10 Rules for Talking
Psychologist Tim Harkness has noticed sometimes it seems everyone is shouting, but nobody is listening. Surely we don't need to learn how to talk? And yet, in an age of Brexit and Trump, where social media provides a platform for instantaneous, unfettered opinion, doesn't it feel that we've lost our ability to move discussions forward? 10 Rules for Talking is...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
10 Keys to Happier Living
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions – The Dalai Lama, patron of Action for Happiness. Vanessa King, a positive psychology expert for Action for Happiness, has created 10 key evidence-based actions that have been shown to increase happiness and well-being at home, at work, and in the world around you. If you have read...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
100 Days to a Younger Brain
Investing in brain health will cost you nothing but time and effort - the brain-healthy recommendations in this book can all be followed for free! The steps are simple to follow and within your control, so can be integrated into daily life with ease for the next 100 days. The aim of living a brain-healthy life is not just to...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
1001 Ways to Be Kind
With 1001 acts of kindness in 25 categories, this book brings people together, ignites conversations, and creates connections in our fast-paced world. So often we feel weighed down by problems at home, hassles at work, or the issues facing society. Imagine instead feeling empowered, optimistic, and purposeful about intentionally taking tiny steps to make the world a kinder place. 1001...Hardback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Philosophy For Dummies, UK Edition
Confused by metaphysics? In a muddle with aesthetics? Intimidated by Kant? Then look no further! Philosophy For Dummies, UK Edition is a complete crash-course in philosophical thought, covering key philosophers, philosophical history and theory, and the big questions that affect us today. Tying in with standard UK curricula and including core topics such as logic, ethics, and political philosophy, this...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Persuasion and Influence For Dummies
Many people want to gain trust or support in business and throughout life, but the true skill is doing so in a charming fashion! Whether you're convincing the boss about your much-deserved promotion or a busy restaurateur to offer a better table, the power of persuasion can help improve and increase your successes. Elizabeth Kuhnke, author of the bestselling Body...Paperback$4099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Personal Boundaries For Dummies
Learn how to create healthy personal and relationship boundaries Boundaries are limits we establish for ourselves and implement through action or communication. Personal Boundaries For Dummies gives you all the basics on what boundaries look like (spoiler: they aren't "one-size-fits-all”), along with step-by-step instructions for figuring out what your boundaries are and communicating them with others. When you start to...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Neuro-linguistic Programming For Dummies
Turn thoughts into positive action with neuro-linguistic programming. Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) has taken the psychology world by storm. So much more than just another quick-fix or a run-of-the-mill self-help technique, NLP shows real people how to evaluate the ways in which they think, strategise, manage their emotional state, and view the world. This then enables them to positively change the...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Neuro-linguistic Programming For Dummies
Change your behaviour with neuro-linguistic programming Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is a psychological, practical, results-focused approach to understanding the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviour, and how they shape the everyday reality that people experience. Neuro-linguistic Programming For Dummies walks you through the fundamentals of NLP, helping you gain insights into how and why you—and others—think, communicate (both verbally and non-verbally),...Paperback$5299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Motivation For Dummies
Packed with motivational tools and techniques to help you succeed. Inspire yourself and others to make positive changes and create a more motivated life. Motivation For Dummies is a powerful tool and is central to achieving your goals. Whether you want to change your career, promote teamwork in the office, quit a bad habit, or find a new interest, you...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Mind Mapping For Dummies
Unlock your brain's potential using mind mapping Mind mapping is a popular technique that can be applied in a variety of situations and settings. Students can make sense of complex topics and structure their revision with mind mapping; business people can manage projects and collaborate with colleagues using mind maps, and any creative process can be supported by using a...Paperback$5800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks-
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy For Dummies
Stay in the present and build a happier future Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy For Dummies takes you through the eight-week MBCT course, using the principles of mindfulness to complement established CBT techniques. You'll discover how using MBCT can help lower your risk of relapsing into depression and reduce the risk of other mental health disorders including anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem....Paperback$6500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks 
Mindfulness at Work For Dummies
Master your mind, manage stress and boost your productivity! Mindfulness at Work For Dummies provides essential guidance for employees at all levels of an organisation who are seeking more focus and clarity in their work. It explains how mindfulness can help employers wishing to implement mindful practices into the workplace and provides leaders and mentors within an organisation with the...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Managing Depression with CBT For Dummies
