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Friendship by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £12.30An entertaining and provocative investigation of friendship in all its variety, from ancient times to the present day A central bond, a cherished value, a unique relationship, a profound human... -
The History of Philosophy by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE, THIS LANDMARK WORK IS THE FIRST SINGLE-VOLUME HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY SHARED FOR DECADES'A cerebrally enjoyable survey, written with great clarity and touches of wit'... -
War: An Enquiry by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £12.30A renowned philosopher challenges long-held views on just wars, ethical conduct during war, why wars occur, how they alter people and societies, and more For residents of the twenty-first century, a... -
Democracy and Its Crisis by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.43The EU referendum in the UK and Trump's victory in the USA sent shockwaves through our democratic systems. In Democracy and Its Crisis A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of... -
The Good State: On the Principles of Democracy by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.99The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed, vulnerable to corrosion from within. What is the remedy? A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled... -
Russell: A Very Short Introduction by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.73Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A.C. Grayling introduces both his technical... -
The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to life by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.02A refreshing distillation of insights into the human condition, by one of the best-known and most popular philosophers in the UK.Thinking about life, what it means and what it holds in store does not... -
The Good Book: A Secular Bible Professor A. C. Grayling 9781408871348
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.The Good Book, A. C. Grayling's best-selling secular bible, is now published in b-format paperback for the first time.About... -
What is Good?: The Search for the Best Way to Live by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.26A.C. Grayling answers the most important question - How do we live a good life?One of the most fundamental questions in our life is to find out what we value - what principles we want to live by and... -
The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and for Humanism by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16There has been a bad-tempered quarrel between defenders and critics of religion in recent years. Both sides have expressed themselves acerbically because there is a very great deal at stake in the... -
Thinking of Answers: Questions in the Philosophy of Everyday Life by A. C. Grayling 9781408809532
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16Thought-provoking short essays by Britain's leading public philosopher that show us how to discover our own answers to life's challenges 'While most philosophy is written in abstruse and ponderous... -
The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and for Humanism by A C Grayling 9781620401927
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £12.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620401927Author A C GraylingFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint < -
The Challenge of Things: Thinking Through Troubled Times Professor A. C. Grayling 9781408864623
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16A. C. Grayling's lucid and stimulating books, based on the idea that philosophy should engage with the world and make itself useful, are immensely popular. The Challenge of Things joins earlier... -
A History of Ideas: The most intriguing, relevant and helpful concepts from the story of humanity by The School of Life
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £13.99A collection of humanity's most inspiring ideas throughout time, bringing perspective to the challenges and wonders of being alive. This is an unusual sort of history book: a history of ideas - and... -
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The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to life by A. C. Grayling 9780753813591 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £2.05A refreshing distillation of insights into the human condition, by one of the best-known and most popular philosophers in the UK.Thinking about life, what it means and what it holds in store does not... -
Philosophy and Life: Exploring the Great Questions of How to Live by A. C. Grayling 9780241993200
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.60'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven Pinker'An enthusiastic thinker who embraces humour, common sense and lucidity' Independent_______________From the eminent philosopher,... -
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95'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... -
The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind Professor A. C. Grayling 9781408870020
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16What happened to the European mind between 1605, when an audience watching Macbeth at the Globe might believe that regicide was such an aberration of the natural order that ghosts could burst from... -
For the Good of the World: Why Our Planet's Crises Need Global Agreement Now A. C. Grayling 9780861542666
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £16.09'A must read' Gordon Brown 'A truly excellent book' Sir David King The three biggest challenges facing the world today, in A. C. Grayling's view, are climate change, technology and justice. ... -
The Challenge of the Future: As We Rush into Tomorrow, What Should We Keep from Yesterday? A. C. Grayling 9781836433071
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.99In an era of instability, how do we build a better future? We live in a time of unprecedented technological change and uncertainty, from AI to transhumanism. Humankind is faced with the question... -
