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The Interpretation of Dreams
by Sigmund Freud
Freud's Revolutionary Theory: This ground-breaking work, which Freud considered his most valuable, forever changed the way we think. Now, in this definitive and bestselling translation by James Strachey, Freud's timeless exploration of the unconscious through the dream world is clearly and precisely rendered. Including dozens of case histories and detailed analyses of actual dreams, The Interpretation of Dreams ... (more)
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The Interpretation of Murder
by Jed Rubenfeld
In this ingenious, suspenseful historical thriller, Sigmund Freud is drawn into the mind of a sadistic killer who is savagely attacking Manhattan’s wealthiest heiresses Inspired by Sigmund Freud’s only visit to America, The Interpretation of Murder is an intricate tale of murder and the mind’s most dangerous mysteries. It unfurls on a sweltering August evening in 1909 as Freud disembarks from the steamship... (more)
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Civilization and Its Discontents
by Sigmund Freud
During the summer of 1929, Freud worked on what became this seminal volume of twentieth-century thought. It stands as a brilliant summary of the views on culture from a psychoanalytic perspective that he had been developing since the turn of the century. It is both witness and tribute to the late theory of mind—the so-called structural theory, with its stress on aggression, indeed the death drive, as the... (more)
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The White Hotel
by D. M. Thomas
It is a dream of electrifying eroticism and inexplicable violence, recounted by a young woman to her analyst, Sigmund Freud. It is a horrifying yet restrained narrative of the Holocaust. It is a searing vision of the wounds of our century, and an attempt to heal them. Interweaving poetry and case history, fantasy and historical truth-telling, THE WHITE HOTEL is a modern classic of enduring emotional power that... (more)
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
by Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell's classic cross-cultural study of the hero's journey has inspired millions and opened up new areas of research and exploration. Originally published in 1949, the book hit the New York Times best-seller list in 1988 when it became the subject of The Power of Myth, a PBS television special. The first popular work to combine the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis with the... (more)
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The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud
Psychopathology of Everyday Life / The Interpretation of Dreams / Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex
by Sigmund Freud
Text: English (translation) Original Language: German
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The Little Book
by Selden Edwards
An irresistible triumph of the imagination more than thirty years in the making, "The Little Book" is a breathtaking love story that spans generations, ranging from fin de siècle Vienna through the pivotal moments of the twentieth century."The Little Book" is the extraordinary tale of Wheeler Burden, California-exiled heir of the famous Boston banking Burdens, philosopher, student of history, legend’s... (more)
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., as Edited by Nicholas Meyer
by Nicholas Meyer
The first of "rediscovered" Sherlock Holmes adventures, THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION is now a new classic. These reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., recount the unique collaboration of Holmes and the equally great detective of the human psyche, Sigmund Freud, as they solve a mystery on which the lives of millions may depend. "What a splendid book, what grand fun! A corking good read and a crackling good... (more)
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The Fig Eater: A Novel
by Jody Shields
Penzler Pick, May 2000: It is 1910 Vienna, and a woman's body has been found in the Volksgarten. She is Dora--Freud's famous patient. The Inspector (whose name we never learn) is painstakingly trying to put together the circumstances of her death with the help of the principles outlined in the 1901 book System der Kriminalistik, the first tome to attempt a psychological approach to understanding crime. The... (more)
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Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch
by Dai Sijie
Having enchanted readers on two continents with Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie now produces a rapturous and uproarious collision of East and West, a novel about the dream of love and the love of dreams. Fresh from 11 years in Paris studying Freud, bookish Mr. Muo returns to China to spread the gospel of psychoanalysis. His secret purpose is to free his college sweetheart from prison. To do... (more)
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The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (Penguin Freud Library)
by Sigmund Freud, James Strachey
In "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" Freud examines the psychological basis for the forgetting of names and words, the misuse of words in speech and in writing, and other similiar errors. Freud's examination of the subject is extensively discussed through the use of anecdotes and examples. "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" makes for one of Freud's more readable works. Presented here is the original... (more)
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Beyond the Pleasure Principle (Norton Library)
by Sigmund Freud
In 1915 at the University of Vienna 60-year-old Sigmund Freud delivered these lectures on psychoanalysis, pointing to the interplay of unconscious and conscious forces within individual psyches. In reasoned progression he outlined core psychoanalytic concepts, such as repression, free association, and libido.
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Eros and Civilization
A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud
by Herbert Marcuse
A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud "A philosophical critique of psychoanalysis that takes psychoanalysis seriously but not as unchallengeable dogma. . . . The most significant general treatment of psychoanalytic theory since Freud himself ceased publication." -Clyde Kluckhohn, The New York Times
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The Denial of Death
by Ernest Becker
Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie -- man's refusal to acknowledge his own mortality. In doing so, he sheds new light on the nature of humanity and issues a call... (more)
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The Ego and the Id
by Sigmund Freud
In 1923, in this volume, Freud worked out important implications of the structural theory of mind that he had first set forth three years earlier in Beyond the Pleasure Principle. The Ego and the Id ranks high among the works of Freud's later years. The heart of his concern is the ego, which he sees battling with three forces: the id, the super-ego, and the outside world. Of the various English translations of... (more)
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Freud for Beginners
by Richard Appignanesi, Oscar Zarate
The Beginner Books -- "Their cartoon format and irreverent wit make difficult ideas accessible and entertaining." -- Newsday Everything you need to know about neurosis, libido, ego, and id -- but somehow it slipped your mind. Freud for Beginners is a perfect introduction to the life and thought of the man whose discovery of psychoanalysis revolutionized our attitudes towards mental illness, religion, sex, and... (more)
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Liebermann Papers: Book 2
Vienna Blood
by Frank Tallis
The second in the Dr. Max Liebermann series, literature’s first psychoanalytic detective. In the grip of a Siberian winter in 1902, a serial killer in Vienna embarks upon a bizarre campaign of murder. Vicious mutilation, a penchant for arcane symbols, and a seemingly random choice of victim are his most distinctive peculiarities. Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt summons a young disciple of Freud - his friend... (more)
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Sexuality and the Psychology of Love
by Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian neurologist and psychologist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Although his theories remain controversial until this day, Freud made a lasting impact on Western culture.
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Liebermann Papers: Book 1
Mortal Mischief
by Frank Tallis
(aka: A Death in Vienna)
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Eating Pavlova
by D. M. Thomas
A fascinating foray into the most influential mind of the 20th century, D.M. Thomas plunges into the last morphine-clouded days of Sigmund Freud's life--where his devoted daughter Anna tends to him, trying to understand her icon's demise as he drifts through the final layers of his own consciousness.

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