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Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1969, was educated at Cambridge, and now lives in London. He is a writer of essayistic books that have been described as a 'philosophy of everyday life.' He’s written on love, travel, architecture and literature. His books have been bestsellers in 30 countries. Alain also started and helps to run a school in London called The School of Life, dedicated to a new vision of education. Alain started writing at a young age. His first book, Essays in Love [titled On Love in the US], was published when he was twenty-three.

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Title:: Status Anxiety
Written by:: Alain de Botton
Read by:: Nicholas Bell
Format:: Unabridged CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 6
Duration:: 6 hours 35 minutes
Published:: September 01 2012
Available Date:: September 01 2012
Age Category:: Adult
ISBN:: 9781743119112
Genres:: Non-fiction; Lifestyle - Wellbeing; Psychology
Publisher:: Bolinda audio

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“His richest, funniest, most heartfelt work yet, packed with erudition and brimming with an elegant originality of mind ... An informative joy to read.”
The Seattle Times

Do you worry about how well you're doing? Are you envious of your friends' success? Are you suffering from status anxiety? We all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer - to a greater or lesser degree, usually privately and with embarrassment - from status anxiety. For the first time, Alain de Botton gives a name to his universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks at history, philosophy, economics, art and politics - and reveals the many ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries. The result is a book that is not only entertaining and thought-provoking - but genuinely wise and helpful as well.

“A smart and amusing inquiry ... Thick with social history and as funny as [it is] acute.”
The Boston Globe