Happy Ever After
What if the path to happiness meant abandoning our most dearly held beliefs? Be ambitious; find everlasting love; look after your health... There are countless stories about how we ought to live our lives. These narratives can make our lives easier, and they might sometimes make us happier too. But they can also trap us and those around us. In...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Trick Of The Mind
How does your mind work? Daniel Yon pieces together cutting-edge research to argue that the brain is a scientist, conjuring up theories to make sense of the world that surrounds it. This radical book will profoundly reshape how we think about how we think. How does your brain decide what it's seeing, from the physical world to other people? For...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAristotle's Guide to Self-Persuasion
Show yourself who's in charge using the original art of persuasion - from the New York Times bestselling author of Thank You for Arguing. Rhetoric once sat at the centre of elite education. Figures like Alexander the Great, Shakespeare, and Martin Luther King, Jr. used it to build empires, write deathless literature, and inspire democracies. Here, Heinrichs shows us how...Hardback$5000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAgainst Identity
A philosopher explains why the search for identity is meaningless, and how we should escape the self. Modern life encourages us to pursue the perfect identity. Whether we aspire to become the best lawyer or charity worker, life partner or celebrity influencer, we emulate exemplars that exist in the world, hoping it will bring us happiness. However, this often leads...Hardback$5000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksGetting to Center
"Marlee's work shifts and stretches. This new collection is a necessary resource for those of us looking to re-center, lean in, and get curious about ourselves, about our heart's work. Getting to Center is a blessing in book form." —Alexandra Elle, author of After the Rain From the beloved creator, workshop facilitator, and author of How to Not Always Be...Paperback$5200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksFour Stars
The second book from acclaimed writer and journalist Joel Golby ‘There’s no one funnier than Joel Golby’ — GREG JAMES ‘I love this book’ — DOLLY ALDERTON How much of your life do you review? Books, TV, film, music – the reviewable things? Ever tried going a little further, reviewing the intangibles, the abstract, the ‘weird’: a houseplant; the sunlight...Hardback$3500Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksWhen Life Sucks
A first-aid manual for supporting your teen's mental health, by psychiatrist and comedian Dr Jo Prendergast When Life Sucks is an essential guide to supporting your teen's mental health. As a parent and psychiatrist, Dr Jo knows how hard it can be—especially if a teen communicates only in eye rolls and grunts! Covering everything from anxiety, depression, trauma, and eating...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksEveryday Dharma
“Suneel Gupta shares how to chisel away the everyday layers that prevent us from clarity and joy. Written with compassion and wit, you will find yourself within its pages, and by the book’s end, it’s very possible that you will have uncovered just what most lights the fire within you.” —Sharon Salzberg, New York Times bestselling author of Lovingkindness and...Hardback$6700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksBrooklyn Crime Novel
1978 and two 14-year-old white boys are creating dubious art by using a hacksaw to cut multiple quarters into pieces. A child who's just bought ice cream from a Mr. Softee truck witnesses a daylight sidewalk shooting in 1979. At another time, a couple of blocks over, a kid gets caught trying to shoplift an adult magazine from a Puerto...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBrooklyn Crime Novel
1978 and two 14-year-old white boys are creating dubious art by using a hacksaw to cut multiple quarters into pieces. A child who's just bought ice cream from a Mr. Softee truck witnesses a daylight sidewalk shooting in 1979. At another time, a couple of blocks over, a kid gets caught trying to shoplift an adult magazine from a Puerto...Hardback$4500Elsewhere:$4999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAstrology
An essential guide to the zodiac signs Discover how to use astrology to understand yourself, make the best choices, and improve every area of your life. In her trademark accessible, down-to-earth style, acclaimed astrologer Carole Taylor explains how to use the age-old wisdom of astrology as a powerful tool for self-knowledge and self-enrichment. Using your birth chart as a starting...Hardback$4100Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips early SeptemberAffluenza
Our houses are bigger than ever, but our families are smaller. Our kids go to the best schools we can afford, but we hardly see them. We've got more money to spend, yet we're further in debt than ever before. What is going on? The Western world is in the grip of a consumption binge that is unique in human...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksZero Negativity
PRE-ORDER NOW There are times when life feels like it has you cornered: financial difficulties, relationship issues, work problems, all of the above. Every one of us, at one time or another, will have to face up to the challenges that come our way. And there are two ways of meeting them: negatively, where blame is the answer, where other...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksYou Are the Universe
