The Book Company: New Products - Social Scientists & Psychologists

Key Thinkers on Development

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:11:59 +0000

Fifty Key Thinkers on Development has established itself as the leading biographical handbook in its field, providing a concise and accessible introduction to the lives and key contributions of development thinkers from across the ideological and disciplinary spectrum.

Price: $166.99

Travis Hirschi

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:51:37 +0000

This book offers an intellectual history of Hirschi’s contribution to the formative arguments that comprise the modern history of criminology. It expands beyond a rendering of Hirschi’s publication record through the inclusion of biographical content.

Price: $233.99

Psychology's Grand Theorists (How Personal Experiences Shaped Professional Ideas)

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:08:40 +0000

This book examines how personal life experiences shaped the professional theories of Sigmund Freud, B.F. Skinner, and Carl Rogers.

Price: $233.99

On the Way to Myself (Communications to a Friend)

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:07:22 +0000

Originally published in 1969, Charlotte Wolff was by then the author of three books of psychology. This book, though it contains much psychology, is not of the same scientific kind as these. It is an autobiography, but not one of the normal kind. It is the history of a mind, not the chronicle o..

Price: $233.99

Nicole Rafter

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:05:37 +0000

This book is a critical summary and exegesis of the work of Nicole Rafter. It introduces Rafter’s key works and assesses her contributions to the fields of feminist criminology, cultural criminology, and historical criminology, and explores her theorization of criminology’s identity, scientific st..

Price: $233.99

D.W. Winnicott (A Biographical Portrait)

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:14:04 +0000

A distillation of painstaking research into the life of Donald Winnicott, tracing his life from his childhood in Plymouth, through his career in paediatrics, to his election as President of the British Psycho-Analytic Society. The author makes many interesting links between Winnicott's life and th..

Price: $189.99

Michael Eigen (A Contemporary Introduction)

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:28:06 +0000

This insightful book critically reviews and presents an accessible introduction to the life and work of one of the most celebrated modern psychoanalysts, Michael Eigen.

Price: $233.99

Herman Daly's Economics for a Full World (His Life and Ideas)

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:37:05 +0000

As the first biography of Professor Herman Daly, this book provides an in-depth account of one of the leading thinkers and most widely read writers on economics, environment and sustainability. Of great interest to students, scholars, researchers, activists, and policy makers concerned with eco..

Price: $233.99

Our Eternal Home (Bion's Idea of the Self)

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:05:02 +0000

In this fascinating volume, Meg Harris Williams explores Wilfred Bion’s autobiographical works, analysing their theoretical importance and continued relevance to the personal experience of others.

Price: $233.99

Xiaowei's Journey

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:33:42 +0000

The true story of a woman's journey from a remote Chinese mountain village to England - a memoir of resilience, motherhood and belonging.

From a small, remote mountain village in northern China to London, England, Xiaowei's Journey tells the remarkable true story of a young..

Price: $28.99