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Great Ideas: The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion
A fascinating examination of ethics, religion and psychology, this selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay on ethics that ranges from the American slavery debate to the vices of Buddhism. Throughout history, some books have changed the...
Bumface
He's good at changing nappies.He's brilliant at wiping food off walls.His mum calls him Mr Dependable.But Angus is desperate to be wild and baby-free.Can a bold and brave plan stop his mum getting pregnant again?...
100 Ways to Calm the Crying
Addresses the reasons babies cry, from the normal developmental changes that may make them more sensitive, to painful conditions such as colic and reflux. It offers gentle strategies to help you calm and connect with your baby, practical tips to help you cope with crying and sleepless nights, and ways t...
The Haunted Hotel
"An eminent doctor is visited by a desperate woman with a question- am I evil, or insane? When the letters from Italian servant to his wife in London suddenly cease, she is convinced he has been murdered. In the darkened bedroom of a mouldering palazzo by the Grand Canal, an English lord sickens and sud...
My Name is Asher Lev
Asher Lev is a gifted loner, the artist who painted the sensational "Brooklyn Crucifixion". Into it he poured all the anguish and torment a Jew can feel when torn between the faith of his fathers and the calling of his art. Here Asher Lev plunges back into his childhood and recounts the story of love an...
The Three-Legged Cat
Mrs Gimble's cat would love to prowl, but has only three legs. Mrs Gimble's brother, who prowls the world, comes to visit and mistakes the cat for his hat ...A gloriously funny picture book. First published 1993....
Democracy in America
Professor Alexis de Tocqueville
Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French nobleman and an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. His brilliant discussion of majority rule is still vitally relevant today....
Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder
Antifragile is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don't understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, and The Bed of ...
History Mysteries: The Lost Explorer
In 1848 the famous explorer Ludwig Leichhardt sets out on an epic journey. His aim is to cross Australia from east to west, but he never reaches his destination and no one from his expedition is ever seen again. Countless search parties set out to look for the expedition but no trace is ever found. Unti...
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