As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with the…

\'These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work\' Terry…

James Joyce is known most widely as a "difficult" writer, even if he is no longer thought of as a "dirty" one. Yet many…

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In the last five years, the feminist movement has seen a radical upswell of energy and activism. We have been inspired by…

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A fascinating exploration of psychoanlysis, its patients, practitioners and critics, from one of America's most respected…

"Sola pushes past the limits of human experience to tell a story of instinct and earth-time that is irresistible in its…

\nAn extraordinary debut collection of stories, which reveal how the world looks when you\'re young, hip, wild and deaf.\n…

Originally published as "The Duck that Won the Lottery", this companion volume to "The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten" provides…

'In this entertaining, educative and gracefully written book, Julian Baggini explores the questions of the nature of the…

At the root of Wittgenstein's thought, Monk argues, is a determination to resist the scientism characteristic of our age, a…

Fear and suspicion take root among the women of Manningtree, when the Witchfinder General comes to town. Kniha 9781783786442…

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An exploration of transhumanism: the philosophical and technological movement that is working on an update of the human…

Exciting early work by the Man Booker-shortlisted author, discussing Herge's hugely popular children's books. McCarthy asks…

Since for Lacan psychoanalysis itself is a procedure of reading, each chapter uses a passage from Lacan as a tool to…

A book that asks - and answers - one of life's most uncomfortable questions: what if I'm wrong?…

The untold story of an IRA unit, and a killing that has echoed across the decades. Kniha 9781846276422 Anatomy of a Killing…

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A groundbreaking, approachable book on the role of emotions in animal and human societies, from the world-renowned…

Michel Foucault was a twentieth century philosopher of extraordinary talent, a political activist, social theorist, cultural…

'Funny, touching and beautifully written - a fascinating insight into the closeness human beings can achieve with wild…

David Hume is generally recognized as the United Kingdom's greatest philosopher, as well as a notable historian and…

A magical exploration of the ancient landscape of forests and the ancient genre of fairytales, drawing fascinating and…

In a world shaped by mass migration and economic exchange on an ever- increasing scale, women are moving around the globe as…

\nThe bestselling expose of the bad science behind conventional weight loss advice, arguing for low-carb high-fat diets.\n…

Mark Rowlands explores the intimate relationship between running and thinking, especially thoughts about the meaning of…

A look at all aspects of buying, selling and creating serious art, offering an authoritative account of the global art…

In the early spring of 1959, six musicians went into the 30th Street Studio in New York. Nine hours later, they had recorded…

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An essential new collection of essays from the bestselling phenomenon Rebecca Solnit calling for reflection and context,…

In this engaging introduction, Josh Cohen argues that Freud shows above all that any thought, word, or action, however…

A rousing and inclusive call to arms for anyone who would identify themselves as 'English' to fight against the forces of…

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\nThe only book you need to read to understand the events of the past four years in Trump\'s America, from the prize-winning…

Niccolo Machiavelli (1459-1527) is one of the influential modern political thinkers. This work shows that Machiavaelli…

Stylish reissue of the Orange Prize winning Novel.…

\nA brilliant, savagely funny attack on the cult of positive thinking - Ehrenreich\'s most compelling book since Nickel and…

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A witty, brilliant treatise on reading Russian literature…

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Following on from the success of MEN EXPLAIN THINGS TO ME comes a new collection of essays in which Rebecca Solnit opens up…

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A collection of essays on feminism, from one of the most important and original public intellectuals writing today. Rebecca…

A powerful, compressed masterwork that explores questions of complicity, power and devotion Kniha 9781783789931 Study for…

In the archives of the Memorial International Human Rights Centre in Moscow is an extraordinary diary, a rare first-person…

In 1923, nearly 2 million citizens of Turkey or Greece were moved across the Aegean because they were the 'wrong' religion.…

New edition of Morrison's insightful and brilliant account of the Bulger trial.…

'Reading Chekhov is a literary pilgrimage, homage, travelogue, biography, literary criticism and a restrained love letter…

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A compilation of 35 years' worth of critical essays from one of the boldest and most articulate cultural theorists of our…

A beautiful new edition of Edward Said's classic which argues that a beginning is different from (and preferable to) an…

\nA compendium of sounds from this world and beyond, from the author of A New Map of Wonders and The Book of Barely Imagined…