Imperfect Creation: Cosmos, Life and Nature's Hidden Code by Marcelo Gleiser
$32.95 AUD
Category: PHILOSOPHY
A groundbreaking work of popular science for readers of Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking and Richard Dawkins. For millennia, humankind has searched for an intellectual Holy Grail - a unifying scientific theory to explain the origins of the universe and our place in it. However, in Imperfect CreationMarcelo G ...Show more
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
$24.99 AUD
Category: PHILOSOPHY | Reading Level: very good
Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell revolutionises the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consis ...Show more
The Passion of the Western Mind by Richard Tarnas
$62.00 AUD
Category: PHILOSOPHY | Reading Level: very good
Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud. Richard Tarnas performs the near-miracle of describing profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Ten years in the making and al ...Show more
Stop Being Reasonable by Eleanor Gordon-Smith
$27.99 AUD
Category: PHILOSOPHY | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
What if you're not who you think you are? What if you don't really know the people closest to you? And what if your most deeply-held beliefs turn out to be...wrong? In Stop Being Reasonable,philosopher Eleanor Gordon-Smith tells gripping true stories that show the limits of human reason. Susie realis ...Show more
Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life by Hector Garcia; Francesc Mirales
$27.99 AUD
Category: PHILOSOPHY | Reading Level: very good
Ikigai translates as 'a reason to live' or 'a reason to jump out of bed in the morning'. It's the place where your needs, desires, ambitions, and satisfaction meet- a point of perfect balance, and perfect fulfilment. On the Japanese island of Okinawa, people live longer than anywhere else in the world. ...Show more
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
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Category: PHILOSOPHY | Reading Level: good-very good
The acclaimed bestseller that will change the way you make decisions.In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think and make choices. One system is fast, intuitive, and emotional; the other is slower, more delib ...Show more
Essays in Love by Alain de Botton
$22.99 AUD
Category: PHILOSOPHY
Essays in Love will appeal to anyone who has ever been in a relationship or confused about love. This book charts the progress of a relationship between a man and a woman, from their first kiss to the onset of anxiety and heartbreak. The work’s genius lies in the way it minutely analysis emotions we’ ...Show more
The Road to Character by David Brooks
$24.99 AUD
Category: PHILOSOPHY
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus on external success--"résumé virtues"--and our core principles. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of ...Show more
Becoming Enlightened by Dalai Lama
$19.99 AUD
Category: PHILOSOPHY
Happily, we do not have to remain trapped by the past. His Holiness reveals how life-enhancing Buddhist practices, as relevant today as they have ever been, can help us break free from the cycles of suffering that ensnare us. He encourages us to broaden our outlook and to adjust our personal values. And ...Show more
Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: A Spiritual Classic from One of the Foremost Interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism to the West by Sogyal Rinpoche (ed Patrick Gaffney & Andrew Harvey)
$29.99 AUD
Category: PHILOSOPHY
'What is it I hope for from this book? To inspire a quiet revolution in the whole way we look at death and care for the dying and the whole way we look at life, and care for the living'. Written by Buddhist meditation master and popular international speaker Soygal Rinpoche, this highly acclaimed book c ...Show more
Jung : The Key Ideas: Teach Yourself; an Introduction to Carl Jung's Pioneering Work on Analytical Psychology, Dreams, and the Collective Unconscious by Ruth Snowden
$22.99 AUD
Category: PHILOSOPHY | Series: TY Philosophy Ser.
From his upbringing and the development of his thinking, through his early work and influences, all the intricacies of Jung's complex systems of thought are discussed in a straightforward and jargon-free way. You will learn all the essential concepts, from the collective unconscious to archetypes in dre ...Show more
Mindfulness and Surfing: Reflections for Saltwater Souls by Sam Bleakley
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Category: PHILOSOPHY
Mindfulness and Surfing casts a fresh perspective on this popular sport, and explores how riding the waves can be the ultimate meditation. Engaging author Sam Bleakley takes us on a soulful journey across the tideline of his personal and philosophical travels. Through lunar cycles and river surfing to t ...Show more