This book shows us how we can hone our instinctive ability to know in an instant, helping us to bring out the best in our…

In this one-of-a-kind volume, indispensable for students of art, architecture and film, Alex Danchev presents "100 Artists'…

One of the three seminal works of Japanese literature, a beautiful collection of poems and tales that offers an unparalleled…

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''Priestdaddy caused a sensation when it hit bookshelves in 2017'' Vogue ''Glorious'' Sunday Times''Laugh-out-loud funny''…

We all have two lives - the life we live and the life of our fantasies. But it is the life unlived - the person we have…

After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and,…

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What would dogs ask for, if they knew how? In the "Sunday Times" bestseller "In Defence of Dogs" John Bradshaw, an…

A groundbreaking guide for women of all ages that shows their natural moodiness is a strength, not a weakness§§As women, we…

Presents a treatise that looks at how we construct a social reality from our sense impressions; at how, for example, we…

A collection of essays including On The Introduction of Narcissism, Remembering, Repeating and Working Through, Beyond the…

Through his writing and his own personal philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson unburdened his young country of Europe's…

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‘Truly eye-opening . . .The most accessible and coherent introduction to Chomsky\'s ideas\' Irish TimesThe land of the free.…

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A critique of the Victorian nuclear family. It argues that the traditional monogamous household was in fact a recent…

A groundbreaking guide to improve teaching based on the latest research in neuroscience, from the bestselling author of A…

A collection of Greek fiction that includes \"Callirhoe\", \"Daphnis and Chloe\", \"Letters of Chion\".…

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Cybernetics (loosely translated from the Greek): "a helmsman who steers his ship to port." Psycho-Cybernetics is a term…

Presenting evidence that everyone should be hated, this guide contains bits of wisdom on such subjects as: the good life…

Psychoanalytic treatment utilised the patient's capacity to love and desire as a means to an end. The stuff of romance…

Offers an opportunity to see Freud in a fresh light.…

This volume brings together Cicero's tentative and undogmatic reflections on the good life, in which he discusses duty,…

The loss of a loved one is one of the most painful experiences that most of us will ever have to face in our lives. This…

One of fifteen volumes in the Freud series, this title is part of a plan to generate a non-specialist Freud for a wide…

RS Thomas was the greatest religious poet writing in English in the 20th century. His poems are an expression of his…

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Argues against the inequality the author believed to be intrinsic to civilized society. This title features the first…

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An exploration of one of the most fundamental human questions: how to lead a good life. Taking the form of a discussion…

Features personal and professional works of Machiavelli. This book strives to do away with many of the myths that have…

Why do people cluster together in neighborhoods? How do internet communities spring up from nowhere? Why is a brain…

Rich in drama and humour, they include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates…

Member of Parliament, tutor to Oliver Cromwell's ward, satirist and friend of John Milton, Andrew Marvell was one of the…

In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster - it is the only occasion his spoken words are…

Why are female brains better at empathasing? How are male brains designed to analyse systems? And what really makes men and…

How can co-operation emerge in a world of self-seeking egoists - whether superpowers, businesses, or individuals - when…

The trial and condemnation of Socrates for heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of…

A collection of works that have profoundly shaped the history of criticism in the Western world: they created much of the…

Captures the foibles and fancies of the English upper class. Set in the privileged world of the county house party and the…

This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. At the beginning, and…

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

Living in Rome under Caligula and later a tutor to Nero, Seneca witnessed the extremes of human behaviour. His shocking and…

Learning to talk is probably the greatest milestone in a child's development, a deeply moving and often hilarious experience…

Life for the Gervase Phinn is about to become not unlike the rambling hills of the Dales themselves - up and down and all…

With usage notes including details of common pitfalls and how to avoid them, the author presents the reader with advice on…

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The No-Holds-Barred Autobiography Tyson pulls no punches in his most candid, comprehensive and entertaining book yet, which…

Explains the moral problems of abortion, infanticide, suicide, euthanasia, capital punishment, war and other life-or-death…

In February 1822 the writer and adventurer Edward John Trelawny arrived in Pisa to make the acquaintance of his heroes…

The tormenting of the body by the troubled mind, hysteria is among the most pervasive of human disorders - yet at the same…