Surviving Our Catastrophes: Resilience and Renewal from Hiroshima to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Robert Jay Lifton
$39.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
From the National Book Award winner, a powerful and timely rumination on how we can draw on historical examples of 'survivor power' to understand the upheaval and death caused by the COVID-19 pandemic—and collectively heal. In this moving and ultimately hopeful meditation on the psychological aftermath ...Show more
The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life by David Robson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKPeople who believe ageing brings wisdom live longer.Lucky charms really do improve an athlete's performance.Taking a placebo, even when you know it is a placebo, can still improve your health.Welcome to The Expectation Effect.David Robson takes us on a tour of the cutting-e ...Show more
The Year I Met My Brain: A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD by Matilda Boseley
$35.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
Matilda Boseley's adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription but had no idea what ADHD meant for her identity, her relationships or her future.Twelve months of confusion later, journalist Matilda embarked on an epic voyage to figure out what's really happeni ...Show more
Hey, Are You Okay?: Love, Hope & a Step-by-step Guide Out of Burnout, Depression, Anxiety by Marieke De Goeij
$36.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Hey Are You Okay? was created by illustrator Marieke De Goieij after she went through her own difficult times. Over 20.000 people have used the Dutch version of the book and many psychologists and psychiatrists use the book in their programs. Now it’s here for you. Marieke guides you through the book wi ...Show more
A Theory of Everyone: Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going by Michael Muthukrishna
$34.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
A blueprint for a better future.Playing on the phrase "a theory of everything" in physics, Michael Muthukrishna's ambitious, original and deeply hopeful book, offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society - a theory of everyone.In A Theory of Everyone, Muthukrishna draws on the most re ...Show more
Five Arguments All Couples (Need To) Have: And Why the Washing-Up Matters by Joanna Harrison
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
'Marvellous first aid for couples' Susie Orbach 'Good advice on how to navigate those tricky arguments' Mariella Frostrup If you feel like you have the same arguments with your partner over and over again ... you may be right. And you're not alone: Joanna Harrison believes there are five distinct issues ...Show more
The Human Mind A Brief Tour of Everything We Know by Paul Bloom
$35.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at Yale University. He is an internationally recognised expert on the psychology of language, social reasoning, morality and art. His previous books include Just Babies and How Pleasure Works, and he has written for numerous publications, including the New York Time ...Show more
The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality by Andy Clark
$55.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worlds For as long as we've studied the mind, we've believed that information flowing from our senses determines what our mind perceives. But as our understanding has advanced in the last few decades, a hugely powerful new vi ...Show more
On Giving Up by Adam Phillips
$42.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
From acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, a meditation on what we must give up to feel more alive. To give up or not to give up? The question can feel inescapable but the answer is never simple. Giving up our supposed vices is one thing; giving up on life itself is quite another. One form of self-sacr ...Show more
The Book You Want Everyone You Love* To Read *(and maybe a few you don't) by Philippa Perry
$35.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
From the internationally bestselling author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read comes the next book of wisdom and advice for navigating all of your most important relationships. Life is all about relationships and the quality of those connections, whether that's with family, partners, friends, co ...Show more
Sleepless: Discovering the Power of the Night Self by Annabel Abbs
$34.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
THE NIGHT SELF IS . . .- Vulnerable- Curious- Fearful- Enchanted- CourageousIn the winter of 2020, Annabel Abbs experienced a series of bereavements. As she grieved, she kept busy by day, but at night sleep eluded her. And yet her sleeplessness led to a profound and unexpected discovery: her Night Self. ...Show more
How to Stay Smart in a Smart World: Why Human Intelligence Still Beats Algorithms by Gerd Gigerenzer
$26.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
An essential guide to navigating our data-driven world, from one of the most influential psychologists of the twenty-first century. Is more data always better? Do algorithms really make better decisions than humans? Can we stay in control in an increasingly automated world? Drawing on examples from all ...Show more