Spring Trade Paperbacks: Psychology
-- Publishers Weekly, 1/21/2008
Bellevue Literary Press
(dist. by Consortium)
I Thought I Could Fly: Portraits of Anguish, Compulsion, and Despair (Apr., $22), edited by Charlee Brodsky. A documentary photographer combines images with narratives from people struggling with mental illness. Ad/promo.
Cambridge Univ. Press
Artificial Dreams: The Quest for Non-Biological Intelligence (July, $23) by Hamid Ekbia examines what artificial intelligence experiments have revealed about human cognition.
McClelland & Stewart
Playing at Being Bad (Mar., $16.95) by Michael Ungar counsels parents and caretakers dealing with troubled teenagers.
Perigee
Asperger’s from the Inside Out: A Supportive and Practical Guide for Anyone with Asperger’s Syndrome (Apr., $14.95) by Michael John Carley.
Prometheus Books
The Mother Factor: How Your Mother’s Emotional Legacy Impacts Your Life (Mar., $18.95) by Stephan B. Poulter explains how understanding one’s mother’s parenting style is key to forming adult relationships.
