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The Consolations of Philosophy - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Consolations of Philosophy - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLEROne of the most influential voices in modern philosophy - the author of The Course of Love, Religion for Atheists, The Art of Travel and The School of Life Alain de Botton presents a one-stop shop for solving the problems of everyday life through the wisdom of history''s great philosophers''Singlehandedly, de Botton has taken philosophy back to its simplest and most important purpose: helping us live our lives'' Independent ''Few discussions on the great philosophers can have been so entertaining... An ingenious, imaginative book'' The Sunday Times ''Witty, thoughtful, entertaining... It manages to make philosophy both enjoyable and relevant'' Anthony Clare, Literary Review ''No doubt about it, philosophy is the new rock and roll and Alain de Botton is its Colonel Tom Parker... A pleasure to read. And good writing, like good philosophy, is always a consolation'' John Banville, Irish Times Alain de Botton has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Find out what Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche would say about the things that bother us all the most: lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety, the fear of failure and the pressure to conform.

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Status Anxiety - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Status Anxiety - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERFrom one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life - Alain de Botton sets out to understand our universal fear of failure - and how we might change it ''De Botton''s gift is to prompt us to think about how we live and how we might change things'' The Times We all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer - to a greater or lesser degree, usually privately and with embarrassment - from status anxiety. Alain de Botton gives a name to this universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks at history, philosophy, economics, art and politics - and reveals the many ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries. The result is a book that is not only entertaining and thought-provoking - but genuinely wise and helpful as well. ''He analyses modern society with great charm, learning and humour. His remedies come as a welcome relief when most books offering solutions to the stresses of life recommend the lotus position'' Daily Mail

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The News - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The News - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERFrom one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life - an accessible and eye-opening exploration of our relationship with ''the news''''His gift is to prompt us to think about how we live and how we might change things'' The Times ''De Botton analyses modern society with great charm, learning and humour. His remedies come as a welcome relief'' Daily Mail ''Like all classic de Botton, there are plenty of insightful observations here, peppered with some psychology, a dash of philosophy, a big dollop of commonsense'' Scotsman ''The news'' occupies a range of manic and peculiar positions in our lives. We invest it with an authority and importance which used to be the preserve of religion - but what does it do for us?Mixing current affairs with philosophical reflections, de Botton offers a brilliant illustrated guide to the precautions we should take before venturing anywhere near the news and the ''noise'' it generates. Witty and global in reach, The News will ensure you''ll never look at reports of a celebrity story or political scandal in quite the same way again.

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Essays In Love - Alain De Botton - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Essays In Love - Alain De Botton - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

''De Botton is a national treasure.'' - Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black A unique love story and a classic work of philosophy, rooted in the mysterious workings of the human heart and mind. Perhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there is someone there to see us existing, we cannot properly speak until there is someone who can understand what we are saying in essence, we are not wholly alive until we are loved. A man and woman on a flight from Paris to London, and so begins their love story. From first kiss to first argument, infatuation to heartbreak, de Botton illuminates each stage of their relationship with a clarity both startling and tender.With the verve of a novelist and the insight of a philosopher, Essays in Love unveils the mysteries of the human heart. It is essential reading for anyone seeking instruction in the art of love.

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Religion for Atheists - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Religion for Atheists - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERNUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The School of Life ''A serious and optimistic set of practical ideas that could improve and alter the way we live'' Jeanette Winterson, The Times ''A beautiful, inspiring book... offering a glimpse of a more enlightened path'' Sunday Telegraph ''Smart, stimulating, sensitive. A timely and perceptive appreciation of how much wisdom is embodied in religious traditions and how we godless moderns might learn from it'' Financial Times ''There isn''t a page in this book that doesn''t contain a striking idea or a stimulating parallel'' Mail on Sunday Alain de Botton takes us one step further than Dawkins or Hitchens ventured - into a world of ideas beyond the God debate... All of us, whether religious, agnostic or atheist, are searching for meaning. And in this wise and life-affirming book, non-believer Alain de Botton 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.And he suggests that non-believers can learn and steal from them.Picking and choosing from the thousands of years of advice assembled by the world''s great religions, Alain de Botton presents a range of fascinating ideas and practical insights on art, community, love, friendship, work, life and death. He shows how they can be of use to us all, irrespective of whether we do or don''t believe.

