Psychology

illustrated by Sophie Standing What is the difference between fear and excitement and how can you tell them apart? How do the mind and body make em...

Everybody lies, to friends, lovers, doctors, pollsters - and to themselves. In Internet searches, however, people confess the truth. Insightful, fu...

illustrated by Sophie Standing What is forgiveness? What enables people to forgive? Why do we even choose to forgive those who have harmed us? What...

Four- Legged Therapy is a delightfully illustrated collection of ten stories that recognise the therapeutic value of having animals in our lives. A...

Fumio Sasaki is a writer in his thirties who lives in a tiny studio in Tokyo with three shirts, four pairs of trousers, four pairs of socks and not...

In the twenty essays gathered here, ranging across his entire oeuvre, psychoanalyst Adam Phillips offers a vivid introduction to his discipline as ...

With Give and Take, Adam Grant not only introduced a landmark new paradigm for success but also established himself as one of his generation’s most...

In an era of increasing individualism, we have never been more isolated and dispirited. A paradox confronts us. While research and technology find ...

We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can...

'Creativity is the unique and defining trait of our species; and its ultimate goal, self-understanding,' begins Edward Wilson's sweeping examinatio...

Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, ...