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The Tenth Insight by James Redfield
RRP: $14.18$10.02Millions have experienced the nine insights of The Celestine Prophecy, glimpsed the emerging world view that it describes and benefitted from its ability to renew our understanding of life. Now multi-million copy bestselling author James Redfield... -
How to Find Love by The School of Life
RRP: $12.90$9.20Choosing a partner is one of the most consequential and tricky decisions we will ever make. The cost of repeated failure is immense. And yet we are often so alone with the search. Partners used to be found for us by parents and society. Now we are... -
Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay by Anne Carson
RRP: $18.05$13.16Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson's remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic loveSince it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson's lyrical meditation on love in... -
This is Technology Ethics: An Introduction by Nyholm
RRP: $34.19$29.73An approachable introduction to the philosophical study of ethical dilemmas in technology In the Technology Age, innovations in medical, communications, and weapons technologies have given rise to many new ethical questions: Are technologies always... -
The Philosophy of Autism by Jami L. Anderson 9781442217072
RRP: $126.42$110.55This book examines autism from the tradition of analytic philosophy, working from the premise that Autism Spectrum Disorders raise interesting philosophical questions that need to be and can be addressed in a manner that is clear, jargon-free, and... -
History and Imperialism: Writings, 1963-1986 by Louis Althusser 9781509537235
RRP: $23.21$20.69Writings on History brings together a selection of texts by Louis Althusser dating from 1963 to 1986, including essays, a lecture, notes to his collaborators, and the transcript of an informal 1963 discussion of literary history. The centrepiece of this... -
The Spiritual Teachings of Marcus Aurelius by Mark Forstater 9780060955106
RRP: $20.63$12.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060955106Author Mark ForstaterFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 204g -
That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation by David Bentley Hart
RRP: $15.47$13.09A stunning reexamination of one of the essential tenets of Christian belief from one of the most provocative and admired writers on religion today "A scathing, vigorous, eloquent attack on those who hold that that there is such a thing as eternal... -
The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton
RRP: $16.76$11.73THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy and The School of Life, The Architecture of Happiness explores the fascinating hidden links between... -
Individualism Old and New by John Dewey 9781573926935
RRP: $15.47$11.51America's most renowned social philosopher John Dewey shines his powerful intellect on the serious public and cultural issues surrounding the place of the individual in a technologically advanced society. In this penetrating study, he addresses the fear... -
The Baton Rouge Interviews: with Edouard Glissant and Alexandre Leupin by Kate M Cooper
RRP: $29.66$26.73This collection of interviews is a diamond, remarkable in the way that it assembles so many of the major strains of Glissant's thought, and stunning in the expansive erudition at work in the composition of that thought. Two structuring experiences... -
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus 9780141182001
RRP: $12.89$9.17In this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question: If human existence has no meaning, is life worth living?'What I touch, what resists me - that is what I understand'As Camus argues, if there is no God to give... -
Speed and Politics by Paul Virilio
RRP: $19.34$11.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584350408Author Paul VirilioFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher AutonomediaWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm -
Introduction to a Poetics of Diversity: by Edouard Glissant by Celia Britton
RRP: $29.66$26.73This book reproduces the texts of four lectures, followed by discussions, and two interviews with Lise Gauvin published in Introduction a une poetique du divers (1996); and also four further interviews from L'Imaginaire des langues (Lise Gauvin, 2010). ... -
Meta-Politics: City of God, cities of men by Carlos Perona Calvete 9781621389330
$35.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621389330Author Carlos Perona CalveteFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 1111gDimensions(mm) 234mm... -
Fear and Trembling: Dialectical Lyric by Johannes De Silentio by Soren Kierkegaard
RRP: $12.89$9.17Kierkegaard's infamous and hugely influential philosophical work on faith, choice and sacrificeIn Fear and Trembling Kierkegaard, writing under the pseudonym Johannes de silentio, expounds his personal view of religion through the scene in Genesis in... -
Taoism for Beginners: A Guide to Balanced Living by C. Alexander Simpkins
RRP: $14.18$10.02Taoism for Beginners is a practical guide to applying the key notions, concepts and beliefs underlying Taoism's various branches and schools.Authors C. Alexander and Annellen Simpkins tap into their years of training and study in meditation, martial arts... -
Republic by Plato
RRP: $11.60$8.32Republic is the central work of the Western world's most famous philosopher. Essentially an inquiry into morality, Republic also contains crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy. It is also a literary masterpiece: the... -
How to Solve Our Human Problems: The Four Noble Truths by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso 9780948006371
RRP: $16.71$11.70In this busy world, our experiences of happiness are fleeting and short-lived, while inner peace eludes us completely. Our negative states of mind, such as uncontrolled desire and anger, create endless problems for us (and others) and prevent us from... -
The Socratic Method: A Practitioner's Handbook by Ward Farnsworth
