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Watching Birds
A&C Black 2010; US$ 65.00This revised edition of the late James Fishers much praised Watching Birds is the work of Dr Jim Flegg, Director of the British Trust for Ornithology. In his Preface Dr Flegg writes: It is a daunting task to revise the bird book on which you cut your teeth: it is the surest measure of the man who wrote it that what is needed, after thirty-odd... more...
Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater
Scarecrow Press 2011; US$ 94.99From legends like Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Arthur Miller to successful present-day playwrights like Neil LaBute, Tony Kushner, and David Mamet, some of the most important names in the history of theater are from the past 80 years. Contemporary American theater has produced some of the most memorable, beloved, and important plays in... more...
The Uninvited Guest
Karnac Books 2011; US$ 43.95A fascinating and imaginative book combining psychoanalytic theory and literature - in particular classic plays about marriage and married couples - to help couples therapists as they piece together their clients' histories and stories during the therapeutic process. A profound yet accessible guide of interest to clinicians and non-clinicians alike. more...
To Have or Have Not
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 55.00In a rapidly changing world, the ways in which economic forces affect both personal and global change can be difficult to track, particularly in the arts. This collection of twenty new essays explores both obscure and famous plays dealing with economic issues. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution, the text moves from Marx's theories to Wall... more...
The Theater of Tony Kushner
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 29.95The Theater of Tony Kushner is a comprehensive portrait of the life and work of one of America's most important contemporary playwrights. more...
Bettelheim: Living and Dying
Editions Rodopi 2008; US$ 53.20A self-declared critical admirer and final confident of Bruno Bettelheim, David James Fisher succeeds with as balanced and nuanced a portrayal as seems possible of the character, the lifetime contributions, and the final justifications of a most controversial psychoanalytic eminence. Bettelheim was at once the center of major professional... more...
Communion of Immigrants
Oxford University Press, USA 2007; US$ 11.99Catholicism has grown from a suppressed and persecuted outsiders' religion in the American colonies to become the nation's single largest denomination. James Fisher surveys more than four centuries of Catholics' involvement in American history, starting his narrative with one of the first Spanish expeditions to Florida, in 1528. He follows... more...
Educational Testing
Wiley 2008; US$ 51.95Educational Testing provides support for those undertaking training in, and for training providers of, the Certificate of Competence in Educational Testing (CCET) (Level A). Developed by the British Psychological Society (BPS) the CCET aims to meet a need for standards for the use of tests in education in the UK, to encourage responsible test use... more...
Intrusiveness and Intimacy in the Couple
Karnac Books 1995; US$ 27.95A collection of papers, largely based on clinical work, which covers a range of concepts and mechanisms which are central to any psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children, adolescents, or adults. It addresses an issue which lies at the heart of human relationships, that of intimacy. more...
Sea-Birds (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 28)
HarperCollins Publishers 2013; Not AvailableSea-Birds introduces us to the sea-birds of the North Atlantic, an ocean in which about half the world sea-bird species have been seen at one time or another. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com more...









