How Education Can Liberate Us from IdolatryThe first edition of Desiring the Kingdom has been widely used in a variety of educational settings. In this substantial revision, popular speaker and award-winning author James K. A. Smith rearticulates his core argument, that human beings are lovers shaped by liturgies, for a new cultural context. Smith helps us recognize the way cultural practices form--and deform--us. In this fully revised edition, he...

A study of the cultural impact of Janet Flanner, better known as Genêt, the overseas correspondent of The New Yorker magazine for fifty yearsThe New Yorker’s Paris studies the cultural impact of Janet Flanner, better known as Genêt, the overseas correspondent of The New Yorker magazine for fifty years (1925-1975). From the creativity of the Jazz Age before World War II to France’s political, social, and economic modernization after the wa...

When beauty disappears as a central motivating good, we become obsessed with truth as a substitute, producing the mindset of "culture wars" rather than cultural renewal.For two thousand years, Western thinkers understood that beauty is what moves us toward the good and the true. In The Lost Tradition of Beauty, Matthew J. Smith argues that the loss of this idea is the source of our cultural fragmentation today, as he recovers a vision of beauty as a moral,...

*The No.1 Sunday Times BestsellerAre you ready to change your life?Are you sick of always wearing black and getting undressed in the dark?Are you fixated with a number on the scales?Are you afraid to step into the gym and commit to a routine?Is your confidence at an all-time low?Is all of this having a negative impact on your ...

"Rejected Addresses; Or, The New Theatrum Poetarum" is a satirical work by Horace Smith and James Smith that humorously imagines how famous poets would have approached the task of writing addresses for the opening of the new Covent Garden Theatre. The book features a series of parodies, each mimicking the style of a different poet, showcasing the Smith brothers' wit and literary prowess. Through clever imitation, they not only entertain but also critique the poetic conventions of their tim...

The follow up to James Smith’s international number one bestseller, Not a Diet Book.Do you love your job?Does your future excite you?Are your relationships working for you?James Smith is back to challenge everything you thought you knew about the path to fulfilment and happiness. With hard-hitting home truths and a helping of tough love, be prepared to re-set your outlook, redefine your goals and truly consider:...

Blast off into the deepest reaches of space! Explore strange worlds, discover fascinating wonders, and learn a few things along the way. Most importantly, let your imagination run wild and have fun!

From two times number one Sunday Times bestselling author, James Smith, comes HOW TO BE CONFIDENT – the third instalment in James’ no-nonsense guides to gaining the tools to empower your decision-making and change your life.Now, more than ever, we are so often lost within a cycle of negativity – from comparing ourselves to others and doom scrolling on social media, to a paralysis of choice and chasing external gratification that does nothing to nurture authentic happiness. We need ...

The follow up to James Smith’s international number one bestseller, Not a Diet Book.Do you love your job?Does your future excite you?Are your relationships working for you?James Smith is back to challenge everything you thought you knew about the path to fulfilment and happiness. With hard-hitting home truths and a helping of tough love, be prepared to re-set your outlook, redefine your goals and truly consider:...

Aristotle is remembered as one of the most influential thinkers in history. But before his ideas survived for thousands of years, he lived a life shaped by war, politics, exile, friendship, science, and the struggle to belong.Born in the small Greek city of Stagira in 384 BCE, Aristotle left home as a teenager to study in Athens. He spent twenty years in Plato's Academy, eventually becoming a teacher and philosopher in his own right. Yet Athens never considered him a citizen. He wa...

You picked up this book for 1 of 3 reasons. You open the fridge at 5:30 PM and see the same 5 ingredients you used on Monday and you are tired of the rut. You want your kids to try new foods without a battle at the table. Or you love the idea of travel, but the budget says the trip is the kitchen for now. Whatever brought you here, you share a hope this book delivers: dinner can be a small, calm adventure that feeds the family and gives you something to talk about besides homework....

There comes a night in almost every father's life when the house is quiet, the children are asleep, and the weight of the day settles on a tired chest, and in that stillness a man asks himself a question that has no easy answer: whether he is enough. Maybe you have been that man, standing in a dark kitchen, replaying a sharp word or a missed game, and wondering if your children will remember you the way you hope or the way you fear. The burden of fatherhood is not the sleepless nights or t...