What the Qur'an Meant: And Why It Matters (Wills Garry)(Paperback)

What the Qur'an Meant: And Why It Matters (Wills Garry)(Paperback)

Why I Am a Catholic (Wills Garry)(Paperback)

Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says about the Environment and Why It Matters (Richter Sandra L.)(Paperback)

Adam Smith - What He Thought, and Why it Matters (Norman Jesse)(Paperback / softback)

Pretentiousness: Why it Matters (Fox Dan)(Paperback / softback)

What is pretentiousness? Why are we afraid of it? And more controversially: why is it vital to a thriving culture? Drawing on the author's own experiences growing up and working at the more radical edges of the arts, this book is a timely defence of pretentiousness as a necessity for innovation and

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy - The difference and why it matters (Rumelt Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Chatter - The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It

Meaning in Life and Why It Matters (Wolf Susan)(Paperback)

A fresh reflection on what makes life meaningful Most people, including philosophers, tend to classify human motives as falling into one of two categories: the egoistic or the altruistic, the self-interested or the moral. According to Susan Wolf, however, much of what motivates us does not

Flip - Who You Really Are and Why It Matters (Kripal Jeffrey J.)(Paperback / softback)

Nihilism (Gertz Nolen)(Paperback)

An examination of the meaning of meaninglessness: why it matters that nothing matters.When someone is labeled a nihilist, it's not usually meant as a compliment. Most of us associate nihilism with destructiveness and violence. Nihilism means, literally, 'an ideology of nothing. ' Is nihilism, then,

Art of Gathering - How We Meet and Why It Matters (Parker Priya)(Paperback / softback)

We spend our lives gathering - first in classrooms and then in meetings, weddings, conferences and away days. Yet so many of us spend this time in underwhelming moments that fail to engage us, inspire us, or connect us. We've all sat in meetings where people talk past each other or go through the

On What Matters, Volume 1 (Parfit Derek)(Paperback)

On What Matters is a major work in moral philosophy. It is the long-awaited follow-up to Derek Parfit's 1984 book Reasons and Persons, one of the landmarks of twentieth-century philosophy. In this first volume Parfit presents a powerful new treatment of reasons and rationality, and a critical

Desire: Why It Matters (Kyabgon Traleg)(Paperback)

Traleg Kyabgon discusses the notion of desire from Buddhist and other perspectives. He reviews commonly held beliefs of desire that are often misguided and can be diametrically opposed. There is the belief that desire is an important human experience that is natural, which leads to happiness and

Journalism: Why It Matters (Schudson Michael)(Paperback)

Despite the criticisms that have been leveled at news organizations in recent years and the many difficulties they face, journalism matters. It matters, argues Schudson, because it orients people daily in the complex and changing worlds in which they live. It matters because it offers a

Goliath - Why the West Isn't Winning. And What We Must Do About It. (McFate Sean)(Paperback / softback)

Truant (Clare Horatio)(Paperback / softback)

'I'm going to tell the truth', I said suddenly, 'about what we did and why, and what it did to

The Author (Bennett Andrew)(Paperback)

This volume investigates the changing definitions of the author, what it has meant historically to be an 'author', and the impact that this has had on literary culture. Andrew Bennett discusses the various theoretical debates surrounding authorship, exploring such concepts as authority, ownership,

Politics: Why It Matters (Gamble Andrew)(Paperback)

People so often focus on the negative aspects of politics, like greed and corruption, but without politics we would be lost. It frames everything we do, and it has the power to bring about real and positive change. Politics, Andrew Gamble reminds us, defeated slavery and secured equal rights for

Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters (Shepherd Gordon)(Paperback)

Leading neuroscientist Gordon M. Shepherd embarks on a paradigm-shifting trip through the 'human brain flavor system,' laying the foundations for a new scientific field: neurogastronomy. Challenging the belief that the sense of smell diminished during human evolution, Shepherd argues that this

Subscribed - Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company's Future-and What to Do About It (Tzuo Tien)(Paperback / softback)

Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It (Farrell Warren)(Paperback)

The Sailor's Wind (Walker Stuart H.)(Paperback)

Stuart Walker's intelligent, straightforward explanation of why wind behaves as it does and what it is likely to do next draws upon his sixty-plus years of sailing experience and his vast knowledge of meteorology. The Sailor's Wind first describes each aspect of wind behavior in

Fashionopolis: Why What We Wear Matters (Thomas Dana)(Paperback)

*NYTBR Paperback Row Selection * The Independent's Best Fashion Book on Sustainability* An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it What should I wear? It's one of the fundamental questions

At Our Wits' End: Why We're Becoming Less Intelligent and What It Means for the Future (Dutton Edward)(Paperback)