Philosophy & World Religion

The School of Life has put together an ideal library that can speak helpfully to our individual needs and longings. Ranging across history and drawing on world literature, offering the same essential thing: true friends through the complex places of life with kindness and wisdom.

An in-depth look at a much misunderstood practice, offering a fresh viewpoint on how this science can be a universally effective route to our better selves.

The difference between success and failure often hangs on a fascinatingly small and elusive concept that our standard education system never touches: confidence. This is a guidebook to what confidence consists of, why we lack it - and how we can acquire more of it in our lives.

An evolutionary history of human nature making the case for kindness as the key to survival.

Offers a spiritual framework for people to move beyond themselves in order to make this world a better, more spiritually evolved place to live.

A luxury, keep-sake edition of an ancient Chinese scripture This ancient text, fundamental to Taoism, has become a source of inspiration and guidance for millions in modern society.

In *What about Me?*, Verhaeghe shows the profound impact that social change is having on mental health, even affecting the nature of the disorders from which we suffer.

A blast from the past; direction to the future? Pac-Man is our guide through the maze of contemporary capitalism.

An exciting set of tales from the Buddhist tradition to inspire, move, challenge and amuse