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The first book to explore the distinct personality style of the otrovert ― someone who lacks the communal impulse and does not fit in with any social group, regardless of its members ― and to reveal all the advantages of being an otrovert and how otroverts contribute to the world. If you were the kid who never wanted to go to summer camp, if you prefer spending time with friends one-on-one than going to parties, and if you often engage in acts of silent rebellion against group norms and traditions, you are very likely an otrovert.

The million-copy bestselling author of The Psychopath Test returns with a shocking, darkly comic trip to the furthest reaches of the masculinity crisis I honestly have no clue what is going on. This is very weird. We left. Was completely fucked. All good now. When Jon Ronson received a series of...

You’ve read the books. You’ve seen the films. Now get inside the heads of your favorite Twilight characters (just like Edward can!) in The Psychology of Twilight. Explore the minds and motives of Bella, Edward, Jacob, and more with a deeper look at the series that’s captured the hearts and psyches of millions. Find out: How Edward and Jacob match up in an evolutionary psychology smackdown for Bella’s and our affection. Whether Bella’s motorcycle-riding and cliff diving in New Moon are suicidal or her salvation. Why vampires and werewolves aren’t so different after all (at least psychologically)The emotional appeal of love stories like Bella and Edward’s. Why being a part of Twilight fandom is good for your psychological health. Snuggle up on the closest chaise, and get ready to revisit the Twilight Saga with some professional help.

Jonathan Haidt has spent his career speaking wisdom and truth in some of the most the most difficult spaces - communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the perfect storm contributing to a public health emergency for teenagers today. In The Anxious Generation, Haidt argues that for the cohort that hit puberty around 2009, their sense of self developed as the threads of three dramatic technological and social changes emerged.

Brought to you by Penguin. The highly anticipated new book from Malcom Gladwell, host of the chart-topping podcast Revisionist History. With original archival interviews and musical scoring, this enhanced audiobook edition of Talking to Strangers brings Gladwell's renowned storytelling to life...

Brought to you by Penguin. If you have ADHD - or love somebody who does - DIRTY LAUNDRY will change your life, and your relationships. Do you feel crippling shame because you struggle with cleaning, personal hygiene, or time-keeping? Do you always feel misunderstood by the people close to you...

Over the last 22 years, Robert Greene has provided insights into every aspect of being human, whether that be getting what you want, understanding others' motivations, mastering your impulses or recognizing strengths and weaknesses. The Daily Laws distills that wisdom into daily entries.

Finally understand why he goes quiet—and get the exact words to reach him. You have tried being patient. You have tried being direct. You have softened your words, raised your voice, and waited for the right moment that never quite arrives. And still—he shuts down. What if the problem was never what you said—but how his brain is wired to receive it?

Uncover the madness at the heart of society in this Sunday Times bestseller. 'The belly laughs come thick and fast' – The Observer 'Chirpy, inquisitive, funny' - Craig Brown What if society wasn't fundamentally rational, but was motivated by insanity? This thought sets Jon Ronson on an utterly...

Brought to you by Penguin. The instant Sunday Times bestseller A FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH'S 75 BEST BOOKS OF 2021 What if you stopped trying to do everything, so that you could finally get round to what counts? We're obsessed with our...

These days, no one in America feels immune to violence. But now, in this extraordinary, groundbreaking book, the nation's leading expert on predicting violent behavior unlocks the puzzle of human violence and shows that, like every creature on earth, we have within us the ability to predict the harm others might do us and get out of its way. Contrary to popular myth, human violence almost always has a discernible motive and is preceded by clear warning signs.

*NEW EDITION FEATURING UPDATED MATERIAL* 'Erudite, interesting and, above all, entertaining' ALAN JOHNSON, FORMER UK HOME SECRETARY 'A racy, engrossing read' PROFESSOR IAN ROBERTSON 'Incredibly absorbing, leaving even the most confident orator with food for thought' PSYCHOLOGIES Communication...

Encounters with embarrassment, guilt, self-consciousness, remorse, etc. are an unavoidable part of everyday life, and they sometimes have lessons to teach us - about our goals and values, about the person we expect ourselves to be. In contrast to the prevailing cultural view of shame as a uniformly toxic influence, Shame is a book that approaches the subject of shame as an entire family of emotions which share a “painful awareness of self.”

The #1 New York Times-bestseller from the author of The 48 Laws of Power Each one of us has within us the potential to be a Master. Learn the secrets of the field you have chosen, submit to a rigorous apprenticeship, absorb the hidden knowledge possessed by those with years of experience, surge...

Nem Te Conto é uma áudio série original da Audible em 6 episódios que traz um olhar íntimo e aprofundado sobre a fofoca do ponto de vista da atriz, apresentadora e vítima de fofocas desde o início da carreira: Luana Piovani. A cada episódio, traremos um convidado para conversar com ela um subtema relativo à fofoca, abordado por um viés psicológico, sociológico, filosófico e opinativo. Com tom descontraído, a conversa é basicamente uma grande fofoca sobre a fofoca e, até por isso, ela escolheu a dedo as pessoas que gostaria de ter na mesa durante essa temporada.

Learn how to rewire your attachment style and unlock stronger relationships, better health, greater resilience and a more fulfilling life in the empowering new book from the acclaimed psychiatrist and neuroscientist, and the multi-million bestselling co-author of Attached, Dr Amir Levine. Years...

Does your mind go blank every time someone tries to talk to you? You need specific techniques for specific moments when your brain stops working. That's what this book provides.

In Hidden Games, MIT economists Moshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli find a surprising middle ground between the hyperrationality of classical economics and the hyper-irrationality of behavioural economics. They call it hidden games. Reviving game theory, Hoffman and Yoeli use it to explain our most puzzling behaviour, from the mechanics of Stockholm syndrome and internalised misogyny to why we help strangers and have a sense of fairness.

From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia, learn what sets high achievers apart—from Bill Gates to the Beatles—in this seminal work from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review). In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of...

The Sane Society is a continuation and extension of the brilliant psychiatric concepts Erich Fromm first formulated in Escape from Freedom; it is also, in many ways, an answer to Freud’s Civilization and its Discontents. Fromm examines man’s escape into over conformity and the danger of robotism in contemporary industrial society: Modern humanity has, he maintains, been alienated from the world of their own creation. Here Fromm offers a complete and systematic exploration of his “humanistic psychoanalysis.”