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1	Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism more books like this by Temple Grandin, Oliver W Sacks (Foreword by) add to wishlist The animal scientist describes how she and other victims of autism perceive the world, and relates the ways in which she has been able to adapt and have a successful career. see all copies from $3.15! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness more books like this by William Styron add to wishlist The novelist William Styron realized during the summer of 1984, when he was 60 years old, that the joylessness, insomnia, and suicidal thoughts he had been experiencing were not simply part of an episode of harmless melancholy, but the marks of a severe and terrifying depression (he calls it "madness") that had become debilitating. As he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness more books like this by Elyn Saks add to wishlist Saks managed to achieve both professional and personal success in spite of being diagnosed as schizophrenic and given a "grave" prognosis. In this memoir, she frankly and movingly discusses the disease, and the treatments that helped her to cope and thrive. see all copies from $4.25! new only from $4.25! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life more books like this by Lynne Twist, Teresa Barker add to wishlist Exploring the connection between money and leading a fulfilling life, this book shows us how earning, spending and giving money away can offer us a valuable insight into our lives, values and the essence of prosperity. Through personal stories and practical advice, Lynne Twist how we can replace feelings of scarcity, guilt and burden with ... see all copies from $6.44! new only from $11.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Walk Across America more books like this by Peter Jenkins add to wishlist In this classic account, Jenkins describes how his disillusionment with society in the 1970s drove him out onto the road on a walk across America, and shares the lessons he learned about his country and himself that resonate to this day. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Somebody Somewhere: Breaking Free from the World of Autism more books like this by Donna Williams add to wishlist In this sequel to "Nobody Nowhere," Donna Williams explores the four years since being diagnosed with autism and her attempts to leave her "world under glass" and live normally. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Wheel of Life: A Memoir of Living and Dying more books like this by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D. add to wishlist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, renowned for her work on death and dying, writes about her life, from her idyllic childhood in Switzerland, through her marriage and motherhood, to her achievements in medicine and psychiatry. She ends with a contemplation of her own death, and her belief that at the end of life one must be able to feel that one has made a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism more books like this by Robert D Richardson add to wishlist Prize-winning biographer Richardson has written the definitive work on the fascinating William James, whose life and writing put an indelible stamp on psychology, philosophy, teaching, and religion--and on modernism itself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.64! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Freud: A Life for Our Time more books like this by Professor Peter Gay add to wishlist This biography of Freud provides an overview of his life and of the academic life of other early psychoanalysts. It also discusses his Jewishness - the way it influenced his life and the anti-Semitism in Vienna - while emphasizing his bourgeois aspirations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.28! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Thinking in Pictures more books like this by Temple Grandin add to wishlist The captivating subject of Oliver Sacks' An Anthropologist on Mars gives her personal account of living with autism, and tells how her extraordinary gift of animal empathy has transformed her world. of photos & line drawings. see all copies from $5.99! new only from $13.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Prozac Diary more books like this by Lauren Slater add to wishlist In this true account, author Lauren Slater reveals how the antidepressant drug Prozac helped her cope with clinical depression and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Although little was known about the effectiveness and possible side effects of Prozac in 1988--the FDA had approved it in December 1987--Slater was desperate to avoid an unproductive ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Timothy Leary: A Biography more books like this by Robert Greenfield add to wishlist To a generation in full revolt against any form of authority, "Tune in, turn on, drop out" became a mantra, and its populariser, Dr. Timothy Leary, a guru. A charismatic and brilliant psychologist, Leary became first intrigued and then obsessed by the effects of psychedelic drugs in the 1960s while teaching at Harvard, where he not only encouraged ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love more books like this by Thomas Maier add to wishlist The definitive biography of the famous sex research team who dramatically transformed American sexuality yet whose private relationship was just as complex and dysfunctional as any of their patients see all copies from $2.58! new only from $2.58! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Life and Work of Sigmund Freud more books like this by Ernest Jones add to wishlist Ernest Jones's biography of Freud is the one others are measured against. It is often cited as one of the best examples of biography in the 20th century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Freud/Jung Letters: The Correspondence Between Sigmund Freud and C. G. Jung more books like this by Sigmund Freud, Carl Gustav Jung, William McGuire (Editor) add to wishlist This is the unabridged version of the correspondence between the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, and his designated heir, C. G. Jung. This edition includes the critical apparatus missing from the abridged version. see all copies from $5.54! new only from $24.60! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Jung: A Biography more books like this by Deirdre Bair add to wishlist Deirdre Bair's well-researched and thorough biography of Carl Jung does not neglect the more controversial aspects of his career, including his quarrel with Freud in 1913; his acceptance of the presidency of the General Medical Society for Psychotherapy in 1933 in Germany after the Nazi takeover; and persistent accusations of anti-Semitism. see all copies from $2.50! new only from $6.90! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Two Lucky People: Memoirs more books like this by Milton Friedman, Rose D Friedman add to wishlist This is an autobiographical account of the lives and influence of economist Milton Friedman and his wife Rose, who sought to change intellectual opinion in the USA by their belief in personal freedom. It covers their involvement with world leaders and important public policy issues. Through their books and television programmes, and Milton's ... see all copies from $3.63! new only from $14.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Final Analysis: The Making and Unmaking of a Psychoanalyst more books like this by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, PH.D. add to wishlist Jeffrey Masson, once the protege of Anna Freud and Kurt Eissler, here exposes the workings of the psychoanalyst's training. Describing his experiences in the Freud Archives he tells how he discovered, in Freud's work, the flaw that empowers the analyst to distort another person's reality. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Identity's Architect: A Biography of Erik H. Erikson more books like this by Lawrence Jacob Friedman add to wishlist A biography of Erik H. Erikson, the Harvard psychologist and author of influential theories on child development and identity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.63! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes more books like this by Mark Skousen add to wishlist History comes alive in this fascinating story of opposing views that continue to play a fundamental role in today's politics and economics. "The Big Three in Economics" traces the turbulent lives and battle of ideas of the three most influential economists in world history: Adam Smith, representing laissez faire; Karl Marx, reflecting the radical ... see all copies from $19.93! new only from $19.93! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Love at Goon Park: 6harry Harlow and the Science of Affection more books like this by Deborah Blum add to wishlist An investigation into the life of the renegade psychologist who changed conventional views of human love and affection. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| first editions
22 view cover	Marx for beginners more books like this by Rius add to wishlist "Marx for Beginners" describes the origins and evolution of all those rabble-rousing notions about capital, labor, the proletariat, class struggle, socialism--everything that went into making "The Communist Manifesto" one of the landmark publishing events of its time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.70! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Karen Horney: A Psychoanalysts Search for Self-Understanding more books like this by Professor Bernard J Paris add to wishlist Karen Horney (1885-1952) is regarded by many as one of the most important psychoanalytic thinkers of the 20th century. Her early work, in which she quarrelled with Freud's views on female psychology, established her as the first great psychoanalytic feminist. In her later years, she developed a sophisticated theory of her own which provided ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.50! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	City of One: A Memoir more books like this by Dr. Francine Cournos, M.D. add to wishlist In the literature of childhood loss and adult redemption, "City of One" stands as a remarkable and powerful addition. The memoir is about the death of the author's parents by the time she was 11 and how she grew up to journey toward academic achievement and personal success. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Body Silent: The Different World of the Disabled more books like this by Robert F Murphy add to wishlist Robert Murphy was a professor of anthropology at Columbia before he developed a spinal tumour that progressed into quadriplegia. Here, he explores society's fears, myths and misunderstanding about disability, and the effect they have on the disabled person's identity and social standing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.40! \| SVS

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