Avery / Psychology

You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life

by MD, Jeffrey Schwartz

Two neuroscience experts explain how their 4-Step Method can help identify negative thoughts and change bad habits for good.

A leading neuroplasticity researcher and the coauthor of the groundbreaking books...

Try to See It My Way: Being Fair in Love and Marriage

by Ph.D., B. Janet Hibbs & Ph.D., Karen J. Getzen

a deeply probing book that gets to the heart of what all healthy romantic relationships need: fairness

Most couples enter marriage hoping it will last forever-so why are more and more relationships failing?...

A Thousand Days of Wonder: A Scientist's Chronicle of His Daughter's Developing Mind

by Charles Fernyhough

A father's intimate look at his daughter's developing mind from birth to age three

Unlike any other time in our lives, we remember almost nothing from our first three years. As infants, not only are we like...

Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul

by M.D., Stuart Brown

Read Stuart Brown's posts on the Penguin Blog.

From a leading expert, a groundbreaking book on the science of play, and its essential role in fueling our happiness and intelligence throughout our lives

We've...

The Watercooler Effect: An Indispensable Guide to Understanding and Harnessing the Power of Rumors

by Ph.D., Nicholas DiFonzo

"A fresh look at informal communication, and how information spreads rapidly...An absorbing and compelling book." -Daniel J. Levitin, author of This Is Your Brain on Music and The World in Six Songs

"Nicholas...