Philosophy & Religion
Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics
JOD 12.50
No philosopher has held a higher opinion of art than Hegel, yet nor was any so profoundly pessimistic about its prospects - despite living in the German golden age of Goethe, Mozart and Schiller. For if the artists of classical Greece could find the perfect fusion of content and form, modernity face..
Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History
JOD 30.00
Iran presents one of the most significant foreign policy challenges for America and the West, yet very little is known about what the country’s goals really are. Vali Nasr examines Iran’s political history in new ways to explain its actions and ambitions on the world stage, showing how, behind the v..
Islam
JOD 12.50
The essential introduction to Islam by a leading expert Hardly a day goes by without mention of Islam. And yet, for most people, and in much of the world, Islam remains a little-known religion. Whether the issue is violence, terrorism, women's rights or slavery, Muslims are today expected to provid..
Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present
JOD 26.00
A concise new narrative history of Islam that draws on the transformative insights of recent research to emphasize the diversity and dynamism of the tradition Today’s Muslim world is in upheaval: legalists and mystics engage in intense debates, radical groups invoke Sharia, Muslim immigrants in the..
It Tolls For Thee
JOD 13.50
After a close encounter with death, Tom Morton realised he needed a change of pace and perspective. He decided to become the only independent funeral celebrant on the remote Shetland Islands, an unusual new profession that would lead him on an extraordinary journey into the world of the dead. In a ..
It's Not About the Burqa
JOD 11.00
When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter? In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the radicalisation of Muslim men to the 'traditional submissiveness' of Muslim women. Mariam felt pretty sure she didn't know a single Muslim woman who would d..
Jannah
JOD 13.50
Whatever our situation may be in this life, a life of struggle or comfort, our inevitable fate is the same as the life of this world is temporary. O believer, this world is not meant to be your paradise, but knowing that Paradise awaits, makes this journey so much more bearable and rewarding. Rem..
Judaism for the World – Reflections on God, Life...
JOD 27.50
An internationally recognized scholar and theologian shares a Jewish mysticism for our times in this " humane, accessible " book ( Publishers Weekly , Starred Review) “Green challenges traditional notions of God, Israel, and Torah, offering a radically new understanding and stimulating the reader t..
Lessons in Stoicism
JOD 9.00
A deeply comforting and illuminating book on how Stoicism can inspire us to live more enjoyable lives . What aspects of your life are you truly in control of? What do you do when you can’t guarantee that things will work out in your favor? And what can Stoicism teach us about how to live together? ..
Letters from a Stoic
JOD 11.00
For several years of his turbulent life, Seneca was the guiding hand of the Roman Empire. His inspired reasoning derived mainly from the Stoic principles, which had originally been developed some centuries earlier in Athens. This selection of Seneca's letters shows him upholding the austere ethical ..
Letters on England
JOD 11.00
Also known as the Lettres anglaises ou philosophiques, Voltaire's response to his exile in England offered the French public of 1734 a panoramic view of British culture. Perceiving them as a veiled attack against the ancien regime, however, the French government ordered the letters burned and Voltai..
Leviathan
JOD 14.50
"While men live without a common power to keep them all in fear, they are in that state which is called Warre." Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, Leviathan is an ambitious and highly original work of political philosophy. Arguing that the essential nature of man is competitive an..