Far from the Tree: Parents, children and the search for identity by Andrew Solomon
$28.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
Sometimes your child - the most familiar person of all - is radically different from you. The saying goes that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. But what happens when it does? Drawing on interviews with over three hundred families, covering subjects including deafness, dwarfs, Down's Syndrome, A ...Show more
Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life by Adam Phillips
$28.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
Missing Out is a meditation on reality and opportunity by Adam Phillips. We all have two lives - the life we live and the life of our fantasies. But it is the life unlived - the person we have failed to be - that can trouble and even haunt us. In Missing Out acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips delves ...Show more
Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
$25.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
The phenomenal classic that has changed the lives of millions of people around the globeWhat are you afraid of? Public speaking; asserting yourself; making decisions; being alone; intimacy; changing jobs; interviews; going back to school; ageing; ill health; driving; dating; ending a relationship; losin ...Show more
An Intelligent Life: Revised And Updated by Julian Short
$23.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
A practical guide to modern life and relationships. Julian Short explores rejection, family, professional and personal relationships, improving self-esteem and winning an argument, even when you lose. He arms us with the techniques and language to walk away from conflict feeling good about ourselves. To ...Show more
Why I Write by George Orwell
$13.00 AUD
Category: Psychology | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell's timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in today's era of spin.
Darkness Visible by William Styron
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
With profound insight and remarkable candor, the author tracks the progress of his madness, from the smothering misery and exhaustion, to the agony of composing his own suicide note and his eventual, hard-won recovery.
Slutdom: Reclaiming shame-free sexuality by Hilary Caldwell
$35.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
'When women are enjoying better sex, the people they have sex with will too. Sexual equality is good for everyone.'Despite decades of activism, women are still burdened with the effects of slut shaming in everyday life. Finally, there is a book that argues convincingly and passionately for women's enjoy ...Show more
Sensitive - The Power of a Thoughtful Mind in an Overwhelming World by Jenn Granneman; Andre Sólo
$25.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
'A natural follow up to Susan Cain's Quiet' - The Sunday Times Style 'The authors paint an illuminating portrait of highly sensitive people' - Financial Times ***** Have you ever been told you're too sensitive? Welcome to the club. Nearly 1 in 3 people have the genes to be more sensitive than others ...Show more
The Zen of Therapy - Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life by Mark Epstein
$36.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
Drawing on decades of personal and professional experience, Dr. Mark Epstein considers how his practice of psychotherapy and meditation can be used in tandem to lead his patients, and himself, to greater awareness and fulfillment. For much of his career, Dr. Mark Epstein kept his beliefs as a Buddhist s ...Show more
It's Not You: How to Identify and Heal from NARCISSISTIC People by Ramani Durvasula PhD
$37.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
REDISCOVER WHO YOU ARE AFTER YEARS OF INVALIDATION.Dealing with a narcissist is hard. One day their confidence and charisma pull you in, the next they gaslight, wreck your self-confidence and leave you wondering what you could have done differently. The answer is: nothing.In It's Not You, psychologist a ...Show more
Truth and Repair : How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice by Judith Herman
$33.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
Part manifesto, part exploration of what justice truly means for survivors of trauma and abuse, Judith Herman forces us to reconsider our perspective on victims, revealing uncomfortable truths about our justice systems and proposing new ways to implement justice. A follow-up to the bestselling Trauma an ...Show more
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman
$30.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
The groundbreaking work on trauma that remains a "classic for our generation" (Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of The Body Keeps the Score) Trauma and Recovery is the foundational text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a political frame, psychiatrist Judith L. Herma ...Show more