Robert B Cialdini, PhDInfluence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes"—and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in...

Mary Sheedy KurcinkaFrom the author of Raising Your Spirited Child, the award-winning bestseller that has helped millions, a pioneering, research-based guide to help parents end power struggles and begin connecting...

Fiona Scarlett Joe is 17, a gifted artist and a brilliant older brother to 12-year-old Finn. They live with their Ma and Da in a Dublin tower block called Bojaxhiu...

Haim Shapira, PhDWhat is your happiest moment?How can you know it?Do we waste time or does time waste us?Are questions about meaning truly meaningful?What's really important?Drawing on literary and philosophical...

Dave PelzerThe third instalment of a series of autobiographicalbooks of his life, continues the story of Dave Pelzer overcomingbeing abused as a child. The book starts with the memory of...

Abraham Twerski, MD In this practical and supportive guide to self-esteem, Dr. Abraham Twerski explains how most self-defeating behavior stems from a sense of inferiority and that practically no one...

Judith Herman, MD When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Herman’s volume has changed the way we think about...

Temple Grandin Why would a cow lick a tractor? Why are collies getting dumber? Why do dolphins sometimes kill for fun? How can a parrot learn to spell? How did...

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross MD

Nuala Gardner Determined that her autistic son, Dale, should live a fulfilling life, Nuala Gardner describes her despair after being repeatedly let down by the authorities. But their lives were...

Jacki LydenDaughter of the Queen of Sheba: A MemoirAs an adult, National Public Radio foreign correspondent Jacki Lyden has spent her life on the front lines of some of the...

Ann ColinADD - Attention Deficit Disorder, now diagnosed in up to ten percent of school-age children - has vaulted into public awareness and into a succession of self-help books. But...