Sophie's Lucky


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From the beloved author of Babe comes the last of six stories about Dick King-Smith's most adored (human!) character, the inimitable Sophie, re-imagined twenty years later by the witty, perceptive paintbrush of the award-winning Hannah Shaw. Sophie would love to have a pony, but she doesn't think she'll ever be that lucky. She does get a lucky break, though, when Great Aunt Al invites her to Scotland! This charming, funny story beautifully captures the dynamics of family life and has been given a fresh, contemporary look by a talented artist.




Sophie's World


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A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.




Sophie in the Saddle


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Luck: Its Nature and Significance for Human Knowledge and Agency


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As thinkers in the market for knowledge and agents aspiring to morally responsible action, we are inevitably subject to luck. This book presents a comprehensive new theory of luck in light of a critical appraisal of the literature's leading accounts, then brings this new theory to bear on issues in the theory of knowledge and philosophy of action.




The Complete Sophie Stories


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A delightful gift box with the entire set of stories about the ever-popular Sophie. Sophie is small, but very determined. She's crazy about animals and wants to be a farmer when she grows up. Her best friend is great-great-aunt Al from Scotland, who looks a bit like a bird; and her worst enemy is a girl called Dawn. Sophie would love to have a pony, but doesn't think she'll ever be that lucky. She does meet a nice one called Bumblebee though, while on holiday at the seaside - where she also makes friends with a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig Read all about Sophie, her family and friends - animal and human - in these six galloping stories: Sophie's Snail, Sophie's Tom, Sophie Hits Six, Sophie in the Saddle, Sophie Is Seven, Sophie's Lucky.




The Philosophy of Luck


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This is the first volume of its kind to provide a curated collection of cutting-edge scholarship on the philosophy of luck Offers an in-depth examination of the concept of luck, which has often been overlooked in philosophical study Includes discussions of luck from a range of philosophical perspectives, including ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, and cognitive science Examines the role of luck in core philosophical problems, such as free will Features work from the main philosophers writing on luck today




Sophie Is Seven


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Small, but very determined, Sophie loves animals and is going to be a farmer when she grows up. In this book she visits a farm, makes a big impression at the school concert, celebrates her seventh birthday and starts riding lessons!




Sophie's Snail


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First of 4 stories about Sophie, this follows the humorous adventures of four-year-old Sophie as she pursues her dream of becoming a farmer.




Raw & Free


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Sophie Steevens shares her favourite plant-based recipes and describes how she reversed a serious autoimmune disease by eating a completely plant-based diet. Four years on, she has fully recovered, her family have also embraced this lifestyle and they are all thriving. Sophie's hugely popular Instagram Raw and Free depicts her plant-based life with her gorgeous family of partner, professional surfer Ricardo Christie, and three young boys. Her stunning cookbook is packed with over 100 delicious, vibrant plant-based, gluten-free and refined-sugar-free recipes that she has devised, and that the whole family enjoys eating. There are easy, family-friendly wholefood recipes for all meals plus great information to help you get started, with material such as kitchen essentials, ingredient staples and lots of easy-to-follow tips for a wholesome, plant-based lifestyle.




Wishful Thinking


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Accidentally turned into a genie, eleven-year-old Sophie endeavors to maintain a normal life and pursues the object of her crush before developing Random Wish Disorder, which compels her to grant wishes against her will.