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Spinoza Practical Philosophy by Gilles Deleuze
$14.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A concise and illuminating book about the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza, one of the early thinkers of the Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism. Spinoza's theoretical philosophy is one of the most radical attempts to construct a pure ontology with a single infinite substance. This book, which ...Show more
The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Archbishop Desmond Tutu & Mpho Tutu
$10.00 NZD
Category: Spirituality | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The Book of Forgiving, written together by the Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and his daughter Revd Mpho Tutu, offers a deeply personal testament and guide to the process of forgiveness. All of us have at times needed both to forgive and be forgiven - whether small, everyday harms or real ...Show more
The Complete Stories of Truman Capote by Truman Capote; Reynolds Price (Introduction by)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Hardback fiction | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
Most readers know Truman Capote as the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood; or they remember his notorious social life and wild and witty public appearances. But he was also the author of superb short tales that were as elegant as they were heartfelt, as grotesque as they were compassiona ...Show more
The Enlightened Heart - An anthology of Sacred Poetry by Stephen Mitchell (ed.)
$12.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser. | Reading Level: very good
From Stephen Mitchell comes an anthology of poetry chosen from the world's great religious and literary traditions--the perfect companion to Mitchel's bestselling translation of Tao Te Ching- The Upanishads - The Book of Psalms - Lao-tzu - The Bhagavad Gita - Chuang-tzu - The Odes of Solomon - Seng-ts'a ...Show more
The God Problem - How a Godless Cosmos Creates by Howard Bloom; Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Science | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser. | Reading Level: very good
How does the cosmos do something it has long been thought that only gods could achieve? How does an inanimate universe generate stunning new forms and unbelievable new powers without a Creator? How does the cosmos create? That's the central question of a book that in its original edition was called prof ...Show more
The Great Gangster Pictures by James R. Parish; Michael R. Pitts
$15.00 NZD
Category: Film | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The Great Western Pictures by James R. Parish; Michael R. Pitts
$15.00 NZD
Category: Film | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The Last Hundred Days by Patrick McGuinness
$10.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The socialist state is in crisis, the shops are empty and old Bucharest vanishes daily under the onslaught of Ceaucescu's demolition gangs. Paranoia is pervasive and secret service men lurk in the shadows. In The Last 100 Days, Patrick McGuinness creates an absorbing sense of time and place as the city ...Show more
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma
$10.00 NZD
Category: Self-help | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
An internationally bestselling fable about a spiritual journey, littered with powerful life lessons that teach us how to abandon consumerism in order to embrace destiny, live life to the full and discover joy. * This inspiring tale is based on the author's own search for life's true purpose, providing a ...Show more
The Revisionist by Helen Schulman
$10.00 NZD
Category: Hardback fiction | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A black comedy about the difficulties and absurdities of confronting the past. Dr. David Hershleder, a brilliant but tortured neurologist, has been thrown out of the house by his wife. Stumbling numbly through life, he no longer knows how to share his heart. In order to avoid the paralyzing sense of los ...Show more
The Right Relationship - Reimagining the Implementation of Historical Treaties by John Borrows (Editor); Michael Coyle (Editor)
$35.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The relationship between Canada's Indigenous peoples and the Canadian government is one that has increasingly come to the fore. Numerous tragic incidents and a legacy of historical negligence combined with more vehement calls for action is forcing a reconsideration of the relationship between the federa ...Show more
The Technique and Practice of Listening in Intensive Psychotherapy by Richard D. Chessick
$16.00 NZD
Category: Psychology | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Dr Chessick uses the metaphor of a television set in order to illustrate Freud's notion of the therapist's unconscious as a receptive organ for the transmitting unconscious of the patient. The therapist listens to the patient's transmissions on five different channels, represented by five orientations, ...Show more