One might assume that training brains towards perfection is a worthy goal, but German neuroscientist Henning Beck’s "Scatterbrain" promotes a different perspective. The book refutes received opinions about the brain’s apparent... Read More

Rebecca Solnit wants you to act. She wants you to abandon naive cynicism and reject resting in anger. She wants you to engage the issues and go about the hard work of effecting change. And she believes that you can do it. Given the fiery... Read More

Taking a satirical approach to human psychology, "The Art of Hunting Humans" removes the baggage from study and uncovers ideas that feel fresh and exciting. Sidney Mazzi’s tongue-in-cheek psychology book "The Art of Hunting Humans"... Read More

With clinical expertise, "Change Your World" opines on the failure of self-help methods that focus on individual motivation and calls for fostering resilience instead. Michael Ungar’s "Change Your World" argues that resilience is key... Read More

The experience of living as an out LGBTQ+ American has changed a lot in a short amount of time, leading to significant generational differences. Perry N. Halkitis explores those differences in "Out in Time", interviewing men from three... Read More

"The Madness of Fear" offers a fresh perspective on a misunderstood psychiatric challenge. People may think they know what catatonia is, but they are probably wrong. That’s the first of many surprises in the scholarly but fascinating... Read More

Convincing and timely, this book examines beliefs in terms of their ability to lead to happy, moral lives. N. S. Palmer’s intriguing and vital "Why Sane People Believe Crazy Things" is a multidisciplinary study of belief, theories of... Read More

Be so kind as to suspend your beliefs about psychoactive plants like ayahuasca and instead consider alternatives: that ayahuasca is “an intelligent entity”; “a gift of nature conveying messages from the biosphere”; “a portal to... Read More