The Meditations of the great Roman Philosopher-Emperor Marcus Aurelius are simple yet profound works of stoic philosophy that continue to offer guidance and consolation to many with their eloquence, wisdom and humility.

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of others he treated later.

From the creator of the hit podcast WHY DO I FEEL?'I cannot recommend it highly enough.' Caitlin Moran'Brims with compassion and wit.' Cathy Rentzenbrink'Absolutely blew me away.' Jo Brand'Brilliant . . . I love it.' Phillippa Perry'I have never read a more powerful book about mental health.' Joanna CannonA journey into the heartland of psychiatry. This book debunks myths, challenges...

Explaining more than 100 of the most important big ideas and groundbreaking theories in the field of psychology in a clear and simple way, this is the perfect introduction to the history of psychology and understanding human behaviour. The Psychology Book provides an excellent introduction to the history of psychology from its roots in philosophy right up to modern studies of autism and...

Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day and then ages out. Rick Rubin is known for something else: creating a space where artists of all different genres and traditions can home in on who they really are and what they really offer. He has made a practice of helping people transcend their self-imposed expectations in order to reconnect with a state of...

A collection of essays dealing with issues connected with rule-following and decision-making from the perspectives of philosophy and various sciences. The Reader will learn about the diverse relations to rule-following behaviour of such phenomena as cognitive control, emotions, decision-making heuristics and creativity. The contributions also concern the problem of normativity as it is...

Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig... Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green... Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head... These are just a few of the things Dame Judi Dench has done in the name of Shakespeare. For the very first time, Judi opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from...

A captivating graphic edition of Timothy Snyder's bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting the arc toward authoritarianism. Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny is one of the essential books of recent years, using the darkest moments in twentieth-century history to teach twenty lessons on resisting modern-day authoritarianism. These include a warning to be aware of how symbols used...

A collection of essays from the leading scholars in the field dealing with various dimensions of legal negotiations. The contributions concern the logical structure of legal negotiations, as well as the possible philosophical assumptions behind the process of negotiating. The collection covers also the problem of the economic mechanisms and the psychological underpinnings of negotiationg in...

This book is a voice in the ongoing discussion on the communicative nature and consequences of content and language integrated learning (CLIL). The innovative character of the present study rests upon its context on the one hand, and its perspective on the other. The numerous accounts available in international research literature on this topic typically concern naturally bilingual...

On the cover this time, sonic trailblazer Moses Sumney is photographed by Kennedi Carter in Asheville, North Carolina, where he lives. Our Book of the Season is Sabahattin Ali’s breathtaking romance, MADONNA IN A FUR COAT. Published to indifference in the early ‘40s it’s become one of the biggest literary blockbusters in Turkey in recent years — and the question of how and why it went from...

Game theory is a branch of mathematics which studies strategic interactions, i.e., interactions which involve more than one agent and in which each agent makes her decision while striving to predict the decisions of other agents. Game theory has been successfully applied in many areas of both the natural and social sciences, and it is the belief of this book’s author – Wojciech Załuski –...

The idea of democracy which emerged in the Athenian polis constitutes a major determinant of social and political life at the and of the 20th and the begining of the 21st century. Both indirect and direct democracy find followers in defferent civilisational areas. It should be emphasised that in fact there are many different democracies and, depending on the actual conditions, different...

A la croisée de nos vies et du monde dans lequel elles se déroulent, les événements sont ce qui en ponctue le cours et nous marque nous formant et déformant a la mesure de ce qu'ils nous font. Parmi eux, certains passeront inaperçus et seront vite oubliés, d'autres seront promus a com-mémoration, faisant échec au temps jusqu'a envahir les mémoires, de façon localisée ou plus globale :...

Come insegna Charles Baudelaire, camminare e passeggiare non sono esattamente la stessa cosa. Passeggiare è un’arte raffinata che richiede abilità e impegno. Un’arte che il flâneur parigino del XIX secolo praticava nel clima delle grandi rivoluzioni che hanno sconvolto la Francia e l’Europa intera. In questo libro, la flânerie e il suo ambiguo rapporto con insurrezioni e...

This book explores how mythical monsters, present in children’s and young adult culture, become perceived as symbols for various groups that communities tend to exclude because of their lack of conformity. It also questions whether the excluded characters, once symbolically re-created as monsters, are more likely to emancipate and gain a voice or feel condemned to isolation, aware that a...

The first and second volumes of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China have received an enthusiastic response from China and other parts of the world. Since the 19th CPC National Congress, Xi Jinping has put forward many original ideas drawn from his experiences in state governance in the new era, charting the course in line with the times and further enriching the theoretical base of the...

Revised 2016 Edition, fully illustrated (Crown Quarto). The Ending of the Words examines Liber AL vel Legis, the magical transmission received by Aleister Crowley, through the lens of practical research. The book introduces the Law of Thelema, as given by the goddess Nuit to a Theban priest, and places it in the context of the ancient wisdom tradition, as well as that of an atomic age. The...

A collection of essays assessing the origins of various rule-based systems including, but not limited to, morality, rationality and justice from the perspectives of both philosophy and psychology. The Reader will learn about diverse cognitive and neurocognitive phenomena responsible for the emergence of these normative orders such as imitation, time preferences and the dual-processing mind....

Tom szósty Studiów z filozofii prawa poświęcony jest zagadnieniu normatywności prawa. Jest to jedno z najbardziej kontrowersyjnych zagadnień w filozofii prawa. Było ono przedmiotem gorącej dyskusji w XIX w., a przez ostatnie sto lat, badanie normatywności przybierało różne kształty i formy: od dualizmu Kelsena, poprzez redukcjonizm proponowany przez realistów prawnych, aż do stanowisk...