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  • The Six Bardos of the Tibetan Book of the Dead
    A guide to implementing the teachings of the bardos of life and death from the classic text, The Tibetan Book of the Dead Shares ancient Tibetan wisdom to help readers break through the process of “ego-clinging” to find deeper freedom and escape from feelings of lack and scarcity. Offers authentic guidance and support for confidence in overcoming challenges, bravery in...
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  • The Selfish Romantic
    "Carefully researched, incredibly relatable and filled with firm yet compassionate advice." Megan Jayne Crabbe, author of Body Positive Power If you've ever felt you didn't deserve love, think again. Life coach Michelle Elman is here to show you how to make the most of dating while staying true to your authentic self. Combining expertise in body positivity from the Queen...
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  • The Science of Last Things
    In this luminous collection of essays, Ellen Wayland-Smith probes the raw edges of human existence, those periods of life in which our bodies remind us of our transience and the boundaries of the self dissolve. From the Old Testament to Maggie Nelson, these explorations are grounded in a rich network of associations. In an essay on the postpartum body, Wayland-Smith...
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  • The Period Positivity Book
    Embrace period positivity and take charge of your cycle with this frank and empowering guide to menstrual health. Periods are a completely natural part of life, and yet they are often treated as something to be ashamed of. Because of this stigma, many of us reach adulthood with questions we're still embarrassed to ask, such as: are heavy periods normal?...
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  • The Pensive Image
    Grootenboer considers painting as a form of thinking in itself, rather than a subject of philosophical and interpretive thought. While the philosophical dimension of painting has long been discussed, a clear case for painting as a form of visual thinking has yet to be made. Traditionally, vanitas still life paintings are considered to raise ontological issues while landscapes direct the...
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  • The Mindfulness Journeys Coloring Book
    Illustrator Mario Martín is back with the seventh volume of the #1 bestselling Mindfulness Coloring series, with brand new scenes to explore, complete, and colour in! In this pocket-sized colouring book, journey through fantastical depictions of galaxies, planets, cities, and landscapes, adding your own creative touch to each design. With one hundred original illustrations, you can get lost in these...
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  • The Little Book of Mindfulness
    The modern world can be stressful, but rest assured - this therapeutic guide to the practice of mindfulness will help you find stillness, calm and gratitude in every day. Rooted in Buddhist and Hindu traditions, the concept of mindfulness is centred around being present in the moment and fully aware of your thoughts. Whether nurtured through meditation and body scans,...
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  • The Little Book of Joy
    It can feel like there's not much joy in the world at the moment, but this charming little book is the perfect antidote. Packed with the positivity needed to brighten your day, designed to inspire, motivate and bring a smile to your face, making it the perfect companion for anyone seeking a bit of daily cheer. With pearls of wisdom...
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  • The Life of Dad
    The story of fatherhood and what it means to be a father today, based on a decade-long study of new and expectant fathers. As heard on Diary of a CEO podcast. Becoming a father is one of the most common but also one of the most profoundly life-altering experiences a man can have. It is up there with puberty, falling...
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  • The Lenin Scenario
    Commissioned by Oliver Stone in 2015 for the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Tariq Ali's captivating screenplay of the life and times of Vladimir Lenin brings one of the most exciting moments in history to life. From the author of The Dilemmas of Lenin, Ali's drama recasts the historic figures anew. From young firebrand to global revolutionary leader, Lenin remains...
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  • The Joy of Yoga
    Provides step-by-step instructions and photographs on asana (postures) and pranayama (breathing techniques) for fifty sequences; lists the benefits of each sequence and include helpful information about modifications for poses; and encourages readers to create sequences on their own, using the sequences in the book as starting points. Millions of people take time out of their busy schedules every day to...
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  • The Hermetic Marriage of Art and Alchemy
    An initiatory and practical guide to creative alchemy Shares hermetic and alchemical techniques for liberating creative expression and looks at the zodiacal and planetary timing of creative operations. Explains how to work with and transmute alchemical energies for increased levels of insight, intuition, and imaginative expression. Explores the connections between Surrealism and alchemy, as well as the rich and complicated...
