In Beg, Borrow, Steal Michael Greenberg regales us with his wry and vivid take on the life of a writer of little means trying to practice his craft or simply stay alive. He finds himself doctoring doo
Blending elements of the surreal with carefully observed details of life in present-day Beijing, Jonathan Tel’s short stories offer a rich and highly entertaining guide to the city and its many and va
Susannah's official boyfriend, Jason, is the perfect foil for her student lifestyle. He is ten years older, an antiques dealer, and owns a stylish apartment that prevents her from having to live in t
An innovative business book positioning ethical practice as the cornerstone of success“Business ethics? Isn’t that an oxymoron?” As a lecturer in ethics, communication, a
In the early 1980s, Brian O'Dea was operating a $100 million a year, 120-man drug smuggling business, and had developed a terrifying cocaine addiction. Under increasing threat from the DEA in 1986 for
Isabel Merton is a renowned concert pianist, whose performances are marked by a rare responsiveness to the complexities of her art, and its intensities of feeling. At the height of her career, she fe
The Lacuna Cabal Montreal Young Women’s Book Club loves to bring to life tableaux from the books they read. But when they begin to enact the Epic of Gilgamesh in the early days of the Iraq War, the bo
The little, leafy town of Rancho Esperanza has been a perfect place to live for over a century–a bastion of good, solid, Anglo-Saxon, Republican money. These founding fathers built their gracious esta
Gustav Rubin, a fur dealer in Vienna, flies to New York to spend the summer with his wife and children in a lake house north of the city. Arriving late at the airport, he is met by his unrelentingly
On a quiet road just outside London, in the blue half-light of dusk, a fatal car accident takes the life of thirteen-year-old Laura Jenkins, and her death changes the lives of two families forever. Fo
Elisabeth and Theodore Weissberg, famous musicians, Hilde, a young film extra, and Vladek, an Eastern European adventurer wanted by the police on political charges, flee Nazi Germany for Shanghai at t
“Don’t thank me for your survival, thank your valiant Stern and Pemper, who stared death in the face constantly.”—Oskar Schindler in a speech to his released Jewish workers in May 1945.Steven Spielber
Isaac Jacob Blumenfeld grows up in Kolodetz, a small town near Lvov. When he is a boy the town belongs to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then changes hands among Poland, the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany,
Hurry Down Sunshine tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of fifteen, Michael Greenberg's daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally's sudden visionary crack-up on the stree
Nidali, the rebellious daughter of an Egyptian-Greek mother and a Palestinian father, narrates the story of her childhood in Kuwait, her teenage years in Egypt (to where she and her family fled the 1
Phillip Lopate proves himself a master of the short novel in this inspired pairing of novellas portraying two less-than-perfect unions. In The Stoic's Marriage, Gordon, a Stoic with "a stunted capaci
Clara Griffin, the beautiful wife of a successful architect, courageously confronts a life-threatening illness while recording her thoughts and experiences in her journal under the guise of a novel. W
Pinocchio knows: the unconscious knowledge of the conscious lie.From little white lies to the deepest, darkest ones, it is an accepted fact that we–like the boy who cried wolf–lie very often, at least
This volume, based upon a conference held at the City University of New York in September 2005, brings together leading researchers and thinkers such as Peter Fonagy, Mary Target, Otto Kernberg, Glen
Even if it blows your mind, I want to tell you about this unbelievable thing that happened to me last year. I'm not bragging, but things as unbelievable as the one I'm going to tell you about don't ha
American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award — Winner in the Book category Independent Publishers — Winner of the Gold Medal in the Autobiography/Memoir category ??????ForeWord Book of the Year Awards
"Enderlin meticulously chronicles the political and diplomatic impasses...revealing the history of this former film noir through interviews with the men who were its lead actors." —Le MondeFrom Ariel
This groundbreaking book delivers a much needed bridge between the neurosciences and psychoanalysis.Freud hoped that the neurosciences would offer support for his psychoanalysis theories at some point
At the beginning of World War II, Elisabeth and Theodore Weissberg, famous musicians, Hilde, a young film extra, and Vladek, an Eastern European adventurer wanted by the police on political charges,
Two leading psychoanalysts resolve the conflict between attachment theory and trauma theory.In From Death Instinct to Attachment Theory, Tomas Geyskens and Philippe Van Haute address a theoretical con
During working hours, Mario is a dutiful bureaucrat, scrupulously earning his paycheck as an employee of the provincial Spanish town where he lives. But when he walks through the door of his apartmen
A volume in the Contemporary Theory Series edited by Frances RestucciaAn interdisciplinary collection of essays that critically reflect on the value and limits of psychoanalysis for conceptualizing tr
An award-winning journalist explores the culture of denial in Israeli and Palestinian societies–and its lethal consequences.Walled examines the contemporary state of mind of Israel's citizens, tracing
A manual to show practicing physicians and medical students how to make use of short stories to help their patients adapt to their illnesses and participate in their treatment.For most people, the qui
An exploration of the nature of American nationalism and its manipulation by unscrupulous presidents.For nearly four centuries, religion and capitalism have been the central values of the American way
Watch an interview with DJ on CNNListen to Ralph Savarese's interview on NPR's "The Diane Rehm Show"Visit the book's website: www.reasonable-people.com"Why would someone ado
An analysis of the use of the mirror as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool for children and adolescents.Dr. Paulina F. Kernberg, the founder of a clinical program for children of divorced families at N
When George Konrad was eleven, he, his sister, and two cousins fled to Budapest from the Hungarian countryside the day before deportations swept through his hometown. Ultimately, they were the only J
Bluebird, or The Invention of Happiness is a novel based on the life of a French aristocrat of Irish origin, Henriette Lucy Dillon. Her beauty, wit, and lack of pretension made her a favorite of such
Winner of the 2007 Gradiva Award and the 2006 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic ScholarshipThe definitive biography of one of the most engaging figures of British psychoanalysis.Both gifted analyst and
They called her Sila van den Kaap, slave of Jacobus Stephanus Van der Wat of Plettenberg Bay, in the Cape Colony of South Africa. They called her murderer, and demanded that she explain her terrible
An Italian psychoanalyst and raconteur reflectsinsightfully on life and the common experiences that make us human."The brief pieces collected in this volume are as much short stories as they are essay
Putnam Camp reveals details of Putnam's and Freud's personal lives that have never been fully explored before, including the crucial role Putnam's muse, Susan Blow - founder of America's first kinderg
An important new study of the clinical conundrum surrounding the publication of patient material.The publication, presentation, and discussion of case studies are essential to the dialogue of psychoan
Rudolf Kaufmann, a young Jewish geologist, met Ingeborg Magnusson, a young Swedish woman gifted in languages, in Italy in 1935, and the two quickly fell in love. They spent just a few days together b
