An introduction to the thinkers who laid the basis of all Western philosophy.…

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

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They...go. They vanish. People. Civilizations. Languages. Philosophies. Works of art disappear, species are extinguished,…

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

A powerful yet refreshing essay collection centred around themes of confession, illness, violence and sentimentality from an…

Explains how children develop from squalling babies into walking, talking toddlers. This book shows how a child's mind…

Franklin Hata, Korean by birth but raised in Japan, is an outsider in American society, but he embodies the values of the…

This book is aimed at the reader who is serious about confronting the big issues in life but is turned-off by books which…

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

The New York Times best-seller that shows how market pricing screwed up the economy and argues for a new way of thinking…

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

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

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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…

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A witty, brilliant treatise on reading Russian literature…

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The End of Bias is a transformative, groundbreaking exploration into how we can eradicate unintentional bias and…

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

Should you really do as the Romans do when in Rome and practice what you preach? Is the grass always in fact greener on the…

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

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

Lacan reminds us that psychoanalysis is the only discourse in which you are allowed not to enjoy. Since for Lacan…

'I haven't read anything this good - this bracing, unflinching and alive - for a long time' Nicole Krauss, author of The…

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

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

• Rok vydání 2021

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

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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If a dog could write a book of philosophy, what would it contain? If you have spent part of your life with a dog, you may…

• Rok vydání 2020

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

Niccolo Machiavelli is one of the most influential modern political thinkers. This work argues that, far from being a…

Since the 1970s people have been murdering their neighbours in Northern Ireland. This book is the true account of the…

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

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

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

From one of the most engaging and widely admired of the new generation of nature writers, here is a portrait of the British…

• Rok vydání 1923

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

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