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The Penguin Dictionary of English Idioms by Daphne M. Gulland
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $17.41To 'put the cart before the horse', have 'the cheek of the devil' or be 'a pillar of society' - these are just some of the thousands of idioms that have become an integral part of the English... -
Super Genes: The hidden key to total well-being Dr Deepak Chopra 9781846045035
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $19.32'You are not simply the sum output of your genome. You are the user and inventor of your genome.'For years it was accepted knowledge that genes were fixed components of our bodies, and that we as... -
Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything by David Bellos
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $17.68Is That a Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos asks: how do we really make ourselves understood to other people? This funny, wise and life-affirming language book shows how, from puns to poetry, news... -
Click: The Power of Instant Connections by Rom Brafman
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $26.19In a book that combines psychology and sociology with an insightful understanding of human interactions, Ori and Rom Brafman have written a compelling narrative that helps us to understand the magic... -
The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World by Joe Keohane
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70When was the last time you spoke to a stranger?In our cities, we barely acknowledge one another on public transport, even as rates of loneliness skyrocket. Online, we carefully curate who we interact... -
Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse by Alexander Pushkin
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $19.38Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's verse novel follows the fates of three men and three women... -
Reason to Be Happy: Why logical thinking is the key to a better life by Kaushik Basu 9781911709251
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $24.36'Reason to Be Happy is a wise and witty book that shows how thinking clearly can help us find happiness in our daily lives, get more of what we want, and even make the world a better place' Hannah... -
On Your Mind: How Reality is Your Brain’s Best Theory by Daniel Yon 9781529900064
RRP: $46.20Booksplease Price: $34.90'With captivating storytelling and cutting-edge science, neuroscientist Daniel Yon explores the power and the perils of the brain's internal models, offering a provocative look at the hidden forces... -
The Talmud: A Selection by Norman Solomon
RRP: $39.88Booksplease Price: $29.46The Talmud is one of the most significant religious texts in the world, second only to the Bible in its importance to Judaism. As the Bible is the word of God, The Talmud applies that word to the... -
It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $19.87It's Not About the Bike was first published in 2000. Detailing Lance Armstrong's battle with life-threatening testicular cancer and his return to professional cycling, it became a huge bestseller,... -
The Unfolding Of Language by Guy Deutscher
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $17.12'A persuasive and beautifully written take on how languages are constantly evolving... an enthralling read about human psychology and anthropology as well as linguistics.' ALEX... -
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A. C. Grayling
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven Pinker_________________________In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But... -
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer 9780141032139
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70'Be prepared to be amazed' GuardianCan anyone get a perfect memory?Joshua Foer used to be like most of us, forgetting phone numbers and mislaying keys. Then he learnt the art of memory training,... -
Tristes Tropiques by Claude Levi-Strauss
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $22.07'One of the great books of our century . . . It speaks with a human voice' Susan SontagTristes Tropiques begins with the line 'I hate travelling and explorers', yet during his life Claude... -
Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society by Peter Trudgill
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These range from gender,... -
How to Fight Anti-Semitism by Bari Weiss
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $15.35'This acutely argued book will engender a thousand conversations' Cynthia OzickThe prescient New York Times writer delivers an urgent wake-up call exposing the alarming rise of anti-semitism -- and... -
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It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong 9780224060875 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $4.14It's Not About the Bike was first published in 2000. Detailing Lance Armstrong's battle with life-threatening testicular cancer and his return to professional cycling, it became a huge bestseller,... -
Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry and the Mysteries of Mental Illness by Andrew Scull 9780141996455
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $22.07CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES AND DAILY TELEGRAPHSHORTLISTED FOR THE HUGHES PRIZE'A riveting chronicle of faulty science, false promises, arrogance, greed, and shocking disregard for the... -
The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society by Debra Soh
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.84International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and columnist Debra Soh debunks popular gender myths in this scientific examination of the many facets of gender identity that "is not only eminently... -
The Brain's Way of Healing: Stories of Remarkable Recoveries and Discoveries by Norman Doidge
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $19.38'This is a book of miracles. Fascinating... An absorbing compendium of unlikely recoveries from physical and mental ailments offers evidence that the brain can heal... brings Oliver Sacks to mind'... -
