50 Psychology Classics Second Edition: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on the mind, personality, and human nature

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Quercus, May 30, 2017 - Psychology - 320 pages
Explore the human condition through the great thinkers in psychology.

This brand new edition of the bestselling 50 Psychology Classics includes new classics like Thinking, Fast and Slow; Quiet and The Marshmallow Test.

In a journey spanning 50 books, hundreds of ideas and over a century, 50 Psychology Classics looks at some of the most intriguing questions relating to what motivates us, what makes us feel and act in certain ways, how our brains work, and how we create a sense of self.

50 Psychology Classics explores writings from some iconic figures such as Freud, Adler, Jung, Skinner, James, Piaget and Pavlov, but also highlights the work of contemporary thinkers such as Gardner, Gilbert, Goleman and Seligman.

50 Psychology Classics will further your understanding of human nature and yourself.
 

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Praise for 50 Psychology Classics
The New Psychology of Success
The Exercise of Control 1997
Understanding
2006
Albert Ellis Robert A Harper A Guide to Rational Living
1961
The Teaching Tales of Milton H Erickson M D 1982
The Theory of Multiple Intelligences 1983
Daniel Gilbert Stumbling on Happiness 2006
Daniel Goleman Working with Emotional Intelligence 1998
Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed 2013
Louann Brizendine The Female Brain 2006
Harry Harlow The Nature of Love 1958
Thomas A Harris Im OKYoure OK 1967
The New Mood Therapy

Hans Eysenck Dimensions of Personality 1947
Anna Freud The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence 1936
Sigmund Freud The Interpretation of Dreams 1900

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About the author (2017)

Tom Butler-Bowdon is the author of seven books including 50 Politics Classics (2015), 50 Philosophy Classics (2013) and Psychology Classics (2007). Bringing important ideas to a wider audience, the award-winning 50 Classics series has been read by over a million people and is in 23 languages. The 50 Classics concept is based on the idea that every subject or genre will contain at least 50 books that encapsulate its knowledge and wisdom. By creating a list of those landmark or representative titles, then providing commentaries that note the key points and assess the importance of each work, readers learn about valuable books they may not have discovered otherwise.



Tom is a graduate of the London School of Economics and the University of Sydney. He lives in Oxford, UK.

Visit his website www.Butler-Bowdon.com



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