Psychology & Psychiatry:

Comedy
An Essay on Comedy
Written by Henri Bergson

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 22, 2013
Price: $12.99

Henri Bergson — Laughter
George Meredith — An Essay on Comedy

Introduction & Appendix on The Meanings of Comedy by Wylie Sypher

     Laughter is a mystery—a mystery which defines man. Brought together in this volume are two classic studies of the nature of laughter and comedy. The great French philosopher Henri Bergson develops... Read more >

New Passages

Written by Gail Sheehy

Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2011
Price: $11.99

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Millions of readers literally defined their lives through Gail Sheehy's landmark bestseller Passages. Seven years ago she set out to write a sequel, but instead she discovered a historic revolution in the adult life cycle. . .
People are taking longer to grow up and... Read more >

Making Peace with Yourself

Written by Harold Bloomfield, M.D.

Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: May 11, 2011
Price: $8.99

"I'm afraid of getting again."

"When I look in the mirror, I'm never quite satisfied."

"I can't stand criticism."

"I'm always feeling tense and rushed."

"I wish I could be happier."

Do any of these sound familiar?

Aren't they exactly the kinds of weaknesses that keep us from enjoying our lives to the fullest?

This wise and compassionate... Read more >

Facing the Fire
Experiencing and Expressing Anger Appropriately
Written by John Lee
Contribution by William Stott

Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2011
Price: $12.99

The author of The Flying Boy describes how repressing anger can have profound effects on personal health and guides readers step by step through the process of getting past their fears.


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How Men Think

Written by Adrienne Mendell

Format: eBook
On Sale: February 16, 2011
Price: $11.99

"An interesting tool for working with gender differences."
--John Gray
Author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
Men at work do it all the time: They brag, cover up their mistakes, pretend to know what they don't, start fights. And they still get ahead! Why? As psychologist Adrienne Mendell learned when... Read more >

Intimate Partners
Patterns in Love and Marriage
Written by Maggie Scarf

Format: eBook
On Sale: December 15, 2010
Price: $13.99

“Anyone involved in, embarking on, or yearning for, an intimate relationship should buy, borrow or steal Intimate Partners.”
–New Woman

What goes on in our intimate attachments? What patterns of relationships do couples tend to follow, and why? The bonds we create affect every aspect of our lives, and yet our grasp of... Read more >

Conquering Fear
Living Boldly in an Uncertain World
Written by Harold S. Kushner

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: October 8, 2010
Price: $14.95

From the best-selling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, an illuminating book about fear—and what we can do to overcome it.

An inescapable component of our lives, fear comes in many guises. In uncertain times, coping with these fears can be especially challenging, but in this indispensable book, Harold...

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Positivity
Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life
Written by Barbara Fredrickson

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $15.00

World renowned researcher Dr. Barbara Fredrickson gives you the lab-tested tools necessary to create a healthier, more
vibrant, and flourishing life through a process she calls "the upward spiral." You’ll discover:

•What positivity is, and why it needs to be heartfelt to be effective
• The ten sometimes surprising forms of positivity
• Why... Read more >

Conquering Fear

Written by Harold S. Kushner

Format: eBook, 182 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $13.99

From the best-selling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, an illuminating book about fear—and what we can do to overcome it.

An inescapable component of our lives, fear comes in many guises. In uncertain times, coping with these fears can be especially challenging, but in this indispensable book, Harold...

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Your Many Faces
The First Step to Being Loved
Written by Virginia Satir

Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $11.99

Each one of us has a medley of "faces" that composes our individual personality: intelligence, anger, love, jealousy, helplessness, courage, and many more. We're often quick to judge these characteristics as either positive or negative, without recognizing that we need each of them in order to become fuller, more balanced human... Read more >

Romancing the Shadow

Written by Connie Zweig and Steven Wolf

Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $13.99

Beneath the social mask we wear every day, we have a hidden shadow side: an impulsive, wounded, sad, or isolated part that we generally try to ignore, but which can erupt in hurtful ways. As therapists Connie Zweig and Steve Wolf show in this landmark book, the shadow can actually be... Read more >

Positivity
Groundbreaking Research Reveales How to Embrace the Hidden Strength of Positive Emotions, Overcome Negativity, and Thrive
Written by Barbara Fredrickson

Format: eBook
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $13.99

World renowned researcher Dr. Barbara Fredrickson gives you the lab-tested tools necessary to create a healthier, more
vibrant, and flourishing life through a process she calls "the upward spiral." You’ll discover:

•What positivity is, and why it needs to be heartfelt to be effective
• The ten sometimes surprising forms of positivity
• Why... Read more >

Positivity
Groundbreaking Research Reveals How to Embrace the Hidden Strength of Positive Emotions, Overcome Negativity, and Thrive
Written by Barbara Fredrickson
Read by Kimberly Farr

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $34.95

World renowned researcher Dr. Barbara Fredrickson gives you the lab-tested tools necessary to create a healthier, more
vibrant, and flourishing life through a process she calls "the upward spiral." You’ll discover:

•What positivity is, and why it needs to be heartfelt to be effective
• The ten sometimes surprising forms of positivity
• Why... Read more >

Positivity
Groundbreaking Research Reveals How to Embrace the Hidden Strength of Positive Emotions, Overcome Negativity, and Thrive
Written by Barbara Fredrickson
Read by Kimberly Farr

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $17.50

World renowned researcher Dr. Barbara Fredrickson gives you the lab-tested tools necessary to create a healthier, more
vibrant, and flourishing life through a process she calls "the upward spiral." You’ll discover:

•What positivity is, and why it needs to be heartfelt to be effective
• The ten sometimes surprising forms of positivity
• Why... Read more >

Jealousy
True Stories of Love's Favorite Decoy
Written by Marcianne Blevis
Translated by Olivia Heal

Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: January 20, 2009
Price: $14.95

How can we sustain love when lurking rivals, imaginary or real, threaten to destroy our fragile state of happiness? How can we love freely when jealousy becomes more seductive than love itself? Isolated by the sheer terror of being betrayed sooner or later, the jealous lover hangs in suspense, waiting for... Read more >

Instant Emotional Healing
Acupressure for the Emotions
Written by George Pratt and Peter Lambrou

Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $13.99

The revolutionary, highly effective technique that allows you to free yourself from emotional hang-ups—forever!

Does your fear of flying make travel with friends and family impossible? Are you having trouble coping with the loss of a loved one or forgiving yourself for a mistake you made long ago? For the millions of... Read more >

Destructive Emotions
A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama
Written by Daniel Goleman

Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $15.99

*Why do seemingly rational, intelligent people commit acts of cruelty and violence?

*What are the root causes of destructive behavior?

*How can we control the emotions that drive these impulses?

*Can we learn to live at peace with ourselves and others?

Imagine sitting with the Dalai Lama in his private meeting room with a small... Read more >

A General Theory of Love

Written by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini and Richard Lannon

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99

Drawing comparisons to the most eloquent science writing of our day, three eminent psychiatrists tackle the difficult task of reconciling what artists and thinkers have known for thousands of years about the human heart with what has only recently been learned about the primitive functions of the human brain. The result... Read more >

The Art of Emotional Healing

Written by Lucia Capacchione

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $24.95

Feelings either flow naturally, like a river, or get dammed up. If our emotions become blocked, we can become tense, unhappy, anxious, or depressed. This book offers simple techniques for using art to embrace, understand, and release our emotions so that we can experience a greater sense of well-being in our... Read more >

Instant Emotional Healing
Acupressure for the Emotions
Written by George Pratt and Peter Lambrou

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $15.00

Does your fear of flying make travel with friends and family impossible? Are you having trouble coping with the loss of a loved one or forgiving yourself for a mistake you made long ago? For the millions of people who suffer from phobias, anxieties, or distressing emotions such as anger, guilt... Read more >

Between Emotion and Cognition
The Generative Unconscious
Written by Joseph Newirth

Format: Trade Paperback, 274 pages
On Sale: September 17, 2005
Price: $22.00

Modern individuals often enter analysis because of a feeling of hollowness; a deadened absence of aliveness, meaninglessness, and a sense of being alone in a world that seems otherwise exciting, engaging and alive. Joseph Newirth believes that these feelings reflect a disease of modern man which can be traced to a...

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Exuberance
The Passion for Life
Written by Kay Redfield Jamison

Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $15.95

With the same grace and breadth of learning she brought to her studies of the mind’s pathologies, Kay Redfield Jamison examines one of its most exalted states: exuberance. This “abounding, ebullient, effervescent emotion” manifests itself everywhere from child’s play to scientific breakthrough and is crucially important to learning, risk-taking, social cohesiveness... Read more >

Exuberance
The Passion for Life
Written by Kay Redfield Jamison

Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2004
Price: $13.99

With the same grace and breadth of learning she brought to her studies of the mind’s pathologies, Kay Redfield Jamison examines one of its most exalted states: exuberance. This “abounding, ebullient, effervescent emotion” manifests itself everywhere from child’s play to scientific breakthrough and is crucially important to learning, risk-taking, social cohesiveness... Read more >

Exuberance
The Passion for Life
Written by Kay Redfield Jamison
Read by Anne Twomey

Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 21, 2004
Price: $14.95

The author of the bestselling An Unquiet Mind–and internationally renowned authority on mood disorders–now gives us something wonderfully different: an exploration of exuberance and how it fuels our most important creative and scientific achievements.

John Muir’s lifelong passion to save America’s wild places, Wilson Bentley’s legendary obsession to record for posterity the... Read more >

Exuberance
The Passion For Life
Written by Kay Redfield Jamison
Read by Bernadette Dunne

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 7, 2004
Price: $20.00

We have learned much about depression, but what about its opposite? Why hasn't the human emotion that lifts us, inspires us, drives us on, and makes life worth living been discussed-and celebrated? In this outstanding book, bestselling author Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison explores exuberance in all its unrestrained, joyful energy, and... Read more >