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  • The Heart – An Analysis of Human and Divine Affectation
    This new edition of The Heart (out of print for nearly 30 years) is the flagship volume in a series of Dietrich von Hildebrand’s works to be published by St. Augustine’s Press in collaboration with the Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project. Founded in 2004, the Legacy Project exists in the first place to translate the many German writings of von...
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  • The Golden Road
    The instant Sunday Times bestseller A Waterstones and Times history book of the year A Spectator and History Today book of the year A revolutionary new history of the diffusion of Indian ideas, from the award-winning, bestselling author and co-host of the chart-topping Empire podcast. ‘Richly woven, highly readable ... Written with passion and verve’ Spectator ‘Dazzling ... Not just...
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  • The Fundamental Tendency of Our Time
    The Fundamental Tendency of Our Times (Tendenza) is the Italian philosopher Emanuele Severino’s crucial reflection on modern technology and science, in which he articulates his major contribution to the analysis of Western modernity: the claim that, beginning with Greek civilization, a nihilistic spirit of domination informs our conceptual and social systems. In this book, Severino applies his framework to the...
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  • The Ends of Resistance
    Since the rise of Donald Trump and other right-wing authoritarians worldwide, we have been told to "resist." But this kind of opposition looks surprisingly like restoring the status quo. Under the banner of resistance, liberals and progressives have encouraged voting for Democrats, reading the mainstream media, trusting the science, putting up yard signs, buying the right products, and celebrating a...
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  • The Concept of the Political – Expanded Edition
    In this, his most influential work, legal theorist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt argues that liberalism’s basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing oneself for the state—a critique as cogent today as when it first appeared. George Schwab’s introduction to his translation of the 1932 German edition highlights Schmitt’s intellectual journey through the turbulent period of...
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  • The Companion Species Manifesto
    The Companion Species Manifesto is about the implosion of nature and culture in the joint lives of dogs and people, who are bonded in "significant otherness." In all their historical complexity, Donna Haraway tells us, dogs matter. They are not just surrogates for theory, she says; they are not here just to think with. Neither are they just an alibi...
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  • The Class Matrix
    "A quite thorough and impressive work, not only a compelling defence of materialism but also a fair-minded if highly critical engagement with cultural theory. It isn't clear how culturalists—especially the anti-Marxist ones—can effectively respond to this broadside, tightly and cogently argued as it is." - Chris Wright, CounterPunch "Chibber…has developed a sophisticated, elegant, and readable defence of the sociological significance...
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  • The Big Anxiety
    This book takes a creative approach in examining one of the biggest crises of our time: that of mental suffering, distress, and anxiety. By bringing together essays and dialogues from thinkers and artists across a range of disciplines, it re-imagines approaches to crisis, support, and care. Amid growing recognition that mental health is not only the province of psychiatry and...
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  • The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living, Volume 2
    A comprehensive manual for living a spiritual life, based on a verse-by-verse commentary on India's timeless scripture - from the author of its best-selling translation. (The ebook The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living 9781586381455 includes all three volumes in this series.) The Bhagavad Gita is set on the battlefield of an apocalyptic war between good and evil. Faced with a...
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  • The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living, Volume 1
    A comprehensive manual for living a spiritual life, based on a verse-by-verse commentary on India's timeless scripture—from the author of its best-selling translation. (The ebook The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living 9781586381455 includes all three volumes in this series.) The Bhagavad Gita is set on the battlefield of an apocalyptic war between good and evil. Faced with a dire moral...
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  • The Art of Self-Improvement
    The Art of Self-Improvement by Anna Katharina Schaffner offers a brilliant distillation of the key ideas behind successful self-improvement practices throughout history, showing us how they remain relevant today. Self-help today is a multi-billion-dollar global industry, one often seen as a product of liberalism and capitalism. Far from being a recent phenomenon, however, the practice of self-improvement has a long...
