Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi
$32.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Being bored is bad, right? We'll certainly do anything to avoid it and with smartphones we need never be bored again, as we reply to our emails 24 hours a day, tweet as we watch TV, watch TV as we commute, check Facebook as we walk and Instagram while we eat. Stimulation is good. But what if it's not? W ...Show more
Social Leap, The: How and Why Humans Connect by William von Hippel
$29.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Leading researcher into social intelligence and evolutionary psychology William von Hippel argues that the main advantage early primates had against other animals was their ability to live, and thrive, in social groups. Furthermore, this ability was such a revolutionary advantage that it was the chief e ...Show more
Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine by Derren Brown
$22.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Everyone says they want to be happy. But that's much more easily said than done. What does being happy actually mean? And how do you even know when you feel it? Across the millennia, philosophers have thought long and hard about happiness. They have defined it in many different ways and come up with myr ...Show more
Platonic: How Understanding Your Attachment Style Can Help You Make and Keep Friends by Marisa G. Franco PhD
$34.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
When was the last time you made a new friend? For many adults, the answer is too long ago. Loneliness is an increasing problem across the world, with swathes of people unsure how to go about establishing new connections outside the fertile school, college, or university years. In this rigorously researc ...Show more
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The breakthrough programme for conquering anger, anxiety, obsessiveness and depression by Daniel G. Amen
$34.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Revised and Expanded Edition. In this completely revised and updated edition of the breakthrough bestseller that's sold nearly a million copies worldwide, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures work ...Show more
Keep Sharp: How to Build a Better Brain at Any Age by Sanjay Gupta
$32.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
An exciting new science-driven guide to protecting your mind from decline. Throughout our lives, we are always looking for ways to keep our mind sharp and effortlessly productive. In this book, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr Sanjay Gupta offers insights from top scientists all over the world, whose cutt ...Show more
Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick by Wendy Wood
$19.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Wendy Wood's Good Habits, Bad Habits is a groundbreaking book by a leading academic that has transformed the way we understand habits and habit formation...
Some Achieve Greatness: Lessons on leadership and character from Shakespeare and one of his greatest admirers by John Bell
$29.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.” William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Around the globe people have been crying out for “Leadership”: demanding it, begging for it. From the farcical spectacle of short-lived Australian prime ministers shoving each other ...Show more
A State of Fear: How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 Pandemic by Laura Dodsworth
$22.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Starting a much needed conversation about the ethics and impacts of the behavioural psychology, manipulation and the strategy of fear that is so deeply embedded in government. This is a book about fear. Fear of a virus. Fear of death. Fear of losing our jobs, our democracy, our human connections, our he ...Show more
The Knowledge Illusion - The Myth of Individual Thought and the Power of Collective Wisdom by Steven Sloman; Philip Fernbach
$19.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Human reasoning is remarkably shallow - in fact, our thinking and justifications just scratch the surface of the true complexity of the issues we deal with. The ability to think may still be the greatest wonder in the world (and beyond), but the way that individuals think is less than ideal. In The Know ...Show more
The Road to Character by David Brooks
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus on external success--"résumé virtues"--and our core principles. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of ...Show more
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, 3rd Edition: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
A renowned psychiatrist reveals how trauma affects children--and outlines the path to recovery How does trauma affect a child's mind--and how can that mind recover? In the classic The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry explains what happens to the brains of children exposed to extreme stress and sh ...Show more