Gary Cox

The Girls of the White Platypus Totem tells the story of Tildey Starling and Carmella Blacksnake as they are swept up into a spiritual adventure in the super-remote Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia. The two climate activist friends are called upon by the Pope to investigate strange pictographs of a white platypus that begin popping up in Western Australia...

The 10th anniversary edition of a witty classic about the philosophy of existentialism, How to Be an Existentialist is also a genuine self-help book offering clear advice on how to live according to the principles of existentialism formulated by Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus, and the other great existentialist philosophers. An attack on contemporary excuse culture, the book urges us to face...

Jean-Paul Sartre is an undisputed giant of twentieth-century philosophy. His intellectual writings popularising existentialism, combined with his creative and artistic flair, have made him a legend of French thought. His tumultuous personal life—so inextricably bound up with his philosophical thinking—is a fascinating tale of love and lust, drug abuse, high-profile fallings-out, and political and cultural rebellion. This substantial and meticulously...

Gary Cox guides us through 42 of the most misunderstood, misquoted, provocative and significant quotes in the history of philosophy, providing a witty and compelling commentary along the way. This entertaining and illuminating collection of quotes doesn't merely list who said what and when; it explores who each philosopher is and what they really meant when they said what they...

Do life's big questions perplex you? This book, now available in paperback, will give you answers to some of them while revealing that others have no answer. A humorous but informed instruction manual to questions philosophers have been asking and attempting to answer for centuries, How to Be A Philosopher will help you: • Think, talk, argue and persuade like...

What is goodness? Is goodness achievable, and if so, how? If being a good person is a matter of doing the right thing, then what is the right thing to do? Is it acting rationally, promoting happiness, exercising moderation in all things, or respecting the freedom of others, or is it somehow a concoction of all these abilities, wisely adjusted...

The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness is an entertaining philosophical guide to life, love, hate, freedom, sex, anxiety, God and death; a guide to everything and nothing. Gary Cox, bestselling author of How to Be an Existentialist and How to Be a Philosopher, takes us on an exciting journey through the central themes of existentialism, a philosophy...