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  • Steps to an Ecology of Mind
    Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. With a new foreword by his daughter Mary Katherine Bateson, this classic anthology of his major work will continue to delight and inform generations of readers. "This collection amounts to a retrospective exhibition of a working life. . . ....
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  • Six Treasures of the Spiral
    An author struggles to understand an encounter on the subway that has led her to romantic despair. Six characters embark on a dangerous voyage, searching for a mysterious treasure. A cartoon character finds himself in bizarre yet uncannily familiar scenarios. Three characters obsess over the same image and sense that their lives connect across generations. Novelistic worlds in miniature. Hilarious...
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  • Silence
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. What is silence? In a series of short meditations, novelist and playwright John Biguenet considers silence as a servant of power, as a lie, as a punishment, as the voice of God, as a terrorist’s final weapon, as a luxury good, as the...
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  • Seneca
    A selection of Seneca’s most significant letters that illuminate his philosophical and personal life. In the year 62, citing health issues, the Roman philosopher Seneca withdrew from public service and devoted his time to writing. His letters from this period offer a window into his experience as a landowner, a traveller through Roman Italy, and a man coping with the...
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  • Self-Care for Every Day
    This beautiful book is filled with simple self-care tips and ideas to help you nurture your well-being every day. Self-care comes in many guises, but at its heart, it's anything you do to take care of yourself. It could be five minutes of gentle breathing, time reserved for pursuing a hobby, or the joy of a hot shower—anything that leaves...
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  • Secrets of Neuro-Linguistic Programming
    THESE ARE THE REAL NLP INSIGHTS YOU NEED TO SUCCEED WHAT ARE THE 50 SECRETS THE NLP MASTERS KNOW? Do they have a secret recipe for success? Is there a special alchemy? NLP can help you change your life, overcome obstacles and achieve your goals, but not everyone is successful. Secrets of Neuro-Linguistic Programming reveals the things you need to...
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  • Russia's War Against Ukraine
    On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, giving rise to the deadliest conflict on European soil since the Second World War. How could this happen in twenty-first-century Europe? Why did Putin decide to escalate Russia’s war against Ukraine, a war which began with Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014? In this timely book, Gwendolyn Sasse analyses...
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  • Rumors
    When Socrates was standing before the Athenian tribunal in 399 BC, he said in his defence that the opponents he feared most were the invisible ones, those who had been spreading rumours against him for years but none of whom were being brought to court – it was like fighting shadows. The moment was iconic: Socrates, the harbinger of logos...
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  • Religion as Make-Believe
    To understand the nature of religious belief, we must look at how our minds process the world of imagination and make-believe. We often assume that religious beliefs are no different in kind from ordinary factual beliefs—that believing in the existence of God or of supernatural entities that hear our prayers is akin to believing that May comes before June. Neil...
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  • Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes
    A rediscovery of patriotism as a virtue in line with the core values of democracy in an extremist age "Like you perhaps, I still regard myself as an extremely patriotic person. Which is why I so admired [this book]. . . . It explained my emotion to me, as it might yours to you."—David Brooks, New York Times "Smith superbly...
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  • Reason and Character
    A close and selective commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, offering a novel interpretation of Aristotle's teachings on the relation between reason and moral virtue. What does it mean to live a good life or a happy life, and what part does reason play in the quest for fulfilment? Lorraine Smith Pangle shows how Aristotle's arguments for virtue as the core...
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  • Pregnancy Test
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. In the 1970s, the invention of the home pregnancy test changed what it means to be pregnant. For the first time, women could use a technology in the privacy of their own homes that gave them a yes or no answer. That answer...
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  • Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism
    Provocative and engaging…The array of urgent questions and crises facing our democracy makes one miss Richard Rorty's voice: insistent, relentlessly questioning, and dedicated to the proposition that we can't afford to let our democracy fail. -Chris Lehmann, New Republic Richard Rorty was the most iconoclastic and dramatic philosopher of the last half-century. In this final book, his unique literary style,...
