The Story of Psychology
Written by Morton Hunt
Format: eBook, 896 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2009
Price: $22.00
The engrossing, definitive saga of the great thinkers and scientists who for twenty-five hundred years have been investigating the mysteries of the human mind and human behavior.
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The Story of Psychology
Written by Morton Hunt
Format: Trade Paperback, 896 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $22.00
Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Mesmer, William James, Pavlov, Freud, Piaget, Erikson, and Skinner. Each of these thinkers recognized that human beings could examine, comprehend, and eventually guide or influence their own thought processes, emotions, and resulting behavior. The lives and accomplishments of these pillars of psychology, expertly assembled by Morton Hunt...
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Putnam Camp
Written by George Prochnik
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: September 17, 2006
Price: $29.95
Winner of the 2007 Gradiva Award
An innovative work of biography that traces the lasting impact of the friendship between Sigmund Freud and pioneering American psychologist James Jackson Putnam.
In 1909 Sigmund Freud made his only visit to America, which included a trip to "Putnam Camp”–the eminent American psychologist James Jackson Putnam's...
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Under the Influence
The Literature of Addiction
Written by Rebecca Shannonhouse
Foreword by Pete Hamill
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $14.00
Drawing on two centuries of important literary and historical writings, Rebecca Shannonhouse has shaped a remarkable collection of works that are, in turn, tragic, compelling, hilarious, and enlightening. Together, these selections comprise a profound and truthful portrait of the life experience known as addiction.
Under the Influence offers classic selections from fiction...
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Freud: Conflict and Culture
Essays on His Life, Work, and Legacy
Edited by Michael Roth
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2000
Price: $18.00
In
Freud: Conflict and Culture, Michael S. Roth presents eithgteen essays on the man who has become, in W.H. Auden's phrase, "a whole climate of opinion."
This fascinating collections explores Freud's work, the absorption of his theories into mainstream culture, and his hotly contested legacy. Oliver Sacks demonstrates how Freud's early studies anticipated...
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