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In late 1980s Santiago, the disappearance of a friend forces a reconstruction of memory, identity, and relationships in a Chile marked by repression.

Cesar Rendueles analyzes how technological fetishism has served to conceal the extractive and de-democratizing logic of a digital ecosystem subordinated to the market and, faced with the inertia of depoliticization, defends the urgency of recovering the capacity for agency to reduce the alienating and...

Julian Barnes turns eighty and celebrates with this book in which he looks back and confronts the end of life. A beautiful exploration of memory, which begins to falter with age and is intertwined with life and writing. An inquiry into the choices we...

Parents’ separation can be traumatic for children. Through beautifully illustrated therapeutic texts, this book helps them to recognize, describe, and manage their emotional experiences and reactions: nervousness, uncertainty, worry, fear, rejection, anger, and feelings of being unloved. Mom and Dad Are Separating reminds us...

The foundations of psychoanalysis transmitted to us by our teachers will become our own foundations only on the condition that we conquer them and make them our own. In this work, Juan David Nasio defines the seven fundamental concepts of psychoanalysis: castration, the phallus,...

Adolescence is a stage of intense emotional transformation. The awakening of love, the need to feel seen and accepted, or the gradual distancing from one’s family can be experienced with an overwhelming intensity — one that, in many cases, reactivates deep wounds rooted in...

Seeking simplicity can lead us to a paradox: desiring something simple and easy to use that is, at the same time, capable of performing all the complex tasks we need it to handle. In this book, John Maeda provides the key: ten laws that...

Winnicott demonstrates how, in the playful encounter between the child and the caregiver, a transitional space is created — an intermediate area where reality and fantasy intertwine, facilitating the passage from non-integration toward healthy psychic integration. This seminal work of 20th-century psychology illuminates the...

Jacques Lacan, considered the most profound psychoanalytic thinker since Freud, remains an enigmatic figure for many. Consequently, in this book, Bruce Fink seeks to elucidate his key theoretical concepts and demonstrate that, despite the complexity of Lacanian language, many of his innovations can be...

Relational networks pose an inescapable challenge for professionals and institutions involved in addressing human suffering, for they constitute the arena where distress takes shape — but also where change can be catalyzed. In this book, social networks — far removed from the trivialization to...

Among the various forms of panic attacks associated with the fear of dying, the most common is the sensation of running out of breath — to the point of near-total asphyxiation. Both mechanisms — that of breathing and that of fear — mutually influence...

The ability to make great efforts has never been the problem. Every child — whether a toddler, teenager, or young adult — moves better and much more when doing something difficult, something that allows them to look good and feel satisfied. The real challenge...

Sooner or later, witches and dragons—symbolic of life’s many challenges—will appear in your child’s life, and this book helps parents teach them to face those trials with optimism and the hope of a happy ending. Children and teens, like adults, encounter adversity at a...

A rising star in figure skating, Lily has only one goal: to win the gold medal at the World Championships. When she meets her new partner, she is over the moon. He is her lifelong idol: Orion Williams. The man she finds herself despising...

When Myne sets her mind on something, she won’t stop until she achieves it. She has managed to become a blue-robed shrine maiden apprentice at the city’s temple, gaining noble status so she can devote herself to what she loves most: spending her time...

It's been a long time since Casey Tresscott has felt like her life was her own. After the car accident that nearly cost her everything, she's used to her family's coddling and the relentless whispers at school, no matter how much they sting. After...

The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only part of a larger cataclysm...

The conventional wisdom is wrong about how great teams are built. Effective leaders worry less about cohesion and more about assembling the right group of people with complementary talents and personalities. No amount of teambuilding, trust, or cohesion can overcome having the wrong mix...

With replacement costs high and start-up time critical, employee retention is more valuable than ever. This best-selling guide provides 26 strategies to keep talented employees happy and productive. Citing research and experience with dozens of organizations, the authors present many examples of how today's...

You never forget your first love. Especially when he’s also your worst nightmare... Twelve years ago, Maven Blackthorn fled her small hometown, leaving behind the wreckage of her mother’s suspicious death. But now, drawn back for her grandmother’s funeral, Maven steps onto Blackthorn soil...