Quick view The Democracy of Species by Robin Wall Kimmerer Now: €6.25 MSRP: Was: In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. In The Democracy of Species Robin Wall Kimmerer guides us towards a more reciprocal, grateful and joyful relationship with our animate earth, fr… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Divided Self R.D. Laing Now: €5.99 MSRP: €13.75 Was: First published in 1960, this watershed work aimed to make madness comprehensible, and in doing so revolutionized the way we perceive mental illness. Using case studies of patients he had worked with, psychiatrist R. D. Laing argu… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Flame of Reason by Christer Sturmark Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: In country after country, conspiracy theories and religious dogmas that once seemed to have been overtaken by enlightened thought are helping to lift authoritarian leaders into power. The effects are being felt by women, ethnic mi… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Foucault Reader: An Introduction to Foucault's Thought by Paul Rainbow Now: €6.99 MSRP: €15.99 Was: This is the ideal introduction to one of the most significant and radical philosophers of the past century. It includes detailed excerpts from all of Foucault's major works, including Discipline and Punish and The History of Sexua… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Freedom to Be Free by Hannah Arendt Now: €9.99 MSRP: Was: 'People can only be free in relation to one another.' Three exhilarating and inspiring essays in which the great twentieth-century political philosopher argues that there can be no freedom without politics, and no politics without… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Frontiers of Knowledge by A.C. Grayling TPB Now: €9.99 MSRP: €18.75 Was: In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for e… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud Now: €7.50 MSRP: Was: This investigation of religion by greatest psychoanalyst of the twentieth-century explores the role faith can take in the life of man, what it can mean to us and why as a species we are inclined towards it. Throughout history, som… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism by Ruth Kinna Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: A magisterial study of the history and theory of one of the most controversial political movementsAnarchism routinely gets a bad press. It's usually seen as meaning chaos and disorder -- or even nothing at all.And yet, from Occupy… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan Now: €12.50 MSRP: Was: 'Destined to become a popular and important book' Jon Ronson'Fascinating' Sunday TimesIn the early 1970s, Stanford professor Dr Rosenhan conducted an experiment, sending sane patients into psychiatric wards; the result of which wa… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Guru, the Bagman and the Sceptic by Seamus O'Mahony Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: A brilliantly witty book about the intertwined lives of psychoanalyst Ernest Jones, surgeon Wilfred Trotter and the guru of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud.Welsh-born psychoanalyst Ernest Jones was Sigmund Freud's closest associate … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Holy Qur'an Now: €6.25 MSRP: Was: Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an (also known as The Koran) is the sacred book of Islam. It is the word of God whose truth was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel over a period of 23 years. A… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion by Arthur Schopenhauer Now: €8.75 MSRP: Was: A fascinating examination of ethics, religion and psychology, this selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay on ethics that ranges from the American slavery debate… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-being by Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: The essential new book from the authors of the international bestseller The Spirit Level Why is the incidence of mental illness in the UK twice that in Germany? Why are Americans three times more likely than the Dutch to develop g… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud Now: €6.25 MSRP: Was: Translated by A.A. Brill With an Introduction by Stephen Wilson. Sigmund Freud's audacious masterpiece, The Interpretation of Dreams, has never ceased to stimulate controversy since its publication in 1900.Freud is acknowledged as… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Joy of Science by Jim Al-Khalili Now: €16.25 MSRP: Was: Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili reveals how 8 lessons from the heart of science can help you get the most out of lifeToday's world is unpredictable and full of contradictions, and … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks Now: €5.00 MSRP: €12.50 Was: In his most extraordinary book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. These are case studies of people wh… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks Now: €5.00 MSRP: €12.50 Was: How does the brain perceive and interpret information from the eye? And what happens when the process is disrupted?In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens Now: €5.99 MSRP: €11.25 Was: In this frank and damning expose of the Teresa cult, Hitchens details the nature and limits of one woman's mission to help the world's poor. He probes the source of the heroic status bestowed upon an Albanian nun whose only declar… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Most Dammed Country in the World by Dai Qing Now: €6.25 MSRP: Was: In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. The courageous, unflinching speeches and writings collected in The Most Dammed Country in the World detail the devastating human and environment… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté & Daniel Maté Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world? Mental illness is on an unstoppable rise. Some 45% of Europeans suffer high blood pressure, and nearly 70% of Americans take at least one … Add to Cart The item has been added