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Scholars, Dreamers and Sages Who Can Teach Us How to Live
In showing how the great philosophers of human history lived and thought – and what they thought about – Peter Cave provides an accessible and enj...
And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Philosophy
Philosophy might make you think of dusty statues in togas or Zen masters meditating, but the philosophical world has far more to offer than ancient me...
Discover Philosophy Through 99 Perplexing Problems
What makes me, me – and you, you? What is this thing called ‘love’? Does life have a point? Is ‘no’ the right answer to this question? Philo...
A Beginner's Guide (updated edition)
Life does not become empty and meaningless in a godless universe. This is the contention at the heart of humanism, the philosophy concerned with makin...
An Isle of Wight Tragedy
A 61-year-old farmer Frank Cave was found dead, seemingly killed with his own shotgun on a quiet farm on the Isle of Wight, early one morning in Octob...
A Beginner's Guide
Philosophy, the “love of wisdom”, is the product of our endless fascination and curiosity about the world – the child of wonder. Through it, we ...
An Introduction to Philosophical Paradoxes
A lively and accessible introduction to philosophical paradoxes - ideal for anyone coming to this fascinating subject for the first time....
33 More Perplexing Philosophy Puzzles
The sensational follow-up to the bestselling Can a Robot be Human In this stunning sequel to last Christmas' bestselling surprise hit, "Can a Robot be...
33 Perplexing Philosophy Puzzles
The sensational follow-up to the bestsellers Can a Robot be Human? and What's Wrong with Eating People? In this stunning sequel to his bestselling phi...
Windswept
In Cold War parlance, the British government liked to think of it as a counter intelligence mission. To the Russians it would be seen as an act of int...
The philosophers’ Does Anything Eat Wasps? In this book of puzzles and paradoxes, Peter Cave introduces some of life's most important questions with...
Autonomy, Interdependence, and Reform in Japanese Junior High Education
Individuals, autonomy, and society in Japanese education -- Reshaping reform : discipline, autonomy, and group relations -- Classes, clubs, and contro...
Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But will the SAS be able to defeat what awaits them inside a top secret Nazi research facility?...
Should we aim to maximize happiness? Are there characteristics that we should foster within ourselves? Why is it important to act morally? From the an...
A Rabbi, a Philosopher and a Revealing Debate
Arguing about Judaism differs from other introductions to Judaism. It is unique, not solely in its engaging dialogues between a Reform rabbi and a hum...
Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission, But can the SAS prevent Britain descending into war-torn anarchy?...
The Last Echo
When a mysterious craft crashes in war-torn London in 1944, it is obvious to Army bomb-disposal officer Charles Terrell that neither it nor its pilot ...
How do you know that you exist? What does it mean to have a future? Are you the same thing as your brain? What does it mean to be free? How can you kn...
A Contrarian's Guide to Democracy, Free Speech and Other Liberal Fictions
In this witty and mischievous book, philosopher Peter Cave dissects the most controversial disputes today and uses philosophical argument to reveal th...
Nearly Everything You Wanted to Know* *but Were Too Afraid to Ask
Who are the Jews? What do they believe? Why is Israel so important to them? What's all this about self-hating Jews? These are just some of the questio...
Everything you ever wanted to know about philosophy in 35 bite-size chapters: From the realm of the unconscious to the principles of logic, How to Out...
When Cathy and Martin Adams decide to have a baby by donor insemination, Cathy's mother, Joan, blames her son-in-law for the "unnatural" act. Bitter r...
Pot-Pouri of Anecdotes to Mark the K.S.O. Centenary
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