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  • The Happiness Hypothesis

    Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science

    Every culture rests on a bedrock of folk wisdom handed down through generations.The pronouncements of philosophers are homespun by our grandmothers, and find their way into our common sense: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Happiness comes from within.But are these 'truths' really true? Today we all seem to prefer to cling to the notion that ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • The Righteous Mind

    Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion

    'A landmark contribution to humanity's understanding of itself' The New York TimesWhy can it sometimes feel as though half the population is living in a different moral universe? Why do ideas such as 'fairness' and 'freedom' mean such different things to different people? Why is it so hard to see things from another viewpoint? Why do we come to blows over politics and religion?Jonathan Haidt ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    The Anxious Generation

    How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

    Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 32 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.An urgent and insightful investigation into the collapse in youth mental health, from the influential social psychologist and international bestselling author**After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents in many countries around the world deteriorated suddenly in the early 2010s. Why have rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm ... Read more

    $27.99 AUD

  • The Anxious Generation

    How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

    THE NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA TIMES, FT, ECONOMIST AND INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR‘Boundlessly wise . . . important and engrossing’ The New York Times‘One of the most important books I’ve read . . . It’s absolutely brilliant’ Dr Rangan Chatterjee'Urgent and essential' GuardianAcclaimed psychologist Jonathan Haidt reve... ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD

  • The Coddling of the American Mind

    How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

    **'Excellent, their advice is sound . . . liberal parents, in particular, should read it' *Financial TimesThe New York Times* bestsellerWhat doesn't kill you makes you weakerAlways trust your feelingsLife is a battle between good people and evil people**These three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being, as well as ancient wisdom from many cultures. And yet they ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Righteous Mind

    Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

    Narrated by Jonathan Haidt ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 1 min

    Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.His starting point is moral intuition—the nearly instantaneous perceptions we all ... Read more

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  • Meaning in Life and Why It Matters

    Series Book 40 - The University Center for Human Values Series
    A fresh reflection on what makes life meaningfulMost people, including philosophers, tend to classify human motives as falling into one of two categories: the egoistic or the altruistic, the self-interested or the moral. According to Susan Wolf, however, much of what motivates us does not comfortably fit into this scheme. Often we act neither for our own sake nor out of duty or an impersonal ... Read more

    $37.99 AUD

  • The Morality Wars

    The Ongoing Debate Over The Origin Of Human Goodness

    In The Morality Wars, contributors from religious and non-religious backgrounds debate the origin and nature of human goodness. While the subject is often addressed by prominent figures on both sides of the believer/atheist divide on public platforms and social media, participants seldom get the opportunity to explain their viewpoints in depth. In addition to engaging the traditional conflict ... Read more

    $52.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Coddling of the American Mind

    How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

    Narrated by Jonathan Haidt ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 6 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Coddling of the America Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff, read by Jonathan Haidt.What doesn't kill you makes you weakerAlways trust your feelingsLife is a battle between good people and evil peopleThese three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being, as well as ancient wisdom from many cu... ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD

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    Better Angels of Our Nature, The

    Why Violence Has Declined

    by Steven Pinker ...
    Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

    Unabridged

    36 hours 55 min

    “If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this—the most inspiring book I've ever read."—Bill Gates (May, 2017)Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the YearThe author of Enlightenment Now and The New York Times bestseller The Stuff of Thought offers a controversial history of violence.Faced with the ceaseless stream of news abo... ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Behave

    The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

    Narrated by Michael Goldstrom ...

    Unabridged

    26 hours 27 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.The audiobook edition of Behave by Robert Sapolsky, read by Michael Goldstrom.The New York Times best sellerWinner of the 2017 LA Times Book PrizeWhy do human beings behave as they do?We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over... ... Read more

    $27.99 AUD