A Therapeutic Journey: Lessons from the School of Life by Alain de Botton
$42.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The essential guide to mental health from the bestselling author of The School of Life: A Therapeutic Journey follows the arc from mental crisis and collapse to convalescence and recovery. Written with kindness, knowledge and sympathy, it is both a practical guide and a source of consolation and compani ...Show more
The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
$48.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Discover the most important ideas in philosophy and the individuals behind them Get to grips with the concepts that shaped the way we think about ethics, politics, and our place in the universe. Explaining the big ideas and groundbreaking theories of key philosophers in a clear and simple way, The Philo ...Show more
Nasty, Brutish & Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids by Scott Hershovitz
$30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
An NPR Best Book of 2022 * One of Christian Science Monitor's 10 best books of May "This amazing new book . . . takes us on a journey through classic and contemporary philosophy powered by questions like 'What do we have the right to do? When is it okay to do this or that?' They explore punishment and a ...Show more
Better, Bolder, Different by Kate Hall
$39.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: near fine
Kate Hall, environmental activist and educator, shares her philosophy of joy-filled living with people and the planet in mind. All the daily decisions we make about clothes, food, transport, sleep, stuff, wellbeing and relationships can be tweaked to benefit not only the environment, but also ourselves ...Show more
How to Think Like a Philosopher: Essential Principles for Clearer Thinking by Julian Baggini
$32.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The key principles for a more humane and balanced approach to thinking, to politics and to life, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks. Pay attention.As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with real w ...Show more
Philosophers Who Changed History by Simon Blackburn
$65.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
This stunning visual celebration of the world's most celebrated thinkers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and pioneering ideas.Lavishly illustrated with portraits of each philosopher, alongside photographs of their homes and studies, and personal artefacts, Philosophers Who Changed History o ...Show more
Discipline Is Destiny - The Power of Self-Control by Ryan Holiday
$27.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
A New York Times bestseller from the unstoppable Stoic sensation Ryan Holiday
Horology by BARRY KAPLAN
$79.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
This beautifully illustrated volume provides an in-depth look at horology, the scientific study of time and timekeeping. Brimming with more than 150 detailed and full-color images, illustrations, charts, and technical drawings, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in the art of watchmaking and ...Show more
The Philosophers' Library: Books that Shaped the World by Adam Ferner, Chris Meyns
$55.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Liber Historica Ser.
The Philosophers' Library features the most important philosophy manuscripts and books as stepping stones to take your through the history of philosophy. By cataloguing the history of philosophy via its key works, this book reflects the physical results of human thinking and endeavour; brilliant thought ...Show more
The Book of Minds by Philip Ball
$29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Understanding the human mind and how it relates to the world that we experience has challenged philosophers for centuries. How then do we even begin to think about 'minds' that are not human? Science now has plenty to say about the properties of mind. In recent decades, the mind - both human and otherwi ...Show more
Four Thousand Weeks: Embrace Your Limits. Change Your Life. Make Your Four Thousand Weeks Count by Oliver Burkeman
$26.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
A FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR** **ONE OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH'S 75 BEST BOOKS OF 2021** 'Life is finite. You don't have to fit everything in... Read this book and wake up to a new way of thinking and living' EMMA GANNON What if you stopped trying to do everything, so that you ...Show more
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book: A Sourcebook of Philosophical Puzzles, Problems, and Paradoxes. Robert M. Martin by Robert M Martin
$39.95 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Why was Sartre afraid of lobsters? What makes art great? Are the jokes in Kant’s Critique of Judgment funny? Does philosophy actually make philosophers wiser? As this book richly and entertainingly demonstrates, philosophy is as much the search for the right questions as it is a search for the right ans ...Show more