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In Praise Of Love by Alain Badiou
RRP: £9.99£7.32A new century, new threats to love . . . Love without risks is like war without deaths - but, today, love is threatened by an alliance of liberalism and hedonism. Caught between consumerism and casual sexual encounters devoid of passion, love -... -
The Gentle Weapon: Prayers for Everyday and Not-Do-Everyday Moments Timeless Wisdom from the Teachings of the Hasidic Master Rebbe Nachman of Breslov by Moshe Mykoff 9781580230223
RRP: £14.99£10.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580230223Author Moshe MykoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm) 154mm * 103mm... -
The Inner Chapters: The Inner Chapters by Chuang-Tzu 9780872205819
RRP: £20.99£17.47The Inner Chapters are the oldest pieces of the larger collection of writings by several fourth, third, and second century B.C. authors that constitute the classic of Taoism, the Chuang-Tzu (or Zhuangzi). It is this core of ancient writings that is... -
The Golden Atlas: The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps by Edward Brooke-Hitching 9781471166822
RRP: £25.00£16.84'Stunning...divine' Stephen Fry 'A fabulous book, good enough to eat with a spoon! Marvellous' John Lloyd, creator of QI 'Perfect for the armchair adventurer historian, this is a rich visual exploration of some of the most beautiful charts ever created'... -
The World as Will and Representation, Vol. 1 by Arthur Schopenhauer 9780486217611
RRP: £23.49£15.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486217611Author Arthur SchopenhauerFormat PaperbackPage Count 564Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Aristotle on the Common Sense by Pavel Gregoric 9780199640096
RRP: £43.99£34.54Apart from using our eyes to see and our ears to hear, we regularly and effortlessly perform a number of complex perceptual operations that cannot be explained in terms of the five senses taken individually. Such operations include, for example,... -
Reading Sartre by Joseph S. Catalano
RRP: £26.99£22.80In this volume, Joseph Catalano offers an in-depth exploration of Jean-Paul Sartre's four major philosophical writings: Being and Nothingness, Saint Genet: Actor and Martyr, The Critique of Dialectical Reason, and The Family Idiot. These works have been... -
A New History of Western Philosophy by Anthony Kenny 9780199656493
RRP: £19.99£15.88This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy--the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the... -
Marx: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Singer
RRP: £8.99£6.65Karl Marx is one of the most influential philosophers of all time, whose theories have shaped and directed political, economic, and social thought for 150 years. Considering Marx's life and impact, renowned philosopher Peter Singer identifies the central... -
Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths by Robin Waterfield
RRP: £12.99£8.80Socrates' trial and death together form an iconic moment in Western civilization. The picture we have of it - created by his immediate followers and perpetuated in countless works of literature and art ever since - is that a noble man was put to death in... -
Mini Philosophy: A Small Book of Big Ideas Jonny Thomson 9781472282170
RRP: £16.99£11.71'Engaging, smart and wise, Mini-Philosophy is a diverse taster menu of ideas on life, the mind and the world. Nutritious, bite-sized portions of philosophy that whet the appetite for more' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks Why... -
The Alcohol Experiment Journal by Annie Grace 9780008375805
RRP: £14.99£10.36From the bestselling author of This Naked Mind, this journal will give you the tools you need to take your relationship with alcohol into your own hands. Using thought-provoking prompts, checklists, and activities, Annie Grace... -
Mastering Logical Fallacies: The Definitive Guide to Flawless Rhetoric and Bulletproof Logic by Michael Withey 9781623157104
RRP: £16.99£11.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623157104Author Michael WitheyFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Callisto Media Inc.Publisher Callisto Media Inc. -
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson 9780679783220
RRP: £19.99£13.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679783220Author Ralph Waldo EmersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 880Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm)... -
A Theory of Justice: Revised Edition by John Rawls
RRP: £33.95£28.02Since it appeared in 1971, John Rawls's A Theory of Justice has become a classic. The author has now revised the original edition to clear up a number of difficulties he and others have found in the original book.Rawls aims to express an essential part... -
Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates by Mike Wallace
RRP: £22.99£18.74Reading critically, and writing using critical techniques, are crucial skills you need to apply to your academic work. If you need to engage with published (or unpublished) literature such as essays, dissertations or theses, research papers or oral... -
Aesthetics: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments Michel-Antoine Xhignesse 9781032436395
RRP: £23.99£21.32Aesthetics: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments is a teaching-focused resource, which highlights the contributions that imaginative scenarios-paradoxes, puzzles, and thought experiments alike-have made to the development of contemporary... -
The Mantram Handbook: A Practical Guide to Choosing Your Mantram and Calming Your Mind by Eknath Easwaran
RRP: £11.99£9.24The mantram, or mantra, is a short, powerful, spiritual formula from the world's great traditions, repeated silently in the mind, anytime, anywhere. Examples of mantrams are Rama, Rama, used by Gandhi, or My God and My All, repeated by St. Francis of... -
Medieval Number Symbolism by Hopper 9780486414300
RRP: £12.49£10.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486414300Author HopperFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)... -
A More Exciting Life: A Guide to Greater Freedom, Spontaneity and Enjoyment by The School of Life
RRP: £15.00£11.08One of the things we all deeply crave, and all richly deserve, is a more exciting life. We know well enough that many things have to be routine, hard and a little bit boring. But we also rightly sense that, if only we can find a way, our lives could be... -
