The Puzzle of God
Peter Vardy’s much acclaimed introduction to the study of ideas about God – now revised and updated.
Philosophy
The Puzzle of Ethics
A guide to the complex subject of ethics explained in clear and entertaining language. This new edition is fully revised and updated.
The Monk and the Philosopher: East meets west in a father-son dialogue
The most groundbreaking meeting of Eastern philosophy and Western culture to date.
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: Why Intelligence Increases When You Think Less
‘Learning to loaf’ – this books explores the ways of knowing that require more time, the ways we have unlearned or ignore, but that are crucial to our complete mental development.
The Four Noble Truths
This book contains the essential guide to some of the central Buddhist teachings based on the recent UK lectures by
Solitude
‘Brings excellent news for those who, whatever their reasons for doing so, live alone … Heartening’ Anita Brookner, Spectator
‘Storr is an incapable of writing an uninteresting paragraph’ Sunday Times’
How can we find value in spending time alone?
Everyday Zen: Love and Work
Charlotte Joko Beck is one of the most popular Zen teachers currently teaching in the West.
The Holographic Universe
‘There is evidence to suggest that our world and everything in it – from snowflakes to maple trees to falling stars and spinning electrons – are only ghostly images, projections from a level of reality literally beyond both space and time.’
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things
This is a collection of Robert Fulghum’s favourite observations, written over the years, that reveal simple truths about small lives with big meanings.