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Big Ideas for Curious Minds: An Introduction to Philosophy by The School of Life; Alain de Botton (Series edited by); Anna Doherty (Illustrator)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: School of Life
Children are, in many ways, born philosophers. Without prompting, they ask some of the largest questions: about time, mortality, happiness and the meaning of it all. Yet sadly, too often, this inborn curiosity is not developed and with age the questions fall away. This is a book designed to harness chil ...Show more
Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion by Alain de Botton
$14.99 AUD
$35.00 (57% off)
Category: Philosophy and Religion
Argues that the supernatural claims of religion are of course entirely false - and yet that religions still have important things to teach the secular world. This book proposes that we should look to religions for insights into how to build a sense of community, make our relationships last, overcome fee ...Show more
School of Life: An Emotional Education by Alain de Botton (Introduction by); School of Life Staff
$29.99 AUD
$45.00 (33% off)
Category: Second Hand
Discover everything you were never taught at school about how to lead a better life... Introduced and edited by the bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of Love 'Alain de Botton likes to take big, complex subjects and write about them with thoughtful and ...Show more
The News - A User's Manual by Alain De Botton
$14.99 AUD
$29.99 (50% off)
Category: Social & Political | Reading Level: very good
Alain de Botton explores our relationship with 'the news' in this book full of his trademark wit and wisdom. Following on from his bestselling Religion for Atheists, Alain de Botton turns now to look at the manic and peculiar positions that 'the news' occupies in our lives. We invest it with an authorit ...Show more
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton
$19.99 AUD
$45.00 (55% off)
Category: Social & Political
We spend most of our waking lives at work - in occupations often chosen by our unthinking sixteen-year-old selves. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what it might mean for us. Equally intrigued by work's pleasures and its pains, Alain de Botton here heads out into the under-charted wor ...Show more
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