Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Tanner
$24.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Very Short Introductions
The philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was almost wholly neglected during his sane life, which came to an abrupt end in 1889. Since then he has been appropriated as an icon by an astonishingly diverse spectrum of people, whose interpretations of his thought range from the highly irrational to ...Show more
Freud by Anthony Storr
$24.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Very Short Introductions
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves. From its beginnings as a theory of neurosis, Freud developed psycho-analysis into a general psychology, which became widely accepted as the predominant mode of discussing personality and interpersonal relationships.
Being You: A New Science of Consciousness by Anil Seth
$37.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Anil Seth's radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology.
For the Good of the World: Is Global Agreement on Global Challenges Possible? by A. C. Grayling
$36.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Can we human beings agree on a set of values which will allow us to confront the numerous threats that we and our planet face? Or will we continue our disagreements, rivalries and antipathies, even as we collectively approach what, in the not impossible extreme, might be extinction? To answer these que ...Show more
Elastic - The Power of Flexible Thinking by Leonard Mlodinow
$28.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
What do Pokemon Go and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein have in common? Why do some businesses survive, and others fail at the first sign of change? What gives the human brain the edge over computers?The answer- Elastic Thinking. It's an ability we all possess, and one that we can all learn to hone in order ...Show more
Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life by John Gray
$26.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
A playful yet profound examination of what cats can teach us about life and how to live it. 'When I play with my cat, how do I know she is not passing time with me rather than I with her?' Montaigne There is no real evidence that humans ever 'domesticated' cats. Rather it seems that at some point cats ...Show more
Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind by Peter Godfrey-Smith
$28.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
"Enthralling . . . breathtaking . . . Metazoa brings an extraordinary and astute look at our own mind's essential link to the animal world." --The New York Times Book Review(Editors' Choice)"A great book . . . [Godfrey-Smith is] brilliant at describing just what he sees, the patterns of behaviour of the ...Show more
The Passion of the Western Mind by Richard Tarnas
$45.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud. Richard Tarnas performs the near-miracle of describing profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Ten years in the making and al ...Show more
How to Love Animals: In a Human-Shaped World by Henry Mance
$48.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
A far-reaching, urgent, and thoroughly engaging exploration of our relationship with animals - from the acclaimed Financial Times journalist.A far-reaching, urgent, and thoroughly engaging exploration of our relationship with animals - from the acclaimed Financial Times journalist.*A GUARDIAN 'BOOKS OF ...Show more
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A C Grayling
$40.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
What do we know, and how do we know it? What do we now know that we don't know? And what have we learnt about the obstacles to knowing more? In a time of deepening battles over what knowledge and truth mean, these questions matter more than ever. Bestselling polymath and philosopher A. C. Grayling seeks ...Show more
Mortals: How the fear of death shaped human society by Rachel Menzies, Ross Menzies
$40.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Human society is shaped by many things, but underlying them all is one fundamental force - our fear of death. This is the ground-breaking theory explored in Mortals.Mortals is a ground-breaking book uncovering the fear of death as the hidden driver of most of our species' endeavours over millennia. The ...Show more
Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers by Eric Weiner
$31.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history's greatest thinkers and showing us how each--from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir--offers practical and spiritual lessons for today's unsettled time ...Show more