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The School of Life - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The School of Life - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Give the gift of inspiration: an essential guide to living wisely and well, no matter what challenges the world throws at you - f rom Alain de Botton, the bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of Love This is a book about everything you were never taught at school. It''s about how to understand your emotions, find and sustain love, succeed in your career, fail well and overcome shame and guilt. It''s also about letting go of the myth of a perfect life in order to achieve genuine emotional maturity. Written in a hugely accessible, warm and humane style, The School of Life is the ultimate guide to the emotionally fulfilled lives we all long for - and deserve. This book brings together ten years of essential and transformative research on emotional intelligence, with practical topics including: - how to understand yourself- how to master the dilemmas of relationships- how to become more effective at work - how to endure failure- how to grow more serene and resilient Praise for Alain de Botton: ''What he has managed to do is remarkable: to help us think better so that we may live better lives'' Irish Times ''A serious and optimistic set of practical ideas that could improve and alter the way we live'' Jeanette Winterson, The Times ''Alain de Botton likes to take big, complex subjects and write about them with thoughtful and deceptive innocence'' Observer

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How Proust Can Change Your Life - Alain De Botton - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

How Proust Can Change Your Life - Alain De Botton - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

With an introduction by comedian and novelist David Baddiel A novel in seven volumes, Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time is considered a major literary work of the twentieth century. And even more crucially, one that you should have read by now. However, as one of its most distinguishing features is its staggering length, many of us feel intimidated and perhaps, even, fatigued at the thought of diving in. Alain de Botton’s hilarious and unexpected Proustian manual, is then, the perfect antidote to this problem.In How Proust Can Change Your Life , de Botton masterfully distils what Proust says about friendship, reading, being alive and taking your time, and mixes it with his own, no less nourishing commentary. As de Botton rereads Proust for our collective benefit, we see the continued relevance of his work and the rich and varied insights he can offer us, from how to reinvigorate your relationship to being a good host. This is Proust as you’ve never seen him before. He may even change your life.

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The Architecture of Happiness - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Architecture of Happiness - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER From one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy and The School of Life, The Architecture of Happiness explores the fascinating hidden links between the buildings we live in and our long-term wellbeing. ''Engaging and intelligent . . . Full of splendid ideas, happily and beautifully expressed'' Independent 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?To answer these questions and many more, de Botton looks at buildings across the world, from medieval wooden huts to modern skyscrapers; he examines sofas and cathedrals, tea sets and office complexes, and teases out a host of often surprising philosophical insights. The Architecture of Happiness will take you on a beguiling tour through the history and psychology of architecture and interior design, and will change the way you look at your home. ''Alain de Botton takes big, complex subjects and writes about them with thoughtful and deceptive innocence'' Observer ''Clever, provocative and fresh as a daisy'' Literary Review

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The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

From one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life - a lucid exploration of the state in which most of us spend most of our lives''De Botton''s wit and powers of ironic observation are on display throughout what is a stylish and original book. The workplace brings out the best in his writing'' Sunday Times ''Timely, wonderfully readable. De Botton has pretty much got to the bottom of the subject'' Spectator ''Terribly funny, touches us all'' Daily Mail ''Brilliant, enormously engaging'' Guardian 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?Work makes us. Without it we are at a loss; in work we hope to have a measure of control over our lives. Yet for many of us, work is a straitjacket from which we cannot free ourselves.Criss-crossing the world to visit workplaces and workers both ordinary and extraordinary, and drawing on the wit and wisdom of great artists, writers and thinkers, Alain de Botton here explores our love-hate relationship with our jobs. He poses and answers little and big questions: from what should I do with my life? to what will I have achieved when I retire? The Pleasure and Sorrows of Work explains why it is we do what we do all day, and applies sympathy, humour and insight to helping us make the most of it.

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The Art of Travel - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Art of Travel - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER ''Honest, funny and dripping with witty aphorisms. Extremely entertaining and enlightening [...] all the way to journey''s end'' Herald One of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life, presents a travel guide with a difference - an exploration of why we travel, and what we learn along the way... Few activities seem to promise as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel to, we seldom ask why we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so.With the help of a selection of writers, artists and thinkers - including Flaubert, Edward Hopper, Wordsworth and Van Gogh - Alain de Botton provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to hotel minibars, airports to sightseeing. The perfect antidote to those guides that tell us what to do when we get there, The Art of Travel tries to explain why we really went in the first place - and helpfully suggest how we might be happier on our journeys. ''Delightful, profound, entertaining. I doubt if de Botton has written a dull sentence in his life'' Jan Morris ''An elegant and subtle work, unlike any other. Beguiling'' Colin Thubron, The Times

