The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson
$24.99 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
Wild Creature Mind: The Neuroscience Breakthrough That Helps You Transform Anxiety and Live a Fiercely Loving Life by Steve Biddulph
$36.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
The neuroscience breakthrough that helps you transform anxiety and live a fiercely loving life. The world's top-selling popular psychology writer, and author of Raising Boys, Steve Biddulph, says that we don't just have two halves of our brain - left and right - but we also have two minds. We have our ...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
Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood by Satya Doyle Byock
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
'I wish I had this guide when I was in my 20s and 30s but even now, it offers me a nuanced perspective on how I am built, how I operate in the world' Avni Doshi, author of Burnt Sugar Why do I feel lost? What's wrong with me? Is this all there is? Satya Doyle Byock hears these questions regularly in h ...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
What It Takes to Heal - How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World by Prentis Hemphill
$36.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
'A visionary, personal, compassionate, empowering guide' BESSEL VAN DER KOLK'Beautifully intimate and wildly expansive' BRENÉ BROWN________What would it do to movements, to our society and culture, to have the principles of healing at the very center? What does it mean to center healing in every structu ...Show more
The Science of Happiness: Seven Lessons for Living Well by Bruce Hood
$32.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
'Do yourself a favour and grab this fantastic guide! Explains practical strategies for getting out of our own heads and finding more connection, presence, and joy' - Laurie Santos, Professor of Psychology at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab podcastWe all want to be happier, but our brains o ...Show more
The Tree That Bends - The Secret to Sustaining High Performance Without Breaking by Ross G. White
$34.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Modern life urges us to push relentlessly for what looks like success and to be resolute in avoiding anything less. But at what cost? Burnout and disillusionment are on the rise. What if there is another way? One that allows us to both do well and feel well; an approach that transforms our striving int ...Show more
Hyperefficient - Simple Methods to Optimize Your Brain and Transform the Way You Work by Mithu Storoni
$34.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
"Read this book! Mithu Storoni's unique strategy doesn't just preserve brain health and longevity, it promises to escalate mental performance to new heights and improve the way we work." - Dan Buettner, National Geographic Fellow and #1 New York Times Bestselling author of the Blue Zones. Is it time t ...Show more
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world? Mental illness is on an unstoppable rise. Some 45% of Europeans suffer high blood pressure, and nearly 70% of Americans take at least one prescription drug. Illness and trauma are defining how we live. In his new ...Show more
Civilization & Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud
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Category: Psychology | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
In what remains one of his most seminal papers, Freud considers the incompatibility of civilization and individual happiness, and the tensions between the claims of society and the individual.