We all fail sometimes. Now, a world-leading Harvard professor reveals how these failures can lead us to happier, more successful lives - provided we know how to learn from them.
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In this book, Stephen Cave and John Martin Fischer debate whether or not we should choose to live forever. This ancient question is as topical as ever: while billions of people believe they will live ..
Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats is the groundbreaking psychology manual that has inspired organisations and individuals all over the world. De Bono's innovative guide divides the process of thinkin..
You might not have heard of misophonia, but if you are often infuriated by the sound of chewing, breathing, snoring, a clock ticking, or any other specific trigger, you may have experienced it. In fac..
The highly anticipated debut from the award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv asks how the stories we tell about mental illness shape our deepest sense of who we are
There are stories that sa..
Surf therapy is producing better results than traditional therapies today for certain mental health issues, PTSD and related traumas, and autism, for example. And a dedicated group of therapists ar..
How to handle anyone life throws at you
Do you ever think you're the only one making any sense? Or tried to reason with your partner with disastrous results? Do long, rambling answers drive you c..
Revealing the surprising roots of lasting happiness, The Sweet Spot by pre-eminent psychologist Paul Bloom explains why suffering is an essential source of both pleasure and meaning in our lives.
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Our brains have distinct mechanisms for talking about thoughts, about memories, about feelings and about the future. In Praise of Talking will be about the neuroscience of how we talk about ourselves,..
In the modern information age, our brain's coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to eleven. Amanda Montell blends cultural criticism and personal narrative to explore..
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, beli..
Understanding the human mind and how it relates to the world that we experience has challenged philosophers for centuries. How then do we even begin to think about 'minds' that are not human?
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A comprehensive, accessible and practical look at how memory works, what can go wrong and what steps we can take to avoid memory loss.
In this book, renowned neurologist and bestselling author Dr..
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Dr Gwen Adshead is one o..
In his groundbreaking, perennially popular book that helped change the way we think about our health - now repackaged for a new generation of readers - Dr Sarno offers a guide to the range of psychoso..
A wonderfully entertaining overview of all of psychology by a world expert
Are you a human? Do you have a mind? Then this book is for you.
Nothing is more familiar and yet less understood th..
'Stop fighting with food and read this book!' -Arianna Huffington, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thrive
A proven neuroscience-based programme to heal your relationship with your body a..
Five easy rules for developing intuition, based on trailblazing research by a top Australian neuroscientist. Learn when it's safe to rely on intuition in decision-making and when it's not.
Intui..
New York Times best-selling author Dr. Mike Dow and Ronan Levy, founder of Field Trip, the world's largest provider of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies, offer ways to integrate ketamine into treat..
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We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world?
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A Marginal Revolution Book of the Year
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How to make fun an essential part of a balanced, purposeful and healthy life, from the bestselling author of How to Break Up with Your Phone.
When did you last feel exhilarated and light-hearted?..
An acclaimed psycholinguist reveals how language shapes our brain - and moulds the way we look at the world
Why should we learn more than one language?
Can it change the way we think?
Does it..
DK's best-selling guide to the history of psychology - now fully revised and updated
How do our minds influence the way we behave? How do our bodies and minds work together? Do we have free will?..
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a rollicking journey to understand the enduring power of puzzles- why we love them, what they do to our brains, and how t..
Bestselling author and New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik embarks on a wildly creative inquiry into perhaps the oldest question: how do we learn a new skill?
For decades, Adam Gopnik has been..
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Experts in psychology and strategic leadership reveal how to build teams that really work.
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Experts in psychology and organisational development reveal how to create teams that really work
How many people does the ideal team contain? How do groups bond, earn trust and forge shared ident..
Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain.Yet none of our differences-whether based on ethnicity, politics, religion,cultural tastes and preferences, or gender-are nearly as sig..
In Thinking 101 you can transform your life with clear actionable steps to overcome challenges and biases in your thinking, from renowned Yale psychologist Woo-kyoung Ahn.
We all make thinking e..
The "New York Times" Bestseller, acclaimed by author such as Freakonomics co-author Steven D. Levitt, Black Swan author Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Nudge co-author Richard Thaler, "Thinking Fast and Slo..
How much do we reply upon certainty? And, how does the way we deal with uncertainty impact our future and our lives?
Uncertainty is one of the defining issues of our time. The stability we once h..
Break free from anxiety and be free to live a full, happy life with internationally renowned psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr Judson Brewer - based on his simple habit-breaking programme.
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Spirituality for atheists.
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Drawing on deep scientific research and Dr Gabor Mate's acclaimed clinical work, When the Body Says No provides the answers to critical questions about the mind-body link - and the role that stress an..
A radical reexamination of memory by pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher, Charan Ranganath. We talk about memory as a record of the past, but here's a surprising t..
Over time, this activation of a stress response makes us literally sick. Combining cutting-edge research with a healthy dose of good humour and practical advice, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains h..