Rise above depression with CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a hugely popular self-help technique, which teaches you to break free from destructive or negative behaviours and make positive changes to both your thoughts and your actions. This practical guide to managing depression with CBT will help you understand your depression, identify solutions to your problems, and maintain your gains...Paperback$3099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Managing Anger with CBT For Dummies
Defuse your anger with CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a hugely popular self-help technique, which teaches you how to break free from destructive or negative behaviours and make positive changes to both your thoughts and your actions. This practical guide to managing anger with CBT will help you to understand your anger, identify solutions to your problems, and maintain...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks-
Making Friends as an Adult For Dummies
Make lasting friendships at any age Making Friends as an Adult For Dummies helps you overcome the challenges of building friendships, forming new bonds, and meeting new people. First, you'll learn what your friendship needs are and decide what kind of friends you'd like to meet. Then you'll get concrete advice for building a new social circle, turning acquaintances into...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
Logic For Dummies
An accessible resource to help you puzzle out logic concepts Logic For Dummies, 2nd Edition explains all the varied ways we use logic in philosophy, science, and everyday life. College students taking a logic course and lifelong learners alike can benefit from this accessible guide to logic concepts—such as syllogisms, constructing proofs and refutations, propositional and predicate logic, symbolic logic,...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
Hinduism For Dummies
Discover one of the world's most popular belief systems Hinduism is a fascinating and widespread religion with a diverse array of traditions, practices, scriptures, and deities. In Hinduism For Dummies, 2nd Edition, you'll get a clear view into this widely-practised and ancient creed. The book contains an easy-to-follow introduction to Hinduism, including its four different sects—Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism—its...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Happiness For Dummies
Now, you can find the happiness you want and live “the good life” you deserve by applying the helpful information in Happiness For Dummies, the ultimate guide to achieving bliss! You’ll discover proven techniques for living a meaningful, healthy, and productive life, no matter what your life circumstances happen to be. Positive concepts and techniques will help you change key...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Forensic Psychology For Dummies
A fascinating guide on the psychology of crime Thinking of a career that indulges your CSI fantasies? Want to understand the psychology of crime? Whether studying it for the first time or an interested spectator, Forensic Psychology For Dummies gives you all the essentials for understanding this exciting field, complemented with fascinating case examples from around the world. Inside you'll...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
Existentialism For Dummies
Have you ever wondered what the phrase “God is dead” means? You’ll find out in Existentialism For Dummies, a handy guide to Nietzsche, Sartre, and Kierkegaard’s favourite philosophy. See how existentialist ideas have influenced everything from film and literature to world events and discover whether or not existentialism is still relevant today. You’ll find an introduction to existentialism and understand...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Ethics For Dummies
Your approachable guide to ethical philosophy Ethics For Dummies, 2nd Edition is an easy-to-grasp introduction to the branch of philosophy that deals with living a good life. Learn about the most important concepts and thinkers in the world of ethics, so you can analyse issues in the modern world from an ethical perspective. Explore standards of right and wrong, fairness,...Paperback$5299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Ethics For Dummies
An easy-to-grasp guide to addressing the principles of ethics and applying them to daily life How do you define "good" versus "evil?" Do you know the difference between moral "truth" and moral relativity? Whether or not you know Aristotle from Hume, Ethics For Dummies will get you comfortable with the centuries-old study of ethical philosophy quickly and effectively! Ethics For...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Emotional Healing For Dummies
At some point in their lives, most people will have thought: “He should never have said that” “How could she treat me this way?” “I feel guilty when I remember what I said to him” “I’m so angry I can’t bear it” Usually, we don’t feel that we can discuss these hurtful emotions, such as guilt, anger or jealousy, with...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
Creative Thinking For Dummies
Creative thinking made easy Being creative can be tough - and trying to come up with great ideas under pressure can leave the great ideas under wraps! Creative Thinking For Dummies helps you apply creative thinking techniques to everything you touch, whether it's that novel you have inside you or the new business idea you've had that will make you...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
Confidence For Dummies
Build up your confidence levels and become more effective in all areas of your life. Self-confidence is more than just a feeling inside – it's an indispensable ingredient for success in life. Written by two of the most sought-after executive coaches in the world, Confidence For Dummies, 2nd Edition arms you with proven tools and techniques for overcoming insecurity and...Paperback$4299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Compassion Focused Therapy For Dummies
