Philosophy and Thought

Lesley Levene / I Think, Therefore I Am : All the Philosophy You Need to Know

  Philosophers certainly like to make life sound awfully complicated, whether they're wondering if a falling tree still makes a sound if there's nobody around to hear it (Berkeley) or declaring that everything in the universe is in a state of...

A.C Grayling / The Meaning of Things : Applying Philosophy to life

     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...

Peter Cave / Can a Robot be Human? : 33 Perplexing Philosophy Puzzles

     In this book of puzzles and paradoxes, Peter Cave introduces some of life's most important questions with tales and tall stories, reasons and arguments, common sense and bizarre conclusions. From how to get to heaven, to speedy...

John Gray / Straw Dogs : Thoughts On Humans And Other Animals

    Straw Dogs is a radical work of philosophy that sets out to challenge our most cherished assumptions about what it means to be human. From Plato to Christianity, from the Enlightenment to Nietzsche and Marx, the Western tradition has...

Thomas More / Utopia

    Sir Thomas More's entertaining description of Utopia, an island supporting a perfectly organized and happy people, was a best-seller when it first appeared in Latin in 1516. This work of a Catholic martyr has later been seen as the...

Alain de Botton / The Consolations of Philosophy

   THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLEROne of the most influential voices in modern philosophy - the author of The Course of Love, Religion for Atheists, The Art of Travel and The School of LifeAlain de Botton presents a one-stop shop for...

Alain De Botton / The Art of Travel

 The Art of Travel is Alain de Botton's travel guide with a difference: an exploration of why we travel and what we learn when we doAs seen on Channel 4Few activities seem to promise is as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere...

Malcolm Gladwell / Outliers : The Story of Success

   Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to scientific geniuses to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and inspiring,...

Malcolm Gladwell / Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

An art expert instantly spots a fake. A cop decides whether to shoot. A psychologist accurately predicts a couple's future in minutes. This book is about those moments when we 'know' something without knowing why. It shows that honing your instincts...

Nassim Nicholas Taleb / The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb's phenomenal international bestseller The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty. What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall...

Denys Thompson - Discrimination and Popular Culture ( Vintage Pelican 1966 )

A vintage Pengin Pelican edition, 1966, of the collection of articles and essays on the impact of mass media and popular culture on society. It asks, 'is  a squalid mediocrity the highest common factor of popular culture the best we can...