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Logic is the backbone of Western civilization, holding together its systems of philosophy, science and law. Yet despite…

A graphic introduction to Sigmund Freud's most enigmatic student, Carl Gustav Jung. This thoroughly illustrated guide…

Michel Foucault’s work was described at his death as ‘the most important event of thought in our century’. As a…

What is psychotherapy? How can we choose wisely from so much on offer? This book provides a valuable summary of the main…

Infinity is a difficult concept to grasp. In fact the ancient Greeks were so flabberghasted by the concept that they…

Our DNA is what defines some of our most basic traits, but it's also often misunderstood. Scientists who study how our…

The shaper of the world around us—statistics. Its use allows us to better understand the world around us. However, the…

Game theory is the study of how we make a decision when the outcome of our moves depends on the decisions of someone…

Need help making change happen and developing your own success? Want to be in "the right place at the right time" but…

Ever hear a song and felt sad all of a sudden? Ever fuck up hardcore because you were mad? Well, Mind & Brain helps you…

Introducing Political Philosophy explains the subject’s central concepts and presents the major political theorists…

Sigmund Freud, for better or for worse, challenged much of our understanding of how the mind worked and how we can heal…

Can machines really think? Or is the human mind itself just a complicated computer program? This uniquely illustrated…

Not just a biography or a guide to his writings, this book is a tour through Shakespeare's life and his world. Through…

Sometimes capitalism can feel comically evil, so what better place to tell the history of capitalism than a graphic…

What is beauty, and what is truth? These are some of the questions which aesthetics tries to answer. In our everyday…

This guide presents the life and work of Stephen Hawking, the famous physicist and best-sellng author of "A Breif…

At some point, you've probably heard that men and women have evolved different natures. Whether it's someone spouting…

“Introducing Semiotics” outlines the development of sign study from its classical precursors to contemporary…

Enjoying Work is as Easy as CBT is a book for anyone who struggles with depression or work anxiety, anyone that feels…

A graphic introduction to one of the newest sciences. Genetics has quickly shaped the frontiers of modern medical and…

This illustrated guide looks at the science and study of language, our most basic and universal skill. As long as humans…

What might a ‘theory of everything’ look like? Is science an ideology? Who were Adorno, Horkheimer or the Frankfurt…

Use this book to introduce your own big ideas! Unlined paper interspersed with some of the most popular pages from the…

Anthropology has a history that evolved from ancient Greece to contemporary times. This graphic guide introduces the key…

Emotional intelligence is the innate potential to feel, use, communicate, recognize, remember, describe, learn from,…

Slavoj Zizeck is a serious revolutionary, an absurdist prankster, and perhaps the worlds hippest philosopher. This…

Step aside Socrates and put your pen down Plato, Aristotle has taken the agora and there's a new teacher in town.…

Sometimes an introduction is just an introduction, but maybe not in the case of this sharply illustrted guide! Freud was…

What makes philosophy on the continent of Europe so different and exciting? Philosophers such as Kant and Hegel…