Beacon Press

American Dreamers: What Dreams Tell Us About the Political Psychology of Conservatives, Liberals, and Everyone Else (July, $23.95) by Kelly Bulkeley explores Americans’ unconscious hopes and fears about war, environment, family values and more.

Down East Books

A Healing Touch: True Stories of Life, Death, and Hospice (Apr., $15.95), edited by Richard Russo, explores how hospice eases the end of life.

Johns Hopkins Univ. Press

Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder (May, $24.95) by David Healy illuminates how perceptions of illness are mutable over time.

New Harbinger

Treating PTSD in Battered Women: A Step-by-Step Manual for Therapists and Counselors (Apr., $49.95) by Steven C. Hayes et al. uses the cognitive therapy model to help treat the lingering effects of domestic violence.

Running Press

Change the Way You See Yourself (May, $24.95) by Kathryn D. Cramer and Hank Wasiak teaches asset-based thinking to change one’s power, influence and impact. 50,000 first printing.