Ethics, Evil, and Fiction by Colin McGinn
$21.50 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Secondhand. McGinn's latest brings together moral philosophy and literary analysis in a way that illuminates both. Setting out to enrich the domain of moral reflection by showing the value of literary texts as sources of moral illumination, McGinn starts by setting out an uncompromisingly realist ethic ...Show more
Aesthetics of the Unavoidable: Aesthetic Variations in Human Appearance by Ossi Naukkarinen
$16.50 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Secondhand. It provides tools for understanding and structuring the complex field of the aesthetics of normal, daily life. The book indicates what kinds of things we should pay attention to if we want to make sense of the aesthetics of the everyday world and compare different instances of it with each ...Show more
The Philosophy of Art - Readings Ancient and Modern by Alex Neill; Aaron Ridley
$23.50 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Secondhand. This anthology is intended as a core text for courses in aesthetics or philosophy of art. It contains a wealth of readings from both classic and contemporary sources, and aims to present substantial selections from those texts rather than mere "snippets." Readings are organized historically ...Show more
The Wittgenstein Reader by Anthony Kenny (Editor)
$17.50 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers Ser.
Secondhand. This popular selection of Wittgenstein's key writings has now been updated to include new material relevant to recent debates about the philosopher. Follows the evolution of Wittgenstein's philosophical thought from the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus through to the Philosophical Inves ...Show more
Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant
$25.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
In THE CRITIQUE OF JUDGMENT (1790), Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) seeks to establish the a priori principles underlying the faculty of judgement, just as he did in his previous critiques of pure and practical reason. The first part deals with the subject of our aesthetic sensibility; we respond to certain n ...Show more
Greek Myths: A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Children’s Edition) by HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL
$35.00 NZD
Category: Mythology | Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Children's Classics
This book, from one of American literature s greatest authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne, offers a selection of Greek myths, retold to make them more accessible for children. It includes the Gorgon s Head, the Three Golden Apples and the Paradise of Children, among others. This edition, leatherbound and featu ...Show more
When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times by Haemin Sunim
$37.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
How to find tranquillity in your life, from the author of the million-copy internationally-bestselling The Things You Can See Only When You Slow DownEvery person's life is a journey toward themselves.The School for Broken Hearts, founded by bestselling mega-monk Haemin Sunim, provides a safe and caring ...Show more
New Zealand the Way I want It by Bob Jones
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. 'In the best-selling Jones On Property Bob Jones pointed the way to financial success. Now he broadens his canvas and, in his outspoken style, he lets loose on a whole range of subjects concerning New Zealand today (1978). Here is Bob Jones in full flight on politics, the economy, inflation ...Show more
Prancing Pavonine Charlatans(...and other follies) by Bob Jones
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. The second collection of Bob Jones's newspaper columns.
My Property World by Bob Jones
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Hilarous anecdotes of Bob Jones New Zealand property's investment experiences.
Wowser Whacking by Bob Jones
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Selections from the 1992 columns of Sir Robert Jones. With introduction by Alan Duff.
Jones on Management by Bob Jones
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: new
Secondhand. For three decades Bob Jones has entertained and informed with his books, both fiction and non-fiction. Given his commercial success, Bob is well-placed to write on management, but this is no dry exposition as one might anticipate with such a subject. Rather, an eclectic range of topics, ind ...Show more