Search Results: Psychology/Self Help/Therapy from Whiting Books

New York: International Universities Press, Inc., 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Mild wear to gray cloth-covered boards. The dust jacket shows edge wear, rubbing, light stain on the front panel, and a chip at the top edge of the front panel. Protected in a Mylar archival sleeve. 342 pages with References..

Self Published, 1989. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. Comb binding. First printing of the January 1989 edition. Chapters 1-17 are draft versions that were scheduled for publishing Spring 1989. The remainder of the manual is from the previous version written in 1988..

New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Very light shelf wear to book and jacket. No tears or chips. No writing, marks or stains. A nice, clean copy. Assumed first edition, as no additional printing dates indicated. 256 pages with Index..

Minneapolis: Johnson Institute, 1991. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 39 pages. Guide and workbook designed to help anyone who has stopped using alcohol or drugs and wants to stay sober and drug free. It should be used in conjunction with self-help programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), not as a substitute for such programs. Laid in at the front of the workbook is a single, loose page from the publisher with suggestions for using the workbook..

New York: Basic Books, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Previous owner name on the front endpaper small stains to the top edge of the page block and rear panel of the jacket. 426 pages with Index. From the publisher: While much attention has been focused on perfecting a taxonomy of mental illness, the editors of this volume argue that cataloguing normal human behavior is an equally vital, if not more daunting, task. A better understanding of normality will further our understanding of the complexities of psychopathology, they maintain, because we will have a meaningful yardstick for comparison and evaluation. Further advancing the evolution of the science of normatology, this important volume assembles an impressive array of researchers and clinicians from many fields--psychiatry, psychotherapy, stress research, alcoholism research, military psychology, family studies, sociology, and forensics--to discuss how researchers and practitioners in these disciplines define what is normal… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. Stated First Printing. Light shelf wear, free of any writing, marks or stains. Jacket is price-clipped and edge-worn with several small tears and chips. Protected now in a new mylar cover. From the jacket: "The best known authority on child care explains the deeper meaning of the behavior--and misbehavior--of children from infancy to adolescence..

Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. Mild wear, a gentlu used copy. Previous owner name, front endpaper. 212 pages..

Self Published, 1997. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Comb binding with clear plastic front cover showing some wear. Rear plastic black cover has a crease and some corner wear. This appears to be a copy of the first printing or manuscript in 1997, per copyright date and no other printings indicated. 402 pages with ads for other books by Dr. Stone and information about the Melchizedek Synthesis Light Academy..

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2011. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Just a trace of bumping to the jacket, else Fine. 244 pages with Notes and Index. "An account of the constraints on personal choice, and the consequences of those constraints for everyday life. Greenfield poses unsettling questions about the choices we make, tapping into scholarship on topics from brain science to economics and sociology. His discoveries confirm that many factors limit our free will.".

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1939. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Previous oner name on the front pastedown. Light foxing to the top edge of the page block. Clean copy. 313 pages with Index..

Essex, United Kingdom: Icon Books, Limited, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Ten essays on psychoanalysis topics. 342 pages with Index..

New York: New York University Press, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Mild wear to boards. Previous owner info blacked out on the front and rear endpapers. Black mark to the bottom edge (remainder?). The dust jacket has edge wear and some staining. Protected now in a Mylar archival sleeve. 548 pages with Notes and Index..

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Light shelf wear and spotting to the fore-edge. Jacket price-clipped and sun-toned on a section of the front panel. Overall, a nice clean copy in a new Mylar protective cover. 243 pages with Bibliography and Index. "Can psychological methods be used to reveal the personality of a writer centuries dead, through the evidence presented in his work, with the same success they have had in clinical testing of living people?" The author sets out to just that..

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Previous owner name inl-stamped on the front and rear cover, otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. 108 pages. CONTENTS: Introduction and Literature Review, National and State Standards for Prison Suicide Prevention, Prison Suicide Rates: A 10-Year Review, Effective Suicide Prevention Programs in State Prisons, Suicide Prevention in Federal Prisons: A Successful Five-Step Program, The Court's Role in Shaping Suicide Policy, and Summary and Conclusions. References and Appendices follow the text. Illustrated with a number of tables..

New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, Inc., 1946. Book. Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Bumped and soiled. Jacket has large chips and tears, now protected in mylar cover. The first volume in the author's study of the psychological aspects of religion, with a consideration of ritual rather than mythology..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. Book. Good. Hardcover. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Bumping to corners; faded, lightly soiled covers. Title on spine faded, hard to read. Light foxing to several pages around the endpapers. 396 pages with Appendices and Index. Originally published in 1904, this book attempts to correct or amplify original data presented in the earlier publication, which examined special characters of genius in Great Britain, from anthropological, psychological, social, and biological analyses. The author assumes that 1904 was the last time such a project would ever be undertaken..

New York: St Martins Press, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing.

Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 250 pages with Notes and Index. "Manjoo presents findings from psychology, sociology, political science, and economics to show how new technologies are prompting the cultural ascendancy of belief over facts.".

Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1988. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 437 pages, with References and Index..