Frankl explores human responsibility and meaning in this moving and insightful work based upon his experiences in the Holocaust.

A beautifully written exploration of identity, selfhood and human experience arising from the world of neuropsychology. Raises some big questions about how we relate to the idea of 'self', and is at once extraordinarily moving.

The state of flow is what makes experience genuinely fulfilling, whether at work or other walks of life. Czikszentmihaly is the world's premiere researcher into this phenomemon and describes it from many different angles.

Baumann explores what is particular to our experience in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, arguing that we now live in liquid societies in which speed and fluidity are the defining experiences for most people.

Explores the idea and experience of 'I' or self-hood from a philosophical perspective. Rigorous, entertaining. Roundly challenges many of the accepted notions of what it means to be a person with a body, history, and identity.

Starting from first principles, the two Chilean biologists build up a detailed picture of what it is to be a human being, what knowledge is, and how we use language to create our world and ourselves.

Wilber explores the possibilities for the development of individuals, communities and humanity as a whole. Challenging, wise and thought provoking.

An elegant 'trojan horse'... not primarily a book about computers at all, but about people. The first half is really an extended exploration of the role of language, understanding and commitment in human beings and human communities.