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The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Understanding Lisbeth Salander and Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy
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Neil Mulholland · 240 pages
** COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED ** Leading psychologists delve into the world and characters of Harry Potter in this revealing look at J. K. Rowling's constructed universe, using the characters and their puzzling situations to offer insight into real-world psychology. Designed to appeal to both fans of pop culture and students of psychology, this unique blend of scholarship and contemporary criticism c
The Witch Must Die: The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales
Sheldon Cashdan · 285 pages
In The Witch Must Die, Sheldon Cashdan explores how fairy tales help children deal with psychological conflicts by projecting their own internal struggles between good and evil onto the battles enacted by the characters in the stories. Rumpelstiltskin, Pinocchio and Rapunzel vividly dramatize lust, envy, avarice and sloth on a safe stage, allowing children to confront their own "deadly sins.". Ca
Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament
Kay Redfield Jamison · 384 pages
"The anguished, volatile intensity we associate with the artistic temperament, often described as "a fine madness," has been thought of as a defining aspect of much artistic genius. Now, Kay Jamison's brilliant work, based on years of studies as a clinical psychologist and prominent researcher in mood disorders, reveals that many artists who were subject to alternatingly exultant and then melancho
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
Bruno Bettelheim · 328 pages
Discusses how fairy tales are used to educate, support, and liberate the emotions of children; how the tales reveal the child, subconsciously to himself.
Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales
Marie-Louise von Franz · 284 pages
Explores how fairy tales reveal the darker side of life and human psychology, discussing how fairy tales have reflected society's deepest fears, obsessions, and secrets throughout history.
The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
Jonathan Gottschall · 271 pages
Looking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture
Slavoj Zizek · 188 pages
Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
Jonathan Shay · 246 pages
The number of books on the Vietnam War is, by now, vast and varied. Until recently, however, there has been very little for the public to read about the psychological effect of that conflict on the men who fought in it. Gradually, it has come to be known that the combat veterans of Vietnam suffer, in appalling numbers, from what is known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Indeed, of the th
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Jacques Lacan · 878 pages
Presents an English translation of Jacques Lacan's most famous work, with translations of all the papers featured in the original French edition.
Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection
Julia Kristeva · 219 pages
"Kristeva is one of the leading voices in contemporary French criticism, on a par with such names as Genette, Foucault, Greimas and others ... [Powers of Horror is] an excellent introduction to an aspect of contemporary French literature which has been allowed to become somewhat neglected in the current emphasis on para-philosophical modes of discourse. The sections on Céline, for example, are ind
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell · 456 pages
A thoroughly intense and all-embracing read. In the 2-page preface written in 1948, he states such ground-shakingly obvious facts about the human psyche, that you'll wonder why these ideas had never dawned on you before. Then, into the main text of the book, and you're spirited away into an adventure that explores all forms of mythology and their importance in founding different cultures all aroun
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
Roland Barthes · 119 pages
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression
Angela Ackerman, Becca Puglisi · 172 pages
The Art of Seduction
Robert Greene · 468 pages
This mesmerizing exploration of the most subtle, elusive, and effective form of power is a masterful analysis of civilization's greatest seducers, from Cleopatra to JFK, as well as the classic literature of seduction from Freud to Kierkegaard and Ovid to Casanova. Robert Greene once again identifies the rules of a timeless, amoral game and explores how to cast a spell, break down resistance, and,
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR
American Psychiatric Association · 943 pages
Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche
Robert A. Johnson · 128 pages
Body Language: How to Read Others' Thoughts by Their Gestures
Allan Pease, John Chandler · 152 pages
The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently-- And Why
Richard E. Nisbett · 288 pages
A professor of psychology examines the divergent ways in which eastern and western cultures view the world, offering suggestions about how today's interdependent global cultures may be bridged.
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Helen Fisher · 312 pages
Kokology: The Game of Self-Discovery
Tadahiko Nagao, Isamu Saito · 174 pages
Introducing Neuro-Linguistic Programming: Psychological Skills for Understanding and Influencing People
Joseph O'Connor, John Seymour · 282 pages
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald · 263 pages
In this accessible and groundbreaking look at the science of prejudice, Banaji and Greenwald show that prejudice and unconscious biases toward others are a fundamental part of the human psyche.