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Great Thinkers School of Life (The School of Life) by The School of Life
$45.00 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking | 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
Happy, Healthy Minds (The School of Life) by The School of Life
$39.99 AUD
Category: Kids Conversation-Starters
Our minds are beautifully complicated and brilliant machines. For much of our lives, these machines run hugely efficiently with minimal maintenance. However, just like our other organs, they do require some proper attention and thought every now and then and recognising this at an early age can only he ...Show more
How To Think More About Sex by Alain De Botton, The School of Life
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
In this rigorous and supremely honest book Alain de Botton helps us navigate the intimate and exciting - yet often confusing and difficult - experience that is sex.Few of us tend to feel we're entirely normal when it comes to sex, and what we think we're supposed to be feeling rarely matches up with the ...Show more
How to Get Married (The School of Life) by The School of Life; Alain de Botton (Series edited by)
$36.99 AUD
Category: Mind Body Spirit
Many of us are attracted to the idea of marriage and yet feel a bit uncomfortable with some of the rituals that are traditionally associated with the big day. Perhaps the old ceremonies place too much emphasis on theology or else seem out of step with some of the complex realities of contemporary relati ...Show more
How to Get along with Your Colleagues by The School The School of Life
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
An essential guide to navigating the complexities of professional relationships in the office.
How to Overcome Your Childhood by The School The School of Life
$19.99 AUD
Category: Mind Body Spirit | Series: THE SCHOOL OF LIFE
When trying to deal with our current troubles and anxieties, it can be deeply irritating to be asked to consider our childhoods. They happened so long ago; we can probably barely remember, let alone relate to, the little person we once were. But one of the most powerful explanations for why we may, as a ...Show more
How to Think More Effectively (The School of Life) by The School The School of Life
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
A guide to identifying, nurturing and growing our insight and creativity for more effective thinking.
Joys and Sorrows Of Parenting by The School of Life; Alain de Botton (Series edited by); Bronia Stewart (Photographer)
$26.99 AUD
Category: Parenting
Being a parent can be one of the sources of our greatest joys. It is also intermittently the cause of some of our deepest sorrows. It is likely that we will spend at least some of the time in despair and confusion, wondering whether it really has to be so hard. Philosophy has, over the last 2,000 years, ...Show more
Nature and Me - What We Can Learn From the World Around Us by The School of Life
$32.99 AUD
Category: Children's Non-Fiction
Children are used to hearing about how important it is to protect nature, but they may not fully understand how the natural world can positively impact their emotional wellbeing. With that in mind, this book looks to show children how nature can be fun, uplifting, consoling and even offer companionship ...Show more
Philosophy in 40 Ideas (The School of Life) by The School The School of Life
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Philosophy is a discipline committed to helping us live wiser and less sorrowful lives. This book artfully draws together 40 of the greatest and most useful ideas found in philosophy, taking us on a journey around key concepts from both Eastern and Western cultures.We are invited to sample the distincti ...Show more
School of Life Guide to Modern Manners by The School The School of Life
$26.99 AUD
Category: Mind Body Spirit
Modern life is full of minor but acute dilemmas: we get stuck at a gathering with someone unusually boring and wonder how to move on without causing offence; in the course of introducing one friend to another, we realize that we have forgotten one of the party's names; we run into an ex while on an earl ...Show more
The Book of Me: A Children's Journal of Self Discovery by The School of Life
$39.99 AUD
Category: Activity Books
Children love to explore, born with a boundless desire to understand the world around them. While most of the outside world has already been mapped, there's a whole other world that has yet to be discovered, one that's accessible only to them: their own minds.The Book of Me is a guided journal of self-d ...Show more