How to Be Content - An Ancient Poet's Guide for an Age of Excess by Stephen Harrison; Horace
$29.99 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
What the Roman poet Horace can teach us about how to live a life of contentment What are the secrets to a contented life? One of Rome's greatest and most influential poets, Horace (65-8 BCE) has been cherished by readers for more than two thousand years not only for his wit, style, and reflections ...Show more
How to Be Famous by Caitlin Moran
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
Johanna Morrigan (aka Dolly Wilde) has it all: she is nineteen, lives in her own flat in London, and writes for the coolest music magazine in Britain. Her star is rising, just not quickly enough for her liking. Then John Kite, Johanna's unrequited love, has an album go to number one. Suddenly John exis ...Show more
How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life by Epictetus
$34.99 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
A superb new edition of Epictetus's famed handbook on Stoicism--translated by one of the world's leading authorities on Stoic philosophy Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison. In How ...Show more
How to Be Good at Science, Technology & Engineering by .
$35.00 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Little scientists will understand science in seconds with this essential homework-helping guide. Learn about everything from molecules and magnetism to rockets and radio waves and find out how a hot-air balloon rises, how erosion flattens mountains, how light waves zip through space, and how the human e ...Show more
How to Be Human: The Manual by Ruby Wax
$22.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
With a little help from a monk, and a neuroscientist, Ruby Wax answers every question you've ever had about- evolution, thoughts, emotions, the body, addictions, relationships, kids, the future and compassion. How to be Human is extremely funny, true and the only manual you'll need to help you upgrade y ...Show more
How to Be Online and Also Be Happy by Issy Beech
$19.99 AUD
Category: Self Care | Series: Survive the Modern World Ser.
How to Be Online and Also Be Happy is your playful guide to using the internet in a rewarding, productive and meaningful way. While spending time online can be one of the most fulfilling aspects of our lives, it’s also a source of great discontent, addiction and anxiety. But there’s no reason to belie ...Show more
How to Be Weird: An Off-Kilter Guide to Living a One-of-a-Kind Life by Eric G. Wilson
$27.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
It's all too easy to get caught up in the monotonous nature of our day to day - moving from one rote task to the next, only to rinse and repeat the next day. Weirdness, however, is an easily accessible antidote to these feelings. In How to Be Weird, Eric G. Wilson offers 99 fun and philosophically rich ...Show more
How to Be You - Simone de Beauvoir and the Art of Authentic Living by Skye Cleary
$29.99 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy
'Skye Cleary blends Simone de Beauvoir's wisdom with her own in this lively guide to becoming a poet of your life' Nigel Warburton 'It isn't easy to be authentic. Skye Cleary's How to Be You is the guide you need if you are serious about figuring out how to live a life truly worth living. And why would ...Show more
How to Be You: Simone de Beauvoir and the Art of Authentic Living by Skye Cleary
$32.99 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy
'Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.' So said Simone de Beauvoir, the world's most famous female philosopher. In this galvanising tour of her rebellious philosophies for life by a leading Columbia professor,we learn how de Beauvoir can teach us to free ourselves ...Show more
How to Be a Creative Thinker by Roya A Azadi
$19.99 AUD
Category: Self Care | Series: Survive the Modern World Ser.
How to Be a Creative Thinker is a map to your creative mind, the places your creative potential resides, and the allies and enemies along the way. It’s a practical guide to the science and the psychology of creativity and the conditions required for cultivating it. We think creativity is for those luc ...Show more
How to Be a Friend (HB) by Marcus Tullius Cicero; Philip Freeman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
In a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep and lasting friendships, the search for true friends is more important than ever. In this short book, which is one of the greatest ever written on the subject, the famous Roman politician a ...Show more
How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide T.. by Plutarch; Jeffrey Beneker; Plutarch Plutarch
$32.99 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any field The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous--and massive--Lives, including politicians and generals such as Pericles, Alexander the Gre ...Show more