Unforbidden Pleasures, Paperback - Adam Phillips

Explores the philosophical, psychological and social complexities that govern human desire and shape our reality, from Genesis to Freud and Oscar W...

Pre-eminent psychoanalyst Phillips explores what writing and psychoanalysis can offer one another, drawing on the work of Sebald, Shakespeare, Byro...

Reducere. DescriptionBeing sane has long been defined simply as that bland and nebulous state of not being mentally ill. While writings on madness fill entir...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Adam PhillipsNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 111 x 181 x 15Cover type: Paperback / sof...

New and selected essays from the man }The New Yorker{ called 'Britain's foremost psychoanalytic writer'. Includes an introduction from John Banville.

Reducere. Kindness is the foundation of the world's great religions and most-enduring philosophies. Why, then, does being kind feel so dangerous? If we crave...

A discussion of ways in which we may be terrorized by experts, and of the idea of expertise itself. The author challenges the conventional idea of ...

Reducere. In viata de zi cu zi, traim o multitudine de schimbari: ne mutam intr-o casa noua, ne schimbam jobul, trecem la o alta orientare religioasa sau pol...

This book presents a day long symposium with Adam Phillips and includes two brilliant essays that reveal what is at the heart of psychoanalysis.

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Adam PhillipsAlthough he founded no school of his own, 0. W. Winnicott (1896 1971) is now regarded as one of the most influ...

Reducere. Every day, we are told that balance is a good thing. We are supposed to make balanced judgments, balance our budget, and preserve a balance of powe...

A new book to savour from psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, who is also regarded as one of our foremost prose stylists. With his trademark combination o...

In this collection of psychoanalytic essays on a wide range of relatively unexplored subjects, the author evolves his own distinctive version of ps...

Reducere. DescriptionPeople tend to flirt only with serious things--madness, disaster, other people's affections. So is flirtation dangerous, exploiting the ...

This text explores the lives of four different escape artists: a little girl playing her own wayward version of hide and seek; Harry Houdini who el...

Adam Phillips uses the idea of flirtation to explore the virtues of being uncommitted - to people, to ideas, to methods - and the pleasures of unce...

Reducere. Iris Murdoch once suggested that to understand any philosopher's work we must ask what he or she is frightened of. To understand any psychoanalyst'...

Reducere. The Pleasures of Cocaine conveys the impartial facts of the uses and abuses of cocaine. Without bias, many different aspects are covered: History, ...

Reducere. As an essayist, Adam Phillips combines the best of two worlds: the mastery of psychotherapy as a practitioner and a theorist-and a reputation as on...

Reducere. Adam Phillips has been called "the psychotherapist of the floating world" and "the closest thing we have to a philosopher of happiness." His style ...

Despre vointa de schimbare - Adam Phillips

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Adam PhillipsIn a style that is writerly and audacious, Adam Phillips takes up a variety of seemingly ordinary subjects und...

From the UK's foremost literary psychoanalyst, a dazzling new book on the universal urge to change our lives.We live in a world in which we are inv...

A short, fascinating introduction to the concept of attention, from Britain's pre-eminent psychoanalyst.'Everything depends on what, if anything, w...

Reducere. Adam Phillips analizeaza psihologic motivele si efectele schimbarilor pe care alegem sa le facem in viata.In viata de zi cu zi, traim o multitudine...

In M.S. Harkness' (Tinderella) second graphic novel, she weaves in and out of non-relationships, drug dealing, and sex work with the subtlety of a ...

Reducere. Corinna Chapman wakes at four every morning to make bread. She's happy with her life. The residents of her little Melbourne community finally caugh...

Reducere. Before Columbus's fateful voyage in 1492, no European had ever seen, much less tasted, tobacco or chocolate. Initially dismissed as dry leaves and ...

Publisher: OrionAuthor(s): Clare ChambersPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 154 x 232 x 30Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii si aleg...

Reducere. Imagine a medical treatment that can decrease heart disease, boost immune function, relieve depression, and block pain-whose only side effect is th...

The first book in the Pleasures Trilogy

The third book in the Pleasures Trilogy - a sumptuous tale of passion and misadventure in Regency England....Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAut...

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Reducere. Welcome to the world of The Channel, a secretive, exclusive interactive cable network, run by and for women, which issues special invitations to ce...

Reducere. Welcome to the world of The Channel, a secretive, exclusive interactive cable network, run by and for women, which issues special invitations to ce...

Kenyon's award-winning Dark-Hunter series offer readers a world full of dark and dangerous heroes, feisty heroines and a richly imagined mythology ...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This limited edition book from Wasted Pleasures is now available through retailers worldwide. Featuring more than 40 new and classic pieces from th...

Reducere. "My guilty pleasure wasn't just reading low-brow fiction or even female-authored fiction, it was being femme itself." What is it about ribald roman...

A collection of essays from one of Britain's most beloved travel writers, whisking readers up the winding streets of 1953 Switzerland, the immense ...

Reducere. 1. Grave Pleasures - Infatuation Overkill2. Grave Pleasures - Doomsday Rainbows3. Grave Pleasures - Be My Hiroshima4. Grave Pleasures - Joy Through...

Reducere. Disintegration Girl 4: 05Heart Like A Slaughterhouse 3: 22When The Shooting's Done 3: 54High On Annihilation 2: 57Lead Balloons 5: 16Imminent Colla...

Reducere. DescriptionI didn't expect to fall off the stage and land in the powerful arms of this gorgeous man. He's a brutal warrior on the rugby field and a...

Reducere. Join Carole Bumpus and her husband in Book Three of the Savoring the Olde Ways series as they take you on their first culinary trek through Italy, ...

Performing oral sex is an art form and should only be attempted by those who have been well trained. A Beginner's Journey into the Pleasures of a B...