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Hardcover:
9781501134258 | Simon & Schuster, June 14, 2016, cover price $26.00
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9788862084062 | Box pck lt edition (Damiani Editore, September 29, 2015), cover price $650.00
The news is everywhere. We canât stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds? 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? 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.)
Hardcover:
9781410470058 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, June 18, 2014), cover price $30.99
9780307379122 | Pantheon Books, February 11, 2014, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: The news is everywhere.
Paperback:
9780241967393 | Gardners Books, February 26, 2015, cover price $18.60
9780307476838 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, December 2, 2014), cover price $15.95
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9780956569240 | Box edition (Pgw, December 17, 2013), cover price $50.00
Hardcover:
9780714865911 | Phaidon Inc Ltd, October 14, 2013, cover price $39.95
Paperback:
9781847493088 | Alma Books, October 1, 2013, cover price $14.95
Product Description: THE SCHOOL OF LIFE IS DEDICATED TO EXPLORING LIFE'S BIG QUESTIONS IN HIGHLY-PORTABLE PAPERBACKS, FEATURING FRENCH FLAPS AND DECKLE EDGES, THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS "DAMNABLY CUTE." WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT WE WILL DIRECT YOU TOWARDS A VARIETY OF USEFUL IDEAS THAT ARE GUARANTEED TO STIMULATE, PROVOKE, AND CONSOLE...read more
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9781250030658 | Reprint edition (Picador USA, December 24, 2012), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: THE SCHOOL OF LIFE IS DEDICATED TO EXPLORING LIFE'S BIG QUESTIONS IN HIGHLY-PORTABLE PAPERBACKS, FEATURING FRENCH FLAPS AND DECKLE EDGES, THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS "DAMNABLY CUTE.
CD/Spoken Word:
9781743183250 | Unabridged edition (Bolinda Audio, November 12, 2012), cover price $49.97
9781743183373 | Mp3 una edition (Bolinda Audio, November 12, 2012), cover price $39.97
Paperback:
9788466623742 | Ediciones B, September 30, 2012, cover price $15.95
What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? The long-running and often boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved forward by Alain de Bottonâs inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are entirely falseâbut that it still has some very important things to teach the secular world. Religion for Atheists suggests that rather than mocking religion, agnostics and atheists should instead steal from itâbecause the worldâs religions are packed with good ideas on how we might live and arrange our societies. Blending deep respect with total impiety, de Botton (a non-believer himself) proposes that we look to religion for insights into how to, among other concerns, build a sense of community, make our relationships last, overcome feelings of envy and inadequacy, inspire travel and reconnect with the natural world. For too long non-believers have faced a stark choice between either swallowing some peculiar doctrines or doing away with a range of consoling and beautiful rituals and ideas. At last, in Religion for Atheists, Alain de Botton has fashioned a far more interesting and truly helpful alternative.
Hardcover:
9780307379108 | Pantheon Books, March 6, 2012, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense?
Paperback:
9780307476821 | Vintage Books, January 8, 2013, cover price $16.95
Hardcover:
9781616890322 | Princeton Architectural Pr, October 19, 2011, cover price $29.95
Miscellaneous:
9780771026287 | Emblem Editions, September 21, 2010, cover price $15.99
9780307742698 | Vintage Books, September 21, 2010, cover price $15.00
Product Description: We spend most of our waking lives at work â in occupations often chosen by our unthinking younger selves. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what our occupations mean to us. The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work is an exploration of the joys and perils of the modern workplace, beautifully evoking what other people wake up to do each day â and night â to make the frenzied contemporary world function...read more
Miscellaneous:
9780307378309 | Pantheon Books, June 2, 2009, cover price $26.00
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9781501284717 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, August 11, 2015), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: We spend most of our waking lives at work â in occupations often chosen by our unthinking younger selves.
Miscellaneous:
9780307481566 | Vintage Books, December 10, 2008, cover price $18.00
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9781433222962 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, June 1, 2012), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This dazzling journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture explores the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.
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9780802142405 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, February 9, 2006), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: In a novel that explores the realities of 'being in love,' two young people meet on a plane to Paris and embark on a love affair based on what they perceive as destiny.
Charts the progress of a love affair from the first kiss to argument and reconciliation, from intimacy and tenderness to the onset of anxiety and heartbreak. This book includes a chapter on the anxieties of when and how to say 'I love you' and another chapter on the challenges of disagreeing with someone else's taste in shoes.
Paperback:
9780330440783 | Abridged edition (Pan Macmillan, January 20, 2006), cover price $14.50 | About this edition: Charts the progress of a love affair from the first kiss to argument and reconciliation, from intimacy and tenderness to the onset of anxiety and heartbreak.
CD/Spoken Word:
9780792775324 | Blackstone Audio Inc, March 1, 2011, cover price $59.95
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780754006183 | Unabridged edition (Chivers Audio Books, May 1, 2001), cover price $69.95
Hardcover:
9780002570329 | Harpercollins Pub Ltd, January 1, 2000, cover price $65.00
Hardcover:
9780517284162 | Random House Inc, June 1, 1999, cover price $4.34
The author of On Love and The Romantic Movement presents a witty study of Marcel Proust that combines elements of literary biography, text analysis, and self-help manual as it examines the great writer's thoughts on true love, vacations, sex on the first date, and other issues. 17,500 first printing. Tour.
Hardcover:
9780679442752 | 1 edition (Pantheon Books, May 1, 1997), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Presents a study of Marcel Proust that combines elements of literary biography, textual analysis, and self-help manual as it examines the French writer's thoughts on true love, vacations, dating, and other issues
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