The Lonely Century - Coming Together in a World that's Pulling Apart by Noreena Hertz
$32.99 AUD
Category: Psychology | Reading Level: near fine
A radical call to arms and a bold new vision of how we must act, fast, to reconnect society at individual, government and business level, from a global economist hailed by the Observer as 'one of the world's leading thinkers'. Professor Noreena Hertz has travelled the world to explore the loneliness epi ...Show more
The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement by David Brooks
$35.00 AUD
Category: Psychology
How do we achieve success? Are some people more likely than others to end up in a good relationship? With a happy family life? A rewarding career? Forget everything you thought you knew about happiness and fulfilment. Let David Brooks take you on a journey - an adventure in the unconscious. It will cha ...Show more
The Idea of the Brain: A History by Matthew Cobb
$59.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
We've been trying to make sense of the link between our minds and our bodies since the very dawn of civilisation. Now the pace is hotting up. Join the biologist and historian Matthew Cobb (Life's Greatest Secret) to explore the weird theories, blasphemous experiments and terrifying operating theatres t ...Show more
Staring at the Sun by Irvin D. Yalom
$29.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Written in Irvin Yalom's inimitable story-telling style, Staring at the Sun is a profoundly encouraging approach to the universal issue of mortality. In this magisterial opus, capping a lifetime of work and personal experience, Dr Yalom helps us recognise that the fear of death is at the heart of much ...Show more
On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done by David Badre
$29.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
A look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions--and how this shapes our everyday lives Why is it hard to text and drive at the same time? How do you resist eating that extra piece of cake? Why does staring at a tax form feel mentally exhausting? Why can your child expertly fix th ...Show more
The School of Life: On Mental Illness: What can calm, reassure and console (The School of Life) by The School of Life
$32.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
A compassionate guide to normalizing mental illness and achieving emotional wellbeing. This is a guide to coping with a wide variety of mental unwellness, from the very mild to the severe. It explains how and why we become mentally ill, how we can explain our experiences to friends and family, and ...Show more
Modern Man in Search of a Soul by C. G. Jung
$45.00 AUD
Category: Psychology | Series: Harvest Book Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Modern Man in Search of a Soul is widely considered to be one of the most important books of the 20th century, as well as a milestone in the field of psychology. In this book, Jung examines some of the most profound issues of analytical psychology, such as dream analysis, the collective unconscious, arc ...Show more
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks
$18.65 AUD
Category: Psychology
Here are seven detailed and fascinating portraits of neurological patients, including a surgeon consumed by the compulsive tics of Tourette's syndrome unless he is operating; an artist who loses all sense of color in a car accident, but finds a new sensibility and creative power in black and white; and ...Show more
The Happy Brain: The Science of Where Happiness Comes from, and Why by Dean Burnett
$22.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
'Funny, wise and absolutely fascinating.' Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to HurtDo you want to be happy? If so - read on. This book has all the answers* In The Happy Brain, neuroscientist Dean Burnett delves deep into the inner workings of our minds to explore some fundamental questions about happ ...Show more
The Road Less Travelled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by M. Scott Peck
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology | Series: Rider Classics Ser.
'Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.'A timeless classic in personal development, The Road Less Travelled is a landmark work that has inspired millions. Drawing on the experiences of his career as a psychiatrist, Scott Peck combines scientific and spiritual views to guid ...Show more
Mortals: How the fear of death shaped human society by Rachel Menzies, Ross Menzies
$34.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Human society is shaped by many things, but underlying them all is one fundamental force - our fear of death. This is the ground-breaking theory explored in Mortals.Mortals is a ground-breaking book uncovering the fear of death as the hidden driver of most of our species' endeavours over millennia. The ...Show more
The Women's Brain Book: The neuroscience of health, hormones and happiness by Dr Sarah McKay
$32.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Understanding how the brain grows and changes through the stages of life is key to health and wellbeing. This is not a book about the differences between male and female brains, nor a book using neuroscience to explain gender-specific behaviours, the 'battle of the sexes' or 'Mars-Venus' stereotypes. Th ...Show more