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Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
$28.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
From 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 responsibility Why should we never listen to people who explain rather than do? Why do companies go bust? How is it that we have mor ...Show more
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom by Robin Wall Kimmerer
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, ...Show more
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol by Andy Warhol
$14.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
A loosely formed autobiography by Andy Warhol, told with his trademark blend of irony and detachment In The Philosophy of Andy Warhol--which, with the subtitle "(From A to B and Back Again)," is less a memoir than a collection of riffs and reflections--he talks about love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, ...Show more
The Tyranny of Merit What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael Sandel
$40.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the promise that "you can make it if you try". And the consequence is a brew of anger and fru ...Show more
Ethics: Subjectivity & Truth: Essential Works of Michael Foucault 1954-1984 by Foucault, Michel
$30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Ethics is taken from the highly influential series of courses Foucault taught at the College de France from 1970 to 1982. This volume also includes a selection of engaging and unusually candid interviews, as well as excerpts from Foucault's key writing on ethics.
Life Lessons from Kierkegaard - The School of Life by Robert Ferguson
$25.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, literary stylist and social critic. Born in 1813 in Copenhagen, his philosophical work addressed living as a single individual and the importance of personal choice. A famously fierce critic of the idealist thinkers of his time, he is regarded as t ...Show more
Meditations (Popular Penguin) by Marcus Aurelius
$13.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
Originally written only for his personal consumption, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations has become a key text in the understanding of Roman Stoic philosophy. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with notes by Martin Hammond and an introduction by Diskin Clay.Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman ...Show more
Big Ideas for Curious Minds by The School Of Life
$46.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Children are, in many ways, born philosophers. Without prompting, they ask some of the largest questions: about time, mortality, happiness and the meaning of it all. Yet sadly, too often, this inborn curiosity is not developed and with age the questions fall away. This is a book designed to harness chil ...Show more
The Consolations of Philosophy (Popular Penguin) by Alain de Botton
$14.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
Alain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: he has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world's most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged a panoply of wisdom to guide us through our most common problems. Fro ...Show more
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