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About Alain De Botton. Alain de Botton is the author of nonfiction works on subjects ranging from love and travel to architecture and philosophy. His most recent work, The News: A User’s Manual, will be released by Pantheon Books in February of 2014. His best-selling More about Alain De Botton. “The News: A User’s Manual” by Alain de Botton February 17, 2016 May 11, 2016 / Dan Hatcher Alain de Botton is uniquely about to write about the peculiarities of the modern age with the utmost compassion.

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The News is Alain de Botton’s witty and insightful exploration of our twenty-first century obsession with media.Why do we keep checking the news?Today, the news occupies the same dominant position in our lives as religion once did. But rarely do we consider how it touches us. Here, Alain de Botton examines a number of archetypal news stories – a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview – from a fresh perspective to ask intriguing questions: why do disaster stories titillate? why obsess over love lives of the famous? why smile when a politician falls from grace? In so doing, he brings clear sight and understanding to a force which, above all others, informs our view of reality.’Like all classic de Botton, there are plenty of insightful observations here, peppered with some psychology, a dash of philosophy, a big dollop of commonsense’ Scotsman’De Botton’s 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 when most books offering solutions to the stresses of life recommend the lotus position’ Daily Mail

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Cox is to science. De Botton has covered a good many other topics, including philosophy, architecture, travel, status anxiety, work, and more recently, the news and media. He recently toured Australia promoting his latest books, this volume and his most recent book, The news: A user’s manual (2014). The idea that art can be therapeutic is not. Alain de Botton is a Swiss author and philosopher. He was born in Zurich in 1969, though was sent to boarding school in England. He studied history and philosophy at Cambridge University and University of London. De Botton’s first novel was published in 1993. The book utilized an unusual combination of storytelling and analysis. Get now: AUDIOBOOK DOWNLOAD READ The News: A User s Manual (PDF,EPUB,TXT) - BY Alain de Botton,READ The N.

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