The Drugs That Changed Our Minds: The history of psychiatry in ten treatments by Lauren Slater
$32.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
As our approach to mental illness has oscillated from biological to psychoanalytical and back again, so have our treatments. With the rise of psychopharmacology, an ever-increasing number of people throughout the globe are taking a psychotropic drug, yet nearly seventy years after doctors first began pr ...Show more
In Praise of Wasting Time by Alan Lightman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Psychology | Series: Ted 2 Ser.
In this timely and essential audiobook that offers a fresh take on the qualms of modern day life, Professor Alan Lightman investigates the creativity born from allowing our minds to freely roam, without attempting to accomplish anything and without any assigned tasks. We are all worried about wasting t ...Show more
In Pursuit of Memory: The Fight Against Alzheimer's by Joseph Jebelli
$32.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
For readers of Atul Gawande, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Henry Marsh, a riveting, gorgeously written biography of one of history's most fascinating and confounding diseases--Alzheimer's--from its discovery more than 100 years ago to today's race towards a cure. SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE ...Show more
1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think by Robert Arp
$39.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
An elegant addition to the successful "1001" series--a comprehensive, chronological guide to the most important thoughts from the finest minds of the past 3,000 years. 1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think is a comprehensive guide to the most interesting and imaginative thoughts from the finest mind ...Show more
The Psychopath Test - A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson
$25.00 AUD
Category: Psychology | Series: Picador Collection
The Sunday Times bestseller - now with a new introdution and part of the Picador Collection'The belly laughs come thick and fast' - The Observer_____What if society wasn't fundamentally rational, but was motivated by insanity? This thought sets Jon Ronson on an utterly compelling adventure into the worl ...Show more
Unforbidden Pleasures by Adam Phillips
$35.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
Unforbidden Pleasures is the dazzling new book from Adam Phillips, author of Missing Out and Going Sane Adam Phillips takes Oscar Wilde as a springboard for a deep dive into the meanings and importance of the Unforbidden, from the fall of our 'first parents' Adam and Eve to the work of the great twentie ...Show more
So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
From the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most underappreciated forces: shame.'It's about the terror, isn't it?''The terror of what?' I said.'The terror of being found out.'For the past three years, Jon Ronson h ...Show more
Schadenfreude - The Joy of Another's Misfortune by Tiffany Watt Smith
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology | Series: Wellcome Ser.
An entertaining and insightful exploration of schadenfreude: the deliciously dark and complex joy we've all felt, from time to time, at news of others' misfortunes. You might feel schadenfreude when... the boss calls himself "Head of Pubic Services" on an important letter. a cool guy swings back on ...Show more
The Bystander Effect: The Psychology of Courage and How to be Brave by Catherine Sanderson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
'Fantastic ... It explains the misperception of stacked odds and personal powerlessness that stops individuals challenging bad behaviour. Stunning. Humbling. Thought-provoking'Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind In the face of discrimination, bad behaviour, evil and abuse, why do good people ...Show more
One Punch: The Tragic Toll of Random Acts of Violence by Barry Dickins
$29.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
In One Punch Barry Dickins reflects on the many types of violence that can now affect everyday life. In his heartfelt exploration of the subject, Barry talks to many of the people whom this violence impacts, including the parents of children who have been killed, professionals in the justice system, and ...Show more
Positive Psychology of Synchronicity by Chris Mackey
$27.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
"A profound introduction to deep concepts of mind, meaning and the challenges of creating a life well lived for everyone." - Ernest Rossi, PhD, author of The Psychobiology of Gene Expression and Creating ConsciousnessSynchronicity is meaningful coincidence that connects our inner and outer worlds. This ...Show more
How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Peace and Productivity in Anxious Times by Chris Bailey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
How to Calm Your Mind offers a toolkit of accessible, science-backed strategies that reveal how the path to a less anxious life, and even greater productivity, runs directly through calm.When productivity expert Chris Bailey discovered that he had become stressed and burnt out because he was pushing him ...Show more