Sociology & Psychology

'John Douglas is the FBI's pioneer and master of investigative profiling, and one of the most exciting figures in law enforcement I've had the privilege of knowing' Patricia Cornwell


'John Douglas knows more about serial killers than anybody in the world' ...

Reveals and discusses some of the important and distinctive aspects of Nubian culture. This study contains discussions on the psychology of death ceremonies, the nature of 'taboo,' and the importance of trance curing ceremonies. It brings a work of scholarship on the ceremonial traditions of a changed and changing Nubian world.

In the 1960s the construction of the Aswan High Dam occasioned the forced displacement of a large part of the Nubian population. Beginning in 1960, anthropologists at the American University in Cairo's Social Research Center undertook a survey of the Nubians to be moved and those already outside their ...

Refugees; Palestinian Arab; Middle East; politics and government.

The new book from TED speaker and author of The Optimism Bias, Tali Sharot, The Influential Mind challenges the wisdom of the crowd.

Christopher Berry-Dee is back. In Talking With Serial Killers: World's Most Evil, the bestselling author delves deeper still into the gloomy underworld of killers and their crimes.

Blending memoir, self-help and science, and offering practical help, Tim Clare asks us to rethink anxiety

Why do we cut off our noses to spite our faces? A leading expert in psychology shines a light on a universal emotion

An essential new work of Black feminism published during Black History Month by leading thinker and sociologist Akwugo Emejulu.

Why do we cut off our noses to spite our faces? A leading expert in psychology shines a light on a universal emotion

Anxiety is all around us: phobias, OCD, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress. Why are our brains so anxious? And what can we do about it?

Jacques Lacan is regarded as a major psychoanalytical theorist alongside Freud and Jung, although recognition has been delayed by fierce arguments over his ideas. This title guides the reader through his innovations, including his work on paranoia, his addition of structural linguistics to Freudianism and his ideas on the infant 'mirror phase'.

INTRODUCING guide to the pioneering child psychoanalyst

An essential, illustrated primer on what makes society tick .

The shocking truth about some of the most disturbing, criminal cults that have ever existed.How did Charles Manson inspire his "family" to launch a campaign of murder? What twisted ideology lay behind horrific events like the Waco Siege, the Aum Shinrikyo's poison-gas attack on the Tokyo metro, and the ...

The inside story of the world's most notorious cults.

Discover how in almost every area of our lives, our behaviour is influenced far more by others than we'd like to imagine

Provides an illuminating explanation of the origins and meaning of romantic love and shows how a proper understanding of its psychological dynamics can revitalize our most important relationships.

First, this book will change how you see the world.

Then you will change how others see it.

The fault lines that can fracture a marriage are all contained in these six words: FAMILIARITY, FIGHTING, FAMILY, FINANCES, FOOLING AROUND AND FINDING HELP. It's time to get to know your F words.