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Distraction: A Philosopher's Guide to Being Free by Damon Young
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
We all know what it is to be distracted - a feeling that our attention is not quite where it should be. While it is not a new complaint, modern life is plagued by distractions. At work and at home, in relationships and in the bedroom, our attention is often torn between one thing and another. What does ...Show more
How to Think About Exercise (School of Life) by Damon Young
$19.99 AUD
Category: Health & Self Help | Series: School of Life Ser.
We tend to regard exercise as pure physical exertion, a working of the muscles to develop (or show) bodily strength and vitality. We do not exercise to improve our minds or to learn something new; we commonly make this division of the body and mind. But this was not always so; the ancient Greeks rarely ...Show more
On Getting Off - Sex and Philosophy by Damon Young
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
The curious reader's companion to sex. 'Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas.' — Samuel Johnson Why is screwing so funny? How should we think about our most shocking fantasies? What is so captivating about nudity? Inspired by philosophy, literature, and private life, Damon Young explo ...Show more
Philosophy In The Garden by Damon Young
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Category: Natural History and Environment
Why did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing, coveting an apricot? How was Friedrich Nietzsche inspired by his thought tree? In Philosophy in the Garden, Damon Young explores one of literature's most intimate relationships: authors and their gardens. For some, the garden ...Show more
The Art of Reading by Damon Young
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Category: Writing, Language & Reference
"In The Art of Reading, philosopher Damon Young delights in the pleasures of this intimate pursuit through a rich sample of literature: from Virginia Woolf's diaries to Batman comics. He writes with honesty and humour about the blunders and revelations of his own bookish life.Devoting each chapter to a ...Show more
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young
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Category: Biography & Memoir
From the cofounder of VerySmartBrothas.com, and one of the most read writers on race and culture at work today, a provocative and humorous memoir-in-essays that explores the absurdities and anxieties of being Black in America For Damon Young, existing while Black is an extreme sport. The act of possess ...Show more
What Doesn't Kill You Makes you Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
From the cofounder of VerySmartBrothas.com, and one of the most read writers on race and culture at work today, a provocative and humorous memoir-in-essays that explores the ever-shifting definitions of what it means to be Black (and male) in America. For Damon Young, existing while Black is an extreme ...Show more
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