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09/30/2025

As September comes to a close, we’re wrapping up our celebration of Karnac Books and their remarkable 75 years as the world’s leading independent psychoanalytic bookseller and publisher. From keeping classic works in print to launching new and timely series, Karnac continues to inspire scholarship and debate in the field of mental health.

Catch up on our feature and explore highlights from their backlist, frontlist, and forthcoming titles: ➤ https://isdistribution.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/karnac/

09/30/2025

📚 The last Karnac Books spotlight for September’s feature — and a very relevant one at that:

Publisher of the Mind: Seventy-Five Years of Karnac Books
by Brett Kahr

Founded in 1950 by Harry Karnac as a small London bookshop, Karnac Books soon became the epicenter of English-language mental health publishing. What began with strong sales of a D. W. Winnicott title grew into a legendary hub for psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and mental health literature.

In Publisher of the Mind, Brett Kahr traces Karnac’s extraordinary journey from Gloucester Road basement shelves to its global reputation. Drawing on decades of personal connection as customer, author, and friend, Kahr chronicles the owners, the publishing legacy, and the pivotal role Karnac has played for seventy-five years.

An affectionate and detailed history of a publishing house that has shaped the mental health community worldwide.

✨ 10% off until the end of the month with promo code 2941-25 → https://isdistribution.com/BookDetail.aspx?aId=190614

09/29/2025

📚 Today’s Spotlight from Karnac Books

Raising Confident Teenagers: The Take 3 Approach to Parenting Calmly in a Stressful World
by Rosie Hill

Parenting teenagers can be tough—especially when relationships feel strained or challenging behavior takes over. This practical book helps parents build rapport, communicate effectively, and develop confidence in their teens while managing their own responses calmly.

Based on the evidence-based Take 3 parenting program, Rosie Hill shares proven strategies for navigating adolescent behavior, supporting mental health, and strengthening family connections. An essential guide for parents, carers, and anyone supporting young people in today’s stressful world.

✨ 10% off until the end of the month with promo code 2941-25 → https://isdistribution.com/BookDetail.aspx?aId=187043

09/27/2025

📚 Karnac Books is September’s 📚

All month long, we’ve been celebrating Karnac and their outstanding publishing program — and with good reason. Karnac is dedicated to publishing cutting-edge titles across psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, mental health, and related fields. Their list balances rigorous scholarship and accessibility, bringing both established voices and emerging thinkers to the fore. Their commitment to diverse perspectives, clinical relevance, and intellectual depth makes them a perfect partner for ISD’s distribution program.

We’re proud to offer the full North American edition catalog of Karnac — current releases, backlist, and forthcoming titles — all in one place. 📖
👉 Browse it here: https://isdistribution.com/CatalogLeafletRender.aspx?lId=243

(Each book links through to ISD’s product pages for easy ordering.)

Thank you to Karnac for being our featured publisher this month!

09/27/2025

📚 Spotlight from Karnac Books

Sitting on a Suitcase: Psychoanalytic Stories
edited by Halina Brunning & Olya Khaleelee

This powerful collection gathers eighteen deeply moving stories of Jewish lives, framed by a Preface from Rowan Williams and an Epilogue by Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. Contributors reflect on themes of belonging, displacement, identity, and resilience across generations and geographies.

With contributions from distinguished psychoanalysts and thinkers—and enriched with photographs and illustrations—the book explores formative experiences, marginality, emigration, and the enduring impact of Jewish identity. Written amidst rising global antisemitism, these stories feel more urgent than ever, offering voices of memory, humanity, and connection.

A profound and timely work for anyone interested in history, identity, and fostering understanding across cultures.

✨ 10% off until the end of the month with promo code 2941-25 → https://isdistribution.com/BookDetail.aspx?aId=186817

09/26/2025

📚 Spotlight from Karnac Books

🎶 The Power of Music: Psychoanalytic Explorations 🎶
by Roger Kennedy

Music transforms us—emotionally, intellectually, and even physically. Roger Kennedy explores how psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and human experience help us understand music’s profound impact on the human soul.