Bestselling author Deepak Chopra joins forces with leading physicist Menas Kafatos to explore nine of the biggest and most baffling questions about science and the nature of reality. Their answers will present a bold new understanding of who we are and how we can reach our greatest potential. The New York Times Bestseller In this book that combines cutting-edge science...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksWorking Hard, Hardly Working
From a young entrepreneur comes a timeless self-help guide about why productivity and self-care aren't on opposing sides, and how to find the balance we all need. Excellent The Times 'Offers a fresh take on how to create your own balance, be more productive and feel fulfilled in the high-pressure social media age' Cosmopolitan, 12 BEST NEW BOOKS TO READ...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksWhy We Remember
A radical reexamination of memory by pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher, Charan Ranganath. We talk about memory as a record of the past, but here's a surprising twist: we aren't supposed to remember everything. In fact, we're designed to forget. Over the course of twenty-five years, Charan Ranganath has studied the flawed, incomplete and purposefully inaccurate nature of memory...Hardback$5000Elsewhere:$5500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksVisual Thinking
How to thrive as a visual thinker in a verbal world by celebrated author, academic, and autism-rights activist Temple Grandin. 'Grandin has helped us understand autism not just as a phenomenon, but as a different but coherent mode of existence that otherwise confounds us' – The New York Times Do you think in pictures, patterns, or words? In a world...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksTime of the Magicians
'Weaves together the biographies and the developing thought of the four philosophers with great bravura and wit' (Sunday Telegraph) The year is 1919. Walter Benjamin flees his overbearing father to scrape a living as a critic. Ludwig Wittgenstein signs away his inheritance, seeking spiritual clarity. Martin Heidegger renounces his faith and aligns his fortunes with Husserl's phenomenological school. Ernst Cassirer...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksTimaeus and Critias
Timaeus and Critias holds a central place in Western thought and is best known to many for the story of Atlantis. Timaeus and Critias is a Socratic dialogue in two parts. A response to an account of an ideal state told by Socrates, it begins with Timaeus's theoretical exposition of the cosmos and his story describing the creation of the...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid AugustThis Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch
If you feel that sense that there is something missing from your life, some gap between who you are on the inside and who you are on the outside, then this is the book for you. This is, as the title says, not actually a book about Benedict Cumberbatch. In fact, This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch is...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThink Like an Artist
Embrace your inner Picasso - wisdom and smart thinking from Da Vinci to Ai Weiwei. Why do some people seem to find it easy to come up with fresh, brilliant ideas? And how do they turn them into something worthwhile? After spending years getting up close and personal with some of the world's greatest creative thinkers, the BBC's Arts Editor...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Success Principles
The Success Principles by Jack Canfield reveals the simple set of rules for success that led him to become the multi-million copy bestselling author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. He shows how anyone can follow these principles to achieve their own dreams. Greater levels of performance and achievement are attainable by anyone. This book offers the proven...Paperback$3500Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksChinese Thought
An engrossing history of Chinese philosophy and culture from an eminent Cambridge professor. How did the ancient Chinese think about the world? What does environmental consciousness stand for in the Chinese tradition? Where does China's obsession with education come from? We are often told that the twenty-first century is bound to become China's century. Never before has Chinese culture been...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Space Between
The Space Between was shortlisted for the ABIA General Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2021. From the creators of the hit podcast Shameless — relatable ruminations on the mess, the madness and the magic of not-quite-adulthood. There's this weird gap in life that's fuelled by cheap tacos and even cheaper tequila — also known as our twenties. It's a specific...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Rubais of Rumi
Rumi is well known for the over 44,000 verses that appear in a 23-volume collection called the Divan-I Kebir. Yet Rumi also composed 1,700 rubais, short aphorisms and observations, whose depth and message belie their brevity. The form of rubais first became well known through the 11th-century collection The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. But, unlike Khayyam, who, like most poets,...Paperback$2800Elsewhere:$3100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Republic
