13 books in Biography & Autobiography - Social Scientists & Psychologists
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Out of Place
A Memoir
Written by Edward W. Said
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: October 24, 2012
Price: $11.99
From one of the most important intellectuals of our time comes an extraordinary story of exile and a celebration of an irrecoverable past. A fatal medical diagnosis in 1991 convinced Edward Said that he should leave a record of where he was born and spent his childhood, and so with this... Read more >
A Memoir
Written by Edward W. Said
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: October 24, 2012
Price: $11.99
From one of the most important intellectuals of our time comes an extraordinary story of exile and a celebration of an irrecoverable past. A fatal medical diagnosis in 1991 convinced Edward Said that he should leave a record of where he was born and spent his childhood, and so with this... Read more >
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The Man with the Beautiful Voice
And more Stories from the Other Side of the Couch
Written by Lillian Rubin
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $16.00
Beautifully crafted stories of psychotherapy-told for the first time from the perspective of the therapist
In her long career as a psychotherapist, acclaimed author Lillian Rubin occasionally encountered patients who demanded a very special, even unorthodox, therapeutic approach. For the first time, Dr. Rubin tells the stories of her most fascinating, most... Read more >
And more Stories from the Other Side of the Couch
Written by Lillian Rubin
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $16.00
Beautifully crafted stories of psychotherapy-told for the first time from the perspective of the therapist
In her long career as a psychotherapist, acclaimed author Lillian Rubin occasionally encountered patients who demanded a very special, even unorthodox, therapeutic approach. For the first time, Dr. Rubin tells the stories of her most fascinating, most... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist
How to Explain the World Without Becoming a Bore
Written by Peter L. Berger
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: June 21, 2011
Price: $26.00
Peter L. Berger is arguably the best-known American sociologist living today. Since the 1960s he has been publishing books on many facets of the American social scene, and several are now considered classics. So it may be hard to believe Professor Berger’s description of himself as an "accidental sociologist." But that... Read more >
How to Explain the World Without Becoming a Bore
Written by Peter L. Berger
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: June 21, 2011
Price: $26.00
Peter L. Berger is arguably the best-known American sociologist living today. Since the 1960s he has been publishing books on many facets of the American social scene, and several are now considered classics. So it may be hard to believe Professor Berger’s description of himself as an "accidental sociologist." But that... Read more >
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Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist
How to Explain the World Without Becoming a Bore
Written by Peter L. Berger
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 7, 2011
Price: $12.99
Peter L. Berger is arguably the best-known American sociologist living today. Since the 1960s he has been publishing books on many facets of the American social scene, and several are now considered classics. So it may be hard to believe Professor Berger’s description of himself as an "accidental sociologist." But that... Read more >
How to Explain the World Without Becoming a Bore
Written by Peter L. Berger
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 7, 2011
Price: $12.99
Peter L. Berger is arguably the best-known American sociologist living today. Since the 1960s he has been publishing books on many facets of the American social scene, and several are now considered classics. So it may be hard to believe Professor Berger’s description of himself as an "accidental sociologist." But that... Read more >
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Margaret Mead
A Biography
Written by Mary Bowman-Kruhm
Format: Trade Paperback, 199 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $17.00
When Coming of Age in Samoa was published in 1928, the book quickly became a bestseller and brought its author to national prominence—a bright, young, and charismatic anthropologist named Margaret Mead. For the next five decades, Margaret Mead became the public face of anthropology in the United States, her strong personality... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Mary Bowman-Kruhm
Format: Trade Paperback, 199 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $17.00
When Coming of Age in Samoa was published in 1928, the book quickly became a bestseller and brought its author to national prominence—a bright, young, and charismatic anthropologist named Margaret Mead. For the next five decades, Margaret Mead became the public face of anthropology in the United States, her strong personality... Read more >
Talk Softly
A Memoir
Written by Cynthia O'Neal
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $22.00
Actress and model Cynthia O'Neal was living her dream life—married to the famous stage and screen actor Patrick O’Neal, the mother of two young sons, resident of the Dakota downstairs from John Lennon, owner of the successful Ginger Man restaurant, and frequent guest at dinner parties with Leonard Bernstein and Rudolf... Read more >
A Memoir
Written by Cynthia O'Neal
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $22.00
Actress and model Cynthia O'Neal was living her dream life—married to the famous stage and screen actor Patrick O’Neal, the mother of two young sons, resident of the Dakota downstairs from John Lennon, owner of the successful Ginger Man restaurant, and frequent guest at dinner parties with Leonard Bernstein and Rudolf... Read more >
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Intertwined Lives
Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle
Written by Lois W. Banner
Format: eBook, 576 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2010
Price: $12.99
A uniquely revealing biography of two eminent twentieth century American women. Close friends for much of their lives, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead met at Barnard College in 1922, when Mead was a student, Benedict a teacher. They became sexual partners (though both married), and pioneered in the then male-dominated discipline... Read more >
Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle
Written by Lois W. Banner
Format: eBook, 576 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2010
Price: $12.99
A uniquely revealing biography of two eminent twentieth century American women. Close friends for much of their lives, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead met at Barnard College in 1922, when Mead was a student, Benedict a teacher. They became sexual partners (though both married), and pioneered in the then male-dominated discipline... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Talk Softly
A Memoir
Written by Cynthia O'Neal
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $22.00
Actress and model Cynthia O'Neal was living her dream life—married to the famous stage and screen actor Patrick O’Neal, the mother of two young sons, resident of the Dakota downstairs from John Lennon, owner of the successful Ginger Man restaurant, and frequent guest at dinner parties with Leonard Bernstein and Rudolf... Read more >
A Memoir
Written by Cynthia O'Neal
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $22.00
Actress and model Cynthia O'Neal was living her dream life—married to the famous stage and screen actor Patrick O’Neal, the mother of two young sons, resident of the Dakota downstairs from John Lennon, owner of the successful Ginger Man restaurant, and frequent guest at dinner parties with Leonard Bernstein and Rudolf... Read more >
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All Out!
