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Friendship by A. C. Grayling
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $16.48An 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: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.08AUTHORITATIVE 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: $17.41Booksplease Price: $16.48A 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: $14.73Booksplease Price: $8.62The 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: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.05The 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: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36Bertrand 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: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.75A 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: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63Apologies 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: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.41A.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: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63There 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: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63Thought-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 Challenge of Things: Thinking Through Troubled Times Professor A. C. Grayling 9781408864623
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63A. 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... -
The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and for Humanism by A C Grayling 9781620401927
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $16.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620401927Author A C GraylingFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint < -
Philosophy and Life: Exploring the Great Questions of How to Live by A. C. Grayling 9780241993200
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $8.84'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven Pinker'An enthusiastic thinker who embraces humour, common sense and lucidity' Independent_______________From the eminent philosopher,... -
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The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to life by A. C. Grayling 9780753813591 [USED COPY]
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $2.75A 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... -
A History of Ideas: The most intriguing, relevant and helpful concepts from the story of humanity by The School of Life
RRP: $29.48Booksplease Price: $18.75A 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... -
The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind Professor A. C. Grayling 9781408870020
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63What 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... -
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A. C. Grayling
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65'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... -
For the Good of the World: Why Our Planet's Crises Need Global Agreement Now A. C. Grayling 9780861542666
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $21.56'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: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.05In 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... -
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Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness by A. C. Grayling 9781840027280 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $3.94Do religions have an inherent right to be respected? Is atheism itself a form of religion, and can there be such a thing as a 'fundamentalist atheist'? Are we witnessing a global revival in religious... -
Decoding the Heavens: Solving the Mystery of the World's First Computer by Jo Marchant 9780099519768
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.92In 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: $14.73Booksplease Price: $8.84'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: $17.41Booksplease Price: $14.07AN 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... -
What's Eating the Universe?: And Other Cosmic Questions by Paul Davies 9780141993720
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.37'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... -
Autobiography by John Robson
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11One 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... -
The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance by Anthony Gottlieb
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $14.08Already 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: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.92A 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: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37Wagner 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: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.31THE 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: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65'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... -
Big Questions From Little People . . . Answered By Some Very Big People by Gemma Elwin Harris
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.80Why 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..... -
Rousseau's Dog: A Tale of Two Philosophers by David Edmonds
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.08Jean-Jacques Rousseau - philosopher, novelist, composer, educationist, political provocateur - was on the run. He was fleeing intolerance, persecution, and enemies who proclaimed him a madman,... -
The Little Book Of Philosophy by Andre Comte-Sponville
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11In this remarkable little book, Andre Comte-Sponville introduces the reader to the western philosophical tradition in a series of sparkling chapters on the 'big questions'. In doing so he reveals the... -
What Makes Us Human?: 130 answers to the big question by Jeremy Vine
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.07A 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: $40.20Booksplease Price: $31.54Europe - 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... -
The Mystery of Things Prof A.C. Grayling 9780753820193
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.41Following 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,... -
America in Retreat: The Decline of US Leadership from WW2 to Covid-19 by Michael Pembroke
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.18The 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... -
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes Anthony Gottlieb 9780300180473
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $20.42The 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: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.54Should 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...