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Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind by A. C. Grayling
$27.99 AUD
Category: Paperback Fiction
What happened to the European mind between 1605, when an audience watching Macbeth at the Globe might believe that regicide was such an aberration of the natural order that ghosts could burst from the ground, and 1649, when a large crowd, perhaps including some who had seen Macbeth forty-four years earl ...Show more
Among The Dead Cities : Was the Allied bombing of civilians in World War II a necessity of a crime? by A C Grayling
$49.95 AUD
Category: War/Military
In the course of WWII, the air forces of Britain and the United States of America carried out a massive bombing offensive against the cities of Germany and Japan, ending with the destruction of Hamburg and Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Was it justified by the necessities of war? Or was it, in ...Show more
Democracy and its Crisis by A C Grayling
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Prompted by the EU referendum in the UK and the presidential election in the USA, A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to hold up against forces they were designed to manage, and why, crucially, it matters. First he considers moments in history - Peric ...Show more
For the Good of the World: Is Global Agreement on Global Challenges Possible? by A. C. Grayling
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Can we human beings agree on a set of values which will allow us to confront the numerous threats that we and our planet face? Or will we continue our disagreements, rivalries and antipathies, even as we collectively approach what, in the not impossible extreme, might be extinction? To answer these que ...Show more
Good Book: A Secular Bible by A. C. Grayling
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
A. C. Grayling, Britain's most popular and widely read philosopher, has created a secular bible that draws on the wisdom of 2,500 years of contemplative non-religious writing about all that it means to be human - from the origins of the universe to small matters of courtesy and kindness in everyday life ...Show more
The Challenge of Things - Thinking Through Troubled Times by A. C. Grayling
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
A. C. Grayling's lucid and stimulating books, based on the idea that philosophy should engage with the world and make itself useful, are immensely popular. The Challenge of Things joins earlier collections like The Reason of Things and Thinking of Answers, but this time to collect Grayling's recent writ ...Show more
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A C Grayling
$35.00 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
What do we know, and how do we know it? What do we now know that we don't know? And what have we learnt about the obstacles to knowing more? In a time of deepening battles over what knowledge and truth mean, these questions matter more than ever. Bestselling polymath and philosopher A. C. Grayling seeks ...Show more
The God Argument - The Case Against Religion and for Humanism by A C Grayling
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
There has been a bad-tempered quarrel between defenders and critics of religion in recent years. Both sides have expressed themselves acerbically because there is a very great deal at stake in the debate. This book thoroughly and calmly examines all the arguments and associated considerations offered in ...Show more
The Good State - On the Principles of Democracy by A C Grayling
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed, vulnerable to corrosion from within. What is the remedy? A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled and written constitution, and sets out the reforms necessary - among them addressing the imbalance of power ...Show more
The History of Philosophy by A. C. Grayling
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world's most eminent thinkers The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents. It explores some of the most creative minds in history. B ...Show more
Who Owns the Moon? : In Defence of Humanity's Common Interests in Space by A. C. Grayling
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth's supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise that the world's superpowers and wealthiest corporations have turned their eyes to the stars. As this new Space Ra ...Show more
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