Originally published in 1955, the blurb read: 'Again in this book the author expounds his main thesis – perhaps the main thesis of all modern psychiatry – namely that our conscious pre-occupations, thoughts and behaviour are merely the products or "symptoms" of a process that is going on within us (basically a physiological process) of which we are totally unconscious. Although we are at pains to conceal from ourselves and others, and even vehemently to deny, the nature and the very existe...

Originally published in 1948 the blurb read: 'Dr Berg has an extraordinary flair for presenting a difficult subject in a most realistic and attractive manner, without sacrifice of scientific essentials.The patients are made to speak for themselves, with the result that we feel actually present at the analytical sessions, sharing the most intimate details of each individual’s life and feelings. Throughout it is alive with real, vivid clinical material. The reader is led through a pa...

Originally published in 1959, the blurb read: ‘Dr Berg has made a comprehensive survey of the Wolfenden Report in regard to homosexuality and illustrated his comments with extracts from case material. He points out that whereas public opinion has so far lagged behind the Committee’s main recommendation, scientifically far from being an advance the report may be considered lamentably reactionary. He says; "Perhaps this report is a good lesson in the futility of trying to unravel and assess ...

Charles Berg kolejny raz zaprasza nas na wycieczkę do Wolnego Miasta Gdańska. Podobnie jak w przypadku „Śmierci w Oliwie” naszym przewodnikiem jest prywatny detektyw Gregor Steppe, wraz z którym przemierzamy ulicę i zaułki przedwojennego Gdańska i Sopotu. Dwa opowiadania, podobna tematyka, jednak inne czasy, miejsca i bohaterowie.W „Pocztówce” przenosimy się do lipca 1936 roku. Zaniepokojeni rodzice zlecają detektywowi zadanie odnalezienia ich nastoletniej córki - Kamile, która wraz...

Intrygujące opowiadanie kryminalne osadzone w Wolnym Mieście Gdańsk w przeddzień wybuchu II wojny światowej. Zostaje zamordowana charyzmatyczna piosenkarka, Inga Freiden „Frey”. Jest ukochaną pewnego niemieckiego komisarza policji kryminalnej, więc ten zleca dochodzenie prywatnemu detektywowi Gregorowi Steppe, jako że sam jest zaangażowany uczuciowo w sprawę, więc nie może się nią zająć. Nie do końca wiadomo, czemu akurat tego detektywa wybrał zlecający Gerhard Ziehn. Potem giną kolejne os...

Originally published in 1951, the implications of this book were thought to be far wider and deeper than its title suggests.'Hair-activities are chosen merely as a sample of uncritically accepted human behaviour. The author then proceeds to examine them very carefully in the light of dreams, anthropology, folklore, symptoms and perversions. He shows them to be an expression of instinct-driven tensions and conflicts. The popular illusion that they are determined by reason or adaptio...

First published in 1962, the original blurb reads: ‘This provocative book explores the whole range of human thought conduct and beliefs. Commencing with primitive man and his superstitions it goes on to study our present-day cultural institutions, customs, ritual and other behaviour upon which we pride ourselves. All of these are shown to have identical primitive mechanisms and to be subjectively determined without reference to scientific knowledge. These delusions are shown to be mostly u...

First published in Britain in 1958, the original blurb read: ‘To those whose sex life is based on heterosexual relationships, the homosexual is a grotesque, shadowy creature – a person spoken of with scorn. If you are not one of us, it is impossible to realise our feelings when this occurs. It is incredible to us that a well-educated girl could make the following remark: "What do they look like? I wonder if I’ve ever seen one?"’These words – written by a lesbian and taken from one ...

Originally published in 1957, this book was a new departure in autobiographies. It is both enlightening and entertaining. There is a happy blending of narrative, reflection and occasional extracts from case histories which gives it a delightfully human character. But it is more than this. It is a story of the profound inward adventure of an exceptionally inquiring mind. From childhood to professional maturity it proceeds through economic difficulties, love and tribulation to science and ge...

First published in 1947, with a second edition in 1950, the original blurb reads: 'This is an illuminating description of a complete Freudian analysis of a single case. From the first interview to the last the reader’s attention is engrossed with the almost-normal personality of the individual who is being analysed. We see his thoughts, philosophy, and emotions gradually unfolding under the application of analytical technique (lightly explained in the second chapter), until – and this is w...

TRUTH AND FAILURE AT THE EDGE OF UNDERSTANDINGWinston doesn’t think like other people. He struggles to explain himself and questions basic mathematics. Fearing expulsion from his graduate program, he takes a leave of absence to test a new class of computer. Nothing about this computer is normal and Winston unleashes ambitious code to push its limits only to discover there is a reason he struggles with people and can’t follow norms. Now his greatest failure has him facing the truth ...

A guide to the fundamentals of understanding film history, filmmaking, and film appreciation.Film is not just a medium; it is also a language—and a global one at that. Essential Film History describes how this language emerged and how it has matured over the course of more than 125 years. Beginning with the experiments of the late nineteenth century, and tracking the development of cinematic storytelling, commercial distribution, and audience reception int...