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Critical Mass by Philip Ball
RRP: £10.99£7.77Is there a 'physics of society'? Philip Ball's investigation into human nature ranges from Hobbes and Adam Smith to modern work on traffic flow and market trading, across economics, sociology and psychology. Ball shows how much of human behaviour we can... -
The Ladybird Book of The Quiet Night In by Jason Hazeley
RRP: £7.99£5.79Got some time on your hands? Then why not make yourself a cup of tea, grab a biscuit and settle down in your favourite armchair to read this unputdownable guide to The Quiet Night In . . .Marianne has been staying in a watching old episodes of Sex And... -
Making Noise: From Babel to the Big Bang and Beyond by Hillel Schwartz
RRP: £38.00£31.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935408123Author Hillel SchwartzFormat HardbackPage Count 912Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 1384gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 64mm -
Smoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass by Martin Shaw 9781645020950
RRP: £14.99£10.23'With potent, lyrical language and a profound knowledge of storytelling, Shaw encourages and illuminates the mythic in our own lives. He is a modern-day bard.' Madeline Miller, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles 'Through feral tales and poetic... -
Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How it Changes Us by Dr Brian Klaas 9781529338089
RRP: £20.00£13.35'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... -
The Pursuit of Attention: Power and Ego in Everyday Life by Charles Derber 9780195135497
RRP: £16.49£12.39"Enough about me," goes the old joke, "what about you? What do you think about me?" Hence the pursuit of attention is alive and well. Even the Oxford English Dictionary reveals a modern coinage to reflect the chase in our technological age: 'ego-surfing'... -
Cleaning by Kenya Hara 9783037787328
RRP: £30.00£20.95Cleanliness is a core value of societies around the globe. So much so that cleaning seems to be an inherent part of human nature and how we interact with and domesticate our environment. This book explores the concept of cleaning in all its various... -
Grace and Grit: A Love Story by Ken Wilber
RRP: £17.99£12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611808490Author Ken WilberFormat PaperbackPage Count 9Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Interpersonal Neurobiology and Clinical Practice by Daniel J. Siegel
RRP: £27.99£24.95Books in the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology have collectively sold close to one million copies and contributed to a revolution in cutting-edge mental health care. An interpersonal neurobiology of human development enables us to understand... -
The Keys to Kindness: How to be Kinder to Yourself, Others and the World by Claudia Hammond
RRP: £16.99£11.58In The Keys to Kindness Claudia Hammond takes us on an eye-opening tour of kindness: what constitutes kindness (it's not what you think), effective strategies to build more of it into our lives and the benefits of being kind. She draws on the latest... -
How We Know What Isn't So by Thomas Gilovich 9780029117064
RRP: £12.99£8.18Thomas 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... -
The Hidden Pleasures of Life: A New Way of Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future by Theodore Zeldin 9780857053695 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.65A guide to new ambitions in work, relationships and learning, by our most inspired thinker on society and community."Scintillating . . . prophetic . . . engaging" - Financial Times"A masterpiece" - The TimesWhat is worth knowing? What does it mean to be... -
The Hidden Pleasures of Life: A New Way of Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future by Theodore Zeldin
RRP: £12.99£8.60A guide to new ambitions in work, relationships and learning, by our most inspired thinker on society and community."Scintillating . . . prophetic . . . engaging" - Financial Times"A masterpiece" - The TimesWhat is worth knowing? What does it mean to be... -
Beyond Behaviour Change: Key Issues, Interdisciplinary Approaches and Future Directions by Fiona Spotswood 9781447317562
RRP: £29.99£23.02'Behaviour change' has become a buzz phrase of growing importance to policymakers and researchers. There is an increasing focus on exploring the relationship between social organisation and individual action, and on intervening to influence societal... -
The Twittering Machine by Richard Seymour
RRP: £12.99£8.60In surrealist artist Paul Klee's The Twittering Machine, the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Leading political writer and broadcaster Richard Seymour argues that this is a chilling metaphor for... -
The Psychology of Video Games by Celia Hodent
RRP: £12.99£11.94What impact can video games have on us as players? How does psychology influence video game creation? Why do some games become cultural phenomena?The Psychology of Video Games introduces the curious reader to the relationship between psychology and video... -
The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self by Dan P. McAdams
£36.06Who am I? How do I fit in the world around me? This revealing and innovative book demonstrates that each of us discovers what is true and meaningful, in our lives and in ourselves, through the creation of personal myths. Challenging the traditional view... -
For the Culture: The Power Behind the World's Most Successful Brands, from Apple to Beyoncé by Marcus Collins 9781035020010
RRP: £20.00£14.29From Marcus Collins, strategist to Apple, Nike and Beyonce, discover the powerful force behind what we buy, what we do, and who we want to be . . .'Compelling and vivid' - Robert Cialdini, author of Pre-SuasianWe all try to influence others in our daily... -
Introducing Freud: A Graphic Guide by Richard Appignanesi 9781840468519
RRP: £8.99£6.70Freud revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. His psychoanalytic terms such as Id, Ego, libido, neurosis and Oedipus Complex have become a part of our everyday vocabulary. But do we know what they really mean? Introducing Freud... -
How Trust Works: The Science of How Relationships Are Built, Broken, and Repaired by PhD Peter H Kim
RRP: £28.99£17.54From the world's leading expert on trust repair, a guide to understanding the most essential foundation of our relationships and communities. When our trust is broken, and when our own trustworthiness is called into question, many of us are left... -
A Woman's Worth by Marianne Williamson