Don't be so hard on yourself – use compassion focused therapy as your guide It's often said that we're our own worst critics—and it's true. Compassion Focused Therapy For Dummies offers straightforward and practical advice that helps you view yourself through a more sympathetic lens. This motivating text covers the key principles of compassion focused therapy, which guide you in...Paperback$5900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Communication Skills For Dummies, UK Edition
The key to perfecting your communication strategy Great communication skills can make all the difference in your personal and professional life, and expert author Elizabeth Kuhnke shares with you her top tips for successful communication in any situation. Packed with advice on active listening, building rapport with people, verbal and non-verbal communication, communicating using modern technology, and lots more, Communication...Paperback$3599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Cognitive Psychology For Dummies
Demystify the core concepts of cognitive psychology Written specifically for psychology students—and not other academics—Cognitive Psychology For Dummies is an accessible and entertaining introduction to the field. Unlike the dense and jargon-laden content found in most psychology textbooks, this practical guide provides readers with easy-to-understand explanations of the fundamental elements of cognitive psychology so that they are able to obtain...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook For Dummies
Dozens of practical exercises and easy to perform techniques for banishing negative thoughts before they take hold Whether you're trying to overcome anxiety and depression, boost self-esteem, beat addiction, lose weight, or simply improve your outlook, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) offers a practical, sensible approach to mastering your thoughts and thinking constructively. In this updated and expanded edition of the...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Codependency For Dummies
Your trusted guide to value yourself and break the patterns of codependency Codependency For Dummies, 2nd Edition is the most comprehensive book on the topic to date. Written in plain English and packed with sensitive, authoritative information, it describes the history, symptoms, causes, and relationship dynamics of codependency. The majority of the book is devoted to healing and lays out...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Coaching With NLP For Dummies
How to become an NLP practitioner or supercharge your coaching skills with NLP One of the most popular methods for helping people achieve their life aspirations, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP, holds the key to remaking one's future. NLP encourages users to re-create the thought patterns common to those who excel, a process that helps gradually weed out negative or habitual...Paperback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Child Psychology and Development For Dummies
A complete and comprehensive guide to why kids behave and think the way they do—and how to bring out the best in them. In the U.S., more than 10% of children are diagnosed with psychiatric disorders, while countless others remain undiagnosed. Defining what is "normal" and what is not is of great concern to anyone who works with, guides, nurtures,...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
CBT At Work For Dummies
Nip workplace stress in the bud with CBT Packed with useful tips that make it easy to incorporate CBT—Cognitive Behavioural Therapy—into your working day, CBT at Work For Dummies helps you reap the benefits of a more focused working life. You'll discover how integrating CBT at work promotes improved productivity and concentration, lower staff turnover, enhanced employer/employee and client relationships,...Paperback$4099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
Business NLP For Dummies
Achieve business success with Neuro-linguistic Programming People around the globe use NLP to improve their communication skills, build rapport, make positive changes, and accomplish their goals. When used in a business context, NLP techniques can transform both your own and your team's performances. This practical guide to NLP at work will help you increase your flexibility, become more influential, and...Paperback$4099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Breathing Exercises For Dummies
Take control of your breath, take control of your life. Breathing Exercises For Dummies teaches you more than 50 ways to reduce stress, practice mindfulness, improve your sleep and beyond. Breathing exercises help you feel and perform at your best. These strategies have been in use since ancient times, and modern research shows how effective they can be. This book...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Boosting Self-Esteem For Dummies, UK Edition
Boosting Self-Esteem for Dummies Learn to: Leave behind negative modes of thinking Understand the psychology of self-esteem Use a variety of effective techniques to build self-esteem for a happier and healthier life Give yourself a boost with cognitive behavioural therapy Cognitive behavioural therapists Rethink your self-image and be comfortable in your own skin Fact: Even individuals who radiate confidence on...Paperback$6500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks-
Body Language For Dummies
The complete guide to mastering the art of effective body language Body Language For Dummies is your ideal guide to understanding other people, and helping them understand you. Body language is a critical component of good communication, and often conveys a bigger message than the words you say. This book teaches you how to interpret what people really mean by...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Bipolar Disorder For Dummies
Wrap your mind around bipolar disorder and understand your treatment options Bipolar Disorder For Dummies, 4th Edition explains everything about this common mental health diagnosis in easy-to-understand terms. If you or a loved one has recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, you aren’t alone. This book helps make sense of options when it comes to medications, therapies, and treatments that...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Anxiety & Depression Workbook For Dummies
