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The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Essays
The wise, warm, defiant new book from literary legend Isabel Allende – a meditation on power, feminism and what it means to be a womanWhen I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating.As a child, Isabel Allende watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three sma ...Show more
Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Essays
Women Don't Owe You Pretty tells you to love sex, hate sexism, protect your goddamn energy, life is short, dump them, and that you owe men nothing, least of all pretty. Florence's debut book explores all progressive corners of the feminist conversation; from insecurity projection and refusing to find c ...Show more
Three Japanese Buddhist Monks by Saigyo; Kamo no Chomei; Yoshida Kenko
$9.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Essays | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky' These simple, inspiring writings by three medieval Buddhist monks offer peace and wisdom amid the world's uncertainties, and are an invitation to relinquish earthly desires and instead ta ...Show more
Being Happy by Epicurus
$9.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Essays | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'It is impossible to live the pleasant life without also living sensibly, nobly and justly' The ancient Greek philosopher and teacher Epicurus argued that pleasure - not sensual hedonism, but the absence of pain or fear - is the highest goal of life. His hugely influential lessons on happiness are a cal ...Show more
Wild About Books - Essays on Books and Writing by Michael Wilding
$39.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Essays
Wild About Books - essays on books and writing, about reading them and writing them, and publishing them and collecting them and preserving them in libraries. Essays about the shared experience of literature, the art and craft of writing, the pleasures of reading, the survival of five hundred years of p ...Show more
The Fourfold Remedy - Epicurus and the Art of Happiness by John Sellars
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Essays
What do we really need in order to live a happy life? Over two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Epicurus offered a seemingly simple answer: pleasure. All we really want is pleasure. Today we tend to associate the word 'Epicurean' with the enjoyment of fine food and wine and decadent self-indul ...Show more
Women and Leadership by Julia Gillard; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Essays
An inspirational and practical book written by two high-achieving women, sharing the experience and advice of some of our most extraordinary women leaders, in their own words. From their broad experience on the world stage in politics, economics and global not-for-profits, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Julia ...Show more
Intimations: Six Essays by Zadie Smith
$12.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Essays
Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of essays on the experience of lockdown, by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time From the critically acclaimed author of Feel Free, Swing Time, White Teeth and many more 'There will be many books written about ...Show more
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Essays
" Frank, enraging and captivating. The New Yorker Australian writer Geraldine Brooks is now known internationally for her bestselling novels, but as a foreign correspondent Geraldine spent six years covering the Middle East. And when her poised and sophisticated assistant at the Cairo bureau of the Wall ...Show more
What Is Existentialism? by Simone de Beauvoir
$9.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Essays | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity' How should we think and act in the world? These writings on the human condition by one of the twentieth century's great philosophers explore the absurdity of our notions of good and evil, and show instead how we make our own des ...Show more
And Now, for the Good News...To the Future with Love by Ruby Wax
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Essays
When was the last time that reading the news made you feel good? Dear Reader, I know what you're thinking, is it some kind of macabre joke? Has she been in a coma? How can Ruby Wax write a book about good news when the world is facing the worst disaster since the Plague? Let me explain. I began writing ...Show more
Steps Towards a Small Theory of the Visible by John Berger
$9.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Essays | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'We live within a spectacle of empty clothes and unworn masks' In this series of remarkable pieces from across his career, John Berger celebrates and dissects the close links between art and society and the individual. Few writers give a more vivid and moving sense of how we make art and how art makes u ...Show more