Status Anxiety by Alain de BottonRequirements: .MP3 reader, 221.8 MBOverview: Anyone who’s ever lost sleep over an unreturned phone call or the neighbor’s Lexus had better read Alain de Botton’s irresistibly clear-headed new book, immediately. For in its pages, a master explicator of our civilization and its discontents turns his attention to the insatiable quest […]
The Course of Love by Alain de BottonRequirements: .MP3 reader, 183.7 MBOverview: SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER The long-awaited and beguiling second novel from Alain de Botton that tracks the beautifully complicated arc of a romantic partnership, from the internationally bestselling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life. De Botton’s essay “Why You Will […]
The News: A User’s Manual by Alain de Botton / Nicholas Bell (Narrator)Requirements: .MP3 reader, 345 mbOverview: The news is everywhere. We can’t stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds? We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face […]
Relationships by Alain De Botton and the school of lifeRequirements: .PDF reader, 0.7mbOverview: view of love. It shows how to develop new attitudes that can lead to a psychologically mature vision of love: ▪ That it is ok that love and sex may not always belong together ▪ That discussing money early on, in a […]
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton Requirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 177 MB Overview: Alain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: He has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world’s most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged a panoply of wisdom […]