RRP: £12.99£9.09Drawing on her own experiences and reflections, as well as her interactions with thousands of women across the USA and Europe, A WOMAN'S WORTH gives us Marianne Williamson's unique and very personal view of the feminine spirit. She explores the many... -
On Failure: How to Succeed at Defeat by The School of Life
RRP: £16.00£11.57A reassuring guide on how to overcome failure, teaching us that we can learn to fail well This is a hopeful, consoling, gentle book about failure. Our societies talk a lot about success, but the reality is that no one gets through life without failing... -
The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter by Joseph Henrich
RRP: £16.99£14.05Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators. On the other hand, human groups have produced... -
Hero on a Mission: The Power of Finding Your Role in Life by Donald Miller 9781400232048
RRP: £14.99£9.70New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller shares the plan that led him to turn his life around. This actionable guide will teach you how to do the same through journaling prompts and goal-planning exercises. There are four characters in every... -
Constructing the Sexual Crucible: An Integration of Sexual and Marital Therapy by Dr. David Morris Schnarch 9780393701029
RRP: £62.00£52.18By integrating individual, sexual and marital therapies, this study attempts to provide a fresh look at the nature of intimacy and the diverse barriers to eroticism in marriage. The author refutes the common focus on sexual technique, calling instead for... -
Creativity: A Very Short Introduction by Vlad Glaveanu
RRP: £8.99£6.61Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring For thousands of years humanity has engaged in creative expression, allowing us to relate to other people, contribute to shared culture, build an identity, and give meaning to our existence. From... -
Can We Be Happier?: Evidence and Ethics by Richard Layard 9780241429990
RRP: £41.95£24.54Most people now realise that economic growth, however desirable, will not solve all our problems. Instead, we need a philosophy and a science which encompasses a much fuller range of human need and experience.This book argues that the goal for a society... -
Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems by Alexandra Stein
RRP: £28.99£24.28This book explains how people can be radically manipulated by extreme groups and leaders to engage in incomprehensible and often dangerous acts through psychologically isolating situations of extreme social influence. These methods are used in... -
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S Dweck
RRP: £32.00£19.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400062751Author Carol S. DweckFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm) 239mm *... -
Self-Regulation and Mindfulness: Over 82 Exercises & Worksheets for Sensory Processing Disorder, Adhd, & Autism Spectrum Disorder by Varleisha Gibbs 9781683730620
RRP: £21.99£17.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683730620Author Varleisha GibbsFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Pesi, IncPublisher Pesi, IncWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 277mm * 213mm * 10mm -
Environmental and Architechtural Psychology: The Basics by Ian Donald
RRP: £18.99£16.87Environmental and Architectural Psychology: The Basics is a jargon-free and accessible introduction to the relationship between people and their natural and built environment.Exploring everything from the effectiveness of open plan offices to how people... -
The Ladybird Book of The Big Night Out by Jason Hazeley
RRP: £7.99£5.79THE PERFECT GIFT for the party animal . . . or at the very least, for that person you know who doesn't know when it's time to go home.Every so often, it is nice to have a big night out.It is important to let your hair down.And for a friend to hold it out... -
Mixed Signals: How Incentives Really Work by Uri Gneezy
RRP: £20.00£18.69An informative and entertaining account of how actions send signals that shape behaviors and how to design better incentives for better results in our life, our work, and our world "Getting [an] incentives balance right can be complicated. But Gneezy... -
To Light the Flame of Reason: Clear Thinking for the Twenty-First Century by Christer Sturmark
RRP: £25.00£18.94To Light the Flame of Reason is all about the art of clear thinking, an art that is needed now more than ever in the world we now live in. Written for anyone who wants to navigate better in this world filled with populist dogmas, anti-science attitudes,... -
Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships by Eric Berne 9780345410030
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345410030Author Eric BerneFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm) 208mm... -
The Origins of Virtue by Matt Ridley 9780140244045 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£1.90Why are people nice to each other? What are the reasons for altrusim? Matt Ridley explains how the human mind has evolved a special instinct for social exchange, offering a lucid and persuasive argument about the paradox of human benevolence.About the... -
Disconnected: How to Stay Human in an Online World by Emma Gannon
RRP: £9.99£6.80OUT NOW: The new book by Sunday Times bestselling author, Emma Gannon I love Emma Gannon's wise and refreshing perspective on work, and more broadly on the challenges of building a meaningful life in an era of distraction, overwhelm and uncertainty. -... -
Psychology 101: The 101 Ideas, Concepts and Theories that Have Shaped Our World by 2 Adrian Furnham
RRP: £18.99£15.59A look at 101 of the key issues that underpin our understanding of modern psychology - from addiction and body language, through to self esteem and work ethics. Psychologists have always shone a torch, and often a spotlight, into many dark corners of... -
Too Much Loss: Coping with Grief Overload by Alan Wolfelt 9781617222870
RRP: £8.95£6.27Grief overload is what you feel when you experience too many significant losses all at once, in a relatively short period of time, or cumulatively. In addition to the deaths of loved ones, such losses can also include divorce, estrangement, illness,... -
Don't Take It Personally: The Art of Dealing with Rejection by Elayne Savage 9781504036238
RRP: £11.95£9.00Who hasn't felt the sting of rejection? It doesn't take much for your feelings to get hurt-a look or a tone of voice or certain words can set you ruminating for hours on what that person meant. An unreturned phone call or a disappointing setback can...