Psychology & Psychiatry:

Going Hungry
Writers on Desire, Self-Denial, and Overcoming Anorexia
Written by Kate M. Taylor

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $15.95

Here, collected for the first time, 19 writers describe their eating disorders from the distance of recovery, exposing as never before the anorexic's self-enclosed world. Taking up issues including depression, genetics, sexuality, sports, religion, fashion and family, these essays examine the role anorexia plays in a young person's search for direction... Read more >

Hope, Help, and Healing for Eating Disorders
A New Approach to Treating Anorexia, Bulimia, and Overeating
Written by Dr. Gregory L. Jantz

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 15, 2002
Price: $13.99

Eating disorders–including anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overeating–are among the most painful and difficult illnesses a person can face. Sufferers know firsthand the confusion and agony these illnesses can bring. They also know how it feels to long for hope–and to wonder if victory can ever be achieved.

The truth is, eating... Read more >

Fasting Girls
The History of Anorexia Nervosa
Written by Joan Jacobs Brumberg

Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2000
Price: $15.95

Winner of four major awards, this updated edition of Joan Jacobs Brumberg's Fasting Girls, presents a history of women's food-refusal dating back as far as the sixteenth century. Here is a tableau of female self-denial: medieval martyrs who used starvation to demonstrate religious devotion, "wonders of science" whose families capitalized on... Read more >