The News
A User's Manual
$28.73
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
26 February 2015
Summary
Our lives are saturated with news. But how does it affect us? And how should we read it?
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 examines a number of archetypal news stories—a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview—from a fresh perspective to ask intriguing questions: why do disaster stories titillate? why obsess over love lives of the famous? wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241972694 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241972698 |
| Author: | Alain de Botton |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 26 February 2015 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
One of our most consistently illuminating writers on contemporary culture
One of our most consistently illuminating writers on contemporary culture – John Gray * New Statesman *
De Botton’s gift is to prompt us to think about how we live and how we might change things * The Times *
Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton is the bestselling author of fifteen books, including The School of Life: An Emotional Education, How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel, and The Course of Love. He is the founder of The School of Life.
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