Reasons Not to Worry: How to be Stoic in Chaotic Times by Brigid Delaney
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Tranquillity can be hard to find. The last few years have had most of us struggle with things outside of our control - lockdowns, illness, separation from loved ones, financial hardships. It's easy in times like these to feel overwhelmed, and when the world has turned itself upside down it's hard to fin ...Show more
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don't understand. The other books in the series are The Black Swan, Antifragile, Skin in the Gam ...Show more
How to be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Mike Schur
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
From the writer and executive producer of the award-winning Netflix series The Good Place that made moral philosophy fun: a foolproof guide to making the correct moral decision in every situation you ever encounter, anywhere on earth, forever How can we live a more ethical life? This question has plag ...Show more
Bypass: The Story of a Road by Michael McGirr
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
"All the dirt on the Hume Highway" (Shane Maloney)The Hume Highway runs from Sydney to Melbourne. Like all the great roads of the world, it is longer than it is wide. Flabby, unfit and forty, Michael McGirr decided to ride a pushbike from one end to the other. For most of his life, he had regarded the H ...Show more
The Rule of Law by Tom Bingham
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
'The Rule of Law' is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the foundation of modern states and civilisations has recently become even more talismanic than that of democracy, but what does it actually consist of? In this brilliant short book, Britain's former senior law l ...Show more
Ideas to Save Your Life: Philosophy for Wisdom, Solace and Pleasure by Michael McGirr
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A profound, uplifting and accessible introduction to key philosophical ideas and their relevance to everyday life. Ideas to Save Your Life follows Michael McGirr's much-loved Books that Saved My Life (2018). This time, McGirr shares his love of philosophy, looking at the works of twenty eminent thinker ...Show more
Disobey! - A Philosophy of Resistance by Frederic Gros; David Fernbach (Translator)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Exploring the philosophy of disobedience The world is out of joint, so much so that disobeying should be an urgent question for everyone. In this provocative essay, Fr d ric Gros explores the roots of political obedience. Social conformity, economic subjection, respect for authorities, constitutiona ...Show more
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A C Grayling
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
What do we know, and how do we know it? What do we now know that we don't know? And what have we learnt about the obstacles to knowing more? In a time of deepening battles over what knowledge and truth mean, these questions matter more than ever. Bestselling polymath and philosopher A. C. Grayling seeks ...Show more
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change by Charles Duhigg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: near fine
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This instant classic explores how we can change our lives by changing our habits. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal - Financial Times In The Power of Habit, award-winning business reporterCharles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of sc ...Show more
The Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary Edition by Richard Dawkins
$25.95 AUD
$27.95 (7% off)
Category: Philosophy | Series: Oxford Landmark Science Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view gi ...Show more
The Consolations of Philosophy: Popular Penguins by Alain de Botton
$14.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: good-very good
Alain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: he has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world's most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged a panoply of wisdom to guide us through our most common problems. Fro ...Show more