Search Results: Psychology: Professional from The Owl at the Bridge

N.Y., St. Martin's, 1986. Hard Cover. vi, 218 p. The dj title is more garish and more accurate: Sade, Wilde, Hitler, Manson and others. It deals with "that type of personality which tends to think of itself specially blessed to determine its own 'creation,' free of imperatives from God or other men." Vg/ dj vg. 101462.

N.Y., Knopf, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. 225 p. First edition. ”We can no longer afford freedom," says B. F. Skinner, the most influential and controversial psychologist of our time; "we must design our culture to shape the behavior needed for survival.” Third printing, October, 1971, no dj/ brown cloth, pencil underlining, $7.50. Stock#26413a.

New York: A.A. Knopf, 2002. First Edition. "Carol Gilligan, once again breaking through imprisoning tradition, writes about love and the forces that stand in the way of pleasure. She shows us why love between a man and a woman is so often burdened by a history of loss and how it can be freed and opened to the pursuit of happiness." Bibliography, pages 239-245. Ink inscription (recipient name crossed out) on first flyleaf. Hard Cover. xiii, 253 pages, index; 24 cm. Very Good in VG dust jacket. Stock#43706(house).

Baltimore: Penguin [1969]. 'A Pelican Book'. Soft Cover. 282 p., illus., index, 18 cm. "In his research he is concerned with obsessional disturbances and application of behaviour therapy to neurotic disorders." Stock#43615. Vg / soft cover. Bibliography: p. 263-272.

Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1958. Soft Cover. 105 p.; 18 cm. Series: Anchor Books 130. "Typography by Edmund Gorey." "Joan Hodgson Riviere was a British psychoanalyst, who was both Freud's earliest translator and an influential writer on her own account." "She retained more of Freud's stylistic energy than any others." Stock#46564 (sag). Good+ / owner name, tag on front fly, pencil underlining / soft cover.

Madrid, 1889, Dirección y Administración. Biblioteca Económica Filosófica XLVI. Hard Cover. 168 pages, 14.5 cm. Traducción de Antonio Zozaya. Haeckel was one of the first to consider psychology as a branch of physiology. Spanish translation from the German of the flamboyant (and sometimes fraudulent) philosopher and biologist who popularized Darwin's work in Germany although he himself believed in a Lamarckian inheritance of acquired characteristics. Bound in red boards, spine stamped in gold, marker ribbon; minor wear; VG. 39962.

New York : Harcourt Brace, c1999. Hard Cover. xii, 386 p., illus., index, 23.5 cm. Contents: Pt. I Introduction; Ch. 1 Stepping into the Light; Pt. II Feeling and Knowing; Ch. 2 Emotion and Feeling; Ch. 3 Core Consciousness; Ch. 4 The Hint Half Hinted; Pt. III A Biology for Knowing; Ch. 5 The Organism and the Object; Ch. 6 The Making of Core Consciousness; Ch. 7 Extended Consciousness; Ch. 8 The Neurology of Consciousness; Pt. IV Bound to Know; Ch. 9 Feeling Feelings; Ch. 10 Using Consciousness; Ch. 11 Under the Light. Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-365). Stock# 40,853. Vg/ dj vg.

New York, Horace Liveright, inc., 1931.. Hard Cover. 4 p. l., 3-451 p. illus., diagram, index, 22 cm. A member of Freud's Vienna circle, Wittels interprets the Master in his own way. Stock# 44,394. Good+ / no dj.

St. Louis, Mosby, 1991. Soft Cover. xvii, 662 p., illus., 23 cm. First published 1978, this work treats the psychological manifestations of general diseases. Originally prepared for internal use at Mass General, its usefulness as a general guide has made it an accepted text. Good+, signature of MD owner/ softcover. 101501.

N.Y., Harper & Row, 1987. Soft Cover. xvi, 238 p., 20.5 cm. "Shows the complex and variable ways that mother-daughter relationships change as daughters mature and mothers age." Stock# 34,222. Good+, a few markings/ paper.

San Francisco, W.H. Freeman [1973]. Soft Cover. xiii, 514 p. illus. 26 cm. An anthology of 41 essays arranged in six sections. One section is devoted to Sufism. "Ornstein has been involved in promoting the modern Sufism of Idries Shah." Bibliography: p. [493]-509. From the library of Prof. Vincent Tomas of the Brown University Department of Philosophy. Stock# 44,327. Vg / soft cover.

New York, Hermitage Press, [c1948]. First Edition. Hard Cover. xix, 538p., 21 cm. Develops and explains Freud's view of the Oedipus complex. "The Oedipus trilogy, by Sophocles: Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Oedipus at Colonus": p. [339]-506. Bibliography: p. 532-538. Stock# 44,338. Vg / no dj.

New York, Hermitage Press, 1952 [c1948]. Hard Cover. xix, 538p., 21 cm. Develops and explains Freud's view of the Oedipus complex. "The Oedipus trilogy, by Sophocles: Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Oedipus at Colonus": p. [339]-506. Bibliography: p. 532-538. Stock# 40,039. Vg / dj & pages lightly tanned; dj torn.

New York : Academic Press, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. xi, 202 p. : illus., index, 24 cm. Academic Press Series in Cognition and Perception. "References" (pp.173-195). From the library of Prof. Vincent Tomas of the Brown University Department of Philosophy. Stock# 43,940. Vg / dj vg.

NY, Basic Books [1968]. Hard Cover. xxii, 574 p.; 24 cm. Lidz's textbook "The Person" has been widely used in courses on personality development at schools of medicine, nursing and social work, and in graduate programs in psychology." Stock#NEU210. Good+, some red ink underlining and side notes / no dj.

New York, Gramercy Publishing Co. [1961]. "A research study of interpersonal relationships based on case histories of 668 premarital intercourse experiences reported by 200 college level males." Foreword by Brock Chisholm. Bibliography, pages [297]-302. Hard Cover. xvii, 302 pages, graphs & tables; 20.5 cm. Very Good in slightly chipped dut jacket. Stock#40514/house

New York : International Universities Press, c1952. Hard Cover. 358 p., [36] p. of plates : illus. ; index, 23 cm. " Kris not only practiced as a psychoanalyst, he also worked as an art historian and published articles on art history. As a psychoanalyst, he made some important contributions to the psychology of the artist and the psychoanalytic interpretation of works of art and caricature." Bibliography: p. 321-341. From the library of Prof. Vincent Tomas of the Brown University Department of Philosophy. Stock# 43,966. Vg / no dj.

San Francisco, W.H. Freeman [1972]. Soft Cover. xii, 247 p. illus. 22.5 cm. "Uses his theme of right brain/ left brain to provoke a basic reexamination of what we know (and feel) about the psychology of consciousness." From the library of Prof. Vincent Tomas of the Brown University Department of Philosophy. Stock# 44,365. Good+ / soft cover.

N.Y., Basic Books, 1994. Hard Cover. xvi, 278 p.; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Also edited by Hans H. Stroupp and Stephen F. Butler. "It is ironic that a profession that prides itself on helping people communicate, the mental health field, hasn't found a satisfying way for clinicians and researchers to carry on meaningful conversations." While this Owl is always happy when gaps are bridged, he finds that statement casts doubt on the communication skills of the entire field. No wonder there are so many nuts wandering around. Fine copy/dj fine. 101497.

NY, B. W. Huebsch, 1911. "Second printing. March 1912." "The Mystic Sense which relates man to the spiritual or psychic aspect of reality and its relation to health, thought, character and religion." Hard Cover. 5 leaves, 13-105 pages; 17.5 cm. Vg / no dj. Stock#NS0320.