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A History of Ideas: The most intriguing, relevant and helpful concepts from the story of humanity by The School of Life
$45.00 AUD
Category: World History
"This is an unusual sort of history book: a history of ideas - and not just any old ideas, ideas from across time and space that are best suited to healing, enchanting and reviving us. It's a collection of humanity's very best thoughts on how to approach the challenges and joys of being alive. Along the ...Show more
A Simpler Life: A guide to greater serenity, ease and clarity (The School of Life) by The School of Life
$32.99 AUD
Category: Self Help
This book explores ideas around minimalism, simplicity and how to live comfortably with less. The modern world can be a complicated, frenzied, and noisy place, filled with too many options, products, ideas and opinions. That explains why what many of us long for is simplicity: a life that can be more p ...Show more
An Emotional Menagerie: An A to Z of Poems About Feelings by The School of Life
$24.99 AUD
Category: Feelings
An imaginative and engaging exploration of childhood emotions through poetry and evocative illustration. An Emotional Menagerie is an emotional glossary for children. A book of 26 rhyming poems, arranged alphabetically, that bring our feelings to life - Anger, Boredom, Curiosity, Dreaminess, Embarrassme ...Show more
An Emotional Menagerie: Feelings from A to Z (The School of Life) by The School of Life
$29.99 AUD
Category: Feelings
An imaginative and engaging exploration of childhood emotions through poetry and evocative illustration. Emotions are like animals: No two are quite the same. Some are quiet; some are fierce; And all are hard to tame. Children experience all sorts of emotions: sometimes going through several very diff ...Show more
Anxiety by The School of Life
$32.99 AUD
Category: Self Help
Far more than we tend to realize, we're all--in private--deeply anxious. There is so much that worries us across our days and nights: whether our hopes will come true, whether others will like us, whether the people we care about will be OK, whether we can escape humiliation and grief ... Too often, we ...Show more
Big Ideas for Curious Minds: An Introduction to Philosophy by The School of Life; Alain de Botton (Series edited by); Anna Doherty (Illustrator)
$42.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: School of Life
Children are, in many ways, born philosophers. Without prompting, they ask some of the largest questions: about time, mortality, happiness and the meaning of it all. Yet sadly, too often, this inborn curiosity is not developed and with age the questions fall away. This is a book designed to harness chil ...Show more
Big Ideas from History: A History of the World for You by The School of Life
$45.00 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
The present can loom very large in a child's mind: all the crises and challenges of the modern world can feel overwhelming and at times dispiriting. This book is a big history of the world, from the beginnings of the universe to now, which places the reader at its centre. It encourages them to think abo ...Show more
Big Ideas from Literature: How Books Can Change Your World by The School of Life
$42.99 AUD
Category: World History
Great stories are often universal: our very souls shine with new ideas when we read them.This book is an exploration of the ideas found in books, that teach children through the wonderful stories they tell. Books can be so powerful, helping us through tricky times, offering us wisdom we haven't learnt ...Show more
Bold Truths: 20 Philosophical Prints by The School of Life
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art & Photography
20 unique prints encapsulating the most important lessons The School of Life has to teach. Bold Truths is a collection of wise statements immortalized as art: 20 philosophical prints encapsulating the most important lessons The School of Life has to teach us. Brought to life by leading artists and des ...Show more
Great Thinkers School of Life (The School of Life) by The School of Life
$45.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\School of Life Library
Typically, great thinkers have been included in encyclopedic works on the basis of reputation and historic influence. The School of Life takes a different approach, focusing instead on the thinkers whose ideas are the most helpful to our lives now. This is a collection of sixty of the most important and ...Show more
How Modern Media Destroys Our Minds by The School of Life
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
A guide to navigating modern media and staying sane in a world that does not turn off. Navigating the onslaught of media is overwhelming, to say the least. We are so used to living in a media-saturated world that we are numb to the onslaught of news, images, and posts that batter us daily. As we scrol ...Show more
How to Find the Right Words (The School of Life) by The School The School of Life
$19.99 AUD
Category: Self Help
Life constantly requires us to give other people some hugely awkward messages: that we don't love them anymore; that we do love them (though we're not meant to); that they smell a bit; that they're fired; that we're furious with them (though we adore them) or that their music is too loud...Often, out of ...Show more