Results for "Phillips, Adam"

From acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, a meditation on what we must give up to feel more alive.To give up or not to give up?The question can feel inescapable but the answer is never simple.Giving up our supposed vices is one thing; giving up on life itself is quite another. One form of self-sac... Read More about On Giving Up

A powerful exploration of the human capacity for renewal, as seen through Shakespeare and Freud   In this fresh investigation, Stephen Greenblatt and Adam Phillips explore how the second chance has been an essential feature of the literary imagination and a promise so central to our existence t... Read More about Second Chances: Shakespeare and Freud

An HR exec-turned-private eye goes deep into a rich LA family's dangerous secrets in this "crackling crime yarn" by the author of The Silent Second (Kirkus Reviews).Corporate HR executive Chuck Restic found a new sense of purpose when he started moonlighting as LA's most unassuming private investiga... Read More about The Perpetual Summer: A Chuck Restic Mystery (Chuck Restic Mysteries #2)

The mystery novel visits the corporate world, bringing a fresh voice to the classic detective novel. "A smooth noir vibe, and the additional wrinkle of an unreliable sidekick adds delicious tension to a plot that unfolds with a satisfying series of twists."Kirkus Reviews Chuck Restic, HR manager and... Read More about The Big Con: A Chuck Restic Mystery (Chuck Restic Mysteries #3)

From acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, a meditation on what we must give up to feel more alive.To give up or not to give up?The question can feel inescapable but the answer is never simple.Giving up our supposed vices is one thing; giving up on life itself is quite another. One form of self-sac... Read More about On Giving Up

On Getting Better is a thoughtful and compact book about self-improvement from Britain’s leading psychoanalyst, author of Missing Out and On Kindness.To talk about getting better—about wanting to change in ways that we might choose and prefer—is to talk about pursuing the life we want, in the full k... Read More about On Getting Better