Filosofía

Time spent sailing, especially far from the shackles of land, is the key to discovering the good life waiting at sea. That is the unforgettable theme of John Kretschmer's inspiring chronicle of a 'life lived', mixing practical advice with simple but provocative philosophy via a vivid and engaging account of his sailing adventures. It will inspire those who live to sail, and those seeking something more rewarding from life.

Here Scruton explains the connection between good wine and serious thought with a heady mix of humour and philosophy.

A practical and accessible guide to incorporating traditional yoga into a modern practice, by an Indian yoga teacher and educator.

The first biography of Simone de Beauvoir since publication of her letters and early diaries, and the newly published letters to her lover Claude Lanzmann, which sheds new light on her relationship with Jean Paul Sartre

Slavoj Žižek's treatise on how insights from the field of Quantum Physics allow a total re-invention of how we think about history.

Yin, a paradoxical, still, dark, chaotic, and unknowable principal. The oft forgotten counterpart

Hunting is our heritage, our heart, and our future.
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Former restaurant critic Brian Duff examines the restaurant at a critical moment and argues that engaging and creating shared meaning with others across the table offers a path toward the renewal of waning social and democratic capacities.

Part memoir and part study of modern life, Shopping Mall examines the modern mythology of the shopping mall and the place it holds in our shared cultural history.

A poetic journey through the key objects that have shaped the author's life and philosophies.

“What to Expect When You’re Dead is a remarkable book, as broad as it is deep. Garland’s urbane, witty style makes his grand synthesis of ancient approaches to death eminently instructive for scholars and compellingly entertaining for the general reader. To say this book is well written is an understatement. I can’t imagine a single person who would not learn from it.”—Jennifer T. Roberts, author of Out of One, Many: Ancient Greek Ways of Thought and Culture
“Vital and vivacious, Garland’s sometimes sobering, sometimes irreverent, but always informative overview takes readers on an awfully big adventure. Bringing to life 100,000 years of human responses to death, this book poses timeless questions about the greatest known unknown of all.”—David Stuttard, author of A History of Ancient Greece in 50 Lives

The Prophet is a book beloved by millions for 100 years. The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry