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Dirty Electricity: Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization by Samuel Milham MD Mph 9781938908187
RRP: £8.49£6.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938908187Author Samuel Milham MphFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 150mm * 10mm -
Memories, Dreams, Reflections: An Autobiography by Carl Jung
RRP: £12.99£8.58'I can understand myself only in the light of inner happenings. It is these that make up the singularity of my life, and with these my autobiography deals' Carl Jung An eye-opening biography of one of the most... -
Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
RRP: £10.99£7.99An odyssey into life's challenging philosophical questions during an unforgettable summer motorcycle trip, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance transformed a generation and continues to inspire millions.One of the most influential books written in... -
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius by Donald Robertson
RRP: £14.99£9.80How to Think Like a Roman Emperor takes readers on a transformative journey along with Marcus, following his progress from a young noble at the court of Hadrian - taken under the wing of some of the finest philosophers of his day - through to his reign... -
Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: 40th Anniversary Edition by Robert M. Pirsig
RRP: £10.99£7.05Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974, transforming a generation and continuing to inspire millions. A narration of a summer motorcycle trip... -
Miyamoto Musashi by Kenji Tokitsu
RRP: £36.00£22.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780834805675Author Kenji TokitsuFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Weatherhill IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 737gDimensions(mm)... -
The Last Days of Socrates by Plato
RRP: £9.99£6.00Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Phaedo'Nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death'The trial and condemnation of Socrates on charges of heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of classical Athens. In tracing these... -
Symposium by Plato 9780199540198
RRP: £9.99£6.00In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC at which the guests - including the comic poet Aristophanes and, of course, Plato's mentor Socrates - each deliver a short speech in praise of love... -
Meditations: The Philosophy Classic by Marcus Aurelius 9780857088468
RRP: £11.99£8.22A deluxe special edition of the ancient classic written by the Roman Emperor known as "The Philosopher" Meditations is a series of personal journals written by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome from 169 to 180 AD. The last of the "Five Good Emperors," he... -
Conversations of Socrates by Xenophon
RRP: £12.99£9.19After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon's portrait is the only one other than Plato's to... -
We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience by Lyndsey Stonebridge 9781787332522
RRP: £22.00£16.27This bold new take on the life and ideas of political philosopher Hannah Arendt explores her lessons for living in an age of uncertainty.'Compelling and original' OBSERVER'Invigorating and insightful' FINANCIAL TIMESBorn in the first decade of the last... -
The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant 9780671739164
RRP: £7.99£7.21This brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the world's great philosophers-Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey-is "a delight" (The New... -
Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Tanner
RRP: £8.99£6.55The philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was almost wholly neglected during his sane life, which came to an abrupt end in 1889. Since then he has been appropriated as an icon by an astonishingly diverse spectrum of people, whose interpretations... -
Down and Out in Paris and London (Collins Classics) by George Orwell
RRP: £2.99£2.47HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Three francs will feed you till tomorrow, and you cannot think further than that... As a young man struggling to find his voice as a writer,... -
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer by Sarah Bakewell
RRP: £12.99£9.34How to get on well with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought and... -
The Great Guide: What David Hume Teaches Us about Being Human and Living Well by Julian Baggini
RRP: £20.00£16.13Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment's greatest philosophersDavid Hume (1711-1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher... -
Buddha: Kapilavastu by Alan Haynes
RRP: £14.95£9.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932234565Author Osamu TezukaFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Vertical Inc.Publisher Vertical Inc.Weight(grams) 482gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 152mm *... -
Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration, and Get to Work by Mason Currey
RRP: £12.99£9.02'Utterly fascinating' Daisy Goodwin, Sunday TimesBenjamin Franklin took daily naked air baths and Toulouse-Lautrec painted in brothels. Edith Sitwell worked in bed, and George Gershwin composed at the piano in pyjamas. Freud worked sixteen hours a day,... -
I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux
RRP: £12.99£8.80The Times Biography of the YearWinner of the Hawthornden Prize 2019Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Prize 2019Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2019Longlisted for the Cundhill History Prize 2019'Outstanding.' The Sunday Times 'A revelation.'... -
The Traitor by Andre Gorz
£21.29Autobiography, philosophical inquiry, confession-The Traitor is an unclassifiable and unforgettable book from one of France's most inspiring social critics. Written when Andre Gorz was 32 and rising to prominence in the Parisian existentialist milieu,... -
Dante Alighieri: The Biography of an Italian Poet and Philosopher that marked the Christian world with his Divine Comedy and Inferno by United Library 9789493331655
