Psychology Philosophy

Inspire is a book about powerful forces that when applied in the classroom naturally cause students to want to listen, learn, and behave. These forces are presented in the form of principles that are the product of more than 30 years of testing and analysis of what really works in the classroom to drive and motivate even the most challenging students to exceptional behavior and greater academic success.

Civilization and Its Discontents is a book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. It was written in 1929 and explores what Freud sees as the important clash between the desire for individuality and the expectations of society. The book is considered one of Freud's most important and widely read works, and one of the most influential and studied books in the field of modern psychology. This book has been carefully adapted in to modern English to allow for easy listening. Enjoy!

An evolutionary psychologist traces the roots of political divisions back to our primate ancestors and male-dominated social hierarchies. Through the lens of evolutionary science, this book offers a novel perspective on why we hold our political ideas and why they are so often in conflict.

In America’s Ethical Archetype, Dubose exposes the deeper cause of America’s dysfunction: a collapse in how we judge what is true, right, and worth pursuing. While others debate symptoms, he reconstructs the foundations—linking psychology, ethics, and political identity into a unified framework of understanding. The result is both practical and philosophical: a map for those who refuse to accept confusion as the new normal.

In today’s digital-first classrooms, the challenge is no longer access to tools—but how we use them with intention and humanity. Bridging Digital Tools with Compassionate Classroom Practices invites educators to shift from tech-driven instruction to tech-enhanced relationships, where every student feels seen, heard, and valued.

Bloomsbury presents Noticing by Ziyad Marar, read by Silas Carson What does it mean to 'notice' something? To really see it. In his exhilarating quest to help us notice better, Ziyad Marar poses a deceptively simple question: 'what are you good at noticing?' In the process of 'noticing what we notice' we re-attune to questions of perception, orientation, and above all, attention: How do we walk the wrong way down the street without being aware of it? What is happening in us when our eyes pass unseeing over a familiar face in a crowded restaurant?

Are you a notetaker, or a notemaker? Take a page out of this book to find out… What would you say were critical life skills you needed to get by? Budgeting… the ability to communicate… critical thinking… notemaking? That last one may have thrown you for a loop. After all, who needs notes after they leave school? Actually, everyone does. As a presenter, you need them to create experiences that educate, persuade, and wow your audiences. But did you know despite all your hard work, your audience is destined to forget most of what you said within an hour? That's not all.

In a page-turning narrative that reads like a thriller, an award-winning journalist exposes the troubling truth behind the world’s first act of nuclear terrorism. On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London’s Millennium Hotel. Hours later the Russian émigré and former...

Avec cette synthèse accessible de la philosophie de Jung, vous explorerez les parties les plus profondes de l'âme humaine et le rôle essentiel des opposés pour atteindre l'harmonie intérieure. La notion d'individuation, les structures de l'inconscient, les archétypes, sont abordés de manière vivante et opérative. Accepter et équilibrer les contraires, tels que le féminin et le masculin, le conscient et l'inconscient, la lumière et l'ombre, vous conduira à une quête de sens fructueuse.

This introduction to psychoanalytic theory explores the birth of psychoanalysis and gives an account of fundamental psychoanalytic concepts. Psychoanalytic theory remains hugely important for understanding the mind and human behavior. It provides a rich source of ideas for therapeutic practice while offering dramatic insights for the study of culture and society. Written by an authority on psychoanalysis, this book is essential reading for trainees in counseling and psychotherapy, as well as for students across the arts, humanities and social sciences.

What children really need has been misunderstood for most of human history. Drawing on the latest scientific research, philosophy, and psychology as well as her own clinical experience, Maxine illuminates the life of the child. This book promotes the child as a soul—unified in body, mind, and spirit. Articulated through the Foundational Needs Model, the complex interplay of the emotional, mental, psychological, spiritual and physical dimensions are revealed.

Are you struggling to be an effective teacher? Do your kids walk all over you, turning your classroom into a chaotic whirlwind of chatter? The truth is, the majority of new educators have faced similar challenges with classroom disruption and low student motivation. You'd like to be friendly with your class, but you can't let the kids walk all over you. There must be some way to harmonize such tensions, some way to lead your class with the conviction of a general but the gentleness of a scholar. This audiobook will teach you how to be an effective teacher.

Militarized police officers with tanks and drones. Pervasive government surveillance and profiling. Social media that distract and track us. All of these, contends Bernard E. Harcourt, are facets of a new and radical governing paradigm in the United States - one rooted in the modes of warfare originally developed to suppress anticolonial revolutions and, more recently, to prosecute the war on terror. The Counterrevolution is a penetrating and disturbing account of the rise of counterinsurgency, first as a military strategy but increasingly as a way of ruling ordinary Americans.

Discover how to bridge the gap between the world of money and the ultimate prize we all seek, true and long-lasting happiness. This book shows you a path that will lead you along a journey of enlightenment and personal fulfillment. It will take you to Financial Happine$$. The journey begins now.

In 1980, Ronald Reagan created one of the dumbest talking points of all time: "I'm not a scientist, but..." Since then, politicians have repeatedly committed egregious transgressions against scientific knowledge prefaced by this seemingly innocuous phrase. Yet, as science journalist Dave Levitan reveals, that line is just the tip of the melting iceberg when it comes to rhetorical tools wielded to attack scientific findings that don't cooperate with political agendas.

An image is archetypal only when it is an individual value, which through natural analogs allows a person to learn about himself, obtain information about his individual qualities recorded in the individual structure of psyche, which ultimately allows a person to legalize his own innate qualities.

Now from Peter Funk, the Reader's Digest word columnist and the bestselling author of Word Power, comesUpsize Your Word Power, teaching you the fastest and easiest way to expand your vocabulary: the use of synonyms. Synonyms are a sound and often overlooked way to build vocabulary. With...

The Therapeutic School Approach offers teachers and school leaders a step-by-step guide to embedding a trauma-informed approach that is tangible, practical, and brings the underpinning science to life in a way that is relatable and relevant. Placing a keen focus on moving towards a more inclusive way of working, it advocates for a culture that puts wellbeing and mental health at the core of teaching and school life.

The gripping account of the U.S. men’s national soccer team’s winding saga from obscurity to the global stage as they stand on the brink of a seminal World Cup in 2026. For almost half a century, the U.S. men’s national team existed on the fringes of world soccer—out of sight, out of...

How did the human mind emerge from the collection of neurons that makes up the brain? How did the brain acquire self-awareness, functional autonomy, language, and the ability to think, to understand itself and the world? In this volume in the Essential Knowledge series, Zoltan Torey offers an accessible and concise description of the evolutionary breakthrough that created the human mind.