This is the true story of John Nash, a brilliant mathematician who descended into schizophrenia but re-emerged decades later to claim the Nobel Prize for his work in game theory.
Jon Ronson's investigation into the diagnosis of psychopathy unexpectedly leads him to question the sanity of the very people studying madness, revealing that the lines between sane and insane are blurrier than we think.
Two NYPD families in the suburbs find their lives shattered by a single act of violence, forcing their children to navigate a lifetime of love, trauma, and the difficult path to forgiveness.
Join the prophet Zarathustra as he descends from his mountain to declare God's death, introduce the Übermensch, and challenge humanity to overcome itself, all while examining the core of good and evil.
Haunted by the ghost of her best friend and fellow 'wintergirl,' Lia must confront her own skeletal obsession with thinness before it consumes her entirely.
MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely reveals the systematic yet hidden forces of irrationality that consistently shape our everyday decisions, from minor purchases to major life choices.
The Dalai Lama, guided by a Western psychiatrist, shares practical wisdom on finding lasting inner peace amid life's challenges and achieving happiness.
A spiteful, alienated narrator from St. Petersburg's underbelly rails against reason and society, revealing the chaotic, irrational depths of the human psyche.
A rich, disaffected young woman in Y2K Manhattan tries to medically induce a year-long hibernation to escape her existential boredom, guided by an incompetent psychiatrist and powerful drugs.
Four strangers, each on the brink of suicide atop a London building on New Year's Eve, accidentally make a darkly comedic and surprisingly life-affirming pact to stay alive, showing the absurdities and unexpected grace in shared despair.
This book examines the Columbine massacre, correcting myths to show the killers' true psychological profiles and the lasting, misunderstood impact that shaped future 'spectacle murders.'
After a car crash leaves a driven supermom with a traumatic brain injury that erases the left side of her world, she must navigate a new reality of dependence, rediscovering her past and forging a future far removed from her former high-octane life.
Nietzsche dismantles conventional morality and religious dogma, urging individuals to create their own values and embrace a 'will to power' in a complete re-evaluation of Western thought.
From Princess Leia's intergalactic fame to personal battles with addiction and bipolar disorder, Carrie Fisher's 'Wishful Drinking' is a raw, funny, and ultimately moving account of Hollywood and her own mind.
Seventeen-year-old Molly, an expert in secret crushes and the fear of rejection, navigates first love and self-acceptance when her twin finds romance and she's left to choose between a 'perfect' crush and an unexpected, awkward coworker.
A child psychologist helps a seven-year-old witness to a murder, uncovering a forty-year-old conspiracy that links to his own past and endangers the girl's life.
Twin sisters Kaeleigh and Raeanne appear perfect, but beneath the surface, paternal abuse and self-destruction drive them apart, forcing one to confront the other's ruin before both are lost.