RRP: $27.08$23.13A thinking person's guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, how it works, and why it matters more than ever in our time. Easy to grasp yet challenging to master, the method will change the way you think about life's... -
Holding and Letting Go: The Social Practice of Personal Identities by Hilde Lindemann 9780190649609
RRP: $52.88$33.93The social practice of forming, shaping, expressing, contesting, and maintaining personal identities makes human interaction, and therefore society, possible. Our identities give us our sense of how we are supposed to act and how we may or must treat... -
Everyday Enlightenment: Your guide to inner peace and happiness by Gyalwang Drukpa
RRP: $21.92$15.84Find inner peace in 2020 with Everyday Enlightenment by His Holiness the Gyalwang DrukpaThis book is an inspirational guide to finding happiness by taking in the beauty right in front of you. Leading Himalayan Buddhist His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa... -
Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior by James B. Stockdale
RRP: $7.10$6.31When physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale's early retirement from military life, he had the distinction of being the only three-star officer in the history of the navy to wear both aviator wings and the Congressional Medal... -
Notes on Suicide by Simon Critchley
RRP: $14.18$9.52Suicide is everywhere. It haunts history and current events. It haunts our own networks of friends and family. The spectre of suicide looms large, but the topic is taboo because any meaningful discussion must at the very least consider that the answer to... -
Civilization and its Discontents by Sigmund Freud 9780141018997
RRP: $10.31$7.47Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched... -
The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance by Anthony Gottlieb
RRP: $16.76$11.73Already a classic, this landmark account of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. The Dream of Reason takes a fresh look at the writings of the great thinkers of classic philosophy and questions... -
Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times by Jonathan Sacks
RRP: $16.76$11.09We are living through a period of cultural climate change. We have outsourced morality to the markets on the one hand, and the state on the other. The markets have brought wealth to many, and the state has done much to contain the worst excesses of... -
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful by Edmund Burke
RRP: $11.60$8.84'Pain and pleasure are simple ideas, incapable of definition.' In 1757 the 27-year-old Edmund Burke argued that our aesthetic responses are experienced as pure emotional arousal, unencumbered by intellectual considerations. In so doing he overturned... -
Philosophy: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself by Sharon Kaye
RRP: $19.34$12.64Written by Sharon Kaye, who is Professor of Philosophy at John Carroll University, Philosophy: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be... -
Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Barnes
RRP: $11.60$8.53The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work... -
As a Man Thinketh by James Allen 9781640320130
RRP: $6.44$5.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640320130Author James AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Innovative Eggz LLCPublisher Innovative Eggz LLCWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm) 226mm *... -
In Kant's Wake: Philosophy in the Twentieth Century by Tom Rockmore 9781405125710
RRP: $39.93$35.41In Kant's Wake evaluates the four main trends in philosophy in the twentieth century - Marxism, Anglo-American analytic, American pragmatism, and continental philosophy - and argues that all four evolved in reaction to Kant's fascinating and demanding... -
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker
RRP: $21.92$15.84Why do we laugh? What makes memories fade? Why do people believe in ghosts? How the Mind Works explores every aspect of mental life, showing that our minds are not a mystery, but a system of organs of computation designed by natural selection.About the... -
In the Swarm: Digital Prospects: Volume 3 by Byung-Chul Han
RRP: $18.05$11.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262533362Author Byung-Chul HanFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 178mm * 114mm * 8mm -
A Philosophy of Loneliness by Lars Svendsen
RRP: $19.34$18.94Loneliness is a difficult subject to address, because it has such negative connotations. But the truth is that wherever there are people, there is loneliness: everyone is lonely at some point in their lives. You can belonely in a crowd or at home,... -
Enchiridion by Epictetus
RRP: $5.15$3.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486433592Author Epictetus EpictetusFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
London, A Fourteenth-Century City and its People by Warner, Kathryn 9781526776372
RRP: $25.79$18.43For the medieval period that was witness to a legion of political and natural disasters, the rise and fall of empires across the globe and one of the most devastating and greatest pandemics human kind has ever experienced, the fourteenth century was... -
Arguably by Christopher Hitchens
RRP: $19.34$12.64A Sunday Times BestsellerChristopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was a matchless writer, debater and humanist. Throughout his life he shone the light of reason and truth into the eyes of charlatans and hucksters, exposing falsehood and decrying hypocrisy... -
The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life by Bettany Hughes
RRP: $21.92$15.84We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did. His aphorism 'The unexamined life is not worth living' may have originated twenty-five centuries ago, but it is a founding principle of modern life. For seventy years Socrates was a vigorous... -
Confessions by Edmund Augustine 9780872208162
RRP: $19.34$16.24Like the first Hackett edition of the Augustine's Confessions, the second edition features F. J. Sheed's remarkable translation of this classic spiritual autobiography with an Introduction by noted historian of late antiquity Peter Brown. New to this...