Behavioral Sciences

In Class Paul Fussell explodes the sacred American myth of social equality with eagle-eyed irreverence and iconoclastic wit. This bestselling, superbly res...

In a classic indictment of American individualism and isolationism, Philip Slater analyzes the great ills of modern society-violence, competitiveness, inequ...

for Ten Years, Jeremy Narby Explored The Amazonian Rain Forests, The Libraries Of Europe, And Some Of The World's Most Arcane Scientific Journals, Followin...

The perfect graduation gift for every young adult entering the real world.In the New York Times bestseller Nick Hornby calls “helpful, stimulating, and v...

who Are You? When You Start To Explore This Question, You Find Out How Elusive It Really Is. Are You A Physical Body? A Collection Of Experiences And Memor...

Wall Street Journal Bestseller Much of the advice we’ve been told about achievement is logical, earnest…and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tr...

Mindfulness Offers A Path To Well-being And Tools For Coping With Life's Inevitable Hurdles. And Though Mindfulness May Sound Exotic, You Can Cultivate It--...

In reasoned progression he outlined core psychoanalytic concepts, such as repression, free association and libido. Of the various English translations of Fr...

Why Did Eurasians Conquer, Displace, Or Decimate Native Americans, Australians, And Africans, Instead Of The Reverse? In This Groundbreaking Book, Evolution...

How to Use Behavioral Design to Create Change in the Real World In this ground-breaking book, author Morten Münster presents a set of rules that individual...

Concise, inexpensive, and accessible, CLASSIC READINGS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Second Edition, provides an excellent introduction to the field of anthro...

Where would we be without conversation? Throughout history, conversations have allowed us to see different perspectives, build ideas, and solve problems. C...

"We are in a new world with many old minds, and the task is to adapt yourself. A modern leader is here to serve." —Interview with Shimon Peres, president...

A smart and funny book by a prominent Harvard psychologist, which uses groundbreaking research and (often hilarious) anecdotes to show us why we re so lou...

NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) has helped millions to overcome their fears, increase their confidence, and achieve greater success in their personal an...

A totally accessible user's guide from the creator of a scientifically proven form of psychotherapy that has successfully treated millions of people worldw...

This best-selling textbook presents a comprehensive and accessible overview of the study of memory. Written by three of the world’s leading researchers i...

Over His Long Career, Jung Maintained A Compelling Interest In Occult Phenomena As A Subject Of Psychological Concern. His First Publication, His M.d. Disse...

Love Builds Brains, lays out the early years' journey of attachment, self-regulation, connection, resilience and well-being, with scientific explanations ...

Designed to apply learning theory and principles to the presentation of learning, this text shows how learning principles work in both animals and people. T...

Richard Leakey's personal account of his fossil hunting and landmark discoveries at Lake Turkana, his reassessment of human prehistory based on new evidence...

1. Evolution, Classification, And Nomenclature -- 2. The Geologic Time Frame -- 3. Primate Evolution: Late Cretaceous To Late Miocene -- 4. The Australopith...

In this revised and updated edition, David Suzuki and Holly Dressel explore the ways in which human beings have evolved beyond their needs, trampling other ...

A different way of looking at fellow man. A fascinating guide to gestures...a field guide to human behavior.Categories: Science & Math Behavioral Scienc...

Integrating psychological theories with empirical evidence, the author of this volume draws fundamental conclusions about the nature and types of relation...

Illuminates The Scientific Factors That Shape The Hidden Patterns Of A Day And Challenge Scheduled Activities, Drawing On Research In The Disciplines Of Psy...

You can't just "get over" anxiety. In fact, the very things most people do to try to feel better-avoiding feared situations, pushing worry out of mind-only ...

This book is intended to change your mind about what is possible for you to achieve. By the time you finish reading the first chapter, you will be aware of...

A groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the brain, from the bestselling author and renowned psychiat...

From The Bestselling Author Of Waking Up And The End Of Faith, An Adaptation Of His Wildly Popular, Often Controversial Podcast Civilization Rests On A Seri...

Collects The Author's Best New Yorker Pieces, Including Essays On Such Topics As Why There Are So Many Kinds Of Mustard But Only One Type Of Ketchup, A Surp...

The ninth edition of Applying Anthropology: An Introductory Reader is a collection of articles that provide compelling examples of applied research in cultu...

A carjacker lurking in a shopping mall parking lot. An abusive husband pounding on the door. A disgruntled employee brandishing a gun. These days, no one ...

If You're The Parent of a "Smart But Scattered" Teen, Trying to Help Him or her Grow into a self-sufficient, responsible adult may feel like a never-ending ...

Brimming with stories of sacrifice, courage, commitment and, sometimes, failure, the book will support anyone pondering a major life choice or risk without...

Emily Martin traces Americans' changing ideas about health and immunity since the 1940s. She explores the implications of our emphasis on 'flexibility' in c...

This new edition provides a comprehensive overview to the field of paleontology—the study of human evolution by analyzing fossil remains. It includes the ...

how Do Imperceptibly Small Differences In The Environment Change One's Behavior? What Is The Anatomy Of A Bad Mood? Does Stress Shrink Our Brains? What Do...

When Celebrated Neuropsychologist Paul Broks's Wife Died Of Cancer, It Sparked A Journey Of Grief And Reflection That Traced A Lifelong Attempt To Understan...

The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic "right-brain" think...

The original Visible Learning research concluded that one of the most important influencers of student achievement is how teachers think about learning and...

The Brain Has Long Been A Source Of Fascination. In 1819, The Radical Thinker And Surgeon William Lawrence Put It Like This: It Is Strongly Suspected That A...

Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those...

A Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger presents a clear and effective approach to helping children and adults alike understand and deal c...

This is a timeless reference for school-based teams, community service providers, and parents supporting children with disabilities engaging in difficult be...

A Fresh and Important New Way to Understand Why We BuyWhy did the RAZR ultimately ruin Motorola? Why does Wal-Mart dominate rural and suburban areas but f...

Between the late 1970s and the mid-1980s, the people of Guatemala were subjected to a state-sponsored campaign of political violence and repression designe...

Sam Harris’s first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people...