The unabridged version of this definitive work is now available in this highly designed hardcover with an introduction by Odysseus Makridis. Published around 380 BCE, Plato's most famous work explores the idea of justness, among other things, through a Socratic dialogue. Considered to be one of the most influential writings in the development of Western philosophy and political theory, The...Hardback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Republic
The unabridged version of this definitive work is now available in this highly designed jacketed hardcover with a new introduction by Odysseus Makridis. Published around 380 BCE, Plato's most famous work explores the idea of justness, among other things, through a Socratic dialogue. Considered to be one of the most influential writings in the development of Western philosophy and political...Hardback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Path
The Path is a guide to integrating ancient philosophy into modern life, penned by Harvard's most popular professor and a Sunday Times Top 10 International Bestseller. This unique work offers a profound approach to living well by suggesting small changes to our everyday routines. The book covers a range of subjects, from decision-making to relationships, illustrating how everyday actions—such as...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe News
Our lives are saturated with news. But how does it affect us? And how should we read it? Today, the news occupies the same dominant position in our lives as religion once did. But rarely do we consider how it touches us. Here, Alain de Botton examines a number of archetypal news stories – a plane crash, a murder, a...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Marshmallow Test
Self-control explained by the inventor of the famous 1960s marshmallow experiments. A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications for her behaviour later in life? Walter Mischel's now iconic marshmallow test, one of the most famous experiments in...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Great Pretender
In the early 1970s, Stanford professor Dr Rosenhan conducted an experiment, sending sane patients into psychiatric wards; the result of which was a damning paper about psychiatric practises. The ripple effects of this paper helped bring the field of psychiatry to its knees, closing down institutions and changing mental health diagnosis forever. But what if that ground-breaking and now-famous experiment...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe End of History and the Last Man
A LANDMARK WORK OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. A GLOBAL BESTSELLER. STILL AS RELEVANT TODAY. Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists, populists, and pandemics as...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Decay of Lying
Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life The Decay of Lying includes two of Wilde's most comprehensive—and witty—explorations of his aesthetic philosophy: The Decay of Lying and The Critic as Artist. GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war, and...Paperback$2100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Bright Ages
"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come.... The Bright Ages is a rare thing—a nuanced historical work that almost anyone can enjoy reading.”—Slate "Incandescent and ultimately intoxicating." —The Boston Globe A lively and magisterial popular...Paperback$3500Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Brain Fog Fix
The Brain Fog Fix is a three-week programme designed to help you naturally restore three of your brain's most crucial chemicals—serotonin, dopamine, and cortisol. Rebalancing these three brain chemicals will, in turn, enable the rest of your brain's chemistry to reach optimal levels. You will find yourself thinking more clearly, remembering more accurately, learning more quickly, and unleashing the floodgates...Paperback$2900Elsewhere:$3200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Art of Rhetoric
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics… Despite dating from the 4th century BC, The Art of Rhetoric continues to be regarded by many as the single most important work on the art of persuasion. As democracy began emerging in 5th-century Athens, public speaking and debate became an increasingly important tool to garner influence in...Paperback$1299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Art of Rest
Much of value has been written about sleep, but rest is different; it is how we unwind, calm our minds, and recharge our bodies. The Art of Rest draws on ground-breaking research Claudia Hammond collaborated on: 'The Rest Test', the largest global survey into rest ever undertaken, completed by 18,000 people across 135 different countries. The survey revealed how people...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksSurrounded by Bad Bosses and Lazy Employees
Surrounded by Bad Bosses and Lazy Employees by Thomas Erikson, author of the runaway international bestseller Surrounded by Idiots, will help you handle those frustrating situations at work and get things done the right way. Why is good leadership so rare? Everyone has to manage up to some extent, but frankly, some bosses are worse than others. If you're being...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksSuper Human
