Nothing to Be Frightened Of

Written by Julian Barnes

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-38998-5 (0-307-38998-7)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

A memoir on mortality as only Julian Barnes can write it, one that touches on faith and science and family as well as a rich array of exemplary figures who over the centuries have confronted the same questions he now poses about... Read more >

Weekends at Bellevue

Written by Julie Holland

Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-80766-0 (0-553-80766-8)

New York City’s Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the United States, has a tradition of “serving the underserved” that dates back to 1736. For nine eventful years, Dr. Holland was the weekend physician in charge of Bellevue’s psychiatric emergency room, a one-woman front line charged with assessing and treating... Read more >

Nothing Was the Same

Written by Kay Redfield Jamison

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-26537-1 (0-307-26537-4)

From the internationally acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind, an exquisite, haunting meditation on mortality, grief, and loss.

Perhaps no one but Kay Redfield Jamison—who combines the acute perceptions of a psychologist with a writerly elegance and passion—could bring such a delicate touch to the subject of losing a spouse to cancer... Read more >

One and the Same
My Life as an Identical Twin and What I've Learned About Everyone's Struggle to Be Singular
Written by Abigail Pogrebin

Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-52156-7 (0-385-52156-1)

The author of Stars of David and a twin herself, journalist Abigail Pogrebin offers a poignant and personal look at what it's really like to live with your mirror image and tells the story of many twins who struggle to balance intimacy and individuality.

Writer. Mother. Wife. New Yorker. Abigail Pogrebin is... Read more >

Psychoanalysis at the Margins

Written by Paul E. Stepansky

Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
Publisher: Other Press Professional
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $39.00
ISBN: 978-1-59051-340-8 (1-59051-340-1)

Why has American psychoanalysis been relegated to the margins of American mental health care? In this masterful summing up of three decades of experience as a psychoanalytic editor and publisher, Paul Stepansky tells the story of a once cohesive discipline that has splintered into rivalrous “part-fields” and now struggles to survive... Read more >

Brain
The Complete Mind
Written by Michael S. Sweeney
Foreword by Richard Restak

Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: National Geographic
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 978-1-4262-0547-7 (1-4262-0547-3)

Did you know that listening to music tunes up your brain? Or that certain foods can help maintain mental fitness? Or that exercise can keep both body and mind in good shape? Delving into the science behind these strategies, Brain goes even deeper to reveal the brain’s inner workings.

Overseen by distinguished... Read more >