Alain De Botton
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Argues that everyone can benefit from the wisdom and power of religion regardless of beliefs and explains how the secular world can glean insights from religious stories about how to live, structure societies, and achieve a greater appreciation for culture.
Author
Publisher
Vintage International
Pub. Date
2004, ©2002
Language
English
Description
Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation, the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
How does love survive and thrive in the long term? In Edinburgh, Rabih and Kirsten, fall in love, get married, have children. But this is their story after the first flush of infatuation. As Rabih and Kirsten reform their ideals under the pressures of an average existence, they discover that love is a skill that needs to be learned, and not just experienced.
Author
Publisher
Vintage International, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The News: A User's Manual is an insightful analysis of the impact of the incessant news machine on us and our culture. The news is everywhere. We can't stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds? We are never taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face daily, which has a huge influence on our sense of what matters and of how we should lead our lives. Alain de Botton takes twenty-five archetypal...
Author
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A definitive survey of the finest examples of residential architecture in Britain from 1900 to the present, featuring the major architects of the 20th century and leading emerging talents. In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in the architectural history and heritage of Britain. This has been driven by many important political, cultural and social factors, as well as a powerful and renewed interest in the design of house and home....