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I and Thou by Martin Buber
RRP: $36.08Booksplease Price: $34.18'The publication of Martin Buber's I and Thou was a great event in the religious life of the West.' Reinhold Niebuhr Martin Buber was a prolific and influential teacher and writer, who taught... -
Lessons in Stoicism: What Ancient Philosophers Teach Us about How to Live by John Sellars
RRP: $18.98Booksplease Price: $13.89How can Stoicism inspire us to lead more enjoyable lives?In the past few years, Stoicism has been making a comeback. But what exactly did the Stoics believe? In Lessons in Stoicism, philosopher John... -
Practical Zen for Health, Wealth and Mindfulness by Julian Daizan Skinner
Booksplease Price: $30.08Bringing the body-mind insights of Rinzai Zen from the mountains of Japan to the Western world, Zen master Julian Daizan Skinner and Sarah Bladen present simple meditation techniques to help achieve... -
The Little Book of Sloth Philosophy (The Little Animal Philosophy Books) by Jennifer McCartney 9780008304829
RRP: $17.08Booksplease Price: $13.28Relax, unwind and soak up the wisdom of the sloth with the slowest page turner you'll ever read. From tidying and Hygge, to living Lagom, the endless pressure to be happier, live better,... -
A Degree in a Book: Philosophy: Everything You Need to Know to Master the Subject ... In One Book! by Dr Peter Gibson
RRP: $28.48Booksplease Price: $20.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788283694Author Dr Peter GibsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint -
Existentialism and Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre 9780413776396
RRP: $18.98Booksplease Price: $16.78Over the past sixty years the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre have probably been more influential in the West than those of any other philosopher and literary figure. In his theoretical writings, Sartre... -
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: The Philosophy Classic Friedrich Nietzsche 9780857089304
RRP: $22.78Booksplease Price: $17.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857089304Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat HardbackPage Count 350Impri -
The Sublime Object of Ideology by Slavoj Zizek
RRP: $30.38Booksplease Price: $22.19Slavoj Zizek, the maverick philosopher, author of over 30 books, acclaimed as the "Elvis of cultural theory", and today's most controversial public intellectual. His work traverses the fields of... -
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
RRP: $41.71Booksplease Price: $36.25A New York Times Notable Book of the YearA Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA Globe and Mail Best Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA Tablet Best Book of the... -
Meditation for the Real World: Finding Peace in Everyday Life by Ann Swanson 9780241652695
RRP: $32.28Booksplease Price: $23.52Did you know that meditation can help you feel better - both mentally and physically - starting right now?No matter how busy you are, wherever you are, your age, or what you are going through,... -
Simone Weil: An Anthology by Simone Weil
RRP: $24.68Booksplease Price: $17.54Simone Weil was one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century: a philosopher, theologian, critic, sociologist and political activist. This anthology spans the wide range of her thought, and... -
The Art of Possibility by Benjamin Zander
RRP: $20.88Booksplease Price: $15.11Presenting twelve breakthrough practices for bringing creativity into all human endeavors, The Art of Possibility is the dynamic product of an extraordinary partnership. The Art of Possibility... -
The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise by R. D. Laing
RRP: $20.88Booksplease Price: $17.54In 'The Politics of Experience' and the visionary 'Bird of Paradise', R.D. Laing shows how the straitjacket of conformity imposed on us all leads to intense feelings of alienation and a tragic waste... -
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography by Roland Barthes 9780099225416
RRP: $20.88Booksplease Price: $15.49Barthes shares his passionate, in-depth knowledge and understanding of photography. ... -
Time: A Very Short Introduction by Jenann Ismael
RRP: $18.98Booksplease Price: $13.78What is time? What does it mean for time to pass? Is it possible to travel in time? What is the difference between the past and future? Until the work of Newton, these questions were purely topics of... -
The Book of Delights: The life-affirming New York Times bestseller by Ross Gay
RRP: $20.88Booksplease Price: $15.24A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAs Heard on NPR's This American Life'The delights he extols here (music, laughter, generosity, poetry, lots of nature) are bulwarks against casual cruelties . . ... -
Somebody I Used to Know by Wendy Mitchell
RRP: $20.88Booksplease Price: $16.00_______________ A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES SELECTED AS A SUMMER READ BY THE SUNDAY... -
I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter
RRP: $36.08Booksplease Price: $25.90One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind asks, where does the self come from -- and how our selves can exist in the minds of others. Can thought arise out of matter? Can self,... -
Princes of the Renaissance by Mary Hollingsworth 9781803281261
RRP: $28.48Booksplease Price: $22.38A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons. 'Exceptionally sumptuous... This vivid history brings to life the vices... -
The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle 9780199213610
RRP: $17.08Booksplease Price: $12.77'Happiness, then, is the best, noblest, and most pleasant thing in the world.' In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle's guiding question is: what is the best thing for a human being? His answer is... -
