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Rip It Up
Pan Macmillan 2012; US$ 11.49Rip up this book and unleash your hidden potential Most self-help books encourage you to think differently: to think yourself thin, imagine a richer self or to visualize the perfect you. This is difficult, time consuming and often doesn't work. Ripping up the rule book, psychologist Richard Wiseman presents a radical new insight into your body and... more...
59 Seconds
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 15.95A psychologist and best-selling author gives us a myth-busting response to the self-help movement, with tips and tricks to improve your life that come straight from the scientific community. Richard Wiseman has been troubled by the realization that the self-help industry often promotes exercises that destroy motivation, damage relationships, and reduce... more...
Quirkology
Basic Books 2007; US$ 16.99An award-winning psychologist exposes the truth behind life?s little oddities, absurdities, and scams?including astrology, séances, lie detectors, fake childhood memories, altruism, and more. more...
The Luck Factor
Random House 2011; US$ 12.00Why do some people lead happy successful lives whilst other face repeated failure and sadness? Why do some find their perfect partner whilst others stagger from one broken relationship to the next? What enables some people to have successful careers whilst others find themselves trapped in jobs they detest? And can unlucky people do anything to... more...
Did You Spot The Gorilla?
Random House 2011; US$ 12.00In a recent series of ground-breaking psychological experiments, volunteers were shown a 30-second film of some people playing basketball and told to count the number of passes made with the ball. After just a few seconds, a man dressed as a gorilla slowly walked into frame, beat his chest at the camera, and sauntered off. Unbelievably, almost none... more...
Paranormality
Pan Macmillan UK 2011; US$ 15.18Bestselling psychologist Richard Wiseman unravels the science behind our beliefs in telepathy, guardian angels, mediums, ghosts, and more... Scientists and psychologists have always been interested in the supernatural. Over the last few centuries, some have hoped to use science to prove the existence of ghosts, or clairvoyance, or guardian angels,... more...
59 Seconds
Pan Macmillan UK 2009; US$ 18.03For years gurus, coaches and motivational speakers have urged people to improve their lives by changing the way they think and behave. Research has revealed that many of their techniques are ineffective. Visualisation exercises often hinder rather than help and group brainstorming produces fewer, and less original, ideas than individuals working alone. Richard... more...
The As If Principle
Free Press 2013; US$ 25.00Victorian philosopher William James had a theory about emotion and behavior: It isn?t that our feelings guide our actions (feel happy and you will laugh). On the contrary, it is our actions that guide our emotions (laugh and you will feel happy). This led James to a remarkable conclusion: ?If you want a quality, act as if you already have it.? Roused... more...
59 Seconds
Pan Macmillan 2009; US$ 8.95In 59 Seconds, psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman presents a fresh approach to change that helps people achieve their aims and ambitions in minutes, not months. From mood to memory, persuasion to procrastination, and resilience to relationships, Wiseman outlines the research supporting this new science of rapid change, and describes how these quick... more...
Paranormality
Pan Macmillan 2011; US$ 16.62For the past twenty years, psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman has immersed himself in the weird world of supernatural science; testing telepaths, spending nights in haunted castles, and attempting to talk with the dead. In Paranormality he cuts through the hype and goes in search of the truth behind extraordinary stories of poltergeists, possession... more...









