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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Vintage)

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Vintage)

by Kay R. Jamison, Kay Redfield Jamison

The personal memoir of a manic depressive and an authority on the subject describes the onset of the illness during her teenage years and her determined journey through the realm of available treatments. Reprint. 125,000 first printing. NYT.

Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament

Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament

by Kay R. Jamison, Kay Redfield Jamison

From the author of the New York Times bestseller, An Unquiet Mind, Touched with Fire is an authoritative look at the relationship between manic-depressive illness and the artistic temperament. Psychiatrist Jamison advocates a restrained, humanistic approach to treatment that does not "cure" the disorder at the expense of artistic inspiration.

Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch

by Ina Rilke, Sijie Dai

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)

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

by John Elder Robison

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them)—had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent... (more)

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

by Steven Pinker

In The Blank Slate , Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading experts on language and the mind, explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits-a doctrine held by many intellectuals during the past century-denies our common humanity and our individual preferences,... (more)

Social Intelligence

The New Science of Human Relationships

by Daniel Goleman

Emotional Intelligence was an international phenomenon, appearing on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year and selling more than five million copies worldwide. Now, once again, Daniel Goleman has written a groundbreaking synthesis of the latest findings in biology and brain science, revealing that we are “wired to connect” and the surprisingly deep impact of our relationships on every aspect of our... (more)

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that... (more)

Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for Practitioners and Carers

Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for Practitioners and Carers

by Patricia Howlin

This practical guide to the treatment of children with autism and Asperger syndrome commences with a comprehensive review of research into the nature, causes and treatment of these complex conditions. A wide range of therapies are explored and evaluated and advice is given to parents about the issues to consider when seeking treatment for their children. Practical ways of approaching a variety of problems relating... (more)

Contact: the first four minutes,Leonard M Zunin

Contact: the first four minutes,

by Leonard M. Zunin

In four minutes, you will know if the person you are talking to is someone you're interested in. Yes, it only takes about four minutes to decide. Yet in that brief time, you and your partner will have made an indelible impression on one another. Contact: The First Four Minutes shows you how to make that impression a positive one and to develop the skills that will make you an interesting conversationalist to... (more)

Amy's Game: The Concealed Structure of Education

Amy's Game: The Concealed Structure of Education

by Roger F. Bass PhD

Amy's Game is a field manual for parents, teachers, and leaders who want to give our children the education they deserve. The author draws on over 30 years experience and hundreds of studies to expose education's hidden structure responsible for our schools' decline. Tactics for reversing that slide are given along with inexpensive, well-researched instructional methods that anyone-parent to professor-can use to... (more)

The Geography of Bliss

One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

by Eric Weiner

Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of "un-unhappiness." The book uses a beguiling mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor to investigate not what happiness is, but where it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is... (more)

The Metamorphosis And Other StoriesFranz; A new translation by Freed, Donna Kafka

The Metamorphosis And Other Stories

by Franz; A new translation by Freed, Donna Kafka

The Blank Slate: the Modern Denial of Human NatureSteven Pinker

The Blank Slate: the Modern Denial of Human Nature

by Steven Pinker

Psychology First

by Barbara Woods

The bestselling GSCE Psychology core textbook, Psychology First 2nd edition is the ideal text for OCR GCSE Psychology. Highly accessible and readable, it provides comprehensive coverage of key topics, including: social influence, environment and behaviour, phobias and aggression, attachment and cognitive development, aspects of morality, attitudes of prejudice, memory, perception, stress, sex and gender, ethics,... (more)

On Being Human

by Eric Fromm

This collection of works includes previously unpublished manuscripts and tape transcripts from the last two decades of Fromm's life, a period in which he was at his most productive.

Waking up Just in Time: A Therapist Shows How to use the Twelve Steps Approach to Life's Ups and Downs

Waking up Just in Time: A Therapist Shows How to use the Twelve Steps Approach to Life's Ups and Downs

by Abraham J. Twerski

Waking up Just in Time A gentle and practical guide to the Twelve Steps way of life. Learn to: Set Priorities and Manage Stress Repace rationalization with honesty Overcome obsession and triumph over failure Explore the personal nature of spirituality Alcoholics Anonymous has made famous its twelve steps to sobriety. In W aking Up Just in Time , Dr. Abraham J. Twerski shows how you can use the twelve steps to... (more)

Six Questions That Can Change Your Life: Completely, Dramatically, Forever

Six Questions That Can Change Your Life: Completely, Dramatically, Forever

by Joseph Nowinski

6 Questions That Can Change Your Life "In this inspirational book, Joseph Nowinski tells powerful stories of real people who have answered these questions and actually changed their lives. Equally important, he provides practical exercises that can help you answer them and change your life for the better." --Redford Williams, M.D., director of the Behavioral Medicine Research Center of Duke... (more)

When Do The Good Things Start?

by Abraham J. Twerski

Using the poignant insights of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang, a best-selling author outlines a practical program for coping with life's problems by overcoming low self-esteem, building confidence, and getting rid of guilt. Reprint.

Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry

Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry

by Albert J. Bernstein

"Bernstein provides a field guide to the various types of Emotional Vampires and advises readers how to protect themselves from being victims of these predatory personalities."Boston Globe From bestselling author Albert J. Bernstein The author of Dinosaur Brains offers protection from people who seek to destroy the emotional and psychological well-being of others. Like the fabled... (more)

Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love

Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love

by Helen E. Fisher

"If you want flashes and particular experiences of romantic love, read novels. If you want to understand this central quality of human nature to its roots, read Why We Love ." — Edward O. Wilson In Why We Love , renowned anthropologist Helen Fisher offers a new map of the phenomenon of love—from its origins in the brain to the thrilling havoc it creates in our bodies and behavior. Working with a team of... (more)

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by Kay R. Jamison, Kay Redfield Jamison

by Kay R. Jamison, Kay Redfield Jamison

by Ina Rilke, Sijie Dai

by John Elder Robison

by Steven Pinker

The New Science of Human Relationships

by Daniel Goleman

by Daniel Keyes

by Patricia Howlin

by Leonard M. Zunin

by Roger F. Bass PhD

One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

by Eric Weiner

by Franz; A new translation by Freed, Donna Kafka

by Steven Pinker

by Barbara Woods

by Eric Fromm

by Abraham J. Twerski

by Joseph Nowinski

by Abraham J. Twerski

by Albert J. Bernstein

by Helen E. Fisher