Emotional Resilience
'Another masterpiece from a cutting-edge expert' — Irish Times 'Simply but expertly, Emotional Resilience gives you the tools to heal yourself and deal with the slings and arrows of modern life' — Cathy Kelly, bestselling author and UNICEF ambassador THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER There are many challenges facing our mental health. We are living in the middle of an anxiety...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksEmail
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Writing in 2007, French social philosopher André Gorz was remarkably prophetic, foretelling the international economic meltdown of 2008: “The real economy is becoming an appendage of the speculative bubbles sustained by the finance industry—until that inevitable point when the bubbles burst, leading to serial bank crashes and threatening the global system of credit with collapse and the real economy with...Paperback$3599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksDating - Philosophy for Everyone
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Culture and Mental Health takes a critical look at the research pertaining to common psychological disorders, examining how mental health can be studied from and vary according to different cultural perspectives. This book introduces students to the main topics and issues in the area of mental health using culture as the focus. It emphasizes issues that pertain to conceptualization, perception,...Paperback$9599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksContinental Aesthetics
This comprehensive anthology provides a collection of classic and contemporary readings in continental aesthetics. Spanning Romanticism through Modernism to Postmodernism, the volume includes landmark texts that have sparked renewed interest in aesthetics, including works by Schiller, Kant, Nietzsche, Hegel, Heidegger, Sartre, Lukács, Habermas, Foucault, Kristeva, and Derrida. When referencing the title, avoid putting it in quotes or speech marks. Format...Paperback$9299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksConsciousness Unbound
Building on the groundbreaking research of Irreducible Mind and Beyond Physicalism, Edward Kelly and Paul Marshall gather a cohort of leading scholars to consider the significance of extraordinary experiences for our understanding of reality. Currently emerging as a middle ground between warring fundamentalisms of religion and science, an expanded science-based understanding of nature finally accommodates empirical realities of spiritual sorts...Paperback$10019Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksCoffee - Philosophy for Everyone
Offering philosophical insights into the popular morning brew, Coffee - Philosophy for Everyone kick starts the day with an entertaining but critical discussion of the ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and culture of coffee. Matt Lounsbury of pioneering business Stumptown Coffee discusses just how good coffee can be. Caffeine-related chapters cover the ethics of the coffee trade, the metaphysics of coffee, and...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksClassical Logic and Its Rabbit-Holes
Many students ask, 'What is the point of learning formal logic?' This book gives them the answer. Using the methods of deductive logic, Nelson Lande introduces each new element in exquisite detail, as he takes students through example after example, proof after proof, explaining the thinking behind each concept. Shaded areas and appendices throughout the book provide explanations and justifications...Paperback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksChantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman turns her pioneering camera on neglected contexts, from transitional spaces like hotel lobbies and street corners to domestic spaces like kitchens and bedrooms. Through her wide-ranging films, Akerman addresses subjects such as home and homelessness, work and social reproduction, self and identity, and desire in its many forms. This book is the first philosophical study of Akerman’s oeuvre....Paperback$4399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBe a Man
From the creators of the Tik Tok sensation, a hilarious new book, one part Shit My Dad Says, one part Make Your Bed. On Tik Tok, Instagram, and his podcast, The Be a Man Guy discusses what it takes to be a man. Now, this funny and insightful book showcases all new stories, vignettes, anecdotes, and pearls of wisdom. Be...Hardback$5300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksBarcode
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Do American professional public school teachers have the same rights to a private life as other citizens? This is an astute and incisive analysis of every teacher’s dual life – as responsible exemplars to society’s youth and as their own professional and private selves. Using historical and legal analysis to capture the tension between these two guises, it explores the...Paperback$4099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAn Introduction to the Phenomenology of Performance Art
An accessible primer for art students or researchers new to phenomenology. An Introduction to the Phenomenology of Performance Art by T. J. Bacon introduces the study and application of performance art through phenomenology, inviting readers to explore contemporary performance art and activate their own practices. Using queer phenomenology to unpack the importance of a multiplicity of self/s, the book teaches...Paperback$7599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksAn Introduction to Antonio Gramsci
This book examines the life, major ideas and lasting influence of the Italian militant and political thinker Antonio Gramsci. Author of the famous Prison Notebooks – over 2,000 pages of profound and influential reflections on history, culture, politics, philosophy, and revolution – and head of Italy’s Communist Party in the 1920s, Antonio Gramsci is one of the most important European...Paperback$5199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAnalytic Philosophy
Featuring updates and the inclusion of nine new chapters, Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology, 2nd Edition offers a comprehensive and authoritative collection of the most influential readings in analytic philosophy written over the past hundred years. This edition features broad coverage of analytic philosophy, including topics such as ethics, methodology, and freedom and personal identity. It focuses on classic or seminal...Paperback$7399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksAm I Lying to Myself?
