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Alain de Botton

Romantic Movement

Editura: Picador USA

Anul aparitiei: 1996

In The Romantic Movement , Alain de Botton explores the progress of a love affair from first meeting to breaking up, intercut with musings on the nature of art of love. The relationship between Alice, an advertising executive, and Eric, a banker, is examined at every stage, supplemented by quizzes and line drawings by the author and commentary by a chorus of great philosophers, from Descartes to Plato to Aretha Franklin. The Romantic Movement will charm readers and lovers alike with wit, insight, and intelligence.

Alain de Botton

Kiss & Tell

Editura: Picador USA

Anul aparitiei: 1997

Dr. Samuel Johnson observed that everyone's life is a subject worthy of the biographer's art. Accused by a former girlfriend of being unable to empathize, the narrator of Alain de Botton's Kiss & Tell takes Johnson's idea to heart and decides to write about the next person who walks into his life. He meets Isabel Rogers, a production assistant at a small stationery company in London, apparently an ordinary woman. But as the biographer's understanding of Isabel deepens, she becomes remarkable. Her smallest quirks, private habits, and opinions become worthy of the most painstaking investigation-and unexpectedly attractive to her biographer.

Alain de Botton

The Art of Travel

Editura: Vintage Books USA

Anul aparitiei: 2004

A wise and utterly original book of travel essays from an international bestselling author that will "give one an expansive sense of wonder" ( The Baltimore Sun ). Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, 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. Even as de Botton takes the reader along on his own peregrinations, he also cites such distinguished fellow-travelers as Baudelaire, Wordsworth, Van Gogh, the biologist Alexander von Humboldt, and the 18th-century eccentric Xavier de Maistre, who catalogued the wonders of his bedroom. The Art of Travel is a "refreshing and profoundly readable" book ( The Philadelphia Inquirer ). Don't leave home without it.

Alain de Botton

On Love

Editura: Grove/Atlantic

Anul aparitiei: 2006

On Love is globally bestselling novelist-philosopher Alain De Botton's iconic debut--the novel that launched his decorated literary career; and a funny, profound, and searingly true-to-life exploration of love. A man and a woman meet over casual conversation on a flight from Paris to London, and so begins a love story--from fist kiss to first argument, elation to heartbreak, and everything in between. Each stage of the relationship is illuminated with starling clarity, as de Botton explores emotions often felt but rarely understood. Now, in tandem with the arrival of The Course of Love --de Botton's first novel in twenty years and one about mature love--we celebrate the timeless debut about young love that serves as The Course of Love 's precursor and companion. Reissued with a brilliant introduction by the New York Times bestselling author of How Should a Person Be? , Shelia Heti, On Love is a contemporary classic that should be read by anyone who has ever fallen in love.

Alain de Botton (Author)

The Consolations of Philosophy. Alain de Botton

Editura: PUTNAM

Anul aparitiei: 2001

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. Page dim. 200 x 126 x 13 Weight: 294 grams

Alain de Botton (Author)

The Art of Travel. Alain de Botton

Editura: PUTNAM

Anul aparitiei: 2003

Alain de Botton (Author)

Status Anxiety. Alain de Botton

Editura: PUTNAM

Anul aparitiei: 2005

Looking at history, philosophy, economics, art and politics, this book reveals the many ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries. Page dim. 198 x 129 x 23 Weight: 350 grams

Alain de Botton (Author)

The Architecture of Happiness

Editura: PENGUIN GROUP

Anul aparitiei: 2007

Alain de Botton (Author)

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work. Alain de Botton

Editura: PENGUIN GROUP

Anul aparitiei: 2010

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. Page dim. 197 x 130 x 20 Weight: 364 grams

Alain de Botton (Author)

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

Editura: PANTHEON

Anul aparitiei: 2009

Alain de Botton (Author)

Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion

Editura: HAMISH HAMILTON

Anul aparitiei: 2012

Alain de Botton (Author)

Religion for Atheists

Editura: PENGUIN EXPORT

Anul aparitiei: 2012

Alain de Botton (Author)

Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion

Editura: PANTHEON

Anul aparitiei: 2012

"What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense?" The long-running and often boring deba

Alain de Botton (Author)

Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion

Editura: VINTAGE BOOKS

Anul aparitiei: 2013

What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? Alain de Botton's bold and provocative book argues that we can benefit from the wisdom and power of religion--without having to believe in any of it. He suggests that rather than mocking religion, agnostics and atheists should instead steal from it--because the world's religions are packed with good ideas on how we might live and arrange our societies. De Botton looks to religion for insights into how to build a sense of community, make relationships last, overcome feelings of envy and inadequacy, inspire travel, get more out of art, and reconnect with the natural world. For too long non-believers have faced a stark choice between swallowing lots of peculiar doctrines or doing away with a range of consoling and beautiful rituals and ideas. Religion for Atheists offers a far more interesting and truly helpful alternative.

