Seven Types of Atheism

'Britain's best philosopher - he knocks it out of the park with a book that details the unravelling of the Western order' Telegraph, Books of the Year<BR><BR>Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we understand the world. Condemned and vilified by each new generation, Hobbes' cold political vision continues to see through any number of political and ethical vanities.<BR><BR>In his wonderfully stimulating book The New Leviathans, John Gray allows us to understand the world of the 2020s with all its contradictions, moral horrors and disappointments through a new reading of Hobbes' classic work. The collapse of the USSR ushered in an era of near-apoplectic triumphalism in the West: a genuine belief that a rational, liberal, well-managed future now awaited humankind and that tyranny, nationalism and unreason lay in the past. Since then, so many terrible events have occurred and so many poisonous ideas flourished, and yet still our liberal certainties treat them as aberrations which will somehow dissolve away. Hobbes would not be so confident.<BR><BR>Filled with fascinating and challenging perceptions, The New Leviathans is a powerful meditation on historical and current folly. As a species we always seem to be struggling to face the reality of base and delusive human instincts. Might a more self-aware, realistic and disabused ethics help us all?

The powerful, beautiful and chilling sequel to the bestselling Straw Dogs<BR><BR>'By nature volatile and discordant, the human animal looks to silence for relief from being itself while other creatures enjoy silence as their birthright'<BR><BR>Why do humans seek meaning to life? How do our imaginations leap into worlds so far beyond our actual reality? In this chilling and beautiful sequel to Straw Dogs, John Gray explores how we decorate our existence with countless fictions, twisting and turning to avoid acknowledging that we too are animals. Drawing on an extraordinary array of writers who are mesmerized by extremity, from Ballard to Conrad, Gray makes us re-imagine our place in the world.

In How to Live for Change and Change for Life renowned self-help guru John Gray turns his successful healing advice to how we live in modern times and gives new advice on love and all relationships - from couples and friends to parents and beyond. He explains the amazing benefits of committing to change and returning to what's important in order to create a life of lasting love health and happiness. He also provides practical principles to live by including:-- Love as if you have never been hurt before - positive thinking-- Dance as if no one is watching - vulnerability-- Work as if you don't need the money - responsibility-- Believe as if miracles can happen - acceptance