Learn to talk back to denial and start telling yourself the truth – about yourself, others, and the world around you. Denial is everywhere, keeping us from seeing reality and causing unhappiness and frustration. It can make things disappear in the blink of an eye. It can also convince you that you are seeing what you want to see even...Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAl-Rashidun
The legacy of the greatest teacher the world has known, the greatest man to ever walk the Earth, the Messenger of Allah, is attested to by the greatness of his students: the Companions. None more so than his four successors, the four men famed as the Rightly Guided Caliphs. The Blessed Prophet's words and deeds have reached us from across...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAlpha Kings
The Roadmap For Every Young Man To Unlock Their Full Potential. Featuring a foreword from President Donald J. Trump, Alpha Kings unapologetically makes the case for traditional masculinity. Nick Adams, using his world-class wisdom and wit, shows the young men of America what it means to be a true alpha male in today's hyper-feminised world. Tackling the culture wars, sports,...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Little Book of Self-Care for Caregivers
Being responsible for another person's well-being is a challenge, an honour, and a breathtaking act of commitment. It is also at turns mundane and complex, demanding and rewarding, heartbreaking and joyful. Caregiving for loved ones is something nearly everyone will experience during their lifetime—whether for ageing parents, partners, family, or friends. Yet, all those who care for others face moments...Hardback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAlarm
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Throughout history, the image of "wisdom" is exclusively portrayed by men: God, Socrates, Confucius, Merlin, the aging college professor. Where are their female counterparts? The wisdom of older women is indisputable. Having lived decades raising children, caring for husbands, creating "nests" from which progeny fly out to become productive members of society, and often being forced to observe more than...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAgainst Democracy
Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good for us—it empowers us, helps us get what we want, and tends to make us smarter, more virtuous, and more caring for one another. These are some of...Hardback$8000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAfter Writing
After Writing provides a significant contribution to the growing genre of works that challenges modern and postmodern accounts of Christianity. Catherine Pickstock shows how Platonic philosophy did not assume a primacy of metaphysical presence, as had previously been thought, but rather a primacy of liturgical theory and practice. The author also provides a significant rethinking of Christian understandings of language,...Paperback$10499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksAfter the Death of God
A fresh history of nineteenth-century philosophy's many ideas about secularisation. The secularisation thesis, which held that religious belief would gradually yield to rationality, has been thoroughly debunked. What, then, can we learn from philosophers for whom the death of God seemed so imminent? In After the Death of God, Espen Hammer offers a sweeping analysis of secularisation in nineteenth-century German...Paperback$5699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksAfter Buddhism
A renowned Buddhist teacher’s magnum opus, based on his fresh reading of the tradition’s earliest texts Some twenty-five centuries after the Buddha started teaching, his message continues to inspire people across the globe, including those living in predominantly secular societies. What does it mean to adapt religious practices to secular contexts? Stephen Batchelor, an internationally known author and teacher, is...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksAffairs, (Special Large Print Amazon Edition)
A Wonderfully Supportive Guide from an Internationally Recognised Authority on Affairs Emily M. Brown has written a must-read book for anyone going through the searing pain of infidelity. First, she deciphers the five types of affairs, then she gives clear step-by-step procedures to help both partners deal with it and even grow from it. It's a real achievement. —Marguerite Kelly,...Paperback$5699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksAdult Deliberate Firesetting
Adult Deliberate Firesetting Explore the theoretical foundations of—and discover effective treatment options for—adults who deliberately set fires In Adult Deliberate Firesetting: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, a team of distinguished researchers deliver a comprehensive exploration of individuals who intentionally set fires. The book covers major theories on the motivations and processes involved in firesetting, as well as the assessment and treatment...Paperback$10299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksAdam Smith’s America
