Philosophy & Ideas
Complaint
Julian Baggini
'This book could change the way we live … [a] relaxed, affable, yet startlingly lucid analysis of humanity's tendency to complain' – The…
Essays in Zen Buddhism
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
A collection of the most important essays of D.T. Suzuki, the leading authority on Buddhism of the twentieth century
A Week at the Airport
Alain de Botton
An uplifting and unique journey through the days and nights of the UK's largest airport
The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Alan Watts
The Book On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are explores an unrecognised but mighty taboo – our tacit conspiracy to ignore who, or what, we really a…
Violence
Slavoj Zizek
'The Elvis of cultural theory' confirms his status as the most exciting philosopher in recent history as he explores the nature of violence in…
Infinite Life
Robert Thurman
What if life were not merely meaningful, but had enormous repercussions? How would we approach life differently? A Buddhist considers these questions…
The Art Of Seduction
Robert Greene
Which sort of seducer could you be: *Siren? *Rake? *Cold Coquette? *Star? *Comedian? *Charismatic? or *Saint? This book will show you which. 'Char…
The Concise Seduction
Robert Greene
The companion book to the bestselling Concise 48 Laws of Power, which has now sold over 125,000 copies in the UK. Amoral, ruthless, clever and cunning…
Our Posthuman Future
Francis Fukuyama
Is a baby whose personality has been chosen from a gene supermarket still a human? If we choose what we create what happens to morality? Is this the e…
Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays
Bronislaw Malinowski
A classic of anthrolopology, explored through the mythologies of cultures
Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis
Erich Fromm
How the wisdom of East and West can unite to bring meaning to our lives.