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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Publication date
February 11, 2014
Pages
268
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780307379122
ISBN-10
0307379124
Dimensions
1 by 4 by 6 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$26.95
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§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The news is everywhere. We canât stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds?
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We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton (author of the best-selling The Architecture of Happiness), but this has a huge impact on our sense of what matters and of how we should lead our lives. In his dazzling new book, de Botton takes twenty-five archetypal news storiesâincluding an airplane crash, a murder, a celebrity interview and a political scandalâand submits them to unusually intense analysis with a view to helping us navigate our news-soaked age. He raises such questions as Why are disaster stories often so uplifting? What makes the love lives of celebrities so interesting? Why do we enjoy watching politicians being brought down? Why are upheavals in far-off lands often so boring?
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In The News: A Userâs Manual, de Botton has written the ultimate guide for our frenzied era, certain to bring calm, understanding and a measure of sanity to our daily (perhaps even hourly) interactions with the news machine.
(With black-and-white illustrations throughout.)
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We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton (author of the best-selling The Architecture of Happiness), but this has a huge impact on our sense of what matters and of how we should lead our lives. In his dazzling new book, de Botton takes twenty-five archetypal news storiesâincluding an airplane crash, a murder, a celebrity interview and a political scandalâand submits them to unusually intense analysis with a view to helping us navigate our news-soaked age. He raises such questions as Why are disaster stories often so uplifting? What makes the love lives of celebrities so interesting? Why do we enjoy watching politicians being brought down? Why are upheavals in far-off lands often so boring?
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In The News: A Userâs Manual, de Botton has written the ultimate guide for our frenzied era, certain to bring calm, understanding and a measure of sanity to our daily (perhaps even hourly) interactions with the news machine.
(With black-and-white illustrations throughout.)
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