The unlikely story of how Americans canonized Adam Smith as the patron saint of free markets Originally published in 1776, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was lauded by America's founders as a landmark work of Enlightenment thinking about national wealth, statecraft, and moral virtue. Today, Smith is one of the most influential icons of economic thought in America. Glory...Hardback$7499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Missing Peace In Leadership
In today’s world of endless demands, even the most successful leaders often feel disconnected—from themselves, their teams, and their purpose. The Missing Peace In Leadership reveals why busyness, burnout, and fractured attention are sabotaging our effectiveness and how to reclaim the one thing that makes everything else work: connection. Drawing on her expertise as both a clinical psychologist and executive...Paperback$5300Unit price /UnavailableOut 11 Aug 2026Pre-orderThe Kind Way
What if the future of work depends on kindness? A culture where conscious leadership creates environments for people to thrive without burnout and achieve without the expense of their wellbeing. The Kind Way is a call to action and a practical framework for those exhausted by and longing to be liberated from the oppressive grip of perpetual overdrive culture. Sophie...Paperback$3800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
From humble beginnings to iconic Founding Father… The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the blueprint for self‑made success. Penned between 1771 and 1790, this unfinished memoir lays bare the journey of an ambitious printer’s son who used grit, curiosity, and moral rigor to become a scientist, inventor, diplomat, and one of America’s greatest statesmen. In these pages, you’ll discover: The...Paperback$4900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksMindfulness-Based Somatic Emotional Processing
Mindfulness-Based Somatic Emotional Processing by Robert Weisz, PhD, and Daniel Blackwood is a comprehensive guide for working with emotions and unprocessed traumas. This book explains the simple yet transformative protocols and techniques of Mindfulness-Based Somatic Emotional Processing (MBSEP). It describes how to work with specific emotional states such as anxiety, grief, and anger. Furthermore, it illustrates how to integrate MBSEP...Hardback$5699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksLongevity Nation
Discover how individuals and institutions are redefining the second half of life through science, reinvention, and purpose, proving that living a centenarian life is no longer a distant dream—it’s today’s reality with the new longevity movement. As more people live into their eighties, nineties, and even hundreds, traditional models of aging no longer apply—and a bold new road map is...Hardback$6999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksLongevity Nation
Discover how individuals and institutions are redefining the second half of life through science, reinvention, and purpose, proving that living a centenarian life is no longer a distant dream—it’s today’s reality with the new longevity movement. As more people live into their eighties, nineties, and even hundreds, traditional models of aging no longer apply—and a bold new road map is...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksLiving Namaste
A practical guide to embodying the principles of “namaste” in everyday life Defines the meaning of “namaste” and explains how to apply it in daily interactions to build stronger communities. Offers practical strategies to develop self-awareness and compassion, foster deeper connections with others, and support mutual growth. Includes exercises, mindfulness meditations, and svadhyaya (“self-study”) practices to deepen personal growth and...Paperback$4900Unit price /UnavailableOut 15 Sep 2026Pre-orderI Hope You Elope
The first survival guide for bridesmaids to protect their sanity and their wallets—and a call to reimagine the role. If you’re holding this book, chances are you’ve been a bridesmaid, and you’re gearing up for another battle but this time with more clarity and boundaries. Maybe it’s your first rodeo. Or maybe you’re tired of the emotional fine print that...Paperback$6999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksDaily Thoughts for Mental Power and Stability
Take the first step into a transformative journey toward inner peace and mental strength with Daily Thoughts for Mental Power and Stability: 90 Days to Peace of Mind by the renowned philosopher James Allen. This thoughtfully curated collection of daily reflections offers readers a manageable path to cultivate mental clarity, emotional stability, and enduring tranquility in a world often filled...Paperback$3099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksX-ray
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. X-rays are powerful. Moving through objects undetected, revealing the body as a triptych of skin, tissue, and bone. X-rays gave rise to a transparent world and the belief that transparency conveys truth. It stands to reason, then, that our relationship with X-rays would...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksWho Owns the Moon?
Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth’s supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise that the world’s superpowers and wealthiest corporations have turned their eyes to the stars. As this new Space Race begins, A.C. Grayling asks: who, if anyone, owns the moon? Or...Hardback$5499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksWaiting for the Mountain to Move
"Handy writes with the eloquence of simplicity and his gift to us is an enjoyable, profound, and reliable guide toward meaning and direction." — Max De Pree, author of Leading without Power and chairman emeritus, Herman Miller Inc. Charles Handy's reflections on work and life have earned him legions of fans throughout the world. His previous books have together sold...Paperback$6899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksTV
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Once upon a time, the news was only 15 minutes long and middle-class families huddled around a tiny black-and-white screen, TV dinners on their laps, awaiting weekly sitcoms that depicted an all-white world in which mum wore pearls and heels as she baked...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Principia: The Authoritative Translation and Guide
In his monumental 1687 work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion that have guided the development of modern physical science. Even after more than three centuries and the revolutions of Einsteinian relativity and quantum mechanics, Newtonian physics continues to account for many of...Hardback$18099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksThe Narrowing
'A powerful reframing of anxiety' Anna Mathur, author of The Uncomfortable Truth 'Compassionate, thoughtful and nuanced . . . I loved this beautiful, brilliant book' Lucy Jones, author of Matrescence 'A transformative and compassionate exploration of anxiety' Galit Atlas, Ph.D., author of Emotional Inheritance Most of us are intimately familiar with anxiety, and with its increasing hold on our minds,...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Moral Commonwealth
Philip Selznick's study of moral and social theory establishes the intellectual foundations of an important new movement in American thought: communitarianism. Emerging in part as a response to the excesses of American individualism—particularly rampant during the 1980s—communitarianism seeks to restore the balance between individual rights and social responsibilities. The Moral Commonwealth attempts to explain and justify this communitarian turn and...Paperback$7099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksThe Labyrinth of Fortune
A classic, Dantesque political epic from medieval Spain that inspired Cervantes and Góngora, in its first English translation. Why do the injustices of the past still afflict the present? With this question, Juan de Mena is transported to heaven by a vision in the Dantesque The Labyrinth of Fortune. Composed in 1444 by Mena, a royal chronicler and Latin secretary...Hardback$7199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksThe Discovery of Being
The brilliant psychologist Rollo May was a major force in existential psychology. Here, he brings together the ideas of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and other great thinkers to offer insights into its ideas and techniques. He pays particular attention to the causes of loneliness and isolation and to our search to find new and firm moorings in order to move toward a...Paperback$4700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksThe Compassionate Universe
The Compassionate Universe by Eknath Easwaran offers a practical and inspiring approach to tackling our environmental crisis, crafted by a master spiritual teacher. Easwaran argues that we can heal our earth by choosing a simpler, more fulfilling lifestyle as trustees of a compassionate universe. Easwaran presents a penetrating analysis of the spiritual roots of our current predicament and offers a...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksThe Brain
The brain's cells are wired together with 100 trillion connections. That makes each and every human brain a contender as the most complex system in the universe, a system that endows us with an intellect that far outstrips that of any other creature. However, there is one difficult question remaining: Are we intelligent enough to understand our own brains? Follow...Hardback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksTaking Fiction Film Seriously
Fiction film has been and remains the privileged site of film studies, with film history regularly being viewed as the rise of the narrative fiction film. Taking Fiction Film Seriously argues that despite this privileged position, the notion of fiction as it relates to cinema has yet to be properly interrogated. Mario Slugan explores the significant misunderstandings concerning the categorisation...Paperback$5499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksStock Photo
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Part memoir, part cultural criticism, Stock Photo mines the significance of the stock photo in our everyday lives, from the ads and websites we browse, to the menus and memes that we consume. Through interviews with stock photography experts, photographers, models, consumers, and...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksSticker
"A unique perspective on one of the most infamous cities in recent American history." - Publisher’s Weekly "A book that sticks with you long after you’ve read it." - Volume 1 Brooklyn Hoke’s writing is blunt and honest, and Sticker is a collection worth keeping." - Southern Review of Books "I will never forget this book." - T Kira Madden,...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksSnack
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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Why do we sign our names? How can a squiggle both enslave and liberate? Signatures often require a witness—as if the scrawl itself is not enough. What other kinds of beliefs and longings justify our signing practices? Signature addresses these questions as it...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksRefrigerator
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. It may be responsible for a greater improvement in human diet and longevity than any other technology of the last two thousand years—but have you ever thought seriously about your refrigerator? That box humming in the background displays more than you might expect,...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksPsychology (With CyberPsych), 5th Australian and New Zealand Edition
Psychology, 5th Edition enables every introductory psychology student to master concepts through proven pedagogy and meaningful 'tales from the front' videos with practising psychologists. Neuroplasticity content is integrated throughout every chapter. Available as a full-colour printed textbook with an interactive eBook code, this text enables every student to master concepts and succeed in assessment, and supports lecturers with an extensive...Paperback$20199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksPhenomenology of Tea
An ideal introduction for students new to Japanese philosophy and aesthetics, Phenomenology of Tea invites readers into a dialogue throughout the fascinating aesthetic worlds of the Japanese tea ceremony. It delves into its rich history, philosophical influences, and religious backgrounds, all synthesised into a ritual that brings Japanese culture to one of its highest expressions. Tea guests begin their tour...Paperback$5199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksPerforming Temporality in Contemporary European Dance
Develops a new framework to understand performance and temporality in contemporary dance. Performing Temporality in Contemporary European Dance probes rhythm, offbeats, and other patterns to examine how twenty-first-century choreographers perform time. Jonas Rutgeerts calls on the philosophical writings of Henri Bergson, Gilles Deleuze, and Gaston Bachelard to theorize work by choreographers renowned for their productively idiosyncratic approaches to dance: Jonathan...Hardback$23499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksPedagogy of Freedom
In Pedagogy of Freedom, Paulo Freire travels ever more deeply into the territory where learning and activism are the essence of human life. This profound book shows why an engaged way of learning and teaching is central to the creation of the individual, culture, and history. Freire finds in today's emerging global society a new context in which education cannot...Paperback$4099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksPanic Proof
A revolutionary new approach to managing panic disorders starting with the body, from a clinician who has helped thousands of people overcome panic Panic Proof offers a holistic approach to dealing with panic disorders, providing a personalised path to freedom for the millions of people who have experienced panic attacks. Unlike other books focusing on the thoughts contributing to panic,...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksOn Beauty and Being Just
Have we become beauty-blind? For two decades or more in the humanities, various political arguments have been put forward against beauty: that it distracts us from more important issues; that it is the handmaiden of privilege; and that it masks political interests. In On Beauty and Being Just, Elaine Scarry not only defends beauty from the political arguments against it...Paperback$5400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksMythoscape
Mythoscape explores themes of transformation and self-discovery, where the journey through nature mirrors an inward journey through the psyche. It invites viewers to reconnect with the mythic dimension of nature, seeing it not merely as a backdrop but as an active participant in the human story—a space of encounter, danger, and transformation, where every element holds the potential for magic...Hardback$10500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksMemory Makers
Why aren’t ordinary Russians more outraged by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? Inside the Kremlin’s own historical propaganda narratives, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes complete sense. From its World War II cult to anti-Western conspiracy theories, the Kremlin has long used myth and memory to legitimise repression at home and imperialism abroad, its patriotic history resonating with and persuading large swathes...Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksKintsugi
A stunning book on kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with precious metals to highlight its history beautifully. A broken pot is made whole again, and within its golden repair, we see a world of meaning. Kintsugi is the art of embracing imperfection. In Western cultures, the aim of repair has been to make the broken item ‘as...Hardback$6499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksKant’s Transcendental Idealism
This landmark book is now reissued in a new edition that has been vastly rewritten and updated to respond to recent Kantian literature. It includes a new discussion of the Third Analogy, a greatly expanded discussion of Kant's Paralogisms, and entirely new chapters dealing with Kant's theory of reason, his treatment of theology, and the important Appendix to the Dialectic....Paperback$7199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksInternational Ethics
Through case studies and careful arguments, this book shows that moral values are an essential element of foreign policy and that ethical analysis is indispensable to the study of international relations. Mark Amstutz explores two distinct dimensions of international political morality: the role of moral norms in foreign affairs and the ethical foundation of the rules, institutions, and structures of...Paperback$8799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksHow to Ease Your Anxiety
