(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9780241999417
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 5th September 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9781035019724
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
UK Publication Date: 22nd June 2023
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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Think more about sex by thinking about it in a different way.
(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9780141014869
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2005
UK Publication Date: 13th January 2005
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Looking at history, philosophy, economics, art and politics, this book reveals the many ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries.
(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9780241970065
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2014
UK Publication Date: 27th March 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Provides an insight into everything from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing. This book suggests how we might be happier on our journeys.
(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9780140276619
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2001
UK Publication Date: 1st March 2001
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Sets six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Here then are Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche on some of the things that bother us all: lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety; the fear of failure and the pressure to conform.
(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9780241962138
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2017
UK Publication Date: 26th January 2017
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9780241972694
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2015
UK Publication Date: 26th February 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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With an exploration of our obsession with media, this book examines a number of archetypal news stories - a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview - from a perspective to ask intriguing questions: why do disaster stories titillate why obsess over love lives of the famous
(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9780141027913
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2010
UK Publication Date: 25th March 2010
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Why do so many of us love or hate our work How has it come to dominate our lives And what should we do about it What should I do with my life What will I have achieved when I retire This book explains why it is we do what we do all day, but its sympathy, humour and insight seeks to help us make the most of it.
(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9780241985830
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
UK Publication Date: 3rd September 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9781035038589
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
UK Publication Date: 8th February 2024
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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The classic book on love by the bestselling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life and The Consolations of Philosophy.
(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9781509870691
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2019
UK Publication Date: 7th March 2019
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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A fascinating and illuminating look at Proust's most famous works by renowned philosopher Alain de Botton.
(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9780141046310
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2014
UK Publication Date: 7th February 2013
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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All of us, whether religious, agnostic or atheist, are searching for meaning. In this book, a non-believer both rejects the supernatural claims of the major religions and points out just how many good ideas they sometimes have about how we should live. It looks at the God debate with fresh eyes.
(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9780241970058
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2014
UK Publication Date: 27th March 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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What makes a house truly beautiful Why are many new houses so ugly Why do we argue so bitterly about sofas and pictures - and can differences of taste ever be satisfactorily resolved This book explores one of our most intense but often hidden love affairs: with our houses and their furnishings.
(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9781447275329
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2015
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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With an introduction by Sheila Heti. A unique love story and a classic work of philosophy, rooted in the mysterious workings of the human heart and mind.
(Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
ISBN: 9781447202271
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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