The News: A User's Manual

In The News, Alain de Botton turns to the manic and peculiar positions that 'the news' occupies in our lives. We invest it with an authority and importance which used to be the preserve of religion but what does it do for us?

Informationen zum Autor Alain de Botton is the author of Essays in Love! The Romantic Movement! Kiss and Tell! How Proust Can Change Your Life! The Consolations of Philosophy! The Art of Travel! Status Anxiety! The Architecture of Happiness! The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work! A Week at the Airport! Religion for Atheists! The News: A User's Manual! and latest novel The Course of Love! among many others. Alain is a bestselling author in 30 countries. He lives in London! where he runs The School of Life and Living Architecture. Klappentext Looks at the manic and peculiar positions that 'the news' occupies in our lives. Mixing current affairs with philosophical reflections! this title offers an illustrated guide to the precautions we should take before venturing anywhere near the news and the 'noise' it generates. Zusammenfassung Looks at the manic and peculiar positions that 'the news' occupies in our lives. Mixing current affairs with philosophical reflections! this title offers an illustrated guide to the precautions we should take before venturing anywhere near the news and the 'noise' it generates.

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Alain de Botton is the author of Essays in Love, The Romantic Movement, Kiss and Tell, How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel, Status Anxiety, The Architecture of Happiness, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, A Week at the Airport, Religion for Atheists, The News: A User's Manual, and latest novel The Course of Love, among many others. Alain is a bestselling author in 30 countries. He lives in London, where he runs The School of Life and Living Architecture.

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Looks at the manic and peculiar positions that 'the news' occupies in our lives. Mixing current affairs with philosophical reflections, this title offers an illustrated guide to the precautions we should take before venturing anywhere near the news and the 'noise' it generates.