Calm your mind, ease your worries and quieten your thoughts with this stunning guide to living an anxiety-free life. Life is full of beautiful, joyous experiences just waiting to be had. But when you struggle with anxiety, your brain can come up with all sorts of reasons not to do the things you love. By learning to ease anxious thinking...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksHashtag
Best Books of 2019—Scholarly Kitchen Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Hashtags can silence as well as shout. They originate in the quiet of the archive and the breathless suspense of the control room, and find voice in the roar of rallies in the streets. The hashtag is a...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksHair
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Hair, a primary marker of our mammalian nature, is an extraordinary indicator of economic and social standing, political orientation, religious affiliation, marital status, and cultural leanings, among other things. The meanings of hair are deep, powerful, and so strongly embedded in cultural conditioning...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksFrom a Logical Point of View
These nine essays are largely concerned with the theory of meaning and reference—semantics. At the same time, adjacent portions of philosophy and logic are discussed. To the existence of what objects may a given scientific theory be said to be committed? And what considerations may suitably guide us in accepting or revising such ontological commitments? These are among the questions...Paperback$6399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksFit at Mid-Life
A uniquely feminist approach to how women can break free from what society thinks and get active in their forties, fifties, and beyond. What if you could be fitter now than you were in your twenties? And what if you could achieve it while feeling more comfortable and confident in your body than ever before? In this empowering, accessible book,...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksFinding the Real Me
Finding the Real Me is an extraordinary collection of real-life stories told by a wide range of sex and gender diverse people. These healing tales of struggle and transformation reveal just how creative, resourceful, and adventurous the individuals in this community can be and also help to bridge the gap between ignorance and understanding. As each incredible story unfolds, we...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksExit
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Exits are all around us. They are the difference between travelling and arriving, being on the inside or outside. Whether signposted or subversive, personal or political, choices or holes we've fallen through, exits determine how we move around our lives, cities, and the...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksEmerson, the Stoics, and Me
“This is a beautiful book, full of ideas that could help restore America’s genius for freedom and promise.” —Thomas Moore, New York Times bestselling author of Care of the Soul A lifelong Emersonian scholar, teacher, and spiritual seeker reveals how American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson’s twelve essential teachings hold the answer to living an authentic and fulfilling life, one that...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksDynamic Repetition – History and Messianism in Modern Jewish Thought
A fine example of the best scholarship that lies at the intersection of philosophy, religion, and history. Dynamic Repetition proposes a new understanding of modern Jewish theories of messianism across the disciplines of history, theology, and philosophy. The book explores how ideals of repetition, return, and the cyclical occasioned a new messianic impulse across an important swath of late nineteenth-...Paperback$8599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksDoctor
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. A 3-year-old asks her physician father about his job, and his inability to provide a succinct and accurate answer inspires a critical look at the profession of modern medicine. In sorting through how patients, insurance companies, advertising agencies, filmmakers, and comedians misconstrue a...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksDifference and Repetition
This brilliant exposition of the critique of identity is a classic in contemporary philosophy and one of Deleuze's most important works. Of fundamental importance to literary critics and philosophers, Difference and Repetition develops two central concepts—pure difference and complex repetition—and shows how the two concepts are related. While difference implies divergence and decentering, repetition is associated with displacement and disguising....Paperback$5099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeksDevil's Contract
Lively . . . excoriating, eloquent . . . We are all Faustians now. - James Wood, The New Yorker A devilishly fascinating tour of the Faustian bargain through the ages, from brimstone to blues and beyond, now in paperback... From ancient times to the modern world, the idea of the Faustian bargain—the exchange of one's soul in return for...Paperback$5400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksDesigning the Domestic Posthuman
Ever since TIME magazine’s 1983 ‘Man of the Year’ was the PC, we have been led to believe that our domestic spaces have been colonised by digital technology. Too little attention has been paid to the domestic spaces and inhabitants impacted by this, and critical posthumanism has been captured by a picture of humanity overly indebted to digital technologies and...Paperback$5499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksDerrida Now
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