be tackling the opioid crisis and obesity. Instead, he discovered a much larger...

A compassionate, funny and beautifully written exploration of contemporary womanhood - the book may have 'panic' in the title, but Nell's words calmed and soothed me deeply.' - Daisy Buchanan...

One of the seminal texts on child development, which continues to influence contemporary ideas on parenting D. W. Winnicott was one of the most influential figures in child psychiatry. In...

A leading therapist shares memorable patient stories to explore the key crises in life and what we can learn from them. In this Sunday Times bestseller, acclaimed psychotherapist Julia Samuel...

A heartbreaking, hilarious coming-of-age story from the voice of a generation, hailed as a new literary classic Thirteen-year-old Byron needs to get away, and doesn't care how. Sick of being...