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A Job to Love - The School of Life by The School of Life
$33.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: The\School of Life Library
Alongside a satisfying relationship, a career we love is one of the foremost requirements for a fulfilled life. Unfortunately, it is devilishly hard to understand oneself well enough to know quite where one's energies should be directed. A Job To Love is designed to help us out of some of these impasses ...Show more
Calm: Educate yourself in the art of remaining calm, and learn how to defend yourself from panic and fury (The School of Life) by The School of Life Press (Series editor Alain de Botton)
$33.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: The\School of Life Library
Few life skills are as neglected, yet as important, as the ability to remain calm. Our very worst decisions and interactions are almost invariably the result of a loss of calm - and a descent into anxiety and agitation. Surprisingly, but very fortunately, our power to remain calm can be rehearsed and im ...Show more
How To Think More About Sex by Alain De Botton, The School of Life
$23.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
In this rigorous and supremely honest book Alain de Botton helps us navigate the intimate and exciting - yet often confusing and difficult - experience that is sex.Few of us tend to feel we're entirely normal when it comes to sex, and what we think we're supposed to be feeling rarely matches up with the ...Show more
How to Age (The School of Life series) by Anne Karpf
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The School of Life
As a culture, we are increasingly 'anti-age'. Ageing is either identified entirely with disability, dependency and isolation or, conversely, with the model of the bungee-jumping, jet-skiing, Botoxed baby-boomer who has vanquished age altogether; it is either all-defining or non-existent because powerful ...Show more
How to Be Alone by Sara Maitland, The School of Life
$23.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
By indulging in the experience of being alone, we can be inspired to find our own rewards and ultimately lead richer, fuller lives.Our fast-paced society does not approve of solitude; being alone is so often considered anti-social and some even find it sinister. Why is this so when autonomy, personal fr ...Show more
How to Be Bored by Eva Hoffman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: The School of Life
How to embrace boredom and find meaning in doing nothing. Lethargic inactivity can be debilitating and depressing; but for those living in the modern world, the pendulum has swung far in the other direction. We live in a hectic, hyperactive, over-stimulated age. Excessive busyness and overfilled schedul ...Show more
How to Be a Leader (The School of Life series) by School of Life Staff (Compiled by); Martin Bjergegaard; Cosmina Popa
$20.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
No one is born to lead. This is the idea at the heart of this thoughtful book on leadership. Popular culture feeds us images of the square-jawed, strong-armed leader - charismatic, powerful, decisive - but the truth is, with the right amount of self-knowledge and authenticity, anyone can be a good leade ...Show more
How to Change the World by John-Paul Flintoff
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The School of Life
We all want to live in a better world, but sometimes it feels that we lack the ability or influence to make a difference. John-Paul Flintoff offers a powerful reminder that through the generations, society has been transformed by the actions of individuals who understood that if they didn't like somethi ...Show more
How to Choose a Partner (The School of Life series) by Susan Quilliam
$20.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: The School of Life
An insightful guide to choosing the partner that's right for youChoosing a romantic partner is one of contemporary life's biggest adventures. But other aspects of modern living - being globally more mobile, a fall in religious belief, social liberalisation and more job opportunities (but longer working ...Show more
How to Deal with Adversity: The School Of Life by Christopher Hamilton
$20.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
In How to Deal with Adversity, Christopher Hamilton explores how we face trials and tribulations in everyday life, and why adversity, from small setbacks to larger, more life-defining problems, affects and shapes us so fundamentally. In this book from The School of Life series, drawing upon history, phi ...Show more
How to Find Fulfilling Work - The School of Life by Roman Krznaric
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The School of Life
This is a book about how to take working life in new directions how to negotiate the labyrinth of choices, how to think about personal ambitions and motivations, and ultimately how to take concrete steps to finding a fulfilling career. It is a self-help book with a difference. Standard career guides are ...Show more
How to Live in the City (The School of Life series) by Hugo Macdonald
$20.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: The School of Life
A handbook for mastering the art of living in a city. Building a relationship with a city is a lot like building a relationship with another person - just as cities can be intoxicating, generous and inspiring, so they can also be dangerous, fickle and impenetrable. How to Live in the City is a book for ...Show more