We have evolved to crave predictability. Uncertainty makes us anxious. Uncertainty in your life, or in society at large, can lead to anxiety and depression. The latter can be more of a problem because the ills of your society or the world at large are something over which you have no tangible control. Not knowing what is going to happen next is one of the most primal fears human beings can experience. This comes from our hunter-gatherer ancestors when not being able to predict the weather ...

Are you plagued by negative thinking, indecision and guilt? Would you like to transform your life with positive thinking skills and effective stress management and eliminate negative self-talk? Have no fear, this is not your typical self-help book. This is a collection of practical, down to earth tips and techniques gleaned from psychology and philosophy that can help you transform your thoughts and actions from failure to success. Learn how your brain actually works and the processes that...

If you were given a few months to live, what would you do? What, if anything, would be worth doing? Would you just curl up in a ball and give up? Would you drink or drug yourself into a stupor? Would you rage against the unfairness of it all? Or would you write a book about your life and try to make sense of it all while you still can? What would it be like to visit your favourite places and do your favourite things for what you know is the last time?Find out in this tragi-comic jou...

Self help books can be frustrating and counterproductive, peddling the myth that all your dreams will come true if you wish hard enough. This book uses science, psychology and philosophy to examine the true nature of happiness and make practical, down to earth suggestions to improve your well being. Learn why wealth and material gain do not lead to happiness and what is going on inside your brain when your are happy or unhappy. We also cover the positive psychology movement and some encour...

The election of Donald Trump and Britain's vote to leave the European Union both followed two of the most negative, divisive campaigns in living memory. Moreover they are both symptomatic of a wider problem: nobody trusts experts anymore and truth itself is now seen as a conspiracy to keep the people down. We explore the psychology behind these disturbing new ways of thinking.

Living with depression can be a real struggle, a battle against fear, confusion, anger, self-doubt, numbness, shame and guilt. This short, practical book examines what depression is and tells you how you can fight back and gain control of your thinking and emotions. Understanding your depression is the first step towards recovery, so this book guides you through the minefield of psychological and social causes and illustrates the patterns that lead to low self-esteem, incapacitating sadnes...

A hundred and one totally made up facts, the perfect companion to the post-truth generation. Learn that Isaac Newton discovered gravity when he was sitting under an apple tree and an iPhone fell on his head, and that "Star Wars" was originally a story about a man who couldn't find his car keys but George Lucas was told that wasn't zeitgeisty enough so he put some robots in it. Also learn the truth about electricity, pie charts, cigarettes and space hoppers.

11 year old Sarah almost dies during a violent gang attack in school. Aged 21 she starts a new job in an I.T. office and is confronted in the pub after work by her stalker who over the next few years becomes an increasing presence in her life and the situation quickly builds to one of nightmarish proportions. Her judo skills will keep her safe, or will they? Not only that but she and her colleagues have to cope with the world's most incompetent, insane boss and the dreariness of their stuc...

The second in a series of novellas on the theme of psychological trauma and the ignorance and prejudice surrounding mental illness. Gemma mysteriously acquires a life-changing amount of money but she is still hiding from the world and the repercussions of her childhood. Will she ever be able to break out of her isolation, and will she ever discover the truth about where the money really came from?

Steve is a regular guy leading a quiet life but somebody is following him and leaving him strange notes. As events escalate, should he go to the police or deal with it himself? Counter-terrorism agency T14 have their hands even more full than usual. A new director is appointed, cyber terrorists threaten to destroy Western economies, someone is trying to make a very dirty bomb, a powerful foreign criminal takes up residence, and Jennifer has been ordered to give up coffee...

People think Paul is weird but is it him or his narcissistic mother who has the real problems? The third book in the series of novellas exploring themes around mental illness and psychology takes a comic look at family dynamics.

Does anyone deserve to be murdered? More than one person has to answer this question in the third book in the series about T14. It's all change at the counter-terrorism agency but some things remain the same: members of the now disbanded CIA are still wreaking havoc in the UK, various people are still trying to blow up various things, and Jennifer is still craving coffee.That becomes the least of her problems when she stumbles upon something so repulsive that she decides to do the ...