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Will Self
From the Booker-shortlisted author of Umbrella, a world-girdling collection of writings inspired by a life lived in and for literature.
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The Booker-shortlisted author of Umbrella writes his most American novel yet--a brilliant portrait of a 1950s housewife, based on the life of the author's mother, and an exploration of sexual…
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A brilliant portrait of motherhood, sublimated desire and the reverberations of the Cold War in a novel that investigates and reimagines the life of the author's mother.
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Willow Creek Press
NO GRAY AREA - With a sleek, minimalist gray cover, the Charcoal Gray Academic 3.5" x 6.5" Weekly Spiral Planner is the perfect companion for staying organized from July 2025…
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Russell Smith
An electric examination of women and men, sex and love, self-loathing and twenty-first century loneliness.
Between Daily Self Care, the weekly column she writes for the website The Hype Report…
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Haile Thomas
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A world where self-expression is banned.
A world where survival is everything.
A girl who will be heard.
Seventeen-year-old Teddy lives in the walled-in city Metropolis. Radical laws condemn all…
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Gabrielle Bernstein
1 New York Times best-selling author Gabrielle Bernstein charts a path to healing that can literally change your life-a simple, powerful method informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy.
Are…
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Osamu Dazai, Ralph McCarthy (trans.)
Bringing together novelist Osamu Dazai's best autobiographical shorts in a single, slim volume, Self-Portraits shows the legendary writer at his best-and his worst
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Jeffery Self
In the vein of works by Gary Janetti and Danny Pellegrino, an honest, funny, and heartfelt memoir-in-essays about chasing your dreams, making big messes, and finding yourself along the way.
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Oliver Sacks
A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind.
Mikhail Bulgakov
The devil makes a personal appearance in Moscow accompanied by various demons, including a naked girl and a huge black cat. When he leaves, the asylums are full and the…
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Michael Collins
The debut collection of essays from one of Britain's most celebrated photographers.
For many years, photographer Michael Collins had wondered what exactly it was that he found so mysterious and…
Peter Self, Herbert J. Storing
Originally published in 1962, this book deals with agricultural policies and politics in Britain between 1945 and 1961. The distinctive feature of this period was agricultural 'partnership' - a close…
Mieke Gerritzen
An inspirational guide to constructing and navigating selfhood in the age of social media
Anna Danielewicz-Betz
Self-Presentation and Self-Praise in the Digital Workplacepresents the findings of an interdisciplinary study of the 'self-entrepreneurial self' and, in particular, the rationale behind its need to self-present under the current…
Carla Lonzi
Carla Lonzi’s Self-portrait transforms traditional conceptions of linear art historical thinking, reimagines the role of the critic, as well as the role of women in the world of art. For…
Alan Bleakley
Self-Literacy: Writing Out Personhood offers fifty perspectives on gaining an understanding of what 'personhood' may mean through various disciplines.
Talal Alali
The Uncharted Self explores how some individuals maintain their psychological well-being in the face of traumatic experiences, while others develop mental disorders, and many normalize harmful behaviours that prolong their…
John B Keane
The memoir of John B. Keane, one of Irelands most famous playwrights.
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Carl Gustav Jung
Dr. Jung discusses the problem of the individual in today’s highly programmed society.
Olivia Carr
Rewrite your narrative and create a legacy by building a business, your way
From Olivia Carr, founder of Shhh Silk, Self-Made: Build a Big Life from a Small Business is…
Freya Mathews
A compelling and fascinating account of how we must change our thinking about the environment, The Ecological Self is a classic of ecological and environmental thinking. This Routledge Classics edition…
Mari Ruti, Gail M. Newman
The Creative Self delves into the hegemony of neoliberal self-optimization and turns to psychoanalysis in search of an alternative.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"...true strength comes not from following the crowd, but from cultivating an unwavering belief in one's own ideas and instincts." In his classic book, Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson presents a…
Dariusz Galasinski, Justyna Ziolkowska
This book centers on self-accounts of suicidal behavior, using a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach to offer a qualitative perspective within current suicidology and suicide prevention research.
Lorenzo Greco
This book presents a novel interpretation of Hume as a proponent of sentimental virtue ethics. This interpretation sheds light on the nature of Hume's ethics, as well as its relevance…
Mory Fontanez
Intuitive Life and Leadership coach Mory Fontanez provides a powerful roadmap to rekindling your intuition and reconnecting to your Higher Self.
Mory Fontanez believes that when we are aligned with…
Emilie Pine
Radically honest and fiercely intelligent, the word-of-mouth #1 bestseller on modern womanhood and coming-of-age
‘I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am…
Marianne Renner
Self-Talk chronicles ten common stories people tell themselves that keep them stuck and provides specific actions they can take to change those stories.
Author Marianne Renner describes how she discovered…
Hugh Mackay
A book about the only sure path to a life of meaning.
Makenzie Campbell
Join Makenzie Campbell on an intimate odyssey through the unfiltered emotions of love, growth, and self-discovery in her coming-of-age collection, where each verse is a brushstroke in the self-portrait of…
Lynn Hunt
An illuminating exploration of the tensions between self and society in the age of revolutions
Glenn C. Loury
There is no such thing as free, unconstrained speech. Laws and constitutions may protect us from the state when we speak our minds. But the state is just one possible…
Erin Devers
Much of human behavior can be explained by the desire to be right and to feel good about ourselves, but this tension can make us vulnerable to bias. By thoughtfully…
Owen King, Jesse Kellerman
Down-on-his-luck rideshare driver Jerry Hauser's existence is a bleak one...especially because every fare he picks up tells him how much he looks like uber-successful self-help guru Darren Hart. But after…
Dr Tom Davies
Doctor, writer and mental health advocate Tom Davies breaks down the true problem at the heart of our psychological pain and the growing mental health pandemic, providing effective solutions that…
Andrew S Vadas
After college Rod Laurenton finds himself living with his parents, toiling away at his low paying theater job. Out of the blue, a law firm reaches out to inform him…
Jean-Francois Chiantaretto
The Loss of Self considers distinctions and connections between the writing of survival and survival as a mode of being and thinking encountered in analytic work with borderline patients.
Brianna Wiest
This is a book about self-sabotage. Why we do it, when we do it, and how to stop doing it - for good.
Jackie French
Self-sufficient gardens are beautiful - a ramble of productivity, and a profusion of smells and colour. Jackie will help you to create a ‘Garden of Eden’ in your own backyard…
Lake Street Dive
To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of their acclaimed breakthrough album, Bad Self Portraits, Signature Sounds is re-releasing a deluxe vinyl version. The limited-edition album is fully re-mastered with alternative art…
Rory Madden
This Element raises the questions What are we? What owns our thoughts and experiences? Are we anything at all? addressing the 'no-bearer' theory of experience and the 'no-self' contention. It…
Brittany N. Williams
Swashbuckling and romantic, with a heroine unlike any other. A sweeping YA fantasy trilogy debut, placing black queerness at the centre of Shakespearean London. Perfect for fans of Holly Black…
