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1	How Proust Can Change Your Life more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist Alain de Botton's first work of nonfiction is a tribute to Marcel Proust, in the guise of a somewhat unusual self-help book. Consisting of Proust's opinions on subjects ranging from vacations to sex, it is, in the end, an illuminating portrait of Proust by de Botton. Listed by Salon as one of the Ten Best Books of 1997. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Art of Travel more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist From the bestselling author of "How Proust Can Change Your Life" comes a dazzling inquiry into our desire to travel and into the ways in which this experience is altered by both anticipation and memory. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The consolations of philosophy more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist 'Witty, thoughtful, entertaining ...a stylish book, which manages to make philosophy both enjoyable and relevant, at the same time providing a very sensible digest of consolations for many of our current psychological ills' - Anthony Clare, "LiteraryReview". see all copies from $3.96! new only from $12.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The Consolations of Philosophy more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist Alain de Botton ekes everyday advice and wisdom from some very heady sources. His book distills life interpretations from great thinkers and offers them up with personal insights and anecdotes. see all copies from $2.50! new only from $8.97! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Architecture of Happiness more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist What makes a house beautiful? Is it serious to spend your time thinking about home decoration? Why do people disagree about taste? And can buildings make us happy? In "The Architecture of Happiness", Alain de Botton tackles a relationship central to our lives. Our buildings - and the objects we fill them with - affect us more profoundly than we ... see all copies from $3.59! new only from $9.31! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Status Anxiety more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist Alain de Botton turns his attention to the concept of status: what it is, why we need it, what we will do to get it. In his usual quirky and entertaining--but intelligent and provocative--fashion, de Botton finds insight in some unusual places as he delves into the worlds of art, religion, and literature, not neglecting his own offbeat experiences. see all copies from $2.06! new only from $8.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	On Love more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist The best-selling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life and The Art of Travel revisits his utterly charming debut novel, On Love. The narrator is smitten by Chloe on a Paris-London flight, and by the time they've reached the luggage carousel he knows he is in love. He loves her chestnut hair, watery green eyes, the gap that makes her teeth ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Kiss & Tell more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist A biographer decides to tell the life story of a completely unknown woman: Isabel Rogers, a production assistant at a stationery company. As he gets deeper into her life, however, she becomes not ordinary but remarkable. A clever riff on Samuel Johnson's observation that everyone's life is worthy of a biography. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Essays in love more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist Charting the progress of an affair, from first kiss to argument and reconciliation, from intimacy and tenderness to anxiety, this is a wholly modern attempt to define the age-old dilemmas of the heart by detailing the highs and lows of contemporary romance. see all copies from $13.21! new