- Title:
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The News
- Written by:
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Alain de Botton
- Read by:
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Nicholas Bell
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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5
- Duration:
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5 hours 16 minutes
- Published:
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February 01 2014
- Available Date:
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February 01 2014
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781486210916
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Current Affairs & Politics; Philosophy
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Bestselling author
'Singlehandedly, de Botton has taken philosophy back to its simplest and most important purpose: helping us live our lives.'
The Independent
‘Highly original and thought-provoking.’ (for 'Religion for Athiests').
Publishers Weekly
The world's foremost living philosopher takes apart the world of modern media. An analysis of the modern world not to be missed.
What does the news do to our brains, our souls, and our views of one another?
We spend an inordinate amount of time checking on it. It moulds how we view reality, we’re increasingly addicted to it on our luminous gadgets, we check it every morning when we wake up and every evening before we sleep—and yet the news has rarely been the focus of an accessible, serious, saleable, book-length study. Until now.
The News ranges from politics to murders, from economics to celebrities, from the weather to paparazzi shows—all in search of answers to the questions: “What do we want from this?” and “Is it doing us any good?”
After The News, we’ll never look at a celebrity story, the report on a tropical storm, or the sex scandal of a politician in quite the same way again.