Sceptical Essays by Bertrand Russell
RRP: £14.99£13.58'These propositions may seem mild, yet, if accepted, they would absolutely revolutionize human life.'With these words Bertrand Russell introduces what is indeed a revolutionary book. Taking as his starting-point the irrationality of the world, he offers... -
On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint by Maggie Nelson
RRP: £10.99£7.99What can freedom really mean?'One of the most electrifying writers at work in America today, among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation' OLIVIA LAINGIn this invigorating, essential book, Maggie Nelson explores how we might think,... -
Whose Justice? - Which Rationality? by Alasdair MacIntyre 9780715621998
£27.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780715621998Author Alasdair MacIntyreFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Gerald Duckworth & Co LtdPublisher Duckworth OverlookWeight(grams) 565g -
The Plague by Albert Camus 9780141049236
RRP: £9.99£7.32'A story for our, and all, times' GuardianSet in a town at the mercy of an epidemic, The Plague is an odyssey into the darkness and absurdity of human existence.-----------------------------------'On the morning of April 16, Dr Rieux emerged from his... -
Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions by Martha C. Nussbaum
RRP: £34.99£29.93Emotions shape the landscape of our mental and social lives. Like geological upheavals in a landscape, they mark our lives as uneven, uncertain and prone to reversal. Are they simply, as some have claimed, animal energies or impulses with no connection... -
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful by Edmund Burke
RRP: £12.99£9.34Edmund Burke was one of the foremost philosophers of the eighteenth century and wrote widely on aesthetics, politics and society. In this landmark work, he propounds his theory that the sublime and the beautiful should be regarded as distinct and wholly... -
Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopaedia, Genealogy and Tradition by Alasdair MacIntyre 9780715623374
£26.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780715623374Author Alasdair MacIntyreFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Gerald Duckworth & Co LtdPublisher Duckworth OverlookWeight(grams) 390g -
All Things Are Full of Gods: The Mysteries of Mind and Life David Bentley Hart 9780300254723
RRP: £25.00£20.24A world-renowned philosopher’s genre-defying exploration of the mystery of consciousness In a blossoming garden located far outside all worlds, a group of aging Greek gods have gathered to discuss the nature of existence, the mystery of mind, and... -
The Art of War Sun Tzu 9781577152453
RRP: £14.99£9.36Featuring the Chinese text on the left and the English translation on the right, this beautifully bound edition of Sun Tzu's classic text makes a unique gift or collector's item. Written in the sixth century BCE, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still widely... -
One Blade of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir by Henry Shukman
£14.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640092624Author Henry ShukmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 141mm * 25mm -
Adapt!: On a New Political Imperative by Barbara Stiegler
RRP: £23.99£21.16Winner, French Voices Award This book, a crossover hit in France, offers a fresh genealogy of our neoliberal moment. "We must adapt!" These words can be heard almost everywhere and in every aspect of our lives. Where does this widespread sense that we... -
Six Healing Sounds: Taoist Techniques for Balancing Chi by Mantak Chia
RRP: £16.99£11.25Thousands of years ago Taoist masters discovered that a healthy organ vibrates at a particular frequency. They found six sounds with the correct frequencies to keep each organ in optimal condition. To accompany these Six Healing Sounds, six postures were... -
Spirituality: A Very Short Introduction by Philip Sheldrake 9780199588756
RRP: £8.99£6.65It has been suggested that 'spirituality' has become a word that 'can define an era'. Why? Because paradoxically, alongside a decline in traditional religious affiliations, the growing interest in spirituality and the use of the word in a variety of... -
The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual by Ward Farnsworth
RRP: £20.99£14.59"Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. This isn't just a book to read-it's a book to return to, a book that will provide perspective and consolation... -
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: The Philosophy Classic Friedrich Nietzsche 9780857089304
RRP: £11.99£8.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857089304Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Capstone Publishing LtdPublisher John Wiley and Sons LtdWeight(grams) 138g -
Non-things: Upheaval in the Lifeworld Byung-Chul Han 9781509551705
RRP: £12.99£12.11We no longer inhabit earth and dwell under the sky: these are being replaced by Google Earth and the Cloud. The terrestrial order is giving way to a digital order, the world of things is being replaced by a world of non-things - a constantly expanding... -
Final Truth: A Guide to Ultimate Understanding by Ramesh S Balsekar 9780929448091
RRP: £12.00£8.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929448091Author Ramesh S BalsekarFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Advaita PressPublisher Advaita PressWeight(grams) 140g -
Buddhism Plain and Simple: The Practice of Being Aware Right Now, Every Day by Steve Hagen
RRP: £9.99£7.00"This is the clearest and most precise exposition of Buddhism I have ever read. If you're looking for enlightenment rather than just scholarly knowledge, you'd better read this." -Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance In... -
Performing Rites: Evaluating Popular Music by Simon Frith 9780192880604
RRP: £47.49£36.74Who's better? Billie Holiday or P.J. Harvey? Blur or Oasis? Dylan or Keats? And how many friendships have ridden on the answer? Such questions aren't merely the stuff of fanzines and idle talk; they inform our most passionate arguments, distil our most... -
Mythologies by Roland Barthes
RRP: £9.99£7.32'Barthes' purpose is to tear away masks and demystify the signs, signals and symbols of the language of mass culture' The TimesIn this magnificent and often surprising collection of essays Barthes explores the myths of mass culture. Taking subjects as...