Alain de Botton (Author)

The Consolations of Philosophy

Editura: BLACKSTONE AUDIO BOOKS

Anul aparitiei: 2006

Alain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: he has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world's most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged a panoply of wisdom to guide us through our most common problems. From the frustration of misplacing your keys to the sadness of losing a loved one, the writings of Seneca can offer consolation. For the agony of not having enough money, Epicurus has a solution that everyone can afford. If your life is beset by difficulty after difficulty, wise advice may be found in the words of Nietzsche. The Consolations of Philosophy is smart, lucid, and pleasing, a rare sort of book that wonderfully fulfills the promise of its title.

Alain de Botton (Author)

Status Anxiety

Editura: BLACKSTONE AUDIO BOOKS

Anul aparitiei: 2006

Anyone who's ever lost sleep over an unreturned phone call or the neighbor's Lexus had better read Alain de Botton's irresistibly clear-headed book--immediately. For in its pages, a master explicator of our civilization and its discontents turns his attention to the insatiable quest for status, a quest that has less to do with material comfort than with love. "Every adult life could be said to be defined by two great love stories. The first--the story of our quest for sexual love--is well known and well charted...The second--the story of our quest for love from the world--is a more secret and shameful tale. And yet this second love story is no less intense than the first." This is a book about an almost universal anxiety that is rarely mentioned: an anxiety about what others think of us, about whether we're judged a success or a failure, a winner or a loser. This is a book about status anxiety. Bestselling author Alain de Botton asks--with lucidity and charm--where our worries about status come from and what, if anything, we can do to surmount them. With the help of philosophers, artists, and writers, he examines the origins of status anxiety before revealing ingenious ways in ...

Alain de Botton (Author)

Status Anxiety

Editura: BLACKSTONE AUDIO BOOKS

Anul aparitiei: 2006

Anyone who's ever lost sleep over an unreturned phone call or the neighbor's Lexus had better read Alain de Botton's irresistibly clear-headed book--immediately. For in its pages, a master explicator of our civilization and its discontents turns his attention to the insatiable quest for status, a quest that has less to do with material comfort than with love."Every adult life could be said to be defined by two great love stories. The first--the story of our quest for sexual love--is well known and well charted...The second--the story of our quest for love from the world--is a more secret and shameful tale. And yet this second love story is no less intense than the first."This is a book about an almost universal anxiety that is rarely mentioned: an anxiety about what others think of us, about whether we're judged a success or a failure, a winner or a loser. This is a book about status anxiety. Bestselling author Alain de Botton asks--with lucidity and charm--where our worries about status come from and what, if anything, we can do to surmount them. With the help of philosophers, artists, and writers, he examines the origins of status anxiety before revealing ingenious ways in which ...

Alain de Botton (Author)

The Consolations of Philosophy

Editura: BLACKSTONE AUDIO BOOKS

Anul aparitiei: 2006

Alain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: he has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world's most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged a panoply of wisdom to guide us through our most common problems. From the frustration of misplacing your keys to the sadness of losing a loved one, the writings of Seneca can offer consolation. For the agony of not having enough money, Epicurus has a solution that everyone can afford. If your life is beset by difficulty after difficulty, wise advice may be found in the words of Nietzsche. The Consolations of Philosophy is smart, lucid, and pleasing, a rare sort of book that wonderfully fulfills the promise of its title.

Alain de Botton (Author)

Status Anxiety

Editura: BLACKSTONE AUDIO BOOKS

Anul aparitiei: 2006

Anyone who's ever lost sleep over an unreturned phone call or the neighbor's Lexus had better read Alain de Botton's irresistibly clear-headed book--immediately. For in its pages, a master explicator of our civilization and its discontents turns his attention to the insatiable quest for status, a quest that has less to do with material comfort than with love."Every adult life could be said to be defined by two great love stories. The first--the story of our quest for sexual love--is well known and well charted...The second--the story of our quest for love from the world--is a more secret and shameful tale. And yet this second love story is no less intense than the first."This is a book about an almost universal anxiety that is rarely mentioned: an anxiety about what others think of us, about whether we're judged a success or a failure, a winner or a loser. This is a book about status anxiety. Bestselling author Alain de Botton asks--with lucidity and charm--where our worries about status come from and what, if anything, we can do to surmount them. With the help of philosophers, artists, and writers, he examines the origins of status anxiety before revealing ingenious ways in which ...

Alain de Botton (Author)

The Consolations of Philosophy

Editura: BLACKSTONE AUDIO BOOKS

Anul aparitiei: 2006

Alain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: he has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world's most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged a panoply of wisdom to guide us through our most common problems. From the frustration of misplacing your keys to the sadness of losing a loved one, the writings of Seneca can offer consolation. For the agony of not having enough money, Epicurus has a solution that everyone can afford. If your life is beset by difficulty after difficulty, wise advice may be found in the words of Nietzsche. The Consolations of Philosophy is smart, lucid, and pleasing, a rare sort of book that wonderfully fulfills the promise of its title.