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The Consolations of Philosophy: Popular Penguins by Alain de Botton
$12.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: good-very good
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. Fro ...Show more
The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
$32.99 AUD
Category: General
What does it mean to live happily ever after? At dinner parties and over coffee, Rabih and Kirsten's friends always ask them the same question: how did you meet? The answer comes easily - it's a happy story, one they both love to tell. But there is a second part to this story, the answer to a question t ...Show more
The Course of Love: An unforgettable story of love and marriage from the author of bestselling novel Essays in Love by Alain de Botton
$22.99 AUD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
A brilliant new novel about love and marriage in the modern world - from the author the bestselling novel Essays in Love. 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 ...Show more
The News A User's Manual by Alain De Botton
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The News is Alain de Botton's witty and insightful exploration of our twenty-first century obsession with media. Why do we keep checking the news? Today, the news occupies the same dominant position in our lives as religion once did. But rarely do we consider how it touches us. Here, Alain de Botton e ...Show more
The Pleasures & Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
"The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work" is Alain de Botton's lucid exploration of a subject key to most of our lives. 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 measu ...Show more
The School of Life: An Emotional Education by Alain de Botton, The School of Life
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: good-very good
What does it mean to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century? And how should we go about doing it? These are the most important questions to ask ourselves and the ones we most often avoid dealing with. This insightful, witty and generous book reveals one simple answer to the question of a good ...Show more
The School of Life: An Emotional Education by Alain de Botton and The School of Life
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
Emotional intelligence affects every aspect of the way we live, from romantic to professional relationships, from our inner resilience to our social success. It is the ultimate soft skill of the twenty-first century. Drawing on his work in the hugely successful School of Life organisation, Alain de Bott ...Show more
The School of Life Dictionary (The School of Life) by The School of Life; Alain de Botton (Contribution by)
$45.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A dictionary is a guide to language. This dictionary is for the distinctive language that The School of Life 'speaks': that of emotions. It is a selection of over 160 words and phrases that shed light on our feelings about ourselves, other people, and the workings of the modern world. Too often, we stru ...Show more
The Sorrows of Work by School of Life Staff; Alain de Botton (Series edited by)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Essay Bks.
Work can be a route to creativity, excitement and purpose. Nevertheless, many of us end up confused, discouraged and beaten by our working lives. The temptation is often just to blame ourselves, and to feel privately ashamed and guilty. However, as this book lucidly explains, there is a range of well-em ...Show more
What Can I Do When I Grow Up?: A Children's Career Guide (The School of Life) by The School of Life; Alain de Botton
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
It's impossible for a child to spend too long around adults without one of them coming up and asking, as if it were the most normal thing in the world, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" They mean for this to be a relatively simple question; the idea is that you'll quite easily be able to say so ...Show more