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  • Post-work
    What does the future hold for work in our new age of crisis? How do we make sure that the uncertain future into which we are heading is heavenly and not hellish? How can we take the pleasures of work with us and eliminate the pains? The answer: we need a post-work vision. Questioning the received wisdom that work is...
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  • Political Theology – Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty
    Written in the intense political and intellectual tumult of the early years of the Weimar Republic, Political Theology develops the distinctive theory of sovereignty that made Carl Schmitt one of the most significant and controversial political theorists of the twentieth century. Focusing on the relationships among political leadership, the norms of the legal order, and the state of political emergency,...
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  • Outer Order Inner Calm
    The New York Times Bestseller 'Move over, Marie Kondo' Washington Post 'Excellent' Telegraph 'You will feel like you can take on the world' Grazia 'Wishing I had a Rubin to help me make sense of my belongings' Red 'Declutter your way to happiness' Good Housekeeping In the context of a happy life, a messy desk or a crowded wardrobe is...
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  • On Pedantry
    A lively and entertaining cultural history of a supremely annoying intellectual vice. Intellectuals have long provoked scorn and irritation, even downright aggression. Many learned individuals have cast such hostility as a badge of honour, a sign of envy, or a form of resistance to inconvenient truths. On Pedantry offers an altogether different perspective, revealing how the excessive use of learning...
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  • Oil
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Black gold. Liquid sunlight. Texas tea. Oil remains the ur-commodity of our global era, having been distilled from ancient algae and marine life to turn modernity’s wheels. Wars are fought over it. Some communities are displaced by its extraction, so that others may...
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  • Ocean
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The ocean comprises the largest object on our planet. Retelling human history from an oceanic rather than terrestrial point of view unsettles our relationship with the natural environment. Our engagement with the world's oceans can be destructive, as with today’s deluge of plastic...
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  • No Worries
    From the bestselling author of Change Your Thinking comes No Worries - the clear, compassionate and practical guide to understanding and managing anxiety and worry. Anxiety and worry rob us of the ability to think clearly, enjoy life and function effectively at home, at work and in social situations. One in five Australians have an anxiety disorder at some point...
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  • Nietzsche and Philosophy
    Nietzsche and Philosophy has long been recognised as one of the most important accounts of Nietzsche's philosophy, acclaimed for its rare combination of scholarly rigour and imaginative interpretation. Yet this is more than a major work on Nietzsche: the book opened a whole new avenue in post-war thought. Here, Deleuze shows how Nietzsche began a new way of thinking which...
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  • Mindfulness in Knitting
    Ethical textile artist Rachael Matthews unpicks the threads of this popular pastime to explore how knitting connects us to each other and to the world around us. Through personal anecdote and expert insight, she unravels the true value of what it means to craft, its therapeutic benefits, and the joys of mindful making. Mindfulness in Knitting is divided into chapters...
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  • Mimesis
    Valery Podoroga was one of the most important thinkers of his generation. Here his most famous work is translated into English for the first time. In it, he gives a panoramic view of Russian writing, focusing on the work of Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Andrei Bely. He identifies these authors as pioneers in creating an 'other literature'. This constituted...
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  • Metronome
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. When the metronome was invented in 1815, it transformed the music world. Composers and musicians now had a tool that could help them maintain a precise and consistent tempo. While giants of classical music like Beethoven early embraced the metronome and proponents came...
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  • Lessons in Diplomacy
    Is a diplomat's life really as glamorous as a royal visit, or as dramatic as a coup d'état in Turkey? Lessons in Diplomacy by Leigh Turner offers a witty globe-trotting adventure through one of the most intriguing careers a person can have. Leigh Turner is a former British ambassador who led posts in Ukraine, Turkey, and Austria. He shares his...
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  • Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life
    Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life is a no-nonsense self-help guide for anyone who has ever been cheated on. Here's advice not based on saving your relationship after infidelity, but saving your sanity. When it comes to cheating, a lot of the attention is focused on cheaters, their unmet needs or their challenges with monogamy. But Tracy Schorn (aka Chump...
