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A debut collection of poetry that tackles the complex and heavy topics of being a queer black woman who embraces her …

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

What makes philosophy on the continent of Europe so different and exciting? And why does it have such a reputation for …

What is beauty, and what is truth? These are some of the questions which aesthetics tries to answer. In our everyday …

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

Compact INTRODUCING guide on the debates surrounding psychoanalysis’s most contested figure. Freud is universally …

‘Excellent … an astounding amount of material.’ Times Educational SupplementPopular culture often …

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

Introducing Lévi-Strauss is a guide to the work of the great French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss …

“Introducing Semiotics” outlines the development of sign study from its classical precursors to …

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

Meditation, Karma, Zen, Tantric and Nirvana are some of the many Buddhist ideas Westerners hear of frequently, even if …

What is psychotherapy? How can we choose wisely from so much on offer?This book provides a valuable summary of the main …

Islam is one of the world’s great monotheistic religions. Islamic culture, spanning 1,500 years, has produced …

If a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, does it cause a tornado in Texas?Chaos theory attempts to answer such …

A young bear--The Fool--is cast off from its mother in the spring to wander a fragmented suburban forest,  to be …

As we find ourselves at the cusp of an economic downturn, there has been a clear reinvigoration of Keynesian economics …

Use this book to introduce your own big ideas! Unlined paper interspersed with some of the most popular pages from the …

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

While literary criticism is often the butt of jokes, it's an important field that looks at the overall impact of …

A quick 101 guide on Sociology, this illustrated book takes a look at all aspects of this branch of study. Introducing …

Unpacking trauma and working through PTSD is a long, complicated process. Whether you're starting on this journey …

Sigmund Freud, for better or for worse, challenged much of our understanding of how the mind worked and how we can heal …

Mental illness isn't funny - except when it is. Jenny Lawson dives into her years struggling with mental illness in …

What do Renaissance magic, anarchism and the New Age movements have in common? Well, more than you might think. In …

Addiction is quickly becoming a global health crisis, without any easy way of fixing it. In this book, Maia Szalavitz …

Infinity is a profoundly counter-intuitive and brain-twisting subject that has inspired some great thinkers – and …

If Rebecca Solnit (Men Explain Things to Me) rewrote the phone book, we'd be hanging on every word, …