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The Course of Love - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Course of Love - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERFrom one of our great thinkers on modern life and the human condition - an unforgettable story of love and marriage from the author of bestselling novel Essays in Love as well as T he Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life '' The Course of Love probes the very heart of marriage , its shifts and squalls, its great adventure, with such forensic tenderness. I laughed a lot, too '' Deborah Moggach Modern love is never easy. Society is obsessed with stories of romance, but what comes after happily ever after? This is a love story with a difference. From dating to marriage, from having kids to having affairs, it follows the progress of a single ordinary relationship: tender, messy, hilarious, painful, and entirely un-Romantic. It is a love story for the modern world, chronicling the daily intimacies, the blazing rows, the endless tiny gestures that make up a life shared between two people. Moving and deeply insightful, The Course of Love offers us a window into essential truths about the nature of love. ''Engaging, sympathetic, acutely perceptive... There''s a refreshing honesty in what de Botton has to say '' Guardian ''Anyone who is, has been, or would ever like to be, in a satisfying, successful relationship, would do well to read de Botton'' Irish Independent ''He debunks the myth of the happily ever after with a painfully familiar, often hilarious detailing of petty arguments, the occasional extra-marital fling, the moments of loneliness and the declining frequency of sex... It''s not only hugely enjoyable but life enhancing too'' Daily Mail

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A Therapeutic Journey - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A Therapeutic Journey - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

AS HEARD ON THE DIARY OF A CEO PODCAST WITH STEVEN BARTLETTFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of The School of Life This is a book about how to optimise your mental health. Written with kindness and sympathy, it is a practical guide to emotional well-being, calm and psychological maturity.Alain de Botton explores how we can cope with a variety of mental challenges, from the mild to the severe. It considers how and why we can get overly anxious or low; how we can best understand our pasts and how they shape us; and how we can build resilience, so as to live wisely alongside certain difficulties.At heart this is a book about psychological happiness – about discovering equilibrium and meaning, and finding our way to connection and joy. ‘This book does a wonderful job of making you realise that the thing you’re going through, and the way that you are, isn’t evidence of your inadequacy. It’s actually evidence that you are perfectly human’ Steven Bartlett, author and host of The Diary of a CEO ''One of our most consistently illuminating writers on contemporary culture'' John Gray, New Statesman

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A Therapeutic Journey - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A Therapeutic Journey - Alain De Botton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

AS HEARD ON THE DIARY OF A CEO PODCAST WITH STEVEN BARTLETTFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of The School of Life This is a book about how to optimise your mental health. Written with kindness and sympathy, it is a practical guide to emotional well-being, calm and psychological maturity. Alain de Botton explores how we can cope with a variety of mental challenges, from the mild to the severe. It considers how and why we can get overly anxious or low; how we can best understand our pasts and how they shape us; and how we can build resilience, so as to live wisely alongside certain difficulties.At heart this is a book about psychological happiness – about discovering equilibrium and meaning, and finding our way to connection and joy. ‘This book does a wonderful job of making you realise that the thing you’re going through, and the way that you are, isn’t evidence of your inadequacy. It’s actually evidence that you are perfectly human’ Steven Bartlett, author and host of The Diary of a CEO ''One of our most consistently illuminating writers on contemporary culture'' John Gray, New Statesman

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From the Silence of Duchamp to the Noise of Boys - Mykki Blanco - Bog - KMEC - Plusbog.dk

From the Silence of Duchamp to the Noise of Boys - Mykki Blanco - Bog - KMEC - Plusbog.dk

“Blanco seeks out a point of unity between the primitive energy of mystical rite, the raw vitality of youth and the relationship between pop and urban culture.” – Vogue From the Silence of Duchamp to the Noise of Boys is the first book of poetry by New York–based performance artist and writer Mykki Blanco. Coinciding with the release of Blanco’s two new albums—their first in four years—and two new queer anthologies, We Can Do Better Than This (Vintage, 2021) and The Queer Bible (HarperCollins, 2021) that include essays penned by Blanco, this reissue of the sold-out first edition of From the Silence of Duchamp features the original collection of poems with a new introduction by the author.Written over the course of six years with revisions and additions that span across different ages and locations, From the Silence of Duchamp draws heavily from folklore and oral traditions to convey the energy of rebellious youth and challenge a contemporary indifference to spirituality. Blanco, who came of age first in the Pacific Northwest and then as a 16-year-old runaway in New York City, refers in these poems as much to their own experience of life as to the more far-reaching worlds of mysticism, metaphysics and psychedelia. From the Silence of Duchamp is arranged and illustrated by Nikolai Rose, the New York–based creative team of Jacob Melinger and Alan Paukman, who experimented with wine and salt crystals to create the haunting ink washes that accompany Blanco’s visceral words.Michael David Quattlebaum Jr. (born 1986), better known by the stage name Mykki Blanco , is a songwriter, musician, performance artist, poet and activist.

