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An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
$33.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR In her bestselling classic, An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison changed the way we think about moods and madness. Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuin ...Show more
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison
$24.99 NZD
Category: Medical & Nursing | Series: Picador classics
I was used to my mind being my best friend. Now, all of a sudden, my mind had turned on me: it mocked me for my vapid enthusiasms; it laughed at all of my foolish plans; it no longer found anything interesting or enjoyable or worthwhile. Dr Kay Redfield Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on man ...Show more
Exuberance : The Passion For Life by Kay Redfield Jamison
$39.95 NZD
Category: Psychology
Exuberance is everywhere, from child
Nothing Was the Same by Jamison Kay Redfield
$32.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
From the internationally acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind, comes a haunting meditation on mortality, grief, and loss. Perhaps no one but Kay Jamison - who combines the acute perceptions of a psychologist with writerly elegance and passion - could bring such a delicate touch to the subject of losing a ...Show more
Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire: A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character by Kay Redfield Jamison
$60.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A Pulitzer Prize Finalist In this magisterial study of the relationship between illness and art, the best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind brings a fresh perspective to the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Lowell. In his poetry, Lowell put his manic-depressive illness (now known as ...Show more
Touched With Fire - Manic-depressive Illness and the artistic temperament by Kay Redfield Jamison
$36.00 NZD
Category: Psychology | Reading Level: very good
The anguished and volatile intensity associated with the artistic temperament was once thought to be a symptom of genius or eccentricity peculiar to artists, writers and musicians. Kay Jamison's work, based on her study as a clinical psychologist and researcher in mood disorders, reveals that many artis ...Show more
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