A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster by Rebecca Solnit
$34.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
"The freshest, deepest, most optimistic account of human nature I've come across in years." -Bill McKibben The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. hat joy reveals an ...Show more
Cringeworthy: How to Make the Most of Uncomfortable Situations by Melissa Dahl
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Have you ever said goodbye to someone, only to discover that you're both walking in the same direction? Or had your next thought fly out of your brain in the middle of a presentation? Or accidentally liked an old photo on someone's Instagram or Facebook, thus revealing yourself to be a creepy social med ...Show more
The Selfish Ape - Human Nature and Our Path to Extinction by Nicholas P. Money
$29.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Weaving together stories of science and sociology, The Selfish Ape offers a refreshing response to common fantasies about the ascent of humanity. Rather than imagining modern humans as a species with godlike powers, or Homo deus, Nicholas P. Money recasts us as Homo narcissus--paragons of self-absorptio ...Show more
Change - Learn to Love It, Learn to Lead It by Richard Gerver
$22.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
'To be successful, you have to be able to adapt to change' - Sir Alex FergusonThe pace of change is greater than ever. We face new challenges every day in our jobs and in our personal lives. Those who can handle change are the most fulfilled. Those who fear change will find it hardest to thrive.As a hea ...Show more
The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions by KATE SUMMERSCALE
$29.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
A thrilling compendium of our deepest fears and obsessions by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. Ever been struck dumb when speaking in public? You might be suffering from glossophobia. Do your book-buying habits verge on bibliomania? Do you recoil in arachnophobic horror at the si ...Show more
Existential Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom
$80.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
Existential therapy has been practiced and continues to be practiced in many forms and situations throughout the world. But until now, it has lacked a coherent structure, and analysis of its tenets, and an evaluation of its usefulness. Irvin Yalom, whose Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy has re ...Show more
The Ten Types of Human - A new understanding of who we are and who we can be by Dexter Dias
$35.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
This book will introduce you to ten people. In a way, you already know them. Only you don't - not really. In a sense, they are you. Only they're not entirely. They inform and shape the most important decisions in your life. But you're almost certainly unaware of their intervention. They are the Ten Type ...Show more
Blueprint - How DNA Makes Us Who We Are by Robert Plomin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
A top behavioral geneticist makes the case that DNA inherited from our parents at the moment of conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses. In Blueprint, behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict o ...Show more
Nudge - Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness, the Final Edition by Richard H. Thaler; Cass R. Sunstein
$32.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
The book that changed the way we think, work and live - a fully revised edition with 66% new materialNudge has transformed the way individuals, companies and governments look at the world - and in the process has become one of the most important books of the twenty-first century. This completely updated ...Show more
Not Born Yesterday - The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe by Hugo Mercier
$54.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Why people are not as gullible as we think Not Born Yesterday explains how we decide who we can trust and what we should believe--and argues that we're pretty good at making these decisions. In this lively and provocative book, Hugo Mercier demonstrates how virtually all attempts at mass persuasion--wh ...Show more
When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S Kushner
$19.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
The #1 bestselling inspirational classic from the internationally known spiritual leader; a source of solace and hope for over 4 million readers.Since its original publication in 1981, When Bad Things Happen to Good People has brought solace and hope to millions. In the preface to this edition, Rabbi Ku ...Show more
Envy and Gratitude: And Other Works, 1946-1963 by Melanie Klein
$32.99 AUD
Category: Psychology | Series: Contemporary Classics Ser.
This text collects Melaine Klein's writings from 1946 until her death in 1960, including two papers published posthumously. This was her last major work which introduces her theory of primary envy.