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  • Indigenous Nation Building in Australia
    This vital and timely book is the first sustained investigation of the creative strategies employed by two Australian Indigenous nations in re-asserting their sovereign capacities for self-determination. Continuing the remarkable history of Indigenous peoples resisting settler-colonialism, these nations echo the resurgence of collective cultural identity and political capacity evident across Australia. Describing and comparing the governance innovations developed by Elders...
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  • Illuminations
    The prose poems of the great French Symbolist, Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891), have acquired enormous prestige among readers everywhere and have been a revolutionary influence on poetry in the twentieth century. They are offered here both in their original texts and in superb English translations by Louise Varese. Mrs. Varese first published her versions of Rimbaud's Illuminations in 1946. Since then,...
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  • Hotel
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. During the breakdown of an unhappy marriage, writer Joanna Walsh got a job as a hotel reviewer and began to gravitate towards places designed as alternatives to home. Luxury, sex, power, anonymity, privacy… hotels are where our desires go on holiday, but also...
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  • Hope Without Optimism
    In a virtuoso display of erudition, thoughtfulness and humour, Terry Eagleton teases apart the concept of hope as it has been (often mistakenly) conceptualised over six millennia, from ancient Greece to today. He distinguishes hope from simple optimism, cheeriness, desire, idealism or adherence to the doctrine of Progress, bringing into focus a standpoint that requires reflection and commitment, arises from...
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  • Hölderlin’s Madness
    One of Europe’s greatest living philosophers, Giorgio Agamben, analyses the life and work of one of Europe’s greatest poets, Friedrich Hölderlin. What does it mean to inhabit a place or a self? What is a habit? And, for human beings, doesn’t living mean—first and foremost—inhabiting? Pairing a detailed chronology of German poet Friedrich Hölderlin’s years of purported madness with a...
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  • Hijrah
    With the help of scholars, historians and artists, and through a range of diverse media, this book sets out to follow in the footsteps of Prophet Muhammad (), retracing his movements during the famous Hijrah 'migration', from Makkah to the oasis town of Yathrib soon to become Madinat an-Nabi, the "City of the Prophet." Situating the Hijrah firmly within the...
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  • Henry at Work
    Henry at Work invites readers to rethink how we work today by exploring an aspect of Henry David Thoreau that has often been overlooked: Thoreau the worker. John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle overturn the popular misconception of Thoreau as a navel-gazing recluse who was scornful of work and other mundanities. In fact, Thoreau worked hard—surveying land, running his family's...
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  • Healing from Toxic Relationships
    Surviving and escaping a toxic or abusive relationship can often only be part of the struggle. Long after, survivors often struggle to heal; your self-esteem may be damaged, you may feel rage and betrayal, and you may punish and/or blame yourself. The author of Gaslighting and specialist in toxic behaviour, narcissistic abuse, and personality disorders, Dr. Stephanie Sarkis has seen...
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  • Hamletics – Shakespeare, Kafka, Beckett
    One of Italy's best-known contemporary philosophers and leftists offers a literature-informed take on our contemporary political situation. During the dramatic course of the twentieth century, amid the clash of the titans which marked that era, humanity could still think in terms of partisan struggles in which large masses took sides against one another. The new millennium, by contrast, appears to...
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  • Glad to the Brink of Fear
    An engaging reassessment of the celebrated essayist and his relevance to contemporary readers. More than two centuries after his birth, Ralph Waldo Emerson remains one of the presiding spirits in American culture. Yet his reputation as the starry-eyed prophet of self-reliance has obscured a much more complicated figure who spent a lifetime wrestling with injustice, philosophy, art, desire, and suffering....
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  • Gaslighting
    Gaslighting What it is, how you can spot it - and how you can break free. He's the charmer - the witty, confident, but overly controlling date. She's the woman on your team who always manages to take credit for your good work. He's the neighbour who swears you've been putting your rubbish into his bins, or the politician who...
