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There are questions that have intrigued the world's great thinkers over the ages. They are questions that can teach us about…

Addresses the question of how to live well, and originates the concept of cultivating a virtuous character as the basis of…

To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to…

• Rok vydání 2019

''A deeply intelligent and searching book, one that makes you re-consider the narrative of your own life and reframe the…

• Rok vydání 2016

We live in a Big Me culture: universities and businesses alike reward goal-oriented superstars and those who self-promote…

'Language is a body, a living creature ... and this creature's home is the inarticulate as well as the articulate'. John…

This is a compilation of the subversive, important and entertaining writer of Hunter S. Thompson - renowned American writer…

• Rok vydání 1982

Taking the form of a discussion between the hedonist Philebus, his naive disciple, Protarchus and Socrates, "Philebus" is a…

• Rok vydání 2019

A radical reinterpretation of how your mind works - and why it could change your life 'An astonishing achievement. Nick…

Proof of a ground-breaking psychological theory: that the fear of death is the hidden motive behind almost everything we do.…

• Rok vydání 2003

The seminal work that has redefined our understanding of colonialism and empire, with a preface by the author'Stimulating,…

Provides a coherent picture of reality, and a guide to the meaning of an ethical life. This book follows a logical format,…

• Rok vydání 1999

Presents a comprehensive treatment of political economy. This title includes the author's assessment of the mercantile…

Angela is always having fiendish ideas that get Charlie into trouble. Like the time they hijack the milkman's float, and…

Living in a revolutionary age, Coleridge's poetry was written in a spirit of moral and emotional inquiry into the absolutes…

Where does it come from? How is it produced? What are the economic, social and environmental effects? Are there animals that…

A revised and updated edition of one of Britain's greatest living poets. Still contains all the famous early work including…

Classic socialist literature centring on the lives of a group of working men who are joined by a visionary prophet with…

• Rok vydání 2020

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• Rok vydání 2012

People speak different languages, and always have. We all use translation to cope with the diversity of languages. This…

• Rok vydání 2023

How to Succeed in a World that Values Sameness. Fascinating, engaging, and practical . . . dispels the myth that our success…

The author of the celebrated The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to RousseauIn a…

For readers of Roddy Doyle, Nick Hornby, and Mark Haddon, The Adulterants is a piercingly funny?and cringingly poignant?take…

A unique and somewhat daunting synthesis of ideas which unites Quantum Theory, and theories of computation, knowledge and…

These eight stories by leading 20th century French writers offer fascinating insights into French life and literature and…

A collection of contemporary and classic poems chosen by children from schools around the UK.…

Follow Sue Perkins'' extraordinary adventures across southern Asia in this fabulously funny travelling tale - inspired by…

For too long we have convinced ourselves that the only jobs worth doing involve sitting at a desk. Drawing on the work of…

Poetic and nostalgic, one of the best loved novels of the twentieth century, first published in 1939. Kniha 9780141185859…

Presents the author's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of…

Providing an insight into the mind of one of the leading intellectuals of the modern age, this title chronicles the…

• Rok vydání 2016

A new and updated edition of this authoritative work on Viking history, from a distinguished expert in the field. Includes…

If we are to replace fear with confidence then we need a different story to tell, about state and society alike: a story…

Why are people nice to each other? What are the reasons for altruism? This book explains how the human mind has evolved a…

This title is one of fifteen volumes in the new Freud series commissioned for Penguin by series editor Adam Phillips. It is…

• Rok vydání 2014

Unmastered is groundbreaking, incisive and moving. Exploring desire and pleasure, grief and pain, it underlines the…

• Rok vydání 2023

A major new career-spanning selection from one of the world’s foremost poets, an international treasure, from 1968 to the…

• Rok vydání 2012

In "Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty and Kindness" Simon Baron-Cohen takes fascinating and challenging…

• Rok vydání 2014

Sylvain Tesson, found a radical solution to his need for freedom, one as ancient as the experiences of the hermits of old…

This title presents an insight into moral skepticism of the 20th century. The author argues that our every-day moral codes…

A guide to understanding why conflict occurs and finding peace for good, by The Arbinger Institute, a highly respected forum…

• Rok vydání 1993

Erasmus ranges from light-hearted jibes to vehement denunciation of the theologians and churchmen, monastic life and the…

• Rok vydání 1994

Augustus Melmotte is a fraudulent foreign financier who preys on dissolute nobility - using charm to tempt the weak into…