Social Scientists & Psychologists

'A remarkable, powerful, tender and insightful book that will change lives' Stephen Fry'A unique book . . . The stories [Shooter] tells are poignant and powerful testimonies to the resilience of the human spirit' Marjorie Wallace, CBE'Through fascinating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767914758Author Joan AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Guardsman Philip Williams was 18 when he fought in the Falklands War. He was left for dead and a memorial service was held for him. On his return, the press treated him with hostility and his life turned sour. He has left the Army and is often unemployed...

When she was a little girl, Jasvinder Sanghera's father told her about the village he came from, Kang Sabhu in rural Punjab. One day, he promised to take her there so she could meet her half-sister, Bachanu, who had stayed behind. But at the age of...

The extraordinary life of a brilliant woman whose contributions to science have been lied about and misused-the Henrietta Lacks of psychoanalysis-and whose mental health struggles look different in light of newly emerging research.In 1880, young Bertha...

Written originally in 1936-38 by Admiral Cumberlege as a record of his life, Salt Horse was never published. The original manuscript has been expertly edited and made readable in terms of language to a modern audience. It now comprises chapters on...

Michele's childhood was a nightmare. Her mother was a gifted psychic but highly unstable, unable to control the dark forces her powers unleashed or to look after Michele. When she was six her beloved father died and the last shreds of normality were gone...

An inspirational true story of a 4 year old girl who fell into the power of a man whose evil knew no bounds. She encountered terrifying mental and physical torture from her psychopathic stepfather for a period of 17 years until she managed to break free,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839012655Author Adam BallingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 129g

One of the great untold stories of the British services is that of the Royal Navy Submarine Service which entered the fray in World War I with 100 underwater craft. Through World War II, where submariners' prospects of returning safely from a mission...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568383439Author Robert ThomsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Hazelden Information & Educational ServicesPublisher Hazelden Information &...

John Peel first brought Judy's moving childhood story to light on ‘Home Truths’. Abducted by her psychotic spiritualist father and kept like a dog in the backyard, she went on to suffer at the brutal hands of nuns in a Manchester orphanage, before living...

You've read tales of lady's maids and cooks, housekeepers and nannies, but now it's time to hear from the other side of life as a servant. From the lamp boy to the butler, here are the fascinating storis from the men below stairs. This treasure-trove of...

Isaac Newton and the England he knew: the people, places and events that shaped history's greatest scientist. Across nine decades, Isaac Newton bestrode the world of science, becoming a colossus of experimentation, discovery and philosophy. How did a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913615130Author Tara And Cameron LeiperFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Cherish EditionsPublisher Trigger PublishingWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm)...

When The Paris Diary exploded on the scene in 1966 there had never been a book in English quite like it: Its intimate combination of personal, literary, and social insights was unprecedented. Rorem's self-portrait of the artist as a young man, written...

Over the years there have been many books published about the Kennedy family, individually and collectively. Yet, curiously, there is one topic that has never been considered the complex relationship shared between the three women who were not born...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781525546686Author Clara AtmaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick "Raw and inspiring." -People "Land is not just exploring her own story, but also the larger implications of what it means to fall between the cracks of American capitalism." -The New York Times From the New York...

In 1982 Sally Morgan travelled to her grandmother's birthplace, Corunna Downs Station in Western Australia. She wants to trace the experiences of her childhood andolescence in Perth in the 1950's. Through memories and images, hints and echoes begin to...

In the half-century since his death, the Hungarian analyst Sandor Ferenczi has amassed an influential following within the psychoanalytic community. During his lifetime Ferenczi, a respected associate and intimate of Freud, unleashed widely disputed...

Once upon a time the well-bred daughters of Britain's aristocracy took part in a female rite of passage: curtseying to the Queen. But in 1958 this ritual was coming to an end. Under pressure to shine - not least from their mothers - the girls became the...

The daughter of an illustrious Russian general, Lou von Salome left her home in the heart of Tsarist Russia to conquer intellectual Europe at the tender age of 18. Eventually settling in Germany, she became a best-selling novelist, a groundbreaking...

"Chris Westoby's THE FEAR TALKING is truly important, beautifully written, and urgently needed. This book will save lives-especially the lives of young people, one of our most vulnerable and underserved populations when it comes to mental and behavioral...

Justyn Rees Larcombe had it all. Around his beautiful home were the mementoes of success - the Sword of Honour awarded by the Queen when he left Sandhurst; the silver photo frames with the pictures of his much loved wife and family; the rooms full of the...

Justyn Rees Larcombe had it all. Around his beautiful home were the mementoes of success - the Sword of Honour awarded by the Queen when he left Sandhurst; the silver photo frames with the pictures of his much loved wife and family; the rooms full of the...

Marsha P. Johnson, Keith Haring, Harvey Milk, Audrey Lorde, RuPaul... the names of pioneers and trailblazers who have advanced the LGBTQI+ cause and helped bring about new human rights. This book pays tribute in 50 portraits to the activists,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943156580Author Carol E MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Schaffner PressPublisher Schaffner PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 218mm *...

Love, corruption, violence and the dangerous politics of aid in the Sudan, by an exciting new writer. Emma McCune's passion for Africa, her unstinting commitment to the children of the Sudan, and her striking glamour set her apart from other...

A dramatic and remarkable narrative of an extraordinary teacher's determination, from the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers 'The Tiger's Child' and 'One Child'. Torey Hayden faced six emotionally troubled kids no other teacher could...

"A frank chronicle of healing."-Kirkus Reviews What happens when a trauma therapist is traumatized by loss? Esteemed trauma therapist Meghan Riordan Jarvis knew how to help her patients process grief. For nearly twenty years, Meghan expected...

To find more information about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.About the AuthorGeorge E. Atwood, Ph.D., is a core faculty member at the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, New York City, and...

In 1937, as the invading Japanese Army closed on Nanking, then the capital of China, all foreigners were ordered to evacuate. One man, a mild 55-year-old German named John Rabe who ran the local Siemens factory, refused on the grounds that it would show...

Doctor, militant, political essayist, ambassador, teacher, journalist, pan-Africanist: Frantz Fanon represented a new model of engaged intellectual who sought to decolonize mid-twentieth-century thought, society and culture and move beyond the ideology...

Freud approved the overall editorial plan, specific renderings of key words and phrases, and the addition of valuable notes, from bibliographical and explanatory. Many of the translations were done by Strachey himself; the rest were prepared under his...

In the Berlin of 1942, Lilly Wust was married to a soldier and was the mother of four children. Her quiet domestic life was forever changed when she met and fell in love with Jewish Felice Schragenheim. Aimee and Jaguar, as the two called one another,...

'The best crime book since Wiseguy' - Rich CohenA real-life Scarface, Jon was born into the Gambino Mafia family and witnessed his first murder aged seven. He joined a US Army assassination squad in Vietnam to escape a teen criminal charge, then fled New...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060985080Author Brenda MaddoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528716239Author Florence NightingaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328470232Author Consultant Statistician Walter BenjaminFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Mariner Books ClassicsPublisher Mariner Books...