Having less stuff is the key to happiness. Do you ever feel overwhelmed, instead of overjoyed, by all your possessions? Do you secretly wish a...View more

Stop and be still. This book is the antidote to the information overload of the modern age, helping readers to disengage from chaos and find...View more

Galbraith also recognizes human weakness, differences in ability and motivation, and the formidable obstacles facing those who challenge the status quo. No one else explains...View more

August Comte, Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud predicted that religion would gradually fade in importance and cease to be...View more

"This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else". So begins Fareed Zakaria's important new work...View more

In Extremis is one of the most implacable, but also one of the funniest, novels about death and family you will ever read. Thomas knows...View more

Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s beloved father’s death in the...View more

For Australians, Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know the names of the men who fought on the track, or even...View more

The nature of artistic creativity and its relationship with 'difference' has intrigued people for centuries. The Genesis of Artistic Creativity is a revealing exploration of...View more

Who knows what Brian May was thinking when he wrote "We Will Rock You" for Queen? As a lifelong astrophysics aficionado, he may have been...View more

Award-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking antidepressants when he was a teenager. He was told—like his...View more

Ranging from the late nineteenth century to the present day, this exhilarating survey by cultural critic Peter Conrad explores the ways film has changed how...View more