Alain de Botton's redemptive volume charts a course from collapse to recovery with kindness, compassion and wisdom.
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"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...
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“An engrossing tale [that] provides plenty of food for thought” (People, Best New Books pick), this playful, wise, and profoundly moving second novel from the internationally bestselling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life tracks the beautifully complicated arc of a romantic partnership.
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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...
How to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century--an introduction to the modern art of emotional intelligence.
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 arguably the...
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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...
Alain de Botton's redemptive volume charts a course from collapse to recovery with kindness, compassion and wisdom.
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"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...
Read More about A Therapeutic Journey: Lessons from the School of Life
California Reading Association's 2021 EUREKA Nonfiction Children's Book Awards - Gold Award Winner
Featured in The Independent's 10 best kids' motivational books that educate and inspire.
An imaginative and engaging exploration of childhood emotions through poetry and evocative illustration.
Emotions...
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A parenting guide providing compassionate instruction and insight into raising a resilient, well-balanced child.
Bringing up a child to be an authentic and mentally robust adult is one of life's great challenges. It is also, fortunately, not a matter of luck.
The Good Enough Parent is a compendium...
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An insightful and consoling guide to the melancholic state of mind.
This is a book that celebrates the most neglected but valuable emotion we can feel: melancholy. Melancholy isn't depression, rage, or bitterness. It's a serene, wise, and kindly response to the difficulties of being alive. It helps...
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From the internationally heralded author of How Proust Can Change Your Life comes a remarkable book that presents the wisdom of some of the greatest thinkers of the ages as advice for our day to day struggles.
"A fine introduction the world of philosophy." —Newsweek
Solace for the broken heart can...