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21%OFFAlain de Botton - The News: A User's Manual - 9780241972694 - V9780241972694
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The News: A User's Manual

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Description for The News: A User's Manual Paperback. With an exploration of our obsession with media, this book examines a number of archetypal news stories - a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview - from a perspective to ask intriguing questions: why do disaster stories titillate? why obsess over love lives of the famous? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER

From one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life - an accessible and eye-opening exploration of our relationship with 'the news'

'His gift is to prompt us to think about how we live and how we might change things' The Times

'De Botton analyses modern society with great charm, learning and humour. His remedies come as a welcome relief' Daily Mail

'Like all classic de Botton, there are plenty of ... Read more

'The news' occupies a range of manic and peculiar positions 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?

Mixing current affairs with philosophical reflections, de Botton offers a brilliant illustrated guide to the precautions we should take before venturing anywhere near the news and the 'noise' it generates. Witty and global in reach, The News will ensure you'll never look at reports of a celebrity story or political scandal in quite the same way again.

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241972694
SKU
V9780241972694
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About 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 (theschooloflife.com).

Reviews for The News: A User's Manual
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

Goodreads reviews for The News: A User's Manual


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