From the creator of Bulletproof coffee and the bestselling author of Head Strong and The Bulletproof Diet comes a plan to bypass plateaus and ‘up’ your game at every age. Dave Asprey suffered countless symptoms of ageing as a young man, which sparked a lifelong burning desire to grow younger with each birthday. For more than twenty years, he has...Paperback$3500Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksStuffocation
'Like The Tipping Point meets Freakonomics - but with a huge idea at its heart' - Sunday Times We're all stuffocated. We have more stuff than we could ever need, but it's bad for the planet and it's making us stressed. It might even be killing us. In this groundbreaking book, trend forecaster James Wallman discovers that a rising number...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksStop Doing That Sh*t
From the author of the New York Times and international bestseller Unfu*k Yourself, Gary John Bishop presents a no-holds-barred guide to breaking through our cycles of self-sabotage to get what we want out of life. In Unfu*k Yourself, Gary John Bishop told us it was time to stop making excuses—to recognise and take responsibility for the negative self-talk holding us...Paperback$3500Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksSleep Smarter
Unlock Your Body's Natural Ability to Sleep Soundly, Boost Energy and Lose Weight. When it comes to health, there is one criminally overlooked element—sleep. Good sleep helps you shed fat for good, stave off disease, stay productive, and improve virtually every function of your mind and body. That's what Shawn Stevenson learned when a degenerative bone disease crushed his dream...Paperback$3500Elsewhere:$3800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksSleep
Proven solutions for better nights, from the sleep guru to international sports stars. One third of our lives are spent trying to sleep. Most of us have disturbed, restless nights and rely on a cocktail of caffeine and sugar to drag us through the day. Yet the hours we spend in bed shape our mood, motivation, and decision-making skills—defining our...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksScarcity
Economist Sendhil Mullainathan and psychologist Eldar Shafir reveal that the hidden side behind all these problems is that they're all about scarcity. Using the new science of scarcity, they will change the way you think about both the little everyday tasks and the big issues of global urgency. Sendhil Mullainathan, the 'most interesting young economist in the world', and Eldar...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksRest
Learning how to rest- the smartest lifehack of all In our 24-7 global economy, rest feels like a luxury at best and a weakness at worst. We see work and rest as competitors—but what if they're actually partners in a productive, balanced life? Blending rigorous scientific research with examples of writers, painters, and thinkers—from Darwin to Stephen King—Silicon Valley futurist...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksPussy
New York Times best-selling manifesto from the founder of Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts, written to put women back in touch with their power source and show them the steps to an authentically radiant life. Author, educator, and School of Womanly Arts founder Regena Thomashauer has been working with women for the past 25 years, and what began as...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksOn Freedom
An expansive, exhilarating work of nonfiction on freedom, by one of the most significant writers of our day. What can freedom really mean? 'One of the most electrifying writers at work in America today, among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation' — OLIVIA LAING In this invigorating, essential book, Maggie Nelson explores how we might think, experience...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksNotes on Grief
DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is out now! A devastating essay on loss and the people we love from the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. 'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can...Paperback$1299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksNine Nasty Words
The New York Times bestseller now in paperback. One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power—and why we love them so much. Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon, an integral part of being...Paperback$5000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksNature
Originally published anonymously, Nature was the first modern essay to recommend the appreciation of the outdoors as an all-encompassing positive force. Emerson's writings were recognised as uniquely American in style and content, and launched the idea of going for a walk as a new way of looking at the world. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksMind Hacking
Have you ever wished you could reprogram your brain, just as a hacker would a computer? In this 3-step guide to improving your mental habits, learn to take charge of your mind and banish negative thoughts, habits, and anxiety—in just twenty-one days! A seasoned author, comedian, and entrepreneur, Sir John Hargrave once suffered from unhealthy addictions, anxiety, and poor mental...Paperback$5200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksMen Explain Things to Me
