Total State: Totalitarianism and How We Can Resist It (O'Brien Paul)(Paperback)

Total State: Totalitarianism and How We Can Resist It (O'Brien Paul)(Paperback)

Authoritarian nationalism is on the rise in Europe and elsewhere. Freedom is endangered in Eastern Europe. In the Middle East, militant Islam threatens peace, stability, and liberty. The US has recently faced an existential crisis, with the rise of populism and the unprecedented polarization of

Compassion: Conceptualisations, Research and Use in Psychotherapy (Gilbert Paul)(Paperback)

What is compassion, how does it affect the quality of our lives and how can we develop compassion for ourselves and others? Humans are capable of extreme cruelty but also considerable compassion. Often neglected in Western psychology, this book looks at how compassion may have evolved, and is

Virus (Martynoga Ben)(Paperback / softback)

WHERE DID IT COME FROM, AND HOW CAN WE BEAT IT?It's 15,000 times smaller than a flea and we can kill it with a bar of soap - so how did a tiny, fragile virus change the

Basic Income - And How We Can Make It Happen (Standing Guy)(Paperback / softback)

Pyp Friends: Fair Play (O'Brien Kimberley)(Paperback)

A story to illustrate competition and how it can bring out the best and worst in people. Learn about group dynamics and how to join a group. Meet the four friends who live on Quirky Lane and follow the stories of how they resolve conflict and strengthen their friendships. Child psychologist, Dr

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Management (Griseri Paul)(Paperback)

What and who is business for? What exactly is work and how can we distinguish it from other activity? Do businesses operate along different ethical lines from individuals? This clear and accessible text introduces key philosophical concepts and ideas and applies them to fundamental issues in

Appropriate: A Provocation (Rekdal Paisley)(Paperback)

How do we properly define cultural appropriation, and is it always wrong? If we can write in the voice of another, should we? And if so, what questions do we need to consider first? In Appropriate, creative writing professor Paisley Rekdal addresses a young writer to delineate how the idea of

Unshakable Freedom: Ancient Stoic Secrets Applied to Modern Life (Chakrapani Chuck)(Paperback)

How can we achieve total personal freedom when we have so many obligations and so many demands on our time? Is personal freedom even possible? Yes, it is possible, said the Stoics and gave us a blue print for freedom. The teachings were lost but have been rediscovered in recent times and form the

Trauma Is Really Strange (Haines Steve)(Paperback)

What is trauma? How does it change the way our brains work? And how can we overcome it? When something traumatic happens to us, we dissociate and our bodies shut down their normal processes. This unique comic explains the strange nature of trauma and how it confuses the brain and affects the body

City, Street and Citizen: The Measure of the Ordinary (Hall Suzanne)(Paperback)

How can we learn from a multicultural society if we don't know how to recognise it? The contemporary city is more than ever a space for the intense convergence of diverse individuals who shift in and out of its urban terrains. The city street is perhaps the most prosaic of the city's public parts,

How to Be a People Helper (Collins Gary)(Paperback)

Everyone faces problems, and it is likely that we can help people more than we realize. Best-selling author Dr. Gary R. Collins helps readers become more sensitive to the needs of

Oneness vs. the 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom (Shiva Vandana)(Paperback)

With a new epilogue about Bill Gates's global agenda and how we can resist the billionaires' war on life 'This is what globalization looks like: Opportunism. Exploitation. Further centralization of power. Further disempowerment of ordinary people. . . . Vandana Shiva is an expert whose analysis has

Philosophy of Religion: A Very Short Introduction (Bayne Tim)(Paperback)

What is the philosophy of religion? How can we distinguish it from theology on the one hand and the psychology/sociology of religious belief on the other? What does it mean to describe God as 'eternal'? And should religious people want there to be good arguments for the existence of God, or is

Bad Pharma - How Medicine is Broken, and How We Can Fix it (Goldacre Ben)(Paperback / softback)

'Bad Science' hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science, becoming a 400,000 copy bestseller. Now Ben Goldacre puts the $600bn global pharmaceutical industry under the microscope. What he reveals is a fascinating, terrifying

We Can Work It Out: Resolving Conflicts Peacefully and Powerfully (Rosenberg Marshall B.)(Paperback)

Practical suggestions are included on how to foster caring, genuine cooperation, and satisfying

Playing and Reality (Winnicott D. W.)(Paperback)

What are the origins of creativity and how can we develop it - whether within ourselves or in others? Not only does Playing and Reality address these questions, it also tackles many more that surround the fundamental issue of the individual self and its relationship with the outside world. In this

Corpus (Nancy Jean-Luc)(Paperback)

How have we thought 'the body'? How can we think it anew? The body of mortal creatures, the body politic, the body of letters and of laws, the 'mystical body of Christ'-all these (and others) are incorporated in the word Corpus, the title and topic of Jean-Luc Nancy's

Never Ending Nightmare: The Neoliberal Assault on Democracy (Dardot Pierre)(Pevná vazba)

Neoliberalism's war against democracy and how to resist it How do we explain the strange survival of the forces responsible for the 2008 economic crisis, one of the worst since 1929? How do we explain the fact that neoliberalism has emerged from the crisis strengthened? When it broke, a number of

Bridges Between Life and Death (Paxino Iris)(Paperback)

How can we change the way we think about dying and death? Can we build a new relationship with loved ones who have passed? Iris Paxino, psychologist and professional counselor, has spent her adult life exploring near-death experiences. In this book she shares insights from her studies, as well as

Staying Fresh - Serving With Joy (Mallard Paul (Author))(Paperback / softback)

How can we maintain an intimate relationship with God in a busy world? How do we read the Bible to feed our souls, rather than 'professionally,' looking for the next talk we have to deliver? How do we care for ourselves and avoid either burn-out or rust-out? Paul Mallard has written Staying Fresh

Origins of Totalitarianism (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback / softback)

'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' Washington PostHannah Arendt's chilling analysis of the conditions that led to the Nazi and Soviet totalitarian regimes is a warning from history about the fragility of freedom,

How We Practice Therapy Now (Deloach Chant D.)(Paperback)

Psychotherapy is not confined to the office: it can be online, virtual, wellness-oriented, flexible, and in service of public wellness. COVID-19 has forever changed the landscape of psychotherapy in these ways, and in ways we have yet to discover.Practicing psychologist Chant D. DeLoach invites

Writing the History of Nationalism (Feldner Heiko)(Paperback)

What is nationalism and how can we study it from a historical perspective? Writing the History of Nationalism answers this question by examining eleven historical approaches to nationalism studies in theory and practice.An impressive cast of contributors cover the history of nationalism from a wide

Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense (Wright Tom)(Paperback)

What does Christianity stand for in the 21st century? How can we believe it? Why do we need it? In this modern classic, bestselling author Tom Wright invites you on a journey into the heart of Christianity and shows you how it can be lived authentically today. Taking the reader through the