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  • The Laws of Thought

    The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind

    by Tom Griffiths ...
    From the coauthor of Algorithms to Live By, an exploration of the quest to use mathematics to describe the ways we think, from its origins three hundred years ago to the ideas behind modern AI systems and the ways in which they still differ from human mindsEveryone has a basic understanding of how the physical world works. We learn about physics and chemistry in school, letting us explain the ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Alice's dreaming

    An astonishing work of history about a girl and the Indigenous world she encountered

    by Tom Griffiths ...
    'An unforgettable, multi-layered history, Alice's dreaming is at once biography, literary thriller and stunning evocation of Country and place.' —Mark McKennaEarly last century, Alice Duncan-Kemp grew up on a remote Queensland cattle station. Later she would write down her childhood memories of learning from Aboriginal women and men at home on their own Country. In her books, she evoked a rich ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Art of Time Travel

    Historians and Their Craft

    by Tom Griffiths ...
    No matter how practised we are at history, it always humbles us. No matter how often we visit the past, it always surprises us.Winner of the Ernest Scott Prize and Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Non-fiction'A rare feat of imagination and generosity' —Mark McKennaWith every sentence they write, historians must walk the tightrope between discipline and imagination, empathy and ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Algorithms to Live By

    The Computer Science of Human Decisions

    by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths ...
    A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mindAll our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Holy Qur'an

    Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali ...
    by Tom Griffith ...
    Series series Classics of World Literature
    Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an (also known as The Koran) is the sacred book of Islam. It is the word of God whose truth was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel over a period of 23 years. As it was revealed, so it was committed to memory by his companions, though written copies were also made by literate believers during the lifetime of the Prophet.The ... Read more

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    Henry IV, Part 2

    by William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright ...
    Narrated by a full cast, Jamie Glover, Richard Griffiths, Julian Glover ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection

    Unabridged

    3 hours 3 min

    Prince Hal parts from his past to fulfill his royal destiny, in this essential conclusion to Henry IV, Part 1.Rebellion still simmers in England and King Henry's health is failing. Prince Hal has proved his courage but the king still fears that his son's pleasure-loving nature will bring the realm to ruin. Meanwhile, Falstaff and his ribald companions waste the nights in revelry, anticipating the ... Read more

    $20.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • Living with Fire

    People, Nature and History in Steels Creek

    by Tom Griffiths, Christine Hansen ...
    Within the Yarra River catchment area nestles the valley of Steels Creek, a small shallow basin in the lee of Kinglake plateau and the Great Dividing Range. The escarpment walls of the range drop in a series of ridges to the valley and form the south-eastern boundary of the Kinglake National Park. The gentle undulations that flow out from the valley stretch into the productive and picturesque ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Rights of Man

    by Thomas Paine, Tom Griffith ...
    Series series Classics of World Literature
    With an Introduction by Derek Matravers.Rights of Man is a classic statement of the belief in humanity's potential to change the world for the better. Published as a reply to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, it differs from that great work in every relevant respect. Where Burke uses the language of the governing classes, Paine writes with the vigour of a self-taught mast-maker and ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • The Iliad and the Odyssey

    by Homer, Tom Griffith ...
    Translated by George Chapman ...
    Series series Classics of World Literature
    Translated by George Chapman, with Introductions by Jan Parker.Hector bidding farewell to his wife and baby son, Odysseus bound to the mast listening to the Sirens, Penelope at the loom, Achilles dragging Hector's body round the walls of Troy - scenes from Homer have been reportrayed in every generation. The questions about mortality and identity that Homer's heroes ask, the bonds of love, respect ... Read more

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  • The Origin of Species

    by Charles Darwin, Tom Griffith ...
    Series series Classics of World Literature
    With an Introduction by Jeff Wallace.'A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die...'.Darwin's theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no being or species has been specifically created; all are locked into a pitiless struggle for existence, with extinction looming for those not fitted for the task.Yet The ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • The Concise Pepys

    by Samuel Pepys, Tom Griffith ...
    Series series Classics of World Literature
    Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) began his celebrated diary on 1st January 1660 immediately prior to the Restoration of Charles II to the throne and the subsequent loosening of the rigid moral and social code enforced during the Puritan Commonwealth. As variously Clerk to the Council, a Member of Parliament, a prisoner in the Tower of London, twice Secretary to the Admiralty and President of the Royal ... Read more

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  • The Essential Philosophical Works

    by David Hume, Tom Griffith ...
    Series series Classics of World Literature
    With an introduction by Charlotte R. Brown and William Edward Morris.David Hume (1711–1776) was the most important philosopher ever to write in English, as well as a master stylist. This volume contains his major philosophical works. A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–1740), published while Hume was still in his twenties, consists of three books on the understanding, the passions, and morals. It ... Read more

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