Rebecca Solnit's essay Men Explain Things to Me has become a touchstone of the feminist movement, inspired the term 'mansplaining', and established Solnit as one of the leading feminist thinkers of our time—one who has inspired everyone from radical activists to Beyoncé Knowles. Collected here in print for the first time is the essay itself, along with the best of...Hardback$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksMaking Evil
Are you evil? In Making Evil, Julia Shaw uses a mix of science, popular culture, and real-life examples to investigate the darker side of human nature. How similar is your brain to a psychopath's? How many people have murder fantasies? Can AI be evil? Do your sexual proclivities make you a bad person? Who becomes a terrorist? This is a...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksLet It Go
A unique approach to decluttering for anyone in the process of downsizing, from Australia's organising expert. Whether you're selling your family home, blending households, or cleaning out your ageing parents' home, sorting through a lifetime's worth of accumulated possessions can be a daunting and stressful experience. When decluttering guru Peter Walsh went through the process of downsizing his childhood home...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksLeaves of Grass
A timeless collection of hundreds of poems that resonate with the American spirit. Leaves of Grass is a timeless collection of poems and essays penned by the influential nineteenth-century writer Walt Whitman. This profound compilation explores topics such as nature, mysticism, mortality, transcendentalism, and democracy. Inspired by personal experiences and observations, Whitman spent almost four decades piecing together the complete...Hardback$5000Elsewhere:$5500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksJog On
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Bella’s brilliant love letter to running turns into an extraordinarily brave and frank account of her battle with anxiety. A compassionate and important book’ Joe Lycett ‘Perfect for resetting a glum January mindset’ Alexandra Heminsley ‘My kind of role model’ Ben Fogle Divorced and struggling with deep-rooted mental health problems, Bella Mackie ended her twenties in...Paperback$2100Elsewhere:$2299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksIntuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
One of the world's leading philosophers offers aspiring thinkers his personal trove of mind-stretching thought experiments. Thinking is hard. A few of us may be natural geniuses; others are blessed with reserves of willpower. Then there's the rest of us—not prodigies and short on time, but still aspiring to understand the world. What can we do? Daniel Dennett, one of...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksIndex, A History of the
A story of ambition, obsession and alphabetical order. Most of us give little thought to the back of the book—it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksIf I Could Tell You Just One Thing...
Richard Reed built Innocent Drinks from a smoothie stall on a street corner to one of the biggest brands in Britain. He credits his success to four brilliant pieces of advice, each given to him just when he needed them most. Ever since, it has been Richard's habit, whenever he meets somebody he admires, to ask them for their best...Hardback$4100Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksIf I Could Tell You Just One Thing...
Adventures in advice with some of the world's most remarkable people. Including: President Bill Clinton, Clare Balding, Bill Gates, Stephen Fry, Dame Judi Dench, James Corden, Margaret Atwood, Sir David Attenborough, Annie Lennox, Andy Murray, Joanna Lumley, Sir Richard Branson, Sandi Toksvig, Jude Law, Nicola Sturgeon, Harry Belafonte, Olivia Colman, Simon Cowell, Bear Grylls, Diana Athill, Jo Malone, Heston Blumenthal,...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksHow to Walk into a Room
If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when a room we’re in is no longer a room where we belong? What do you do when you start to feel a shift and must decide if it’s time to make a change? When it comes to navigating big decisions about when to stay...Hardback$6600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksHow to Be Fine
A humorous and insightful look into what advice works, what doesn’t, and what it means to transform yourself, by the co-hosts of the popular By the Book podcast. In each episode of their podcast By the Book, Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer take a deep dive into a different self-help book, following its specific instructions, rules, and advice to the...Paperback$4900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksHeidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates
An hilarious take on the philosophy, theology and psychology of mortality and immortality, using jokes to explore life, death and everything in between. Featuring Freud! Groucho Marx! Socrates! Lily Tomlin! Kierkegaard! Buddha! New Yorker cartoonists! Zombies! And of course, Heidegger! Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein first made a name for themselves with the outrageously funny New York Times bestseller Plato...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksHappier Hour
