Books

The story of recorded sound, from the phonograph to vinyl, explores technological developments, human inventors, and…

Rich, poetic guidance accompanies lush, mysterious color illustrations in this captivating and deeply inspirational call…

Anthropology has a history that evolved from ancient Greece to contemporary times. This graphic guide introduces the key…

Step aside Socrates and put your pen down Plato, Aristotle has taken the agora and there's a new teacher in town.…

Can machines really think? Or is the human mind itself just a complicated computer program? This uniquely illustrated…

Introducing Buddha describes the life and teachings of the Buddha, but it also shows that enlightenment is a matter of…

The history, philosophy and politics of one of the biggest, most successful but most controversial ideas ever.…

Focusing primarily on his contributions to linguistics, Introducing Chomsky traces Noam Chomsky's understanding of…

What makes philosophy on the continent of Europe so different and exciting? Philosophers such as Kant and Hegel…

What might a ‘theory of everything’ look like? Is science an ideology? Who were Adorno, Horkheimer or the Frankfurt…

Jonathan Miller explains Dawrin's life and his significant impact on biology through his rational foundation for modern…

Rene Descartes is considered by many to be the father of modern philosophy. His famous meditations and other works…

  What is economics exactly? Glad you asked—this great little book explains it in comics format. Cuts through the…

A graphic introduction to the history and philosophy of Empiricism. If knowledge comes from experience, is experience…

Our DNA is what defines some of our most basic traits, but it's also often misunderstood. Scientists who study how our…

Are humans really selfish and greedy, or generous and kind? Does anyone have the right to tell you what "good" and "bad"…

In 1859, Charles Darwin shocked the world with a radical theory – evolution by natural selection. One hundred and…

Evolutionary psychologists are drawing on biology and varied fields like anthropology and primatology to create a…

Is biology destiny? Why is the personal political? Is pornography anti-feminist? The term "feminism" came into English…

Michel Foucault’s work was described at his death as ‘the most important event of thought in our century’. As a…

Sometimes an introduction is just an introduction, but maybe not in the case of this sharply illustrted guide! Freud was…

A graphic introduction to one of the newest sciences. Genetics has quickly shaped the frontiers of modern medical and…

Infinity is a difficult concept to grasp. In fact the ancient Greeks were so flabberghasted by the concept that they…

Islam is one of the world's most prevalent religions, and Islamic culture is one of humanity's greatest contributers.…

Christianity interprets Jesus as identical to Christ, but is the historical Jesus the same as the supposed Christian…

A graphic introduction to Sigmund Freud's most enigmatic student, Carl Gustav Jung. This thoroughly illustrated guide…

Categorically the imperative illustrated guide to Immanuel Kant! Kant's thought and its lasting importance in western…

There has recently been a reinvigoration of Keynesian economics as governments are attempting to stimulate the market…

This illustrated guide looks at the science and study of language, our most basic and universal skill. As long as humans…

Logic is the backbone of Western civilization, holding together its systems of philosophy, science and law. Yet despite…