Tackle anxiety and depression head-on with this practical workbook If you're one of the millions of people affected by—or whose loved ones are affected by—anxiety and depression, you're probably looking for strategies to help subdue or even transcend these debilitating and painful disorders. In that case, Anxiety & Depression Workbook For Dummies is a great place to start. This book...Paperback$5299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy For Dummies
Harness ACT to live a healthier life Do you want to change your relationship with painful thoughts and feelings that are holding you back from making changes to improve your life? In Acceptance and Commitment Therapy For Dummies, you'll discover how to identify negative and unhealthy modes of thinking and apply Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles throughout your day-to-day...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Living With Men
Gisèle Pelicot's story outraged the world. The sickening parade of crimes to which she was subjected and her betrayal are dark pages in our history. Feminist philosopher Manon Garcia decided to attend the trial and to analyse its resonance for our future. It became the trial that demonstrated that trials will never suffice to serve justice. If the perpetrators, for...Hardback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Mindful Soldier
'An essential and inspirational guide to surviving and thriving, whatever life throws at you.' - Bear Grylls 'A remarkable book - wise, painfully open, honest and very thoughtful' - Rory Stewart 'A powerful reminder that resilience and vulnerability aren't opposites, but companions, shedding light on what it truly means to endure, heal and lead by positive example.' - Levison Wood...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Crystal’s Curiosity Cabinet
What do a comic alphabet, a glorious lipogram and a wellerism have in common? Or, an audit of accountants, an illusion of magicians, and an intrusion of spammers? And do you know how Shakespeare pronounced his name? Quirky, original, amusing and enlightening, this charming English Language Miscellany from David Crystal, one of the greatest British linguists of our time, offers...Hardback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
To Live Is to Resist
This in-depth biography of Italian intellectual Antonio Gramsci casts new light on his life and writing, emphasizing his unflagging spirit, even in the many years he spent in prison. One of the most influential political thinkers of the twentieth century, Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) has left an indelible mark on philosophy and critical theory. His innovative work on history, society, power,...Hardback$7299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Thomas Aquinas
An illuminating introduction to the elusive Thomas Aquinas—the man and the saint "A marvellous introduction to the thought of the most daring and most important thinker of the Christian Middle Ages. . . . The best single-volume introduction to St. Thomas."—Eamon Duffy, The Tablet "Rich, provocative and sophisticated, a work of both passion and serious scholarship. It is a triumph."—Jonathan...Paperback$3599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
The Subversive Simone Weil
Known as the “patron saint of all outsiders,” Simone Weil (1909–43) was one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable thinkers, a philosopher who truly lived by her political and ethical ideals. In a short life framed by the two world wars, Weil taught philosophy to lycée students and organized union workers, fought alongside anarchists during the Spanish Civil War and...Hardback$4399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
The Rabbit Between Us
One morning as they parted, Victor Menza’s daughter handed him a bunny postcard. This gift made him wonder why rabbits had been their symbol of visitation: “How did this kind of creature become such a powerful way of feeling your presence?” Through philosophy, history, education, art, and personal musing on everyday uncanny experiences, Menza reveals why people have long found...Hardback$4699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
The Rabbit Between Us
One morning as they parted, Victor Menza’s daughter handed him a bunny postcard. This gift made him wonder why rabbits had been their symbol of visitation: “How did this kind of creature become such a powerful way of feeling your presence?” Through philosophy, history, education, art, and personal musing on everyday uncanny experiences, Menza reveals why people have long found...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
The Education of John Dewey
During John Dewey's lifetime (1859-1952), one public opinion poll after another revealed that he was esteemed to be one of the ten most important thinkers in American history. His body of thought, conventionally identified by the shorthand word Pragmatism, has been the distinctive American philosophy of the last fifty years. His work on education is famous worldwide and is still...Paperback$6099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem
Few people thought as deeply or incisively about Germany, Jewish identity, and the Holocaust as Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem. And, as this landmark volume reveals, much of that thinking was developed in dialogue, through more than two decades of correspondence. Arendt and Scholem met in 1932 in Berlin and quickly bonded over their mutual admiration for and friendship with...Hardback$9199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
There Is No Other
An essential balm for these tumultuous times, this thoughtful and inspiring guide features newly gathered teachings to abandon the idea there is an “other,” bridging differences and cherishing our lives in the world, from beloved spiritual leader Ram Dass. With the world seeming to teeter between democracy and authoritarianism, between humanitarianism and individualism, Ram Dass’s teachings on wholeness and unity...Hardback$6600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Spinoza