An affirming, accessible and practical guide to making the most of your time, based on the author's hugely popular MBA course at the University of California. Money is often thought of as the secret to a good life and the ultimate metric of success, yet research suggests a whole other story—time is the true yardstick of our lives. Organising our...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksGood Reasons for Bad Feelings
A founder of the field of evolutionary medicine uses his decades of experience as a psychiatrist to provide a much-needed new framework for making sense of mental illness. With his classic book Why We Get Sick, Randolph Nesse established the field of evolutionary medicine. Now he returns with a book that transforms our understanding of mental disorders by exploring a...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksGirl Code
A motivational manifesto on the power of collaboration - previously a self-published bestseller. Girl Code is a roadmap for female entrepreneurs, professionals, and 'side hustlers'. Blending personal stories and mantras with practical workbook sections, Girl Code will teach you how to build confidence, reconnect with your 'why', eradicate jealousy, and use the power of connection. Master life coach and motivational...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksFrom Bacteria to Bach and Back
One of the world's most original and provocative thinkers offers a major new account of the origins of the conscious mind. What is human consciousness and how is it possible? These questions fascinate thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers. This is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant answer, extending perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions,...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksFriendaholic
THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Bravely revealing’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO ‘Funny, moving, helpful and true, Friendaholic deserves a massive audience’ SATHNAM SANGHERA ‘This book is brilliant’ JO ELVIN ‘Essential reading… admirably candid and well-crafted’ GUARDIAN As a society, there is a tendency to elevate romantic love. But what about friendships? Aren't they just as – if not more – important? So...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksFeline Philosophy
A playful yet profound examination of what cats can teach us about life and how to live it. 'When I play with my cat, how do I know she is not passing time with me rather than I with her?' — Montaigne There is no real evidence that humans ever 'domesticated' cats. Rather, it seems that at some point, cats...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksFeel Free
Dazzlingly insightful, explosively funny and ever-timely, Zadie Smith's second essay collection is unmissable. No subject is too fringe or too mainstream for Zadie Smith's insatiable curiosity. From social media to the environment, Tarantino to Jay-Z to Knausgaard, she has endless fascination and the boundless wit, insight and wisdom to match. In Feel Free, pop culture, high culture, social change and...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksF*ck Feelings
Heartbroken? Horrible boss? Confidence crisis? Rubenesque body? Anxious? Lonely? The solution is to find out what’s bothering you and change it, right? Sorry lady. WRONG. You aren’t going to suddenly start loving yourself. You aren’t going to just become the Best Version of Yourself. You can’t stop your dad drinking, or your rubbish boyfriend from breaking up with you. Fact...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksFast This Way
Break the rules, not the fast with world-renowned biohacker and New York Times bestselling author Dave Asprey. For more than a decade, the Bulletproof founder Dave Asprey has shared his unique point of view and expertise to help fans become the best versions of themselves. From living longer to getting smarter, maximising performance to practising mindfulness, Dave’s followers look to...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksExplaining Humans
How proteins, machine learning and molecular chemistry can teach us about human behaviour WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2020 How do we understand the people around us? How do we recognise people's motivations, their behaviour, or even their facial expressions? And, when do we learn the social cues that dictate human behaviour? Diagnosed with Autism...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksEmergency
Combining wit and journalistic detail, Emergency follows Strauss' search for an escape plan from the seemingly ever-more unstable United States, eventually obtaining a second citizenship in a small Caribbean island. Facing shady lawyers, cult leaders, crippling doubts, governmental corruption, and plane-flying, gun-toting billionaires along the way, Strauss casts light upon today's heart of darkness and learns the skills it seems...Paperback$4100Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksDon’t Worry
Put yourself at ease with this highly practical, internationally bestselling guide to reducing anxiety and living worry-free by the renowned Zen Buddhist author of ZEN: The Art of Simple Living. The highly anticipated follow-up to ZEN: The Art of Simple Living, Shunmyo Masuno has written a practical guide that is not only an introduction to the Zen lifestyle but also...Hardback$3200Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksDesigning Your New Work Life
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