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Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
As a child growing up in the Hollywood Hills during the 1950s, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson thought it was perfectly normal that a guru named Paul Brunton lived with his family…
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" I did not want to fail, because the stakes were too high. After all, I was after nothing less than the secret of human harmony." The challenge that bestselling…
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Inspired by the wonder of his own experiences as a parent, former psychoanalyst and New York Times best-selling author Jeffrey Masson offers a remarkable look at one of the most…
In this sentimental, didactic fable, Masson imagines how the lone, nonsocial, domesticated animal came to share hearth and home. Billi, an Asian leopard cat, lives in a mango forest in…
He was the rising star of psychoanalysis, an intimate associate of Anna Freud and Kurt Eissler, a member of the Freudian " inner circle" with unrestricted access to the Freud…
Here translated for the first time are a series of shocking texts from the 19th century German psychiatric literature, which, while almost completely unknown to modern readers, have had a…
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In this ground-breaking and highly controversial book, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson attacks the very foundations of modern psychotherapy from Freud to Jung, from Fritz Perls to Carl Rodgers. With passion and…
Our society is still learning how to dignify the relationship between a pet and their human with proper mourning rituals. We have only recently allowed the conversation of how to…
A heartfelt exploration of human grief after the loss of a pet by the New York Times bestselling author of Dogs Never Lie About Love.
Weaving history, literature, anecdotes, scientific studies, and his own vivid experiences observing pigs, cows, sheep, goats, and chickens over the course of five years, Masson gives voice, meaning, and dignity…
The bestselling author of When Elephants Weep explores the rich inner landscape of our best and truest friend . This searingly honest appraisal of man’s best friend will cause many…
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Over the past forty thousand years a collective domestication has occurred that brings us to where we are today - humans have formed intense bonds with dogs, and the adoration…
Provocative psychoanalyst Masson delves deep into the secretive, playful world of cats, revealing emotions, debunking myths, and honoring the feline’s evolution from solitary jungle creature to human companion.
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson,J. Moussaieff Masson
Offers new clues about the mysterious boy raised in a dungeon.
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, PH.D.
A New York Times bestselling author investigates the fascinating behavior and emotional lives of…
Jeffrey Masson
It’s a challenge to create transformative moments with books, but [Masson] does it. -Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
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For more than 100 years, scientists have denied that animals experience emotions, yet this remarkable and groundbreaking book proves what animal-lovers have known to be true: wolves, tigers, giraffes, elephants…
Britt Collins
For fans of A Street Cat Named Bob and Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, this lovely, luminous story will warm your heart and make you laugh…
Melissa Knox
Psychoanalysis was her family’s religion-instead of wafers and wine, there were Seconals, Nembutals, and gin. Baptized into the faith at fourteen, Melissa Knox endured her analyst’s praise of her childlike…
Peter Wohlleben
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, an eye-opening exploration of the extraordinary range of emotions animals experience.
Kenneth Grahame
This adaptation of The Wind in the Willows is read by a leading TV/film personality, with sound effects and music. Other titles in the series include Favourite Tales , Nursery…
