Second-hand Books

The book demonstrates how even master therapists struggle with their own difficult cases and thorny professional challenges. Told through the narratives of their most stunning failures, two dozen of the...

This greatly anticipated update of The Oral History Reader is a comprehensive, international anthology of major, 'classic' articles and cutting-edge pieces on the theory, method and use of oral history....

In ost Angels , Vicky Lebeau re-reads Freudian theories of femininity to develop a remarkable contribution to spectatorship theory. Lebeau discusses Freud's distinctive preoccupations with female fantasy and femininity -...

While professional training in psychotherapy and counselling vary considerably in the attention they pay to assessment, courses, conferences and workshops devoted to the subject are attracting an audience eager for...

Literature is recognized as having significantly influenced the development of modern psychoanalytic thought. In recent years, psychoanalysis has drawn increasingly on the literary and artistic traditions of Western culture, and...

About Children and Children-no-longer is the long awaited collection of Paula Heimann's published and unpublished papers. From the published work it includes the seminal paper 'On Countertransference' (1950); 'Dynamics and...

On Learning from the Patient is concerned with the potential for psychoanalytic thinking to become self-perpetuating. Patrick Casement explores afresh the dynamics of the helping relationship - learning to recognize...

Women are usually more in touch with their emotions than men and more readily seek help from professional sources when they encounter stress. The response they meet from doctors and...

In a uniquely skewed look at the purpose and function of a book', Keri Smith offers an illustrated guide that asks readers to creatively examine all the different ways in...

Artists and scientists analyse the world around them in surprisingly similar ways - by observing, collecting, documenting, analysing and comparing. In this captivating guided journal, readers are encouraged to explore...

Remember when you used to be that girl who just moved through the motions-attended the parties, hung on to the toxic friendships, went to the mundane job (just for the...

The most trusted anthology for complete works, balanced selections, and helpful editorial apparatus. The Norton Anthology of American Literature , Shorter Eighth Edition, features a diverse and balanced variety of...

The most trusted anthology for complete works, balanced selections, and helpful editorial apparatus. The Norton Anthology of American Literature , Shorter Eighth Edition, features a diverse and balanced variety of...

The Norton Reader has introduced millions of writing students to the essay as a genre. First published in 1965, it is still the best-selling thematic reader--and the only thematic reader...

Said Sayrafiezadeh has been hailed by Philip Gourevitch as "a masterful storyteller working from deep in the American grain." His new collection of stories-some of which have appeared in The...

From the internationally acclaimed Czech writer Karel Capek comes this beautifully written and marvelously apt account of the trials and tribulations of the gardener's life. First published in Prague in...

Thirteen-year-old Bina has a long summer ahead of her. She and her best friend, Austin, usually do everything together, but he's off to soccer camp for a month, and he's...

Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990) rose from childhood stardom on the vaudeville stage to become one of the most famous African-American entertainers of the 1950s and 1960s (and the only black...

Inspired by stories from One Thousand and One Nights , The Stardust Thief weaves the gripping tale of a legendary smuggler, a cowardly prince and a dangerous quest across the...

For gauche young apprentice Milos Hrma, life at the small but strategic railway station in Bohemia in 1945 is full of complex preoccupations. There is the exacting business of dispatching...

For fans of Reni Eddo-Lodge, Laurie Penny and Laura Bates, HOW TO START A REVOLUTION is an examination of fourth wave feminism and political youth culture. It is also a...

"A lively story as delectable as a five-pound box of chocolates . . . a thoroughly engaging chronicle of friendship and the substantive place it holds in women's lives."-Anne D....

Despite her broken heart, when Dilly Gently joins Magnus Olensen's new band, the chemistry between them is explosive. Both impossibly romantic dizzy blondes with the souls of poets, they could...

This is the story of an ordinary woman whose grief - and love - for her only son compelled her to do something extraordinary. When Margaret Davis's beloved son Steven...

Saving and restoring old artefacts and architectural features from condemned buildings is the fastest-growing area of the antiques trade: there are four times as many architectural salvage companies today as...

The fourth book in the "Time Quest" series. Each book focuses on a dramatic recent historical event. In words and pictures, the explorer, scientist or archaeologist responsible for the discovery...

Much Ado About Nothing, as part of the Macmillan Modern Shakespeare Series, is a large-format illustrated text which is an ideal and easy introduction to Shakespeares plays. Comprehensive notes appear...

The story of Octave, one of the new Masters of the Universe. Octave seems to have everything going for him: a good mind, a great job in advertising, a lavish...

Manchester United scooping the treble, Schumacher barging Hill off the track, Tyson chewing Holyfield, England being beaten on penalties by just about everyone, name a defining sporting moment of the...

The story of three generations of women - grandmother, mother and daughter - narrated from their separate perspectives, and showing the complex relationships that exist between them

When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm--and...

What will you choose to be? A free spirit? A weaver of words? A star dancing across the night sky? A limitless galaxy? The possibilities are endless in this uplifting...

From Pete Souza, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait , comes a potent commentary on the Presidency -- and our country. As Chief Official...

Guided by the fastidious journals of an eminent Victorian adventurer by the name of Lord Dufferin, Time Moore sets off to prove his mettle in the most stunningly inhospitable place...

For anyone who feels like they'll never live the life they dream of living, let social media sensation and entrepreneur Gabriel Conte be an inspiration to you: The life you...

"In The New Traditional, Darryl Carter laid out the principles of his widely recognized and beloved design aesthetic, which balances individual comfort with a subtle color palette to achieve serene...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the bestselling author of The Flight Attendant , here is a sweeping historical love story that probes the depths of love, family, and secrets amid the...

Depression in new mothers is very common, but it is often not simply a case of "the baby blues". Most mothers are suffering from general depressive disorders related to their...