ON RIGHT IN A WRONG WORLD:
Essays in Classical Philosophical Praxis
Translation of Gerd B. Achenbach’s Vom Richtigen im Falschen. The second book (after Philosophical Praxis, Bloomsbury 2024) to offer English-speaking readers Achenbach’s life-oriented and life-affirming world of thought.
ISBN: 978-1-7936-5110-5
Translated by Michael Picard.
Bloomsbury, Forthcoming 2027
CAFE CONVERSATIONS:
Participatory Philosophy in Public Spaces.
A collection of essays by leading facilitators of Cafe Philosophy from all over the world, including, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, USA, Peru, Japan and others. Curated, edited, and with contributions by Michael Picard. Features Picard's original translations of selections of Marc Sautet, Un Café pour Socrates.
ISBN: 9781772443363
Edited by Michael Picard.
Rock's Mills Press, Sept. 2025.
PHILOSOPHICAL PRAXIS:
Origins, Relations, Legacy
Philosophical Praxis presents is Michael Picard's authorized translation of Gerd B. Achenbach's Die Philosophie der Philosophischen Praxis (Karl Aber, 2023). It is the first book-length translation of the contemporary founder of philosophical practice.
ISBN: 978-1-7936-5113-6
Translated by Michael Picard.
Bloomsbury, 2024.
HOW TO PLAY PHILOSOPHY
A Book for Public Thinking and the Thinking Public
How to Play Philosophy is a breezy array of lyrical, creative essays that explore timeless and timely ideas about who we are, how we live and what we think.
ISBN: 978-0-7618-7306-8
Written by Michael Picard.
CARING LEADERSHIP:
Voice of Nurses
Caring Leadership is a collection of essays by faculty or participants in RRU's Leadership programs, in which I taught for some time. The book has been assigned in university-level leadership and nursing courses.
ISBN: 0-9687361-0-6
Edited by Michael Picard.
Leadership and Learning Collaboratory, RRU, 2000.
THIS IS NOT A BOOK:
Adventures in Popular Philosophy
This is Not a Book presents innumerable puzzles, problems and paradoxes of philosophy ancient and modern, East and West, in a light yet profound manner. It has been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, Estonian, and Greek.
ISBN: 13-978-1-84706-012-9
CHANGE DELIVERED:
Leadership through Public Service.
Change Delivered is an edited collection of contributions by faculty and participants in leadership programs at RRU.
ISBN: 0-9687361-1-1-4
Edited by Michael Picard.
Leadership and Learning Collaboratory, RRU, 2001.
Cece n'est pas un livre: lecons de philosophie et jeux d'esprit
The French translation of This is Not a Book
ISBN: 9782501058193
Written by Michael Picard. Translated and adapted by Catherine Pierre-Bon.
Marabout, 2007.
See ei ole Raamat:
Seiklusi populaarfilosoofias
Estonian Translation of This is Not a Book
ISBN: 978-9985-0-2386-0
Written by Michael Picard.
Koolibri, 2009.
Αυτό δεν είναι βιβλιο
Greek Translation of This is Not a Book.
ISBN: 978-960-6838035-7
Written by Michael Picard.
ΒΙΒΛΙΑ ΤΕΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ, 2007.
The Bedside Book of Philosophy
Adventures in Thought and Reasoning
This is a revised edition of This is Not a Book
ISBN: 978-0-87562-311-9
Written by Michael Picard.
Quid (New Burlington), 2012.
Philosophy:
Adventures in Thought and Reasoning
The revised version of This is Not a Book
ISBN: 978-1-4351-4096
Written by Michael Picard.
Metro Books, 2012.
THIS BOOK DOES NOT EXIST:
Adventures in the Paradoxical.
Eight chapters packed with thought-experiences, real-lie examples, and exercises for you to try. Features two technical chapters by Picard on Mathematical Infinity and Impossible Objects.
Co-written with Gary Haden.
Bedside Books of Paradoxes:
From Illusions to Infinity: Adventures in the Impossible
Revised and Expanded version of This Book Does Not Exist.
ISBN: 978-0-85762-310-2
Written by Gary Hayden and Michael Picard.
Quid (New Burlington), 2013.