The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. 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
House of Islam: A Global History by Ed Husain
$25.00 NZD
Category: History
'A powerful corrective' Guardian 'This should be compulsory reading' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'For anyone interested in the future of Islam, both in Britain and the Islamic world, this is an important book' The Times The gulf between Islam and the West is widening. A faith rich with stro ...Show more
Big Ideas for Curious Minds: An Introduction to Philosophy by The School of Life; Alain de Botton (Series edited by); Anna Doherty (Illustrator)
$45.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: School of Life
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
This One Wild and Precious Life - A hopeful path forward in a fractured world by Sarah Wilson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
In This One Wild and Precious Life, Sarah Wilson explores the central disorder of modern existence: disconnection from ourselves, disconnection from community, disconnection from the preciousness of life on this planet . This One Wild and Precious Life is a journey of the soul, a case for why we need to ...Show more
Life 3.0 - Being human in the age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark
$29.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
In this authoritative and eye-opening book, Max Tegmark describes and illuminates the recent, path-breaking advances in Artificial Intelligence and how it is poised to overtake human intelligence. How will AI affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has ...Show more
Ethics: Subjectivity and Truth: Essential Works of Michel Foucault 1954-1984 by Michel Foucault
$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.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
$26.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
Called the work of "a mesmerizing storyteller with deep compassion and memorable prose" (Publishers Weekly) and the book that, "anyone interested in natural history, botany, protecting nature, or Native American culture will love," by Library Journal, Braiding Sweetgrass is poised to be a classic of nat ...Show more
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: Popular Penguins 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 Consolations of Philosophy: Popular Penguins by Alain de Botton
$14.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins
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
Life Lessons from Hobbes by Hannah Dawson
$25.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
'The School of Life offers radical ways to help us raid the treasure trove of human knowledge' Independent on Sunday Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher. Born in Wiltshire in 1588, his masterpiece, Leviathan, established the foundation for Western political thought and inspired both hate and awe. H ...Show more