✨ 10% off until the end of the month with promo code 2941-25 → https://isdistribution.com/BookDetail.aspx?aId=140588

09/26/2025

Stop by The Scholar's Choice booth at the German Studies Association Annual Conference in Arlington, VA to browse titles distributed by ISD, including books from Logos Berlin Verlag, Verlag Schnell & Steiner, V&R Praxis, Mohr Siebeck, and more.

09/26/2025

Available for preorder in the US from ISD: https://isdistribution.com/BookDetail.aspx?aId=190435

Coming soon! Revisiting the First Cold War by Aiden Warren and Joseph M. Siracusa 📖

Against the backdrop of major geopolitical developments this book undertakes a comprehensive reassessment of the United States’ first Cold War strategy. In examining the machinations and dynamics of the Cold War era, it offers a nuanced understanding of today’s security challenges and the underlying continuities that may inform contemporary security strategies.

Learn more and preorder your copy ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/36t78hdc

09/26/2025

📚 Spotlight from Karnac Books

Dark Times: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Politics, History and Mourning
by Jonathan Sklar

Nationalism on the rise, the resurgence of totalitarian parties, the spread of alt-right and white supremacist movements—our political moment demands deeper understanding. Drawing on psychoanalysis, Jonathan Sklar confronts cruelty, racism, and collective trauma in this timely and thought-provoking work.

From European monuments and mourning, to ISIS’s brutality against the Yazidi, to racism in the US, Sklar explores how hatred, fear, and denial shape societies—and how bringing unconscious truths to light can create space for change, hope, and humanity.

A must-read for those seeking a deeper understanding of today’s world and the forces shaping it.

✨ 10% off until the end of the month with promo code 2941-25 → https://isdistribution.com/BookDetail.aspx?aId=140565

09/24/2025

📚 Spotlight from Karnac Books

Transforming Themes: Creative Perspectives on Therapeutic Interaction
by Paul J. Leslie

This insightful book challenges the idea of psychotherapy as a rigid, structured process. Instead, Paul Leslie presents therapy as a living, creative interaction—where healing emerges by shifting the entrenched “themes” through which clients view their lives.

By moving clients from limiting narratives (“the woman who can’t forgive,” “the child who is a terror”) into more flexible, empowering themes, therapists can unlock inner resources and foster transformation.

Drawing on research and vivid case studies, Transforming Themes offers practical tools for therapists, counsellors, psychologists, and social workers of all orientations—helping them apply creative interventions, increase effectiveness, and find greater enjoyment in clinical work.

✨ 10% off until the end of the month with promo code 2941-25 → https://isdistribution.com/BookDetail.aspx?aId=152472

09/23/2025

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📚 Spotlight from Karnac Books

Perceptions and Possibilities: Strategic and Solution-Oriented Approaches to Working with Depression
by Paul J. Leslie

This accessible book helps therapists bring strategic and solution-oriented methods into their work with depressed clients—focusing on strengths and possibilities rather than deficits. Drawing on the approaches of Milton H. Erickson, the Mental Research Institute, and Bill O’Hanlon, Paul Leslie shows how to shift therapy away from pathology and toward future-oriented change.

Packed with research, vivid case studies, and practical examples, Perceptions and Possibilities equips therapists to adapt creative, resourceful interventions that validate clients’ experiences while opening new pathways for growth.

✨ Essential reading for psychologists, counsellors, and psychotherapists interested in brief therapies, Ericksonian approaches, and solution-focused practices.

✨ 10% off until the end of the month with promo code 2941-25 → https://isdistribution.com/BookDetail.aspx?aId=159163

09/23/2025

Preorder in North America from ISD: https://isdistribution.com/BookDetail.aspx?aId=187471

𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘂𝘇𝗲’𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗻𝗶𝘇, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲
By Lorenzo Pericolo

More info: https://bit.ly/46xND5p

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: An Estranged Baroque

Chapter One: A Twentieth-Century Monad
Chapter Two: The Baroque and its Resurgences
Chapter Three: The Logos of the Formless
Chapter Four: The Self-Modulating Machine of Art

Bibliography
Index