The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World by Elaine Scarry
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $26.92Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, this profoundly original work explores the nature of physical suffering. Elaine Scarry bases her study on a wide range of sources: literature... -
Huis Clos and Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre
RRP: $20.88Booksplease Price: $12.54These three plays, diverse in subject but thematically coherent, illuminate one of Sartre's major philosophical concerns: the struggle to live and act freely in a complex and constricting world... -
Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress by Christopher Ryan 9781451659115
RRP: $20.88Booksplease Price: $15.24The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which "progress" has perverted the way we live-how we eat, learn, feel, mate, parent, communicate, work, and die-in this... -
Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
RRP: $24.68Booksplease Price: $17.97THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Listen out for Rutger Bregman. He has a big future shaping the future' Observer 'A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell' New York Times 'The Dutch... -
Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit
RRP: $20.88Booksplease Price: $15.11'Radical, humane, witty' Alain de Botton 'Magisterial' Will Self, Guardian Explore historical, political and philosophical paths traced by walkers in this profound and diverting modern classic. ... -
The Flip: Who You Really Are and Why It Matters by Jeffrey J. Kripal
RRP: $20.88Booksplease Price: $15.11'Mindblowing' Michael PollanWhy do we know so much more about the cosmos than our own consciousness? Are there limits to the scientific method? Why do we assume that only science, mathematics and... -
Mere Civility: Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration by Teresa M. Bejan 9780674241640
RRP: $39.81Booksplease Price: $34.18A New Statesman Best Book of the YearA Church Times Book of the YearWe are facing a crisis of civility, a war of words polluting our public sphere. In liberal democracies committed to tolerating... -
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 9781857150551
RRP: $32.28Booksplease Price: $26.73Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (a.d. 121 180) succeeded his adoptive father as emperor of Rome in a.d. 161 and Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever... -
Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control by Ryan Holiday 9780593191699
RRP: $51.30Booksplease Price: $23.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593191699Author Ryan HolidayFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint -
The Prince: The Original Classic Niccolo Machiavelli 9780857080783
RRP: $22.78Booksplease Price: $15.64THE HANDBOOK FOR LEADERS The Prince is often regarded as the first true leadership book. It shocked contemporary readers with its ruthless call for fearless and effective action. With simple prose... -
The Art of War by Sun Tzu 9781838575656
RRP: $17.08Booksplease Price: $13.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838575656Author Sun TzuFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint -
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward FitzGerald
RRP: $17.08Booksplease Price: $12.77'The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.' In the 'rubaiyat' (short... -
The Consolation of Philosophy by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 9780140447804
RRP: $18.98Booksplease Price: $15.11Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek... -
Reasons Not to Worry: How to be Stoic in chaotic times by Brigid Delaney 9780349436296
RRP: $36.08Booksplease Price: $25.73Reasons Not to Worry is an accessible introduction to the Stoic principles of virtue, moderation and self-discipline, adapting this ancient knowledge to inspire practical advice for everyday life... -
You’re All Talk: why we are what we speak by Rob Drummond 9781914484285
RRP: $32.28Booksplease Price: $23.20'Telling and compelling' Susie Dent, author of Word Perfect 'Rob Drummond has achieved something very special in this book' David Crystal, author of How Language Works 'Intriguing and engaging'... -
Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life by John Gray
RRP: $20.88Booksplease Price: $15.11'Why can't a human be more like a cat? That is the question threaded through this vivid patchwork of philosophy, fiction, history and memoir ... a wonderful mixture of flippancy and profundity,... -
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes 9780141395098
RRP: $24.68Booksplease Price: $18.24'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short' Written during the chaos of the English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan asks how, in a world of violence and horror, can we stop... -
The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition by J. G. A. Pocock
RRP: $66.50Booksplease Price: $52.84Originally published in 1975, The Machiavellian Moment remains a landmark of historical and political thought. Celebrated historian J.G.A. Pocock looks at the consequences for modern historical and... -
In Love with the World: What a Monk Can Teach You About Living from Nearly Dying by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
RRP: $20.88Booksplease Price: $15.24A rare, intimate account of a world-renowned Buddhist monk's near-death experience and the life-changing wisdom he gained from it.'Generous, beautiful, and essential' - George Saunders, Booker... -
Trouble With Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions by Alex Byrne 9781509560011
RRP: $28.48Booksplease Price: $23.10Sex used to rule. Now gender identity is on the throne. Sex survives as a cheap imitation of its former self: assigned at birth, on a spectrum, socially constructed, and definitely not binary...