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Putnam Camp
Sigmund Freud, James Jackson Putnam and the Purpose of American Psychology
Written by George Prochnik


Format: eBook
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $19.99

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... Read more >
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The Age of Insight
The Age of Insight
Written by Eric Kandel
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400068715
Our Price: $40.00
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The Age of Insight
The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present
Written by Eric Kandel


Format: Hardcover, 656 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $40.00

A brilliant book by Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel, The Age of Insight takes us to Vienna 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind—our conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions—and how mind and brain relate to... Read more >
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The Age of Insight
The Age of Insight
Written by Eric Kandel
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781588369307
Our Price: $17.99
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The Age of Insight
The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present
Written by Eric Kandel


Format: eBook, 656 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $17.99

A brilliant book by Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel, The Age of Insight takes us to Vienna 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind—our conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions—and how mind and brain relate to... Read more >
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A Dangerous Method (Movie Tie-in Edition)
A Dangerous Method (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Written by John Kerr
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307950277
Our Price: $16.95
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A Dangerous Method (Movie Tie-in Edition)
The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein
Written by John Kerr


Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $16.95

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
STARRING KEIRA KNIGHTLY, VIGGO MORENSEN, MICHAEL FASSBENDER, and VINCENT CASSEL

“Has all the elements of a juicy novel . . . riveting. . . . Reudite and elegant.” —Newsday
 
In 1907, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung began what promised to be both a momentous collaboration and the deepest friendship... Read more >
Future Babble
Future Babble
Written by Dan Gardner
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771035135
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Future Babble
Why Expert Predictions Fail - and Why We Believe Them Anyway
Written by Dan Gardner


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $

In 2008, as the price of oil surged above $140 a barrel, experts said it would soon hit $200; a few months later it plunged to $30. In 1967, they said the USSR would have one of the fastest-growing economies in the year 2000; in 2000, the USSR did not exist. In 1911, it... Read more >
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The Protest Psychosis
The Protest Psychosis
Written by Jonathan M. Metzl
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780807001271
Our Price: $22.00
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The Protest Psychosis
How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease
Written by Jonathan M. Metzl


Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2011
Price: $22.00

A powerful account of how cultural anxieties about race shaped American notions of mental illness

The civil rights era is largely remembered as a time of sit-ins, boycotts, and riots. But a very different civil rights history evolved at the Ionia State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Ionia, Michigan. In... Read more >
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A Most Dangerous Method
A Most Dangerous Method
Written by John Kerr
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307788122
Our Price: $11.99
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A Most Dangerous Method
The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein
Written by John Kerr


Format: eBook, 624 pages
On Sale: February 23, 2011
Price: $11.99

“Has all the elements of a juicy novel . . . riveting. . . . Reudite and elegant.” —Newsday

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, Direcetd by Dabid Cronenbertg and STARRING KEIRA KNIGHTLY, VIGGO MORENSEN, MICHAEL FASSBENDER, and VINCENT CASSEL
 
In 1907, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung began what promised to be both a... Read more >
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Future Babble
Future Babble
Written by Dan Gardner
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780771035210
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Future Babble
Why Expert Predictions Fail - and Why We Believe Them Anyway
Written by Dan Gardner


Format: eBook
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $

In 2008, as the price of oil surged above $140 a barrel, experts said it would soon hit $200; a few months later it plunged to $30. In 1967, they said the USSR would have one of the fastest-growing economies in the year 2000; in 2000, the USSR did not exist. In 1911, it... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
The Protest Psychosis
How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease
Written by Jonathan M. Metzl


Format: eBook
On Sale: January 1, 2010
Price: $22.00

A powerful account of how cultural anxieties about race shaped American notions of mental illness

The civil rights era is largely remembered as a time of sit-ins, boycotts, and riots. But a very different civil rights history evolved at the Ionia State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Ionia, Michigan. In... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
The Story of Psychology
The Story of Psychology
Written by Morton Hunt
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307568304
Our Price: $18.99
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The Story of Psychology

Written by Morton Hunt


Format: eBook, 896 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2009
Price: $18.99

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.


From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
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The Story of Psychology
The Story of Psychology
Written by Morton Hunt
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307278074
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The Story of Psychology

Written by Morton Hunt


Format: Trade Paperback, 896 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $23.00

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... Read more >
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Putnam Camp
Putnam Camp
Written by George Prochnik
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781590511824
Our Price: $29.95
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Putnam Camp
Sigmund Freud, James Jackson Putnam and the Purpose of American Psychology
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... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
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