De Botton, Alain.
Contents: The significance of architecture -- In what style shall we build? -- Talking buildings -- Ideals of home -- The virtures of buildings -- The promise of a field.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2006
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Summary: We all know the headiness and excitement of the early days of love. But what comes after? In Edinburgh, a couple, Rabih and Kirsten, fall in love. They get married, they have children but no long-term relationship is as simple as happily ever after. "The Course of Love" is a novel that explores what happens after the birth of love, what it takes to maintain love, and what happens to our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2002
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Summary: Presents a philosophical assessment of the role of news in today's gadget-driven societies, exploring subjects ranging from politics and crime to celebrities and paparazzi while considering how the news shapes everyday worldviews.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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Summary: Alain De Botton explores the world of offices and factories, convention halls, outdoor installations and transportation routes. He spends time in and around some less familiar work environments and discloses both the sheer strangeness and beauty of the places where people spend their working lives. Along the way, De Botton uncovers some of the most compelling questions that we rarely make time...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2009
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Contents: Causes: Lovelessness -- Expectation -- Meritocracy -- Snobbery -- Dependence -- Solutions: Philosophy -- Art -- Politics -- Religion -- Bohemia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2004