Decoding the Heavens: Solving the Mystery of the World's First Computer by Jo Marchant 9780099519768
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.15In 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck near the island of Antikythera dating from around 70 BC.Lying unnoticed for months amongst... -
The Trouble With Being Born by E. M. Cioran
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.60'Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately it is within no one's reach.'In The Trouble With Being Born, E. M. Cioran grapples with the major questions of human existence:... -
Time of the Magicians: The Great Decade of Philosophy, 1919-1929 by Wolfram Eilenberger
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.50AN ECONOMIST, GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR A gripping narrative of the intertwined lives of the four philosophers whose ideas reshaped the twentieth centuryThe year is 1919. Walter... -
Autobiography by John Robson
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.78One of the greatest prodigies of his era, John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age of three, as part of an astonishingly intense education at his father's hand... -
What's Eating the Universe?: And Other Cosmic Questions by Paul Davies 9780141993720
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.74'Brilliant. You won't find a clearer, more engaging guide to what we know (or would like to know) about the universe and how it is put together' Bill BrysonCelebrated physicist and global bestselling... -
The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance by Anthony Gottlieb
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.51Already 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... -
Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way by Kieran Setiya 9781529156164
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.15A NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2022"Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for challenging times. Reading it is like speaking with a thoughtful friend who never tells you to cheer up, but,... -
Wagner and Philosophy by Bryan Magee
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23Wagner was one of the few major composers who studied philosophy seriously. Bryan Magee places the composer's artistic development in the context of the philosophy of his age, and gives us the first... -
The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.19THE 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... -
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.60'Enigmatic, vatic, emphatic, passionate . . . Nietzsche's works together make a unique statement in the literature of European ideas' A. C. GraylingNietzsche was one of the most revolutionary... -
Rousseau's Dog: A Tale of Two Philosophers by David Edmonds
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51Jean-Jacques Rousseau - philosopher, novelist, composer, educationist, political provocateur - was on the run. He was fleeing intolerance, persecution, and enemies who proclaimed him a madman,... -
Big Questions From Little People . . . Answered By Some Very Big People by Gemma Elwin Harris
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31Why is the sea salty?How far away is space?Why can't I tickle myself?Why can't we live forever?Children ask the most interesting and challenging questions. But how are we supposed to answer them..... -
The Philosophy Prescription: Lessons from Big Thinkers for Every Stage of Life by Jack Maden 9781911742012
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.69A warm, accessible guide to philosophy for anyone looking for wisdom, comfort and a better way to live.'Every page offers something to think about, something to try, or something to take into the... -
Voltaire Almighty: A Life in Pursuit of Freedom by Roger Pearson 9780747579571
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16During much of his life Voltaire's plays and verse made him the toast of society, but his barbed wit and commitment to reason also got him into trouble. Jailed twice and eventually banished by the... -
What Makes Us Human?: 130 answers to the big question by Jeremy Vine
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50A dazzling insight into what gives meaning to our life and to us as a species.What makes us human? From Carlo Rovelli on the particles of dust that make us, to Caitlin Moran on the joy of Friday... -
Europe: A History by Norman Davies
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £23.54Europe - and the question of whether to stay in or leave - has dominated British politics for the last three years. Yet how much do you really know about the Continent?From the Ice Age to the Cold... -
America in Retreat: The Decline of US Leadership from WW2 to Covid-19 by Michael Pembroke
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.31The story of how America turned its back on the world... In the heady days after 1945, the authority of the United States was unrivalled and, with the founding of the UN, a new era of... -
The Mystery of Things Prof A.C. Grayling 9780753820193
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.26Following the huge success of THE MEANING OF THINGS and THE REASON OF THINGS, a third collection of bestselling essays from Britain's top philosopher.'Human genius has done much, and promises much,... -
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes Anthony Gottlieb 9780300180473
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £15.24The first biography in more than three decades of the Austrian-born thinker Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century According to the philosopher... -
Ethics: A Beginner's Guide Peter Cave 9781780745763
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.12Should we aim to maximize happiness? Are there characteristics that we should foster within ourselves? Why is it important to act morally? From the ancient Greeks to Sartre, from utilitarianism to...