Schadenfreude - The Joy of Another's Misfortune by Tiffany Watt Smith
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Psychology | Series: Wellcome Ser.
An entertaining and insightful exploration of schadenfreude: the deliciously dark and complex joy we've all felt, from time to time, at news of others' misfortunes. You might feel schadenfreude when... the boss calls himself "Head of Pubic Services" on an important letter. a cool guy swings back on ...Show more
Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Psychology
A conversation-shifting book urging 21st-century women to understand their anger, embrace its power, and use it as a tool for positive change. Women are angry, and it isn't hard to figure out why. We are underpaid, overworked, thwarted and diminished. The assertive among us are labelled bitches, while t ...Show more
The Meaning of Things - Applying Philosophy to Life by A C Grayling
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Psychology | Reading Level: good
A refreshing distillation of insights into the human condition, by one of the best-known and most popular philosophers in the UK. Thinking about life, what it means and what it holds in store does not have to be a despondent experience, but rather can be enlightening and uplifting. A life truly worth li ...Show more
Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Psychology | Reading Level: very good
"Brilliant...[Smith's] new book is lively, intelligent and frequently hilarious, and proves that she's one of the brightest minds in English literature today...She considers Brexit and Key & Peele, J.G. Ballard and Jay-Z, Billie Holiday and Justin Bieber. Refreshingly, she does it all without the ki ...Show more
The Library : A Catalogue of Wonders by Stuart Kells
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Psychology
"Excellent . . . Tracks the history of that greatest of all cultural institutions." --The Washington Post Libraries are much more than mere collections of volumes. The best are magical, fabled places whose fame has become part of the cultural wealth they are designed to preserve. Some still exist to ...Show more
Beyond Good And Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Psychology | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
Beyond Good and Evil (German: Jenseits von Gut und Böse; subtitled "Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future" (German: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft)) is a book by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, first published in 1886. It takes up and expands on the ideas of his previous work, Thus Spoke Za ...Show more
Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse
$28.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Psychology
"There are at least two kinds of games," states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. "One could be called finite; the other infinite." Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when they end. But infinite games are more mysterio ...Show more
Diving for Seahorses by Hilde Østby; Ylva Østby
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Psychology | Reading Level: 4 Science
What makes us remember? Why do we forget? And what, exactly, is a memory? Diving for Seahorses answers these questions and more, offering an illuminating look at one of our most fascinating faculties: our memory. Sisters Hilde and Ylva Østby - one an acclaimed writer the other a neuropsychologist-skilfu ...Show more
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for None and All by Friedrich Nietzsche
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Psychology | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
This revelatory new translation by strips Thus Spoke Zarathustra down to its foundations in Gothic horror, and discovers a much darker book than previously understood. Not content to focus erringly on God is dead, this new translation sings a dithyramb to the earth at the same time as it mercilessly hun ...Show more
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
$14.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Psychology | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: near fine
Winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize for Literature, Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher, critic, novelist, and dramatist, holds a position of singular eminence in the world of letters. Among readers and critics familiar with the whole of Sartre's work, it is generally recognized that his earliest novel, La ...Show more
Better English by Dorothy Massey
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Psychology | Series: In Focus Ser.
Are you learning or improving your English? Do you need to improve your communication skills? This highly practical book starts with the premise that the only way to improve effective spoken English is to start practising it in real-life situations. The Better English technique means that right from the ...Show more
Best Man's Duties by Chris Akerman
$16.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Psychology
Being asked to be a best man is a great honour...but there's the terrifying prospect of giving the speech. There's the stag party to organise, but where do you start? Then there are all those other duties, not to mention the general support you'll need to give the groom. Pretty soon you may be feeling a ...Show more