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  • Forgiveness
    A deeply researched and poignant reflection on the practice of forgiveness in an unforgiving world "Broad in its philosophical sweep and fine in its literary analysis, this work redefines forgiveness as the modest yet heroic ability to hold pain and anger together with hope and nonviolence." —Joie Szu-Chiao Chen, Lion's Roar Matthew Ichihashi Potts explores the complex moral terrain of...
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  • Failures of Forgiveness
    Philosopher Myisha Cherry teaches us the right ways to deal with wrongdoing in our lives and the world. Sages from Cicero to Oprah have told us that forgiveness requires us to let go of negative emotions and that it has a unique power to heal our wounds. In Failures of Forgiveness, Myisha Cherry argues that these beliefs couldn't be more...
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  • Economy and Society
    The definitive new translation of Max Weber's classic work of social theory—arguably the most important book by the foremost social theorist of the twentieth century. Max Weber's Economy and Society is the foundational text for the social sciences of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It presents a framework for understanding the relations among individual action, social action, economic action, and...
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  • Draw the Line
    A 100-day journal that will not only improve your drawing skills, but ignite creativity in all areas of your life. Boost your creative confidence in any field by exercising your artistic muscle in the most elemental way: drawing—a form of expression, visual language, and idea generation. Everyone has the ability to draw, contrary to popular belief. Your unconscious mind is...
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  • Did It Happen Here?
    Since the election of Donald Trump, politicians, historians, intellectuals, and media pundits have been faced with a startling and urgent question: Are we threatened by fascism? Some see striking connections between our current moment and the tumultuous interwar period in Europe. But others question if these connections really reflect our current political moment or if they are another example of...
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  • Democracy’s Discontent
    A renowned political philosopher updates his classic book on the American political tradition to address the perils democracy confronts today. The 1990s were a heady time. The Cold War had ended, and America’s version of liberal capitalism seemed triumphant. And yet, amid the peace and prosperity, anxieties about the project of self-government could be glimpsed beneath the surface. So argued...
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  • Degenerations of Democracy
    Three leading thinkers analyze the erosion of democracy's social foundations and call for a movement to reduce inequality, strengthen inclusive solidarity, empower citizens, and reclaim pursuit of the public good. Democracy is in trouble. Populism is a common scapegoat but not the root cause. More basic are social and economic transformations eroding the foundations of democracy, ruling elites trying to...
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  • Blue Jeans
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Few clothing items are as ubiquitous or casual as blue jeans. Yet, their simplicity is deceptive. Blue jeans are nothing if not an exercise in opposites. Americans have accepted jeans as a symbol of their culture, but today jeans are a global consumer...
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  • Black Dignity
    Black Dignity poses a fundamental question: why is Black dignity the paradigm of all dignity, and why should Black philosophy be considered the starting point of all philosophy? This radical work by one of the leading young scholars of Black thought, Vincent W. Lloyd, introduces a new concept of Black dignity with deep roots in Black writing and activism. Historically...
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  • Big Reactors
    An invaluable, practical guide that shows parents how to help their highly sensitive child learn to manage their big emotions and thrive. Highly sensitive children (HSCs) process and react to experiences more deeply than other children. They are sometimes called “spirited,” “deeply feeling,” or “big reactors.” These children are amazing—fierce and feisty, persistent and passionate, insightful and empathetic—but are also...
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  • A Mindful Teen
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Philosophy & Psychology

Welcome to our Philosophy & Psychology section, where profound questions meet insightful answers. If you’re curious about the nature of existence, the workings of the mind, or the foundations of human behavior, this collection offers a wide range of books to deepen your understanding.

Discover classic works from great philosophers, contemporary explorations of ethics, logic, and metaphysics, and engaging texts that bridge philosophy with modern psychology. Whether you’re interested in the philosophical underpinnings of human thought or the psychological theories that explain why we think, feel, and act the way we do, there’s something here for every inquiring mind.

From thought-provoking essays and groundbreaking studies to accessible introductions and comprehensive guides, our Philosophy & Psychology books invite you to explore new ideas and perspectives. Dive in and start your journey of self-discovery and reflection today.