Spring Hardcovers: Psychology
Edited by Dick Donahue and Juan Martinez Compiled by Alia Akkam, Robert Dahlin, Charles Hix, Natalie Danford, Lauren Joyce, Hilary Kayle, Suzanne Mantell, Diane Patrick, Karole Riippa, Judith Rosen, Oona Short, Skip Skwarek and Julie Stevenson -- Publishers Weekly, 1/21/2008
Beacon Press
American Dreamers: What Dreams Tell Us About the Political Psychology of Conservatives, Liberals, and Everyone Else (July, $23.95) by Kelly Bulkeley explores Americans’ unconscious hopes and fears about war, environment, family values and more.
Down East Books
A Healing Touch: True Stories of Life, Death, and Hospice (Apr., $15.95), edited by Richard Russo, explores how hospice eases the end of life.
Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder (May, $24.95) by David Healy illuminates how perceptions of illness are mutable over time.
New Harbinger
Treating PTSD in Battered Women: A Step-by-Step Manual for Therapists and Counselors (Apr., $49.95) by Steven C. Hayes et al. uses the cognitive therapy model to help treat the lingering effects of domestic violence.
Running Press
Change the Way You See Yourself (May, $24.95) by Kathryn D. Cramer and Hank Wasiak teaches asset-based thinking to change one’s power, influence and impact. 50,000 first printing.
