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The School of Life

A practical guide to being nice.

Much of today's media tells us to be thinner, richer, and more successful. This book tells us how to be nicer. Niceness may not have the immediate allure of money or fame, but we can all benefit from practical advice on how to be more patient, better at listening, less irritable, and less defensive.

This is a guidebook to the uncharted landscape of niceness, gently exploring the key themes of this often overlooked quality. We learn how to be charitable, how to forgive, how to be natural, and how to reassure. We learn that, rather than indicating naivety, kindness and empathy are in fact unique strengths-and deserve to be rediscovered as the greatest of all human achievements.

Rachel Lanning

The School of Life Library

On Being Nice

A practical guide to finding fulfilling work - by understanding yourself.
The idea that work might be fulfilling rather than just necessary is a recent invention. These days, in prosperous areas of the world, we don't only expect to get paid, we also expect to find meaning and satisfaction. It's a big ask and explains why so many people have an identity crisis in their work lives.
A Job To Love is designed to help us better understand ourselves in order to find a job that is right for us. It explores the myths, traps and confusions that get in our way, and shows us how to develop new, effective attitudes and habits. 
With compassion and practicality, this book guides us to discover our true talents and to make sense of our confusion, desires, and aspirations - before it is too late.

A Job to Love

"... A book reminding us of all the small moments we overlook when they happen."- Emma Gannon, Ctr Alt Delete podcast

52 overlooked small pleasures, from flirtation and figs to cyprus trees and the pleasant exhaustion that follows an especially productive day.

We exhaust ourselves and the planet in the search for very large pleasures, while all around us lies a wealth of small pleasures, which-if we only pay more attention-can bring us solace and joy on a daily basis. This is a guidebook to life's small pleasures: everything from the distinct delight of holding a child's hand to the joy of watching the evening sky. It's an intriguing, evocative collection that will heighten our senses and return us to the world with newfound excitement and enthusiasm.

Small Pleasures

A NEW APPROACH TO MINDFULNESS: • from The School of Life.
AN ENCOURAGING GUIDE TO MANAGING OUR EMOTIONSPRACTICAL LIFE SKILLS: • for how to find-and remain-calm.
PART OF THE SCHOOL OF LIFE LIBRARY SERIES: • other titles include 
Small Pleasures • , 
Relationships • , and 
Great Thinkers.

Calm

A fresh approach to matters of the heart, Relationships offers practical skills and new attitudes for a more mature vision of love. 

Since around 1750, we have been living in the era of Romanticism, which has shaped the way we approach love, marriage, and sex. When it comes to love, this book argues, Romanticism has been a disaster. 

Full of real-life examples, lively humor, and cultural anecdotes, Relationships teaches us: 

 • That love and sex may not always go together (and that's OK)
 • That discussing money early on, in a serious way, is not a betrayal of love
 • That acknowledging respective flaws can be a couple's superpower
 • That we will never find everything we need in another person
 • That spending two hours discussing whether bathroom towels should be hung up or can be left on the floor has its own dignity

With wisdom, wit, and compassion, this innovative guide paves the way to a new, brighter future for love.

LEARN THE SKILL OF LOVE • a refreshing, skills-based take on how to approach relationships.
PRACTICAL RELATIONSHIP ADVICE • that challenges many preconceived assumptions.
HARDCOVER WITH RIBBON MARKER • beautifully produced, premium gift format.

Fiona Buckland

Relationships

A collection of simple - and surprisingly relevant - tools from great thinkers throughout history. 

Focusing on important ideas from Western and Eastern philosophy, sociology, psychotherapy, art, architecture, and literature, this collection of wisdom and insight includes everyone from well know thinkers like Sigmund Freud and Lao Tzu to more unexpected names like Coco Chanel and St Benedict. 

With original color illustrations for each featured thinker, this book presents a fascinating gallery of individuals from across the millennia who have shaped the intellectual project of The School of Life.

A REFERENCE BOOK OF 60 GREAT THINKERS: • and their most useful ideas.
THE SCHOOL OF LIFE CANON: • a gallery of individuals from across the millennia who have shaped the intellectual project of The School of Life.
ORIGINAL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY STUART PATIENCETHE ULTIMATE RESOURCE: • for those seeking both answers and inspiration.
PREMIUM GIFT FORMAT: • shrink-wrapped with ribbon marker and belly band.

Great Thinkers: Simple tools from sixty great thinkers to improve your life today

A practical guide to finding fulfilling work - by understanding yourself. 

The idea that work might be fulfilling rather than just necessary is a recent invention. These days, in prosperous areas of the world, we don't only expect to get paid, we also expect to find meaning and satisfaction. It's a big ask and explains why so many people have an identity crisis in their work lives.

A Job To Love is designed to help us better understand ourselves in order to find a job that is right for us. It explores the myths, traps and confusions that get in our way, and shows us how to develop new, effective attitudes and habits. 

With compassion and practicality, this book guides us to discover our true talents and to make sense of our confusion, desires, and aspirations - before it is too late.

FIND A CAREER YOU LOVE • a guide to finding fulfilling work through self-exploration. 
PRACTICAL EXAMPLES AND EXERCISES • to inspire fresh thinking about our jobs and ourselves. 
BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED • gift format with ribbon marker.

A Job to Love: A practical guide to finding fulfilling work by better understanding yourself

An empowering approach to our unspoken desires.

Despite its relative cultural normalization, many couples still find it difficult to communicate about sex. It can feel extremely vulnerable to express sexual desires and identities. With their trademark wisdom and practicality, The School of Life explains that rationality and philosophy can help us understand and articulate our sexual preferences.

By exploring a wide range of sexual enthusiasms, this book helps us compassionately acknowledge aspects of ourselves we may be repressing. The goal of the book is to reduce shame, increase confidence, and prompt moments of courageous and relationship-enhancing honesty.

HOW TO THINK ABOUT SEX • an open-minded exploration.
REFRESHING & EXPLICIT • a liberating deep dive into a subject often entrenched in taboo.
EMPOWERS ADULTS TO REFRAME • tired definitions of sexuality.
A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH • to understanding our own desires.

Sex: An open approach to our unspoken desires

RECONSIDERS NICENESS • as a powerful and effective quality.
A PRACTICAL GUIDE • to practicing kindness and empathy in a chaotic world.
ENCOURAGING AND OPTIMISTIC • designed to resonate with everyone.
SERIES EDITED BY ALAIN DE BOTTON, • founder of The School of Life.

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