Popular Psychology Books
Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress
Most of us have instinctive evidence the world is ending-balmy December days, face-to-face conversation replaced with heads-to-screens zomboidism, a world at constant war, a political system in... (more)
My Body, My Home: A Radical Guide to Resilience and Belonging
My Body, My Home is an interactive self-care workbook guide to belonging, and healing your disconnect between body and mind. It is a path to self-acceptance and resilience.
My Body, My Home is... (more)
Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning
In this book Karen Barad puts her expertise in feminist studies and quantum physics to superb use, offering agential realism as an important alternative to representationalism. (more)
I Thought it Was Just Me (but it Isn'T): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy and Power
Researcher, thought leader, and New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown offers a liberating study on the importance of our imperfections--both to our relationships and to our own sense of... (more)
Sister Outsider
The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is ancient, and it is deep.
The revolutionary writings of Audre Lorde gave voice to those 'outside the... (more)
Human Thinking: The Basics
Human Thinking: The Basics provides an essential introduction into how we develop thoughts, the types of reasoning we engage in, and how our thinking can be tailored by subconscious... (more)
The Psychology of Intelligence
What fascinates us about intelligence? How does intelligence impact our daily lives? Why do we sometimes fear intelligence?
Human intelligence is a vital resource, yet the study of it is... (more)
The Psychology of Wellbeing
How can we improve our sense of wellbeing? What explains the current wellbeing boom? What does wellbeing mean to you?
The Psychology of Wellbeing offers readers tools to navigate their own... (more)
The Psychology of Terrorism
What is terrorism? Can anyone be radicalized? How can we respond to terrorist acts?
The Psychology of Terrorism<,/i> seeks to explain why some acts of violence are considered terrorism and... (more)
The Psychology of Religion
Does religion positively affect well-being? What leads to fundamentalism? Do religious beliefs make us more moral?
The Psychology of Religion explores the often contradictory ideas people have... (more)
The Psychology of Video Games
What impact can video games have on players? How does psychology influence video game creation? Why do some games become cultural phenomena?
The Psychology of Video Games explores the... (more)
The Psychology of Prejudice
Why do we develop extreme attitudes to others? Can our personality contribute to our prejudices? How do we reduce prejudice and discrimination?
The Psychology of Prejudice explores different... (more)
Surviving Lockdown: Human Nature in Social Isolation
2020 has been the year of the virus, and it will not be a mere footnote in history. This book reflects on the unprecedented changes to our lives and the impact on our behaviour as we lived through... (more)
How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life
In the tradition of How to Live and How Proust Can Change Your Life, a philosopher asks how ancient Stoicism can help us flourish today whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how... (more)
Live Like A Stoic: 52 Exercises for Cultivating a Good Life
The answers to our daily worries and anxieties - big or small - lie at the heart of Stoic philosophy. Live Like a Stoic is the essential guide to help us live the good life.
It offers a... (more)
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Drawing on his own work as a clinical psychologist and on lessons from humanity's oldest myths and stories, Peterson offers twelve profound and realistic principles to live by. After all, as he... (more)
The Psychology of Exercise
Why should we exercise? When should we exercise? Why don't we exercise?
The Psychology of Exercise separates fact from fiction, delving into key theories, ideas, and the impact of life stages on... (more)
The Psychology of Dreaming
Why do we dream? What is the connection between our dreams and our mental health? Can we teach ourselves to have lucid dreams?
The Psychology of Dreaming delves into the last 100 years of dream... (more)
The Psychology of Belonging
Can a sense of belonging increase life satisfaction? Why do we sometimes feel lonely? How can we sustain lasting human connections?
The Psychology of Belonging explores why feeling like we... (more)
Spirit of Cricket: Reflections on Play and Life
If someone were to say 'it's not tennis', or 'not football' of shabby behaviour in any walk of life, he or she would not be understood. If they said 'it's not cricket', they probably would be (though... (more)
Dementia: The Basics
Dementia: The Basics provides the reader with a clear and compassionate introduction to dementia and an accessible guide to dealing with different parts of the dementia journey, from pre-diagnosis... (more)
Positive Psychology: The Basics
This book provides an accessible and balanced introduction to positive psychology scholarship and its applications, incorporating an overview of the development of positive psychology. Positive... (more)
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Anger. Fear. Guilt. Denial. Silence. These are the ways in which ordinary white people react when it is pointed out to them that they have done or said something that has - unintentionally - caused... (more)
Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild
Today many of us live indoor lives, disconnected from the natural world as never before. And yet nature remains deeply ingrained in our language, culture and consciousness. For centuries, we have... (more)
Social: Why Our Brains are Wired to Connect
Why are we influenced by the behaviour of complete strangers? Why does the brain register similar pleasure when I perceive something as 'fair' or when I eat chocolate? Why can we be so profoundly... (more)
Chinese Medicine from the Classics: A Beginner's Guide
The Huangdi Neijing, the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic, is the foundation text of Chinese medicine. This book provides an introduction to the medicine of the Neijing and is a guide to the Monkey... (more)
A Study of QI in Classical Texts
This book is an edited transcript of two seminars given in 2004 in London by Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée. It not only contains detailed descriptions of the various differentiated kinds of qi, but... (more)