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A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind
2024 || Paperback || Shoukei Matsumoto || Penguin Books Ltd
Cleanliness is next to enlightenment. In this Japanese bestseller a Buddhist monk explains the traditional meditative techniques that will help cleanse not only your house - but your soul.
Live clean. Feel calm. Be happy.
We remove dust to sweep away our worldly cares. We live simply and take time to contemplate the self, mindfully living each moment. It's not just monks that need to live this way. Everyone in today's busy world needs it.
In Japan, cleanliness is ne...
The Epic of Gilgamesh
2024 || Paperback || Anonymous Anonymous || Penguin Books Ltd
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world's oldest epic. The story tells of Gilgamesh's adventures with the wild man Enkidu. This text is translated by Andrew George.
The Serviceberry
An Economy of Gifts and Abundance
2024 || Hardcover || Robin Wall Kimmerer || Penguin Books Ltd
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Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
2024 || Paperback || David Graeber || Penguin Books Ltd
Homer and His Iliad
2024 || Paperback || Robin Lane Fox || Penguin Books Ltd
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The Revolutionary Temper
Paris, 1748–1789
2024 || Hardcover || Robert Darnton || Penguin Books Ltd
The Darkling gently folded me in his arms. He pressed a kiss to the top of my hair. "I will strip away all that you know, all that you love, until you have no other shelter but me." For Alina, time is running out. To destroy the Darkling, she needs to find the elusive firebird, and she needs to find it soon. The Darkling's power is growing. And so is his connection to Alina. Can Alina escape the hold he has over her? Does she want to? Mal is the one person Alina can rely on in an increasin...
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The Power Paradox
How We Gain and Lose Influence
2024 || Paperback || Prof. Dacher Keltner || Penguin Books Ltd
A revolutionary rethinking of everything we know about power It shapes every interaction we have, whether we're trying to get a two-year-old to eat green vegetables or ask for a promotion at work. But how do we really gain and maintain power - through coercion or cooperation? What does it do to our behaviour? And what makes us lose power? In twenty revolutionary 'power principles', renowned psychologist Dacher Keltner turns everything we thought we knew about influence and status upside down,...
The Politics of Time
Gaining Control in the Age of Uncertainty
2024 || Paperback || Guy Standing || Penguin Books Ltd
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Seneca
A Life
2024 || Paperback || Emily Wilson || Penguin Books Ltd
Philosopher, dramatist, rhetorician, Stoic and pragmatist, Seneca was one of the most contradictory figures in ancient Rome, embracing a stern ascetic morality while amassing a fortune under Nero and eventually committing suicide. This definitive biography reveals a life lived perilously in the gap between ideals and reality.