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Affairs by The School The School of Life
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit | Series: The\School of Life Love Ser.
Our societies are remarkably confident on the matter: Affairs are terrible things and only fools, monsters and knaves would ever be involved in them. Those who are their victims deserve unending sympathy and access to a good lawyer. This stance may be clear, but it is not especially helpful or productiv ...Show more
Arguments by The School The School of Life
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit | Series: The\School of Life Love Ser.
An average couple will have between thirty and fifty significant arguments a year--and yet we're seldom taught very much about why they happen and how they could grow a little less intense. This is a guide to arguments in love: it teaches us why they might occur, what their symptoms are, how we could le ...Show more
Dating by The School The School of Life
Category: Self-Help | Series: The\School of Life Love Ser.
Dating might seem a trivial and relatively inconsequential part of love, but it is in fact key to getting into the kind of relationship that can last and help us flourish. The process we call dating sits on top of some of the largest themes of love: how to know whether or not someone is right for us; ho ...Show more
Heartbreak by The School The School of Life
Category: Health | Series: The\School of Life Love Ser.
Almost no one gets through life without, at some point, having their heart broken. Advice at such a dark moment tends to focus on letting time do the healing. But there is also a vital role for understanding and perspective. We sometimes make our situation far worse than it needs to be through certain i ...Show more
How To Think More About Sex by Alain De Botton, The School of Life
Category: Science | 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 Be Alone by Sara Maitland, The School of Life
Category: Science | 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 a Leader (The School of Life series) by School of Life Staff (Compiled by); Martin Bjergegaard; Cosmina Popa
Category: Business | 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 Deal with Adversity: The School Of Life by Christopher Hamilton
Category: Accessories | 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 Stay Sane by Philippa Perry, The School of Life
Category: Self-Help | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
There is no simple set of instructions that can guarantee sanity, but if you want to overcome emotional difficulties and become happier, psychotherapist Philippa Perry, author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read, argues that there are four cornerstones to sanity you can influence to bring about c ...Show more
Life Lessons From Nietzsche by John Armstrong; School of Life (Business enterprise) Staff (Contribution by)
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, poet and cultural critic. He is best known for his controversial idea of "life affirmation" that challenged traditional morality and all doctrines. Born in 1844 outside Leipzig, Germany, his teachings inspired people in all walks of life, from dancers and po ...Show more
Life Lessons from Bergson - The School of Life by Michael Foley
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
'The School of Life offers radical ways to help us raid the treasure trove of human knowledge' Independent on Sunday Henri Bergson was a French professor and philosopher. Born in Paris in 1859 to a Polish composer and Yorkshire woman of Irish descent, his revelatory ideas of life as ceaseless becoming a ...Show more
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