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A Week at the Airport
Культурология

A Week at the Airport

Язык: английский
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We all spend longer than we would like waiting around in airports, but we rarely discover anything about our fellow travellers or those who work there. In the summer of 2009, however, Alain de Botton was given unprecedented, unrestricted access...
Religion for Atheists
Культурология

Religion for Atheists

Язык: английский
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What if religions are neither all true or all nonsense? The boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved on by Alain's inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are of...
Status Anxiety
Культурология

Status Anxiety

Язык: английский
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This is a book about an almost universal anxiety that rarely gets mentioned directly: an anxiety about what others think of us; about whether we're judged a success or a failure, a winner or a loser. This is a book about status anxiety. We...
The Art of Travel
Культурология

The Art of Travel

Язык: английский
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Acclaim for Alain de Botton's THE ART OF TRAVEL “[Refreshing and profoundly readable. … Thanks to de Botton's detailed and thoughtful writing, coupled with his clever curiosity, The Art of Travel hzs the potential to enrich not only our...