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Doctor Miller asks the questions that must be asked: "Is psychology still relevant? Does anyone care about psychoanalysis anymore?" As a leading clinical psychologist and author, Doctor Miller takes his readers on a manic ride through the history of the profession, both the uplifting moments and the downers, from Karen Horney’s landmark work on neurosis, to the modern problem of replication failure. Crucial to the study are the chapters comprising Doctor Miller’s own self-analysis, which he describes as “the moral equivalent of playing chess against oneself.” Be prepared for some interesting and, perhaps, discomfiting revelations.

Pearls Before Press is proud to introduce U.K. author Roberta Younston to her new, American audience.

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Nora Percival’s life is a disaster. Her Thursday night ritual pub crawls with her uni friends have taken their toll, pint by pint, shot by shot. And speaking of shot, just who was shot dead outside their pub at closing? Enter into Nora’s personal diary, her yuppie world of investigation, intrigue, skull-crushing hangovers and yes, strange men, whilst she and her mates bring a killer to justice.

Pearls Before Press is pleased to report: Dan Mims is at it again. Dan’s Bad Breath series literally blew off our shelves and is now, sadly, out of print. But we tracked down the fantasy master and convinced him to let us publish a new, updated edition. For a limited time only, we are making his classic, Bad Breath Dragon, available again!

The Dragon Keepers of Gjirokastër are at war. The Vampire cult of Vlorë has sworn the death and destruction of the peaceful Dragon Keepers. Clearly overpowered and desperate, the Dragon Keepers seize upon a strategy: feeding garlic to their loveable dragons. Will the ploy work? Or will the village suffer unintended, malodorous consequences?

Pearls Before Press is providing a new U.S.-only edition of this mighty work. Photographic Editor and British Museum Curator Jim Hollands has masterfully brought together four unique photographers: Arlin Willinsteiner, Jacintha Burberry-Stifles, Anne Barkly and Simon St. Simonson. Separately applying their perspectives to the massive Sahara, each bring their own visions, their own seasons, as it were. This book will delight nature lovers of all stripes. (It is recommended that the reader have a glass of water on hand while enjoying this remarkable work.)

Last year, Pearls Before Press sounded the clarion call, our contest for best fiction and nonfiction in the field of public transportation. Award-winning Canadian Journalist Anish Rajmani blows the lid off of one of the most acute public transportation controversies ever to face Prince Edward Island.

Armed with a certification as registered professional planner and aided by a group of intrepid volunteer monitors, Rajmani decided to confront the rampant rumors about the alleged failings of Transit PEI. Had it deliberately chosen to underserve the communities of Montague, Souris, St. Peter's, Summerside and Tignish, solely because, as an anonymous source stated, “there just aren’t that many people out there”? Rajmani took matters into his own hands.  He and his group tested each community’s bus stop posing as ordinary Transit PEI riders. And they waited long enough. Congratulations, Anish, winner of the nonfiction prize!

Following our merger with Brad Tulane Industrial Guides, LLC, we gained a new line in industrial arts, the Perfectionist’s Guide series. Contractually bound to publish the series, we make this tome available. For what it is worth, Motor Globe declared The Perfectionist’s Guide to Automobile Seat Harnesses, “A triumph!” And, as per the aforementioned contract and for those non-reading individuals who might enjoy such, check out the Incredible Brad podcast series.

Cricket star turned Glasgow Times Sports Editor “Wee” Kenny Kremper has nurdled his way into the fiction boundary with the triumphant Cricket Bats of Hell!

Lester McKeever never liked playing nightwatchman. Lofted a pudding by a military medium, who would have expected a bodyline on the next pitch? A rock that struck McKeever dead. Sledge along with Angus Glenn, amateur sleuth and comical bampot, as he faces down his nervous nineties, slogging through his own personal corridor of uncertainty to solve the vicious crime.

The Clackamas County Industrial Arts Review calls 99 Chairs, “a superb triumph of form over substance.” We could not agree more. Pearls Before Press is happy to present the updated, Special Edition of this fine work. Buyers of this new edition will be particularly delighted by the inclusion of the long-rumored chapter on cafeteria chairs, along with biting and incisive commentary from nationally syndicated ergonomist Roberta Feliz.

Trend setting podcaster and natural scientist, Doctor Emil Krongaard, waxes eloquently on a controversial topic: Just how similar to sheep are we? Disavowing discussions of predictable tropes, such as, “following like sheep,” “acting sheepishly” or “the lamb to the slaughter,” Doctor Krongaard focuses on humanity’s physical similarities and even resemblances to sheep. Krongaard initially notes the sheep’s comparable brain size and body weight, which makes them ideal for research and even pets. Krongaard notes, “Sheep are subject to illnesses and parasites just as we are and proper sheep husbandry requires preventive measures, including vaccinations.” Krongaard glibly adds, “and I know of no sheep ‘anti-vaxxers.’” Perhaps Krongaard’s discussion of fleece will ring most true to the reader. “Although we humans have significant facial hair and less body hair compared to sheep, we too must be shorn regularly. Hence the predictably unpleasant and overly expensive treks to the barber. And have you ever noticed the sideburns called muttonchops?”

This edition of Are We Sheep was chosen as Book Four of the prestigious Thornton Naturalist series.     

As Quantum Professor Trevor Lightson speculates, “Will Earth become a mere outhouse for the hillbilly robots from space?” Ride along with Lightson, a born and bred Appalachian, as he and his plucky, Kentucky crew fight back against the hillbilly robots in the only way they know: fueled by collards, soup beans, pigs feet, cracklins', possum and boiled eggs.

Winner of the prestigious Cumulus Award, this outrageous space romp is guaranteed to satisfy the most discerning sci fi reader.