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Divine Invention - Sergio Blanco - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

Divine Invention - Sergio Blanco - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

One morning, as I was writing, I suddenly understood that as a species, through incredible stubbornness, we were able to write love into our genetic makeup, and that this is enough to redeem us all. We were given mouths to bite with, and with deep intelligence and beauty, we learned to kiss each other. Part performance lecture, part auto-fictional memoir, Divine Invention is Sergio Blanco''s attempt to say something new about love. To do so, he recalls his own experiences of love, true and invented, and explores the history of love in art, literature, music, and science. The result is a life-affirming new play. Written by acclaimed Franco-Uruguayan playwright Sergio Blanco ( Thebes Land , The Rage of Narcissus , When You Pass Over My Tomb ) and translated by his long-time collaborator Daniel Goldman, Divine Invention is ''collaboration to savour by two masters of the form'' (Lyn Gardner). This edition was published to coincide with the English language world premiere at Edinburgh Fringe Festival''s Summerhall in August 2024.

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Homeland of My Body - Richard Blanco - Bog - Beacon Press - Plusbog.dk

Homeland of My Body - Richard Blanco - Bog - Beacon Press - Plusbog.dk

A rich, accomplished, intensely intimate collection with two full sections of new poems bookending Blanco’s selections from his five previous volumes"An engineer, poet, Cuban American…his poetry bridges cultures and languages—a mosaic of our past, our present, and our future—reflecting a nation that is hectic, colorful, and still becoming."—President Joe Biden, conferring the National Humanities Medal on Richard Blanco, 2023 In this collection of over 100 poems, Richard Blanco has carefully selected poems from his previous books that represent his evolution as a writer grappling with his identity, working to find and define “home,” and bookended them with new poems that address those issues from a fresh, more mature perspective, allowing him to approach surrendering the pain and urgency of his past explorations. Pausing at this pivotal moment in mid-career, Blanco reexamines his life-long quest to find his proverbial home and all that it encompasses: love, family, identity and ultimately art itself. In the closing section of the volume, he has come to understand and internalize the idea that “home” is not one place, not one thing, and lives both inside him and inside his art. The poems range in form, voice, and setting, showcasing his command of craft, but in essence they are one continuous reflection on the existential question at the core of all of Blanco’s poetry: how can we find our place in the world. All are characterized by his keen eye, deep sensibility, and polished craft, without pretense. This volume is a gift to Blanco’s many readers but even more to those who have yet to discover that they can understand, and fall in love with poetry, that a poet can speak to them about his own and their own lives so profoundly, and that this poet, as Barack Obama discovered, can speak for all of us.Richard Blanco has been justly celebrated for his poetic gifts and his command of the many forms poetry can take, from the finely structured to the prose poem formats. His previous volumes have been praised by Patricia Smith, Eileen Myles, Sandra Cisneros, Elizabeth Alexander, and many others. His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic , and dozens of other publications.

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Peru: Tapiche–Blanco – Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report 27 - Nigel Pitman - Bog - Field Museum of Natural History,U.S. - Plusbog.dk

Peru: Tapiche–Blanco – Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report 27 - Nigel Pitman - Bog - Field Museum of Natural History,U.S. - Plusbog.dk

In October 2014 an interdisciplinary team of geologists, biologists, and social scientists carried out a rapid inventory of the biological and cultural diversity of the remote Tapiche and Blanco watersheds of Amazonian Peru. This report summarizes their findings on the region's rich biological communities of plants, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, as well as what the team learned in conversations with local indigenous and campesino communities about resource use and quality of life. A trilingual volume featuring both Spanish and English text with a summary in Capanahua, Peru: Tapiche-Blanco is designed for a broad range of readers-from scientists to decision-makers, from fishermen to local schoolchildren-and offers at its heart a series of recommendations for protecting the region's extraordinary diversity.

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