The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World by Alexander Beiner
$29.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Do psychedelic drugs hold the answer to a better world? Can they heal the cultural, spiritual, and emotional wounds we face?Alexander Beiner, a leading voice in the psychedelic renaissance, believes that psychedelic research is the key to navigating the fractured, weird, and chaotic times we live in. Th ...Show more
The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health by Camilla Nord
$55.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
A powerful reframing of mental health, grounded in cutting-edge neuroscientific researchThere are many routes to mental wellbeing and award-winning neuroscientist Camilla Nord is at the forefront of finding them. In this ground-breaking book, she offers a revelatory tour of the scientific and technologi ...Show more
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention by Johann Hari
$22.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
* THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'If you read just one book about how the modern world is driving us crazy, read this one'TELEGRAPH'This book is exactly what the world needs right now . . . Worth your time and certainly worth your focus'OPRAH WINFREY'A beautifully researched and argued ...Show more
Minding Your Mind by James O'Loghlin
$34.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Written with compassion and curiosity, warmth and humour, Minding Your Mind is for anyone who wants the best for their mental well-being but might not know the best way to get there. It's a check-up for everything happening between the ears and through the body, flagging the warning signs when things ge ...Show more
Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things by Dan Ariely
$36.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Misinformation affects us daily, from social media to politics and even personal relationships. Policing social media alone cannot solve the complex problem shaped by partisan politics and subjective interpretations of truth. In Misbelief social scientist Dan Ariely explores the behaviour of 'misbelief ...Show more
You’re All Talk - Why We Are What We Speak by Rob Drummond
$32.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Why do we have different accents and where do they come from? Why do you say tomayto and I say tomahto? And is one way of speaking better than another?In You're All Talk, linguist Rob Drummond explores the enormous diversity in how language is spoken to reveal extraordinary insights into how humans oper ...Show more
Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don't Exist) by Sarah Chaney
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's HourA Blackwell's and Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2022 'Excellent ... one of those rare pop-science books that make you look at the whole world differently' The Daily Telegraph ***** 'Riveting' Mail on Sunday ***** 'Captivating' Guardian, Book of the Day 'Com ...Show more
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
Fans: A Journey Into the Psychology of Belonging by Michael Bond
$36.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Fans takes the reader on a journey through a constellation of fandoms, and along the way demonstrates some fundamental truths about the human condition. Part behavioural study, part entertainment, at its heart the book is a story of collectives, of what happens to us when we interact with people who sh ...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
I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was by Ruby Wax
$32.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
An honest and refreshing new exploration of mental health from mindfulness expert Ruby Wax. Bestselling author and comedian, Ruby Wax, takes a candid, dark, and witty dive through her life and personal experiences with mental health, providing solace and advice for anyone out there who realises they ar ...Show more
Determined: Life Without Free Will by Robert M Sapolsky
$36.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences.Robert Sapolsky's Behave, his now classic account of why humans do good and w ...Show more