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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
$50.00 NZD
Category: 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
$38.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
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: Feelings from A to Z (The School of Life) by The School of Life
$35.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
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
Art Against Despair by The School of Life
$50.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
A collection of inspiring and therapeutic works of art. Art therapy for the soul. One of the most unexpectedly useful things we can do when we're feeling glum or out of sorts is to look at pictures. The best works of art can lift our spirits, remind us of what we love and return perspective to our situ ...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)
$45.00 NZD
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
$52.00 NZD
Category: History
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
Bold Truths: 20 Philosophical Prints by The School of Life
$40.00 NZD
Category: Reference
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
Drawing as Therapy (The School of Life) by The School of Life
$38.00 NZD
Category: Drawing
One of the difficulties with how our minds work is that we often cannot quite clearly see or know what is inside us. Art therapists have a longstanding tradition of prescribing image-making to prompt expression of feelings, often by asking people to draw, paint, or sculpt "how you feel." It is one of th ...Show more
Mind and Body (The School of Life) by The School of Life
$35.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
A practical and playful guide to balancing and maintaining physical and mental harmony.The modern world can present the body as a machine that just needs to be regularly exercised. However, it is a remarkably sensitive organ in which a lot of our pain and hope is stored and that we need to interpret and ...Show more
On Failure: How to succeed at defeat (The School of Life) by The School of Life
$38.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
This is a hopeful, consoling, gentle book about failure. Our societies talk a lot about success, but the reality is that no one gets through life without failing - in small and usually also in large ways. Sometimes our failures are very obvious, at other times, we feel we have to conceal them out of sha ...Show more
The School of Life: An Emotional Education by Alain de Botton, The School of Life
$30.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
What does it mean to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century? And how should we go about doing it? These are the most important questions to ask ourselves and the ones we most often avoid dealing with. This insightful, witty and generous book reveals one simple answer to the question of a good ...Show more
The School of Life: Collected Essays by The School of Life
$65.00 NZD
Category: Essays
A 15th anniversary collection of The School of Life's most popular andessential essays on self-knowledge, relationships, work and culture. The School of Life is an organisation with a focused mission at its heart: to help foster calm, self-understanding and greater emotional maturity. Over 15 years, we ...Show more