The Autist's Guide to the Galaxy - Navigating the World of 'ordinary People' by Clara Törnvall; Alice E. Olsson (Translator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
A playful guide to understanding the ways of 'ordinary people', The Autist's Guide to the Galaxyflips our usual scripts about neurodiversity. Following on from her internationally successful memoir, The Autists, Clara Törnvall has written a fun, comprehensive, and accessible explanation of neurotypical, ...Show more
The Awakened Brain: The Psychology of Spirituality and Our Search for Meaning by Lisa Miller
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
'Erudite, compelling . . . a credible and original investigation' Yasmin Alibhai-Brown A ground-breaking exploration of the neuroscience of spirituality and a bold new paradigm for health, healing and resilience Whether it's an uplifting walk in nature, meditation or prayer, there are many ways to exper ...Show more
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology | Series: Vintage Wolf Ser.
Provocative, punchy and important, this is one of the essential classics of modern feminist literature. In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wol ...Show more
The Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language by Albert Costa
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
'Fascinating. . . This engaging book explores just how multiple languages are acquired and sorted out by the brain. . . Costa's work derives from a great fund of knowledge, considerable curiosity and solidly scientific spirit' Philip Hensher SpectatorThe definitive study of bilingualism and the human br ...Show more
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love (2nd edition) by Sonya Renee Taylor; Ijeoma Oluo (Foreword by)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
"To build a world that works for everyone, we must first make the radical decision to love every facet of ourselves. . . . 'The body is not an apology' is the mantra we should all embrace."--Kimberlé Crenshaw, legal scholar and founder and Executive Director, African American Policy Forum Humans are a v ...Show more
The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions by KATE SUMMERSCALE
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
A thrilling compendium of our deepest fears and obsessions by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. Ever been struck dumb when speaking in public? You might be suffering from glossophobia. Do your book-buying habits verge on bibliomania? Do you recoil in arachnophobic horror at the si ...Show more
The Book of Why - The New Science of Cause and Effect by Judea Pearl; Dana Mackenzie
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
A pioneer of artificial intelligence shows how the study of causality revolutionized science and the world 'Correlation does not imply causation.' This mantra was invoked by scientists for decades in order to avoid taking positions as to whether one thing caused another, such as smoking and cancer and ...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: Philosophy / 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
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: The Animated Story by Charlie Mackesy
$45.00 AUD
Category: Gift
Ahead of the long-awaited film on BBC One this C hristmas Day, a breathtaking new imagining of the original record-breaking story. Charlie Mackesy's beloved The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has been adapted into an animated short film, coming to BBC One and iPlayer this Christmas. This beautiful ...Show more
The Brain that Changes Itself: stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science by Norman Doidge
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology | Series: The Neuroplasticity Chronicles | Reading Level: very good
An astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the adult human brain is fixed and unchanging. It is, instead, able to change its own structure and function, even into old age. Psychiatrist and researcher Norman Doidge, MD, travelled around th ...Show more
The Brain's Way of Healing by Norman Doidge
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology | Series: The\Neuroplasticity Chronicles Ser.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS 'BEST SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BOOK' This book is about the discovery that the human brain has its own unique way of healing. For centuries we believed that the price we paid for our brain's complexity was that, compared to other organs, it was fixed and ...Show more