Psychology
Transported: The Everyday Magic of Musical Daydreams
Hardback
A revelatory work–grounded in the author’s own pathbreaking research–that explores the capacity for meaning-making and connection through “musical daydreams”
On Drugs: Psychedelics, Philosophy, and the Nature of Reality
Hardback
A renowned philosopher takes a clear-eyed look at the mind-expanding potential and mind-blowing implications of psychedelic experiences
Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions
Paperback
Featured in Behavioural Scientist’s Summer Book List 2022
A pioneer of cultural psychology argues that emotions are not innate but made as we live our lives together
The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction
Paperback
A revelatory account of how Christian monks identified distraction as a fundamental challenge—and how their efforts to defeat it can inform ours, more than a millennium later
Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test: How Behavior Evolves and Why It Matters
Paperback
A lively exploration of animal behaviour in all its glorious complexity, whether in tiny wasps, lumbering elephants or ourselves