Philosophy

An entertaining guide to history's most fascinating philosophers – from Sappho to Kant, and Aristotle to Simone de Beauvoir – which seeks to help us answer life's big questions.In showing how the great philosophers of human history lived and...

The study of political institutions is among the founding pillars of political science. With the rise of the 'new institutionalism', the study of institutions has returned to its place in the sun. This volume provides a comprehensive survey of where we...

How might we speak of human life amid violence, deprivation, or disease so intrusive as to put the idea of the human into question? How can scholarship and advocacy address new forms of war or the slow, corrosive violence that belie democracy's promise...

An epic comedy about the quest for transcendence in an anything-but-transcendent America, set amid the gorgeous landscapes of the American west: A “spiritual journey” full of “fun, joy, love, courage and compassion” (Pulitzer...

A collection of essays that journey through philosophy and grapple with the increasingly relevant problem of finding meaning in what appears, for many of us, to be an inherently meaningless existence. Without any of the sugarcoating often found in the...

Insights and inspiration for anyone who makes art (or anything else).The Ultimate BuzzFeed Books Gift Guide - Official Selection.From the creative mind and heart of designer Adam J. Kurtz comes this upbeat rallying cry for creators of all stripes...

#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • Discover practical steps you can take today to live a life focused on things that matter, from the bestselling author of The More of Lessand The Minimalist Home.“Things That Matter points the way to free...

What’s the New Way to Cure Perfectionism?From an early age, kids are taught to color inside the lines, and any color that strays outside the lines is considered to be a mistake that must be avoided. Perfectionism is a naturally limiting mindset...

The bestselling author, media pioneer, and curator of TED explores one of humankind’s defining but overlooked impulses, and how we can super-charge its potential to build a hopeful future—“an essential read to kick off the new...

Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize and the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book Prize."A beautifully accessible guide.…One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms." —Times. If you were accused of a crime, who...

First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-scholar Mircea Eliade. Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on...

Bullshit isn’t what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data.  “A modern classic . . . a straight-talking survival...

Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is the groundbreaking moral examination of vegetarianism, farming, and the food we eat every day that inspired the documentary of the same name.Bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer spent much...

David Graeber and David Wengrow, an anthropologist and an archaelologist, join forces to dig deep and long through 30,000 years of human history, looking to explain anew who we are and how we got from there to here. Immersive, commanding and incendiary,...

The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller!In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a bold and brave life. In this much-anticipated second book of his Stoic...

In this expanded edition of the 2017 mega-bestseller, updated with brand new sections like DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY, SUGAR COATED LIES and DON'T NEGOTIATE WITH WEAKNESS, readers will discover new ways to become stronger, smarter, and healthier.Jocko...

Take success to maximum levels with this guide to setting and accomplishing goals far beyond anything you've achieved before.THE EXPLOSIVE NEW YORK TIMES AND NATIONAL BESTSELLERPush beyond your physical limits to improve yourself by following bowhunter...

What an extraordinary life! Bodybuilder, actor, governor and now author and thought leader. This is candid, straight-forward wisdom for success from someone who knows.THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose...

In The Histories Cornelius Tacitus, widely regarded as the greatest of all Roman historians, describes with cynical power the murderous ‘year of the Four Emperors'—AD 69—when in just a few months the whole of the Roman Empire was torn...

'The task of the benevolent person is surely to diligently seek to promote the benefit of the world and eliminate harm to the world'The Mòzi is among the founding texts of the Chinese philosophical tradition, presenting China's earliest ethical,...