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World by Jevin D. West
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $19.38'A necessary book for our times. But also just great fun' Saul Perlmutter, Nobel LaureateThe world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is... -
The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History by Paolo Zellini
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $19.38Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe?The complexity of mathematics - its abstract rules and obscure symbols - can seem very... -
The Responsible Globalist: What Citizens of the World Can Learn from Nationalism by Hassan Damluji
RRP: $42.00Booksplease Price: $32.00'Thought provoking and well-written... a good read for people who care about solving global problems. Damluji puts forth ideas that can help make global systems more successful' - Bill Gates An... -
Think Again: How to Reason and Argue by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70A masterclass in persuasion from the inspiring philosopher who has taught a million people to argue through his popular open online courseOur personal and political worlds are rife with arguments and... -
Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength by Roy F. Baumeister
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70'Immensely rewarding...filled with ingenious research, wise advice and insightful reflections on the human condition' New York Times Book ReviewCan you resist everything except temptation? In a... -
Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion by Nicholas Spencer 9780861547302
RRP: $25.18Booksplease Price: $17.58Most things you 'know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today. 'A deeply researched history of the... -
Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty by Gerd Gigerenzer
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70Gerd Gigerenzer's Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty illustrates how we can learn to make sense of statistics and turn ignorance into insight. However much we want certainty in... -
The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $19.38An extraordinary and challenging synthesis of ideas uniting Quantum Theory, and the theories of Computation, Knowledge and Evolution, Deutsch's extraordinary book explores the deep connections... -
Freedom Evolves by Daniel C. Dennett
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $19.38Daniel C. Dennett's Freedom Evolves tackles the most important question of human existence - is there really such a thing as free will? How can humans make genuinely independent choices if we are... -
Gray's Anatomy: Selected Writings by John Gray
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $26.10'The most prescient of British public intellectuals' Pankaj Mishra, Financial TimesUpdated with a new foreword and two new chapters of John Gray's writing.Why is progress a pernicious myth? Why do... -
Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities by Eric Kaufmann
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $26.10THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES and EVENING STANDARD BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018Whiteshift tells the most important political story of the 21st century: how demographic change is transforming... -
To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland's Global Diaspora, 1750-2010 by T. M. Devine
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $19.38Part of his trilogy on Scottish history, T. M. Devine's To the Ends of the Earth is a compelling account of the Scots as a 'global people', charting their forgotten role in the building of the modern... -
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling 9780140447408
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $22.07The Strange Tales of Pu Songling (1640-1715) are exquisite and amusing miniatures that are regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle... -
Scarcity: The True Cost of Not Having Enough by Sendhil Mullainathan
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $19.38Sendhil Mullainathan, the 'most interesting young economist in the world', and Eldar Shafir, the 'most brilliant psychologist' of his generation, explain the hidden problem behind everything with... -
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $19.38From the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibilityWhy should we... -
Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times by Nancy Koehn
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $22.05'A close analysis of five gritty leaders whose extraordinary passion and perseverance changed history . . . a gripping read on a timeless and timely topic!'Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of... -
Understanding Moral Sentiments: Darwinian Perspectives? Hilary Putnam 9781138517622
RRP: $104.98Booksplease Price: $97.63This volume brings together leading scholars to examine Darwinian perspectives on morality from widely ranging disciplines: evolutionary biology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, and theology... -
Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine by Sir Lawrence Freedman 9780141993515
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $26.10A timely history of the interplay between politics and military operations, 'Command is the history of our time' (Guardian)Military command has been reconstructed and revolutionized since the Second... -
The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Study on Happiness Robert Waldinger 9781846046780
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $23.96THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'This captivating, powerful book shows us scientifically and practically how to define, create and most importantly live the good life' Jay ShettyWhat is the key to a... -
Tyranny of the Minority: How to Reverse an Authoritarian Turn, and Forge a Democracy for All Steven Levitsky 9780241996584
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED FOLLOW-UP TO INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER HOW DEMOCRACIES DIE - essential reading ahead of the 2024 US election'Tyranny of the Minority is an exceptional book, one of the best guides...