Quick view The Social Contract by Jean - Jacques Rousseau Now: €6.25 MSRP: Was: With an Introduction by Derek Matravers. In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. An individual can only be free under the law, he says, by voluntarily emb… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Now: €8.75 MSRP: Was: Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution.They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless versus the Rest of Us by Martha Stout Now: €5.00 MSRP: €12.50 Was: WHO IS THE DEVIL YOU KNOW? Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband?Your sadistic high school gym teacher?Your boss who loves to humiliate people in meetings?The colleague who stole your idea and passed it off as her own?In the pages… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone is the most influential and talked-about book on society in the last decade - now updated with a new chapter on the controversy the book ha… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Stoic Mindset by Mark Tuitert Now: €18.75 MSRP: Was: Discover how the ancient wisdom of the Stoics provides the essential tools you need to navigate the modern world. Elite sportsman Mark Tuitert used the principles of Stoic philosophy to become an Olympic gold medallist, champion … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Symposium by Plato Now: €9.99 MSRP: Was: Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution.They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell Now: €5.00 MSRP: Was: In this brilliant and original book, Malcolm Gladwell explains and analyses the 'tipping point', that magic moment when ideas, trends and social behaviour cross a threshold, tip and spread like wildfire. Taking a look behind the s… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future by David Wallace-Wells Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: It is worse, much worse, than you think. The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn't happening at all, and if your anxiety about it is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, y… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Weirdest People in the World by Joseph Henrich Now: €21.25 MSRP: Was: Do you identify yourself by your profession or achievements, rather than your family network? Do you cultivate your unique attributes and goals? If so, perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industri… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Well Gardened Mind: Rediscovering Nature in the Modern World by Sue Stuart-Smith Now: €12.50 MSRP: Was: SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 How can gardening relieve stress and help us look after our mental health? What lies behind the restorative power of the natural world? In a powerful combination… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view There is No Point of No Return by Arne Naess Now: €6.25 MSRP: Was: In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. Emphasizing joy in the world, human cooperation and the value of all living things, this selection of Arne Naess' philosophical writings is fill… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Think Like a Mountain by Aldo Leopold Now: €6.25 MSRP: Was: In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. In this lyrical meditation on America's wildlands, Aldo Leopold considers the different ways humans shape the natural landscape, and describes f… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Think Like a Philosopher by Anne Rooney Now: €5.00 MSRP: €11.25 Was: Think Like a Philosopher is a fun introduction to the main concepts of philosophy, showing how the subject has a clear, practical, and vital purpose to our daily lives and thinking. Using a Q&A format and written in an amusing… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Think Like an Anthropologist by Matthew Engelke Now: €12.50 MSRP: Was: 'Subtle and self-reflexive. . .an excellent overview of the debates and issues that have shaped this hugely influential social science' - GuardianHow does anthropology help us understand who we are?What can it tell us about cultur… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Now: €18.75 MSRP: Was: Why do we make the decisions we do? Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, 'the world's most influential living psychologist' (Steven Pinker) revolutionised our understanding of human behaviour with Thinking, Fast and Slow.Distilling… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view This Book Will Make You Think: Philosophical Quotes and What They Mean by Alain Stephen Now: €5.00 MSRP: €8.75 Was: An informative and accessible guide to all of the great philosophers' best-known theories, explained through their most famous quotes. We may have heard of Socrates, Plato, Descartes and Nietzsche, but what did they believe? What … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view This Can't Be Happening by George Monbiot Now: €6.25 MSRP: Was: In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. In the galvanising speeches and essays brought together in This Can't Be Happening, George Monbiot calls on humanity to stop averting its gaze f… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel Levitin Now: €5.00 MSRP: €12.50 Was: From the author of The Changing Mind and The Organized Mind comes The New York Times bestseller which unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with music What do the music of Bach, Depeche Mode and John Cage fundamentally… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche Now: €6.25 MSRP: Was: Translated by Thomas Common. With an Introduction by Nicholas Davey. This astonishing series of aphorisms, put into the mouth of the Persian sage Zarathustra, or Zoroaster, contains the kernel of Nietzsche's thought.'God is dead',… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Uncanny and Improbable Events by Amitav Ghosh Now: €6.25 MSRP: Was: In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. In this personal and wide-ranging exploration of how our collective imaginations fail to grasp the scale of environmental destruction, Amitav Gh… Add to Cart The item has been added