On Connection by Kae Tempest
$14.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Faber Social Ser.
Staggering talent Kae Tempest's first work of non-fiction: a hopeful theory of creativity - the power of creative connection to act as the antidote to numbness.The increasingly hyper-individualistic, competitive and exploitative society that we live in has caused a global crisis at the turn of the new d ...Show more
Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life (HB) by John Gray
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The history of philosophy has been a predictably tragic or comical succession of palliatives for human disquiet. Thinkers from Spinoza to Berdyaev have pursued the perennial questions of how to be happy, how to be good, how to be loved, and how to live in a world of change and loss. But perhaps we can l ...Show more
Ask a Philosopher by Ian Olasov
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The perfect gift for the smart thinker in your life.For several years Ian Olasov has set up 'Ask-a-Philosopher' booths around New York City, answering questions from passersby. Now in this book he offers answers to the real-life questions on people's minds.From the philosophical to the frivolous, questi ...Show more
Self-Knowledge in 40 Images
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A visual journey to inspire and guide you through the inward exploration of the self. When Socrates, apparently the wisest man of antiquity, was asked to define our highest purpose as humans, he responded, 'To know ourselves.' The advice has never been bettered. Without self-knowledge, all other efforts ...Show more
Linguistics - Why It Matters by Geoffrey K. Pullum
$21.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
Language is the medium in which we humans compose our thoughts, explain our thinking, construct our arguments, and create works of literature. Without language, societies as complex as ours could not exist. Geoffrey Pullum offers a stimulating introduction to the many ways in which linguistics, as the s ...Show more
The Communist Manifesto and das Kapital by Karl Marx; Friedrich Engels; Robert Weick
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
The unabridged versions of these definitive works are now available together as a highly designed paperback with flaps with a new introduction by Robert Weick. Part of the Knickerbocker Classics series, a modern design makes this timeless book a perfect travel companion.Considered to be one of the most ...Show more
The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World by Lewis Hyde
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Canons
The Gift brilliantly argues for the importance of creativity in our increasingly money-driven society. Reaching deep into literature, anthropology and psychology Lewis Hyde's modern masterpiece has at its heart the simple and important idea that a 'gift' can inspire and change our lives.
30-Second Politics by Steven L. Taylor
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: 30-Second
30-second Politics will help dispel this fog of mistrust and paranoia. It challenges political theorists of all colours to come up with no-frill, no-spin, tell-it-like-it-is explanations of the 50 most important political -isms, -archies, and -ocracies that have pertained since the time of Periclean Ath ...Show more
Women & Power - A Manifesto by Mary Beard
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Britain's best-known classicist Mary Beard, is also a committed and vocal feminist. With wry wit, she revisits the gender agenda and shows how history has treated powerful women. Her examples range from the classical world to the modern day, from Medusa and Athena to Theresa May and Hillary Clinton. Bea ...Show more
Very Good Lives : The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination by J. K. Rowling; Joel Holland (Illustrator)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
J.K. Rowling, one of the world's most inspiring writers, shares her wisdom and advice. In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, VERY GOOD LIVES presents J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a ...Show more
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Matt Haig's accessible and life-affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt's inspiring account of how, minute by minute and day by day, he overc ...Show more
Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead? by Steven Pinker Malcolm Gladwell Alain De Botton Matt Ridley
$16.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
From the Enlightenment onwards, the West has had an enduring belief that through the evolution of institutions, innovations, and ideas, the human condition is improving. This process is supposedly accelerating as new technologies, individual freedoms, and the spread of global norms empower individuals a ...Show more