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From one of the world’s foremost experts on terrorism and post-traumatic stress disorder, comes an intimate and astonishingly frank examination of her own rape at 15, the life of her rapist, and how both shaped her life and work. Jessica Stern is one of the world’s foremost experts on...

«Una autobiografía perturbadora e inolvidable [...] Esta desgarradora historia narra la lucha a la que se enfrentan muchas familias que son separadas en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México». —Publisher's Weekly «La inquietante y elocuente historia de una guatemalteca en búsqueda de...

A sensational, eye-opening account of Emma Jung s complex marriage to Carl Gustav Jung and the hitherto unknown role she played in the early years of the psychoanalytic movement. Clever and ambitious, Emma Jung yearned to study the natural sciences at the University of Zurich. But the strict...

A pioneering neuroscientist shares his story of growing up in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods and how it led him to his groundbreaking work in drug addiction. As a youth, Carl Hart didn't realize the value of school; he studied just enough to stay on the basketball team. At the same time...

A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘History that reads like biography that reads like a novel – a fluid narrative that defies expectations and plays against type’ New York Times ‘Brilliant and savage’ Philip Hensher An unprecedented history of the personality test conceived a century ago by...

The story of Emma and Carl Jung's highly unconventional marriage, their relationship with Freud, and their part in the early years of Psychoanalysis. Emma Jung was clever, ambitious and immensely wealthy, one of the richest heiresses in Switzerland when, aged seventeen, she met and fell in love...

Some regrets don’t hit you all at once. They seep in at the corners of your life, at night or on a long drive, until they become a refrain. Those are the worst regrets of all.

È possibile ricostruire il pensiero di un personaggio poliedrico e camaleontico come Umberto Eco? Stefano Traini, uno dei suoi allievi che oggi insegna Semiotica, ci prova in questo libro: parte dalla tesi di laurea di Eco sul pensiero estetico in Tommaso d’Aquino, prosegue con i suoi studi sulle avanguardie e sulla cultura di massa con i quali si è affermato negli anni sessanta e arriva alla teoria semiotica nella quale Eco affronta con metodo scientifico lo studio dei segni, dei codici, dell’interpretazione.

Das unglaubliche Leben des amerikanischen Psychiaters und Schriftstellers Irvin D. Yalom, Autor von "Und Nietzsche Weinte" und "Das Spinoza-Problem", erzählt von ihm selbst! "Und Nietzsche Weinte", "Das Spinoza-Problem", "Die Rote Couch", "Der Panama-Hut", "Der Schopenhauer-Kur". Bestimmt kennen Sie diese Bestseller. Aber was steht hinter diesen Werken? Wie ist Irvin Yalom auf die Ideen zu diesen Büchern gekommen? Und wie ist er überhaupt zu einem Schriftsteller geworden?

In How Are You?, therapist Therese Rosenblatt shares her privileged front-row seat into the hearts and minds of her patients, to report on what is actually going on inside real peoples' heads from the dark, early days of the pandemic through its long, drawn-out progression. Dr. Rosenblatt then trains her own attuned eyes and ears onto herself, sharing some of her own experiences, challenges, and unexpected pleasures as she navigates this new world together with her patients.

Brought to you by Penguin. Shortlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford prize and the 2021 Costa Biography Award. Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on earth, a place where communist ideals had officially replaced religion. Albania, the last Stalinist outpost in Europe, was almost...

Letters for My Father explores grieving and making sense of a relationship between a father and son while also being so much more. Written by the influential existential psychologist Louis Hoffman, who has worked extensively with grieving throughout his career as a psychotherapist, this is also a book of love, self-exploration, relational depth, and the world and realities that shaped his relationship with his father. As Hoffman journeys into grieving, he journeys into himself and into existence.

What if the most qualified guide for your healing journey is someone who has walked every painful step themselves?

Bestselling author Nigel Latta's simple psychological toolkit for life's ups and downs. What do you do when you're told you only have months to live? If you're like Nigel Latta, first, you're going to eat a lot of ice cream. Then, you're going to assemble a mental toolbox to deal with every...

John Bowlby is one of the most influential yet underappreciated figures in psychology, often overshadowed by the likes of Freud, Jung, and other giants. In Searching for Bowlby, author C.V. Wooster takes listeners on an immersive journey through the life, work, and legacy of the man who forever changed our understanding of human connection. This groundbreaking biography is the first to present Bowlby’s story as a richly detailed narrative, moving beyond the academic texts that have previously defined his work.

From an author with a psychology background, a candid memoir about the interior of her own psychotic episode. After the culture shock of moving from a small Wisconsin town to the tumult of Los Angeles in 1967, Linda’s family disintegrates: her parents decide to divorce, and she and her younger brother, Brian, suddenly must fend for themselves. While she finds a foothold in academic pursuits, Brian spirals downward into schizophrenia and, finally, commits an irrevocable act.

Gennem hypnose og det, han kalder for positiv manipulation, fandt Hellesøe nøglen til at ændre sin egen virkelighed og skabe dybt personlige transformationer i livet. Tænk ikke på en lyserød elefant er en personlig fortælling om vejen fra genert dreng i Sønderborg til mental manipulator og hele Danmarks hjerne-hacker – men det er også en praktisk guide til dig, der vil lære, hvordan små mentale skift kan føre til store og varige forandringer i livet. Vi er alle hypnotiserbare. Spørgsmålet er bare: Hvem har fjernbetjeningen til din hjerne?

Bogen fortæller en kritisk historie om transnational adoption og har været med til at ændre måden, vi tænker om adoption på i Danmark. Med vreden som omdrejningspunkt og en befriende, underspillet humor tegner Maja Lee Langvad et portræt af en adopteret – eller flere – og af et adoptionskritisk miljø i Sydkorea. Det er en dybt personlig og politisk bog om slægtskab, race, køn og global ulighed.

Gary Young lebte ein außergewöhnliches Leben, das ihn nach einem schweren Schicksalsschlag den Weg zur Erschaffung der YOUNG LIVING-Essenzen einschlagen ließ. Ein Weg voller Abenteuer und faszinierender Erlebnisse und Begegnungen. Maria Schasteen, die große Expertin für Duftmedizin, beschreibt in dieser mit viel Empathie verfassten Biographie das Leben dieses besonderen Menschen, der die alternativen Heilweisen des 21. Jahrhunderts maßgeblich beeinflussen sollte.

Der Autor lässt Erfahrungen sprechen, die er während seiner Arbeit als Alltagshelfer gesammelt hat. Dabei entstanden Geschichten, die nicht beschönigen und nicht urteilen, sondern in ihrer Ehrlichkeit berühren. Sie zeigen die Realität des Alters und die ungeschminkten Folgen von Krankheit, Verlust und Abhängigkeit. Doch zwischen all dem findet sich auch Wärme, Humor, Dankbarkeit und die Kraft kleiner Gesten. Jedes Kapitel offenbart einen Moment aus dem Leben eines Menschen, der gehört werden möchte.