What makes a house truly beautiful? Why are many new houses so ugly? Why do we argue so bitterly about sofas and pictures - and can differences of taste ever…

Rabih and Kirsten find each other, fall in love, get married. Society tells us this is the end of the story. In fact, it is only the beginning. From the…

Explores our relationship with ‘the news’. Mixing current affairs with philosophical reflections, this title offers a guide to the precautions we should take before venturing anywhere near the news and…

A self-help manual for the intelligent person ( The New York Times Book Review ), this stylish, erudite, and frequently hilarious book dips deeply into Marcel Proust’s life and work…

Wisdom from some of the greatest thinkers in history is shared in this book that provides advice on day-to-day struggles, such as a broken heart or cash flow problems. Illustrations.

Dr. Samuel Johnson observed that everyone’s life is a subject worthy of the biographer’s art. Accused by a former girlfriend of being unable to empathize with this sentiment, the narrator…

Sets six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Here then are Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche on…

There are few more powerful desires than the wish to be thought of as a success, worthy of dignity and respect. We long for status and dread its opposite. This…