An Autobiography
Written by Albert Ellis
Format: Hardcover, 668 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2009
Price: $30.99
This candid autobiography, the last work by renowned psychologist Albert Ellis, is a tour de force of stimulating ideas, colorful descriptions of memorable people and events, and straightforward, no-nonsense talk. Ellis, the creator of one of the most successful forms of psychotherapy—Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)—recounts the memorable episodes of his... Read more >
An Autobiography
Written by Albert Ellis
Format: Hardcover, 668 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2009
Price: $30.99
This candid autobiography, the last work by renowned psychologist Albert Ellis, is a tour de force of stimulating ideas, colorful descriptions of memorable people and events, and straightforward, no-nonsense talk. Ellis, the creator of one of the most successful forms of psychotherapy—Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)—recounts the memorable episodes of his... Read more >
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Intertwined Lives
Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle
Written by Lois W. Banner
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: December 7, 2004
Price: $16.95
A uniquely revealing biography of two eminent twentieth century American women. Close friends for much of their lives, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead met at Barnard College in 1922, when Mead was a student, Benedict a teacher. They became sexual partners (though both married), and pioneered in the then male-dominated discipline... Read more >
Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle
Written by Lois W. Banner
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: December 7, 2004
Price: $16.95
A uniquely revealing biography of two eminent twentieth century American women. Close friends for much of their lives, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead met at Barnard College in 1922, when Mead was a student, Benedict a teacher. They became sexual partners (though both married), and pioneered in the then male-dominated discipline... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Man with the Beautiful Voice
And More Stories from the Other Side of the Couch
Written by Lillian Rubin
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: June 15, 2004
Price: $16.00
In her long career as a psychotherapist, acclaimed author Lillian Rubin occasionally encountered patients who demanded a very special, even unorthodox, therapeutic approach. For the first time, Dr. Rubin tells the stories of her most fascinating, most challenging cases from the other side of the couch, focusing not just on the... Read more >
And More Stories from the Other Side of the Couch
Written by Lillian Rubin
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: June 15, 2004
Price: $16.00
In her long career as a psychotherapist, acclaimed author Lillian Rubin occasionally encountered patients who demanded a very special, even unorthodox, therapeutic approach. For the first time, Dr. Rubin tells the stories of her most fascinating, most challenging cases from the other side of the couch, focusing not just on the... Read more >
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eBook.
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Marx for Beginners
Written by Rius
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2003
Price: $14.00
A cartoon book about Marx? Are you sure it's Karl, not Groucho? How can you summarize the work of Karl Marx in cartoons? It took Rius to do it. He's put it all in: the origins of Marxist philosophy, history, economics; of capital, labor, the class struggle, socialism. And there's a... Read more >
Written by Rius
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2003
Price: $14.00
A cartoon book about Marx? Are you sure it's Karl, not Groucho? How can you summarize the work of Karl Marx in cartoons? It took Rius to do it. He's put it all in: the origins of Marxist philosophy, history, economics; of capital, labor, the class struggle, socialism. And there's a... Read more >
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The Secret Artist
A Close Reading of Sigmund Freud
Written by Lesley Chamberlain
Format: Trade Paperback, 252 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2003
Price: $16.95
Widely acclaimed for giving "an understanding of the connection between Nietzsche’s personal experience and his most famous ideas" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times) in her biography of Nietzsche, Nietzsche in Turin, Chamberlain now renders a similar service to readers of Freud. In this book, part biography, part literary criticism, she takes... Read more >
A Close Reading of Sigmund Freud
Written by Lesley Chamberlain
Format: Trade Paperback, 252 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2003
Price: $16.95
Widely acclaimed for giving "an understanding of the connection between Nietzsche’s personal experience and his most famous ideas" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times) in her biography of Nietzsche, Nietzsche in Turin, Chamberlain now renders a similar service to readers of Freud. In this book, part biography, part literary criticism, she takes... Read more >
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hardcover.
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