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  • On Love

    A Novel

    by Alain de Botton ...
    **The New York Times–bestselling author's modern classic that "takes a conventional love story and textures it with philosophical ruminations" ( Kirkus Reviews).A man and a woman meet over casual conversation on a flight from Paris to London, and so begins a love story—from first kiss to first argument, elation to heartbreak, and everything in between. Each stage of the relationship is illuminated ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?

    The Munk Debates

    by Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, Malcolm Gladwell, Alain de Botton ...
    Series Book 2015 - The Munk Debates
    Progress. It is one of the animating concepts of the modern era. From the Enlightenment onwards, the West has had an enduring belief that through the evolution of institutions, innovations, and ideas, the human condition is improving. This process is supposedly accelerating as new technologies, individual freedoms, and the spread of global norms empower individuals and societies around the world. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Simpler Life

    A guide to greater serenity, ease, and clarity

    by The School of Life, Alain de Botton ...
    This book explores ideas around minimalism, simplicity and how to live comfortably with less.The modern world can be a complicated, frenzied, and noisy place, filled with too many options, products, ideas and opinions. That explains why what many of us long for is simplicity: a life that can be more pared down, peaceful, and focused on the essentials.But finding simplicity is not always easy; it ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • In Praise of Love

    by Alain Badiou, Nicolas Truong ...
    Translated by Peter Bush ...
    The renowned French philosopher's "ode to love's power to unite in the face of eternity, and its optimism in the face of pain" ( Publishers Weekly).In a world rife with consumerism, where online dating promises risk-free romance and love is all too often seen as a mere variant of desire and hedonism, Alain Badiou believes that love is under threat. Taking to heart Rimbaud's famous line "love needs ... Read more

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  • The New Negro

    Voices of the Harlem Renaissance

    by Alain Locke ...
    A portrait of the vibrant world of 1920s Harlem, with writings by Langston Hughes, W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, Walter White, and more.The Harlem Renaissance was a landmark period in African American history—a time when black poets, musicians, intellectuals, civil rights activists, and others changed the social and cultural landscape in enduring ways. Its influence went far ... Read more

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  • The Consolations of Philosophy

    by Alain De Botton ...
    Series series Vintage International
    From the author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, a delightful, truly consoling work that proves that philosophy can be a supreme source of help for our most painful everyday problems.Perhaps only Alain de Botton could uncover practical wisdom in the writings of some of the greatest thinkers of all time. But uncover he does, and the result is an unexpected book of both solace and humor. Dividing ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A More Exciting Life

    A guide to greater freedom, spontaneity and enjoyment

    by The School of Life ...
    A guide to living a more joyful and interesting life.In pursuit of a more exciting life, we often seek external experiences to fulfill us. We take trips, parachute out of airplanes, and buy the latest technology. But the keys to a more joyful, thrilling, and beautiful life are already within us.This inspiring book from The School of Life is a guide to the psychology of fulfillment. It presents ... Read more

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  • The Architecture of Happiness

    by Alain De Botton ...
    Series series Vintage International
    A dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs, buildings, and streets that surround us. And yet a concern for architecture is too often ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes)

    by Henri Alain-Fournier ...
    Translated by Robin Buss ...
    'I read it for the first time when I was seventeen and loved every page. I find its depiction of a golden time and place just as poignant now as I did then' Nick HornbyThe Lost Estate is Robin Buss's translation of Henri Alain-Fournier's poignant study of lost love, Le Grand Meaulnes.When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • How to Survive the Modern World

    Making sense of, and finding calm in, unsteady times

    by The School of Life, Alain de Botton ...
    A guide to modern times that explores the challenges living in the 21st century can pose to our mental wellbeing.The modern world has brought us a range of extraordinary benefits and joys, including technology, medicine, and transport. But it can also feel as though modern times have plunged us ever deeper into greed, despair, and agitation. Seldom has the world felt more privileged and resource ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Le Grand Meaulnes, in the originial French

    by Alain-Fournier ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Le Grand Meaulnes is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier. Fifteen-year-old François Seurel narrates the story of his relationship with seventeen-year-old Augustin Meaulnes as Meaulnes searches for his lost love. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, the search for the unobtainable, and the mysterious world between childhood and ... Read more

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  • The Good Enough Parent

    How to raise contented, interesting, and resilient children

    by The School of Life, Alain de Botton ...
    A compassionate guide to raising resilient, authentic, well-rounded children.The Good Enough Parent is a compendium of life lessons, including how to say 'No', how to look beneath the surface of "bad" behavior to find the root of what is going on, how to encourage a child to be genuinely kind, and how to handle the moodiness of adolescence.Rather than striving for perfection, the book argues, the ... Read more

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