Silence - in the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge
$24.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge once spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica, his radio broken. This breathtaking, inspiring little book teaches us how to find precious moments of silence - whether we are crossing the Antarctic, climbing Everest, or on the train at rush hour. 'Quietly, wisely, ...Show more
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
$30.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from ove ...Show more
Great Ideas: On The Shortness Of Life by Seneca
$15.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Timeless advice on the art of living well, from the celebrated Penguin Great Ideas series The writings of the ancient Roman philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into stoicism, morality and the importance of reason, and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence, lucidity ...Show more
The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-First Century, Fifth Edition by Robert Service
$40.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
Revised and updated with a new introduction and new final chapter.Russia's recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror and two world wars, and the country is still undergoing huge change and upheaval.In his acclaimed history, now updated to 2009, Robert Service provides a superb panor ...Show more
Life: a User's Manual - Philosophy for (almost) Any Eventuality by Julian Baggini; Antonia Macaro
$40.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
How should I live?What is my purpose?Can I find happiness?Ever felt as though life would be simpler if it came with an instruction manual? There are no easy answers to the big questions. And life does not follow a straight path from A to B.Since the beginning of time, people have asked questions about h ...Show more
Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
$27.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
From award-winning New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruder ...Show more
The Music of Time - Poetry in the Twentieth Century by John Burnside
$59.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
Though we might not realise it, our collective memory of the twentieth century was defined by the poets who lived and wrote in it. At every significant turning point we find them, pen in hand, fingers poised at the typewriter, ready to distil the essence of the moment, from the muddy wastes of the Weste ...Show more
A Communist in the Family - Searching for rewi Alley by Sandys Elspeth
$40.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
A Communist in the Family: Searching for Rewi Alley is a beautifully written multi-layered narrative centred on New Zealander Rewi Alley and his part in the momentous political events of mid-twentieth-century China. Part-biography, part-travel journal, part-literary commentary, A Communist in the Family ...Show more
The Choice by Edith Eger
$28.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
THE AWARDWINNING, INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'The Choice is a gift to humanity. One of those rare and eternal stories that you don't want to end and that leave you forever changed' DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize LaureateIn 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. There she endured unimagin ...Show more
How to Thrive in the Digital Age (The School of Life series) by Tom Chatfield
$24.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion | Series: The School of Life
Our world is, increasingly, a digital one. Over half of the planet's adult population now spend more of their waking hours 'plugged in' than not, whether to the internet, mobile telephony, or other digital media. To email, text, tweet and blog our way through our careers, relationships and even our fami ...Show more
Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words by David Whyte
$39.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion | Series: Meaning of Everyday Words
In Consolations David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for truth.Beginning with 'Alon ...Show more
The Edge of the Plain - How Borders Make and Break Our World by James Crawford
$27.99 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
Blending history, travel and reportage, this is a wide-ranging journey through the history of borders and an examination of their role in shaping our world today