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The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories Jan-Willem Prooijen 9781138696105
RRP: €15.46€14.41Who believes in conspiracy theories, and why are some people more susceptible to them than others?What are the consequences of such beliefs?Has a conspiracy theory ever turned out to be true?The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories debunks the myth that... -
The Canceling of the American Mind: How Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, Destroys Institutions, and Threatens Us All by Greg Lukianoff 9780241645574
RRP: €29.75€20.97Why bother refuting your opponents, when you can just take away their platform or career?Greg Lukianoff was one of the first to raise the alarm about the troubling social and psychological consequences of the growing intolerance of opposing viewpoints on... -
The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves by Dan Ariely 9780007477333 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.89€3.15Fascinating and provocative, Ariely's The Truth About Dishonesty is an insightful and brilliantly researched take on cheating, deception and willpower. Internationally bestselling author Ariely pulls no punches when it comes to home truths. ... -
The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves by Dan Ariely
RRP: €11.89€8.14Fascinating and provocative, Ariely's The Truth About Dishonesty is an insightful and brilliantly researched take on cheating, deception and willpower. Internationally bestselling author Ariely pulls no punches when it comes to home truths. ... -
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell 9780316017930
RRP: €20.22€14.33In the past decade, Malcolm Gladwell has written three books that have radically changed how we understand our world and ourselves: The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers. Regarded by many as the most gifted and influential author and journalist in... -
Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies by Edward O. Wilson
RRP: €13.08€9.51'With Genesis, Wilson inspires awe ... His message is that selection has shaped a society that is characterized by cooperation and division of labour' NatureOf all species that have ever existed on earth, only one has reached human levels of... -
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brene Brown 9780399592522
RRP: €33.32€20.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399592522Author Brene BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm) 217mm... -
Sustainable Hedonism: A Thriving Life that Does Not Cost the Earth Orsolya Lelkes (Independent scholar.) 9781529217988
RRP: €26.17€20.48How can we create a thriving life for us all that doesn't come at the price of ecological destruction? This book calls to explore our collective and personal convictions about success and good life. It challenges the mainstream worldview, rooted in... -
Criminal Psychology by David V. Canter
RRP: €47.59€41.72This thoroughly updated and revised new edition provides an essential overview of a full range of psychological contributions to the understanding of crime and the processes of dealing with offenders and helping their victims. From the cognitive,... -
Cruelty: Human evil and the human brain by Kathleen Taylor
RRP: €23.79€18.35In this thoughtful exploration of a painful subject, Kathleen Taylor seeks to bring together the fruits of work in psychology, sociology, and her own field of neuroscience to shed light on the nature of cruelty and what makes human beings cruel. The... -
The Creative Nudge: Simple Steps to Help You Think Differently by Kevin Chesters
RRP: €15.46€10.35Creative thinking is something everyone can do. It's a way of looking at the world afresh, doing new things in new ways, taking risks. With The Creative Nudge, use 'nudge theory' to unleash your innate originality. A new behavioural science that reveals... -
Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How it Changes Us Dr Brian Klaas 9781529338089
RRP: €23.80€15.89'Pertinent!' Margaret Atwood'Illuminating . . . reveals why some people and systems are more likely to be corrupted by power than others' Adam Grant'Passionate, insightful, and occasionally jaw-dropping . . . Corruptible sets out the story of the... -
Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul by Stuart Brown
RRP: €22.61€12.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583333785Author Stuart BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Avery Publishing Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)... -
Psychology of Music Susan Hallam 9781138098541
RRP: €15.46€14.41How does music affect our moods?What is the best way to develop musical skills?How does the definition of music vary between cultures?The Psychology of Music explores the important impact music has on our everyday lives, and its influence on society,... -
Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It by Chris Clearfield
RRP: €11.89€8.21A Financial Times Business BOOK OF THE YEARAN INSIDE LOOK AT THE HORIZON POST OFFICE SCANDAL'Endlessly fascinating, brimming with insight, and more fun than a book about failure has any right to be.' - Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit An... -
The Village Effect: Why Face-to-face Contact Matters by Susan Pinker
RRP: €17.84€11.78Marrying the findings of the new field of social neuroscience together with gripping human stories, award-winning author and psychologist Susan Pinker explores the impact of face-to-face contact from cradle to grave, from city to Sardinian mountain... -
Primate Change: How the world we made is remaking us by Vybarr Cregan-Reid
RRP: €15.46€10.35'A work of remarkable scope' - GuardianFT Best science books of 2018Primate Change has been adapted into a radio series for the BBC WORLD SERVICE.*This is the road from climate change to primate change.PRIMATE CHANGE is a wide-ranging, polemical look at... -
Straight Talk About Death For Teenagers by Earl A. Grollman
RRP: €20.22€13.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807025017Author Earl A. GrollmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *... -
The Sweet Spot: Suffering, Pleasure and the Key to a Good Life Paul Bloom 9781529111064
RRP: €13.08€9.37What if experiencing a good life involves more than just pleasure?Revealing the surprising roots of lasting happiness, pre-eminent psychologist Paul Bloom explains why suffering is an essential source of both pleasure and meaning in our lives.It seems... -
Ways of Worldmaking by Nelson Goodman 9780915144518
RRP: €23.79€19.56Required reading at more than 100 colleges and universities throughout North America.ReviewsIn a way reminiscent of Einstein, Goodman leads us to the very edge of relativism, only then to step back and to suggest certain criteria of fairness and... -
The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy and Our Health – and How We Must Adapt by Sinan Aral
RRP: €17.84€11.85NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIRED In this brilliant smart-thinking book about the power and influence of social media, Professor Sinan Aral shows how 'hyper-socialization' has profoundly changed us. Why does fake news... -
Mirror Thinking: The Unconscious Power of Role Models by Fiona Murden
RRP: €20.22€14.61Parents, friends, teachers, relatives, and even work colleagues - from the people close to us to those we never even meet - other people are constantly shaping who we are. The mirror neuron is a part of the brain that has shaped each and every one of... -
Unlearning Shame: How Rejecting Self-Blame Culture Gives Us Real Power by Devon Price 9781800961937
RRP: €23.80€16.36'With the authentic voice I've grown to expect from Devon [...] This book articulates a feeling that has lurked in the dark corners of so many minds and brings it into the light where it can be faced, embraced, understood, and ultimately, healed. Stop... -
Talkabout Sex and Relationships 1: A Programme to Develop Intimate Relationship Skills by Alex Kelly
RRP: €55.92€49.94Talkabout Sex & Relationships 1 is a comprehensive toolkit for all therapists, educators and support staff who deliver relationship education to people with special needs. It is intended primarily to support groupwork but activities can be easily adapted... -
Outsiders by Howard S. Becker 9781982106225
RRP: €14.27€9.15One of the most groundbreaking sociology texts of the 20th century, Howard S. Becker's Outsiders revolutionized the study of social deviance.Howard S. Becker's Outsiders broke new ground in the early 1960s-and the ideas it proposed and problems it raised... -
Our Brains at War: The Neuroscience of Conflict and Peacebuilding by Mari Fitzduff
RRP: €74.97€65.27Our Brains at War: The Neuroscience of Conflict and Peacebuilding suggests that we need a radical change in how we think about war, leadership, and politics. Most of us, political scientists included, fail to appreciate the extent to which instincts and... -
Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel
RRP: €21.41€12.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060753641Author Esther PerelFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
How We Know What Isn't So by Thomas Gilovich 9780029117064
RRP: €15.46€11.11Thomas Gilovich offers a wise and readable guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life.When can we trust what we believe-that "teams and players have winning streaks," that "flattery works," or that "the more people who agree, the more likely... -
Why We Do the Things We Do: Psychology in a Nutshell by Joel Levy
RRP: €9.51€6.78Can you really tell a criminal by the bumps on his head? What does a memory look like? Can a machine think? Why are some people shy? Is it better not to feel so much? These are some of the many questions that have troubled the minds of some of the... -
The Truth Detective: A Poker Player's Guide to a Complex World by Alex O'Brien 9781788164870
RRP: €20.22€14.61'Through the lens of her personal experience as a poker player, Alex O'Brien reveals the tricks that can help each of us navigate a world beset with uncertainty and misinformation' ANGELA SAINI 'It's thrilling' PHILIP BALL 'Deserves to be widely... -
Conformity: The Power of Social Influences by Cass R. Sunstein 9781479867837
RRP: €64.26€53.53Bestselling author Cass R. Sunstein reveals the appeal and the danger of conformity We live in an era of tribalism, polarization, and intense social division-separating people along lines of religion, political conviction, race, ethnicity, and... -
Causal Attribution: From Cognitive Processes to Collective Beliefs Miles Hewstone (University of Oxford) 9780631171652
RRP: €63.01€55.17Attribution theory deals with how people explain social behavior - their causal attributions or common-sense explanations. Causal Attribution provides a major assessment of attribution theory in social psychology during the last forty years. It reviews... -
Minds Make Societies: How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create by Pascal Boyer
RRP: €17.84€15.51A watershed book that masterfully integrates insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to explore the development and workings of human societies "There is no good reason why human societies should not be described and... -
The Myth of Martyrdom: What Really Drives Suicide Bombers, Rampage Shooters, and Other Self-Destructive Killers by Adam Lankford 9780230342132
€23.22A startling look at the deepest, darkest secrets that terrorists pray you'll never know. For decades, experts from the most powerful governments and prestigious universities around the world have told us that suicide bombers are psychologically normal... -
The Shaping of Us: How Everyday Spaces Structure our Lives, Behaviour, and Well-Being Lily Bernheimer 9781472137869
RRP: €13.08€8.93"You are going to be transported by what Bernheimer has to say. You'll make different decisions and figure out how your brain is working and what should be prioritized in your life" Jo Good, BBC LondonWhat makes everyday spaces work, how do they shape... -
Islamic Psychology: The Basics G. Hussein Rassool (Riphah Institute of Clinical and Professional Psychology, Riphah International University, Pakistan) 9781032321233
RRP: €20.22€18.40Islamic Psychology: The Basics is a jargon-free and accessible introduction that explores psychology from an Islamic perspective, and provides a foundation level overview of the fundamental principles and practices of Islamic psychology. The book... -
Essentials of Autoethnography Christopher N. Poulos 9781433834547
RRP: €27.36€23.00The brief, practical texts in the Essentials of Qualitative Methods series introduce social science and psychology researchers to key approaches to capturing phenomena not easily measured quantitatively, offering exciting, nimble opportunities to gather... -
Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side by Julia Shaw
RRP: €28.56€18.23What is it about evil that we find so compelling? From our obsession with serial killers to violence in pop culture, we seem inescapably drawn to the stories of monstrous acts and the aberrant people who commit them. But evil, Dr. Julia Shaw argues, is... -
The Social Construction of Intellectual Disability by Mark Rapley 9780521005296
RRP: €46.40€39.26Intellectual disability is usually thought of as a form of internal, individual affliction, little different from diabetes, paralysis or chronic illness. This study, the first book-length application of discursive psychology to intellectual disability,... -
The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-being by Richard Wilkinson
RRP: €13.08€9.51The essential new book from the authors of the international bestseller The Spirit Level'Why are people, particularly young people, experiencing increasing levels of mental illness and distress? Highly readable and authoritative, The Inner Level shows...