Ian Buruma explores the life and death of Baruch Spinoza, the Enlightenment thinker whose belief in freedom of thought and speech resonates in our own time. A New Yorker "Best Book of 2024" Selection "An elegant, relevant biography of a vital thinker." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Baruch (Benedictus) Spinoza (1632–1677) was a radical free thinker who led a life...Paperback$2899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Private Notebooks
During the pandemic, Marjorie Perloff, one of our foremost scholars of global literature, found her mind ineluctably drawn to the profound commentary on life and death in the wartime diaries of eminent philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951). Upon learning that these notebooks, which richly contextualise the early stages of his magnum opus, the Tractatus-Logico-Philosophicus, had never before been published in English,...Paperback$3399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Portraits of Learned Men
The most complete translation available of these brief biographies of great European figures, written by one of the leading historians of the sixteenth century. Portraits of Learned Men provides a fascinating synopsis of the contours, mentality, and trajectory of humanistic culture in Italy and Europe by one of the leading historians of the sixteenth century, Paolo Giovio (1483–1552). These brief...Hardback$7199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy
The first full-length study of Francesco Patrizi—the most important political philosopher of the Italian Renaissance before Machiavelli—who sought to reconcile conflicting claims of liberty and equality in the service of good governance. At the heart of the Italian Renaissance was a longing to recapture the wisdom and virtue of Greece and Rome. But how could this be done? A new...Hardback$10999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Not Thinking like a Liberal
In a compelling meditation on the ideas that shape our lives, one of the world's most provocative and creative philosophers explains how his eccentric early years influenced his lifelong critique of liberalism. Liberalism is so amorphous and pervasive that for most people in the West it is background noise, the natural state of affairs. But there are nooks and crannies...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
Martin Heidegger's Changing Destinies
A portrait of Martin Heidegger as a man and a thinker This is the first major biography, now in English, of Martin Heidegger (1889—1976) in many years. In his portrait of the philosopher, Guillaume Payen draws on previously untapped sources such as Heidegger’s personal letters and his notorious Black Notebooks, written between 1930 and 1970. Payen chronicles the developments in...Hardback$9599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Martin Heidegger
One of the century's greatest philosophers, without whom there would be no Sartre, no Foucault, no Frankfurt School, Martin Heidegger was also a man of great failures and flaws, a Faustus who made a pact with the devil of his time, Adolf Hitler. The story of Heidegger's life and philosophy, a quintessentially German story in which good and evil, brilliance...Paperback$6699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Martin Heidegger
With characteristic lucidity and style, Steiner makes Heidegger's immensely difficult body of work accessible to the general reader. In a new introduction, Steiner addresses language and philosophy and the rise of Nazism. It would be hard to imagine a better introduction to the work of philosopher Martin Heidegger.—George Kateb, The New RepublicPaperback$5299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
Capturing Kahanamoku
The fascinating untold story of one scientist’s pursuit of a legendary surfer in his quest to define human nature, written with the compelling drama and narrative insight of Why Fish Don’t Exist and The Lost City of Z. Deep in the archives of New York’s American Museum of Natural History sits a wardrobe filled with fifty plaster casts of human...Hardback$6500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
Brain Boost: 365 Brain Games for Adults
Want to keep your mind young, healthy, and sharp? Combat cognitive decline and lower your brain age with fun games and puzzles designed to increase memory, sharpen reasoning, and expand creative thinking. Whether you have 15 minutes or an hour, this engaging daily activity book of mental exercises can help enhance brain function and maintain razor-sharp thinking well into your...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
John Rawls
An engaging account of the titan of political philosophy and the development of his most important work, A Theory of Justice, coming at a moment when its ideas are sorely needed. It is hard to overestimate the influence of John Rawls on political philosophy and theory over the last half-century. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide, and he...Hardback$16300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
100 Days of Joy and Strength
Join New York Times bestselling author and actress Candace Cameron Bure on a 100-day journey to find overwhelming peace—a peace that only comes from resting in God's joy and relying on His strength every day. We all feel it. How the frantic and hurried pace of life can steal our joy. How juggling the day-to-day demands of career, family, community,...Hardback$5800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
In Praise of Failure
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Charming and brilliant." -Times Literary Supplement "Provocative, stimulating, wise–the book that our success-obsessed age needs to read."–Tom Holland "Bradatan, a philosopher, writes with elegance and wit, his every thought and sentence slipping smoothly into the next…I was absorbed by Bradatan's book even—or especially—when I felt uncomfortable with its implications." -Jennifer Szalai, New...Paperback$4099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
In Praise of Failure
Squarely challenging a culture obsessed with success, an acclaimed philosopher argues that failure is vital to a life well lived, curing us of arrogance and self-deception and engendering humility instead. Our obsession with success is hard to overlook. Everywhere we compete, rank, and measure. Yet this relentless drive to be the best blinds us to something vitally important: the need...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