RRP: £9.99£7.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493331655Author United LibraryFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint United LibraryPublisher United LibraryWeight(grams) 77g -
Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius by Ray Monk
RRP: £16.99£12.28'Monk's energetic enterprise is remarkable for the interweaving of the philosophical and the emotional aspects of Wittgenstein's life' Sunday Times'Ray Monk's reconnection of Wittgenstein's philosophy with his life triumphantly carries out the... -
Plato: A Very Short Introduction by Julia Annas
RRP: £8.99£6.65This lively and accessible introduction to Plato focuses on the philosophy and argument of his writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy, and the general themes of his thinking. This is not a book to leave the reader standing in... -
Bill W.: A Biography of Alcoholics Anonymous Cofounder Bill Wilson by Francis Hartigan 9780312283919
RRP: £19.99£12.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312283919Author Francis HartiganFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 229mm... -
Autobiography by Bertrand Russell
RRP: £19.99£18.69Bertrand Russell remains one of the greatest philosophers and most complex and controversial figures of the twentieth century. Here, in this frank, humorous and decidedly charming autobiography, Russell offers readers the story of his life - introducing... -
Personal Writings by Albert Camus
RRP: £10.99£7.99'It was the discovery of the essays celebrating his childhood and youth that altered my perception of Camus, from a thinker to a writer whose intellectual lucidity was a product of the wealth - the sensual immediacy and clarity - that had been heaped on... -
Philosophers Who Changed History by DK 9780241656822
RRP: £25.00£17.07This visual celebration of the world's most celebrated thinkers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and pioneering ideas.Philosophers Who Changed History places well-known philosophers in their historical and cultural context, showing you how... -
Papers and Journals by Soren Kierkegaard
RRP: £16.99£12.28One of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century, Soren Kierkegaard (1814-55) often expressed himself through pseudonyms and disguises. Taken from his personal writings, these private reflections reveal the development of his own thought and... -
The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life by Bettany Hughes
RRP: £16.99£12.28We 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... -
The Philosopher Queens: The lives and legacies of philosophy's unsung women by Rebecca Buxton
RRP: £12.99£8.96'This is brilliant. A book about women in philosophy by women in philosophy - love it!' Elif ShafakWhere are the women philosophers? The answer is right here.The history of philosophy has not done women justice: you've probably heard the names Plato,... -
Edmund Burke: The Visionary who Invented Modern Politics by Jesse Norman
RRP: £12.99£8.71Longlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; both conservative and subversive, Burke's beliefs have never been more relevant, as MP Jesse Norman explains. Philosopher, statesman, and founder of modern... -
At The Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell
RRP: £12.99£9.34Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman PrizeParis, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who... -
Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One is by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: £8.99£6.65In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to compose his autobiography, and Ecce Homo remains one of the most intriguing yet bizarre examples of the genre ever written. In this extraordinary work... -
Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers by Cheryl Misak
RRP: £14.99£10.95The full story of Frank Ramsey's extraordinary life. When he died in 1930 aged 26, Frank Ramsey had already invented one branch of mathematics and two branches of economics, laying the foundations for decision theory and game theory. Keynes deferred... -
An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis
RRP: £10.99£7.99'Riveting; as fresh and relevant today as it was almost 50 years ago. The words fire off the page with humour, anger and eloquence' GuardianA powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela DavisEdited by Toni... -
Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matters by Jesse Norman
RRP: £12.99£9.34'A superb book' Financial Times, Books of the YearAdam Smith is now widely regarded as 'the father of modern economics' and the most influential economist who ever lived. But what he really thought, and what the implications of his ideas are, remain... -
Turning Over the Pebbles: A Life in Cricket and in the Mind by Mike Brearley
RRP: £22.00£13.29'If you carry on like this, you'll do nothing but play football and cricket all your life.'These were the exasperated words of Mike Brearley's mother, as he once again trod mud into the family home after a long day playing outdoors. They were also an... -
The Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
RRP: £12.99£9.34Widely regarded as the first modern autobiography, The Confessions is an astonishing work of acute psychological insight. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) argued passionately against the inequality he believed to be intrinsic to civilized society. In his... -
Self Study: Notes on the Schizoid Condition by David Kishik 9783965580459
RRP: £10.00£7.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783965580459Author David KishikFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint ICI Berlin PressPublisher ICI Berlin PressWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 178mm *... -
Love's Work by Gillian Rose 9780241645499
RRP: £9.99£7.32'This small book contains multitudes' Marina Warner'For those who have suffered for and in love, this may prove to be one of the most useful books they will ever read' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianAn extraordinary, uncompromising and consoling celebration of...