Eric Berne

We think we’re relating to other people–but actually we’re all playing games.

Forty years ago, Games People Play revolutionized our understanding of what really goes on during our most basic social interactions. More than five million copies later, Dr. Eric Berne’s classic is as astonishing–and revealing–as it was on the day it was first published. This anniversary edition features a new introduction by Dr. James R. Allen, president of the International Transactional Analysis Association, and Kurt Vonnegut’s brilliant Life magazine review from 1965.
We play games all the time–sexual games, marital games, power games with our bosses, and competitive games with our friends. Detailing status contests like “Martini” (I know a better way), to lethal couples combat like “If It Weren’t For You” and “Uproar,” to flirtation favorites like “The Stocking Game” and “Let’s You and Him Fight,” Dr. Berne exposes the secret ploys and unconscious maneuvers that rule our intimate lives.

Explosive when it first appeared, Games People Play is now widely recognized as the most original and influential popular psychology book of our time. It’s as powerful and eye-opening as ever.

The Psychology of Human Relationship

Games People Play

The Games People Play

psychologia stosunków międzyludzkich

W co grają ludzie

Sex in Human Loving

Insan Iliskilerinin Psikolojisi

Insanlarin Oynadigi Oyunlar

Psychologie der menschlichen Beziehungen

Spiele der Erwachsenen

A Systematic Individual and Social Psychiatry

Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy

A che gioco giochiamo

The structure and dynamics of organizations and groups (An Evergreen Black cat book)

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Mind in Action

Beyond games and scripts

The Structure and Dynamics of Organizations and Groups

la psicología del destino humano

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The Psychology of Humen Relationships

The Psychology of Human Relationships

Dr. Eric Berne, as the originator of transactional analysis, has attained recognition for developing one of the most innovative approaches to modern psychotherapy. Discover how many of these "secret games" you play everyday of your life: Iwfy (If it weren't for you); Sweetheart; Threadbare; Harried; Alcoholic, and many more. A groundbreaking book that bores deep into the heart of all our relationships, GAMES PEOPLE PLAY is a classic that should be read again and again.

Claude Steiner

Transactional analysis approach. Several pages on homosexuality listed in index.--D.H.

The Analysis of Life Scripts

Games Alcoholics Play

Eric Berne

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