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  • CAMBRIDGE ESSAYS ON EDUCATION

    "Cambridge Essays on Education" by Arthur Christopher Benson is an idea-provoking collection that delves into the geographical regions of pedagogy, philosophy, and the profound implications of training. In this series of essays, Benson, an esteemed writer and educational, provides authoritative insights and considerate reflections on the purpose and nature of schooling. Benson's exploration ... Read more

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  • The Conquest of Happiness

    Why do so many people feel dissatisfied, anxious, or unfulfilled, even in times of material comfort? In “The Conquest of Happiness”, Bertrand Russell confronts this timeless question with the clarity, wit, and intellectual honesty that made him one of the twentieth century’s most influential thinkers. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, and everyday experience, Russell explores the common causes of ... Read more

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  • The Conquest of Happiness

    Series series Routledge Classics
    The Conquest of Happiness is Bertrand Russell’s recipe for good living. First published in 1930, it pre-dates the current obsession with self-help by decades. Leading the reader step by step through the causes of unhappiness and the personal choices, compromises and sacrifices that (may) lead to the final, affirmative conclusion of ‘The Happy Man’, this is popular philosophy, or even self-help, as ... Read more

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  • Conspicuous Consumption

    Series series Penguin Great Ideas
    With its wry portrayal of a shallow, materialistic 'leisure class' obsessed by clothes, cars, consumer goods and climbing the social ladder, this withering satire on modern capitalism is as pertinent today as when it was written over a century ago. ... Read more

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  • Towards A Philosophy Of Education

    With linked Table of Contents

    'Towards a Philosophy of Education' is Charlotte Mason's final book in her Homeschooling Series, written after years of seeing her approach in action. This volume gives the best overview of her philosophy, and includes the final version of her 20 Principles. This book is particularly directed to parents of older children, about ages 12 and up, but is a valuable overview for parents of younger ... Read more

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  • On Education

    Series series Routledge Classics
    Bertrand Russell is considered to be one of the most significant educational innovators of his time. In this influential and controversial work, Russell calls for an education that would liberate the child from unthinking obedience to parental and religious authority. He argues that if the basis of all education is knowledge wielded by love then society can be transformed. One of Bertrand Russell ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • The Theory of the Leisure Class

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    Veblen's landmark study of affluent American society exposes the 'pecuniary culture' and 'conspicuous consumption' that results when unessential goods are exploited at the expense of production of true value. This new edition examines Veblen's still pertinent arguments. - ;'Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.' In The Theory of the ... Read more

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  • Towards a Psychology of Education

    Towards a Philosophy of Education is Charlotte Mason's final book in her Homeschooling Series, written after years of seeing her approach in action. This volume gives the best overview of her philosophy, and includes the final version of her 20 Principles. This book is particularly directed to parents of older children, about ages 12 and up, but is a valuable overview for parents of younger ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • An Englishman Looks at the World

    by H.G. Wells ...
    H.G. Wells was a legendary British author who wrote in many genres. Wells’ most famous works were science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, and The Invisible Man. This edition of Wells’ An Englishman Looks at the World includes a table of contents. ... Read more

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  • Three Guineas (a book-length essay) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Feminist Pacifist Essay on War, Patriarchy, Education, and Women's Professional Independence

    Published in 1938, Three Guineas is Virginia Woolf's searching book-length essay on the entanglement of war, patriarchy, education, and professional exclusion. Framed as a reply to a gentleman's letter asking how war might be prevented, it proceeds through ironic argument, documentary evidence, and moral interrogation. Its style is at once lucid, digressive, satirical, and severe, extending the ... Read more

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  • Mankind in the Making

    by H. G. Wells ...
    Series series World Classics
    'Mankind in the Making' is a collection of papers written by Wells about the construction of a better future. These essays discuss topics such as educational reforms, poverty, the modern state, and political institutions in general. Wells critiques the Victorian system and provides a socialist perspective on how it can be improved. While Wells' ideals are socialist, he injects a unique futurist ... Read more

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  • Autobiography

    One of the greatest prodigies of his era, John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age of three, as part of an astonishingly intense education at his father's hand. Intellectually brilliant, fearless and profound, he became a leading Victorian liberal thinker, whose works - including On Liberty, Utilitarianism, The Subjection of Women and this Autobiography - are among ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD