Social Psychology

Now in its third edition, Health Psychology offers the perfect introduction to this rapidly developing field. Clearly explaining the psychological processes that shape health-related behaviors, and affect core functions such as the immune and...

The ongoing growth of attachment research has given rise to new perspectives on classic theoretical questions as well as fruitful new debates. This unique book identifies nine central questions facing the field and invites leading authorities to address...

Modern academia is increasingly competitive yet the writing style of social scientists is routinely poor and continues to deteriorate. Are social science postgraduates being taught to write poorly? What conditions adversely affect the way they write? And...

War is a timeless force in the human imagination-and, indeed, in daily life. Engaged in the activity of destruction, its soldiers and its victims discover a paradoxical yet profound sense of existing, of being human. In A Terrible Love of War, James...

The war over private life spreads inexorably. Some seek to expose, invade and steal it, others to protect, conceal and withhold it. Either way, the assumption is that privacy is a possession to be won or lost. But what if what we call private life is the...

You are a member of a social world on a planet that is home to over 8 billion people. This social world is filled with paradox, mystery, suspense and outright absurdity. Explore how social psychology can help you make sense of your own social world with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369356321Author Lindsay C GibsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint ReadHowYouWantPublisher ReadHowYouWantWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Going beyond the how and why of burnout, a former tenured professor combines academic methods and first-person experience to propose new ways for resisting our cultural obsession with work and transforming our vision of human flourishing. Burnout has...

As disciplines, psychology and history share a primary concern with the human condition. Yet historically, the relationship between the two fields has been uneasy, marked by a long-standing climate of mutual suspicion. This book engages with the history...

SUNDAY TIMES and GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment, and tells their intimate stories: their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926715377Author Deldon Anne McNeelyFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Fisher King PressPublisher Fisher King PressWeight(grams) 268g

A spellbinding travel book, exploring the psychology of walking, pilgrimage, solitude and escape.'An extraordinary, dreamlike journey through West Africa' Adharanand FinnAt the age of twenty-seven and afraid of falling into a life he doesn't want, Robert...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604594645Author Gustave LebonFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint SMK BooksPublisher SMK BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm

The ring of fire stands for the life cycle of both the universe and each individual being: the circular dance of nature in the eternal process of creation and destruction. At the same time, the light radiated by the ring of flames symbolizes eternal...

This book considers how a phenomenon as complex as coercive control can be criminalised. The recognition and ensuing criminalisation of coercive control in the UK and Ireland has been the focus of considerable international attention. It has generated...

Terrorism and radicalization have a long history, but in recent years their prominence has been a particularly conspicuous and influential feature of the global political landscape. This important book presents an overview of the processes involved in...

Stream PodcastGrant Hutchison (Frightened Rabbit):'This book should be mandatory reading for every label, booking agent, manager and tour manager in the business of music and touring so we can all better understand what's really involved in living the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062218346Author Steven D LevittFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307453983Author Janine DriverFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631528347Author Lizabeth MeredithFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint She Writes PressPublisher She Writes PressWeight(grams) 363g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476771519Author Dr. Kenneth J. DokaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm *...

In almost every human society some people get more and others get less. Why is inequity the rule in these societies? In The Origins of Unfairness, philosopher Cailin O'Connor firstly considers how groups are divided into social categories, like gender,...

`Potter and Wetherell have genuinely presented us with a different way of working in social psychology. The book's clarity means that it has the power to influence a lot of people ill-at-ease with traditional social psychology but unimpressed with (or...

This book offers a critical examination of the ethical and moral challenges in conducting research about domestic abuse or sexual violence from the perspectives of studentpractitioners and novice researchers within various professional disciplines,...

Internationally respected NVC trainers, Judi Morin, Raj Gill, and Lucy Leu have come together to codify more than twenty years of training experience in one hands-on facilitator guide. Whether you're a new facilitator, a seasoned trainer looking to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683731672Author Christina ReeseFormat PaperbackPage Count 181Imprint PESI Publishing & MediaPublisher PESI Publishing & MediaWeight(grams)...

The great saxophonist Charlie Parker once proclaimed "if you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn". This quote has often been used to explain the hedonistic lifestyle of many jazz greats; however, but it also signals the reciprocal and...

The Company of Strangers shows us the remarkable strangeness, and fragility, of our everyday lives. This completely revised and updated edition includes a new chapter analyzing how the rise and fall of social trust explain the unsustainable boom in the...

The meaning of things is a study of the significance of material possessions in contemporary urban life, and of the ways people carve meaning out of their domestic environment. Drawing on a survey of eighty families in Chicago who were interviewed on the...

People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge its paw in to retrieve it. But it couldn’t let go. And unless the monkey released the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735218093Author Michael Morris, OPFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

In the bestselling Affluenza, world-renowned psychologist Oliver James introduced us to a modern-day virus sweeping through the English-speaking world. He met those suffering from it and demonstrated how their obsessive, envious tendencies made them...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780930350918Author Erving GoffmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint Northeastern University PressPublisher Northeastern University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974509112Author Aaron R Kipnis Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Indigo Phoenix BooksPublisher Indigo Phoenix BooksWeight(grams)...

Pinpoints how "dogwhistles" and "figleaves," two kinds of linguistic trick, distort political discourse and normalize racism It is widely accepted that political discourse in recent years has become more openly racist and more accepting of wildly...

The internet is so central to everyday life, that it is impossible to contemplate life without it. From finding romance, to conducting business, receiving health advice, shopping, banking, and gaming, the internet opens up a world of possibilities to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591845324Author Simon SinekFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 578gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814439296Author Mark GoulstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint AmacomPublisher HarperCollins FocusWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 227mm * 152mm *...

Available for the first time in English, the 1905 edition of Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality presents Sigmund Freud's thought in a form new to all but a few ardent students of his work.This is a Freud absent the Oedipal complex, which came to...

From emails to social media, from instant messaging to political memes, the way we produce and transmit culture is radically changing. Understanding the consequences of the massive diffusion of digital media is of the utmost importance, both from the...