Hayek
The definitive account of the distinguished economist’s formative years. Few twentieth-century figures have been lionized and vilified in such equal measure as Friedrich Hayek—economist, social theorist, leader of the Austrian school of economics, and champion of classical liberalism. Hayek’s erudite arguments in support of individualism and the market economy have attracted a devout following, including many at the levers of...Hardback$9499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Hannah Arendt
This highly acclaimed, prize-winning biography of one of the foremost political philosophers of the twentieth century is here reissued in a trade paperback edition for a new generation of readers. In a new preface, the author offers an account of writings by and about Arendt that have appeared since the book's 1982 publication, providing a reassessment of her subject's life...Paperback$5399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in the history of American thought, religion, and literature. The vitality of his writings and the unsettling power of his example continue to influence us more than 100 years after his death. Emerson brings to life an Emerson very different from the old stereotype of the passionless Sage of Concord....Paperback$9400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Don Isaac Abravanel – An Intellectual Biography
Don Isaac Abravanel – An Intellectual Biography by Cedric Cohen-skalli explores the life of Don Isaac Abravanel (1437–1508), a pivotal figure in Jewish history. Known as one of the great inventors of Jewish modernity, Abravanel was a multi-faceted personality — a merchant, banker, and court financier, as well as a scholar versed in both Jewish and Christian writings. He was...Hardback$8599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Confessions, Volume I
Aurelius Augustine (354-430 CE), one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity and philosophy, was the son of a pagan, Patricius of Tagaste, and his Christian wife, Monnica. While studying to become a rhetorician, he plunged into a turmoil of philosophical and psychological doubts, leading him to Manichaeism. In 383, he moved to Rome and then...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
At the Center of All Beauty
Fenton Johnson's lyrical prose and searching sensibility explore what it means to choose solitude and to celebrate the notion that solitude is a legitimate and dignified calling. He delves into the lives and works of nearly a dozen iconic solitaries he considers his kindred spirits, from Thoreau at Walden Pond and Emily Dickinson in Amherst, to the fiercely self-protective Zora...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Afropessimism
Why does race seem to colour almost every feature of our moral and political universe? Why does a perpetual cycle of slavery—in all its political, intellectual, and cultural forms—continue to define the Black experience? And why is anti-Black violence such a predominant feature not only in the United States but around the world? These are just some of the compelling...Hardback$5699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Abelard
Michael Clanchy introduces the reader to medieval life through the experience of Peter Abelard, the master of the Paris schools whose career included seducing Heloise (his student), being castrated, accused of treason, condemned as a heretic (twice), as well as writing his memoirs—his "story of calamities". Because Abelard touched so many aspects of life, this book is structured naturally around...Paperback$8799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Why Climate Breakdown Matters
Climate change and the destruction of the earth is the most urgent issue of our time. We are hurtling towards the end of civilisation as we know it. With an unflinching, honest approach, Rupert Read asks us to face up to the fate of the planet. This is a book for anyone who wants their philosophy to deal with reality...Paperback$5199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Veil
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The veil can be an instrument of feminist empowerment, and veiled anonymity can confer power to women. Starting from her own marriage ceremony at which she first wore a full veil, Rafia Zakaria examines how veils do more than they get credit for....Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Understanding the Rights of Nature
Rivers, landscapes, whole territories: these are the latest entities environmental activists have fought hard to include in the relentless expansion of rights in our world. But what does it mean for a landscape to have rights? Why would anyone want to create such rights, and to what end? Is it a good idea, and does it come with risks? Understanding...Paperback$9499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Tumor
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. One in two men and one in three women will develop invasive cancer. Tumours have the power to redefine identities and change how people live with one another. Tumor takes readers on an intellectual adventure around the attitudes that shape how humans do...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
Tree
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Tree explores the forms, uses, and alliances of this living object's entanglement with humanity, from antiquity to the present. Trees tower over us and yet fade into the background. Their lifespan outstrips ours, and yet their wisdom remains inscrutable, treasured up in the...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Traffic
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Speed. Bump. Speed. Traffic considers the history and philosophy of roundabouts, speed bumps, pedestrian malls, and other efforts to manage traffic. Exploring ways to reign in the power of the internal combustion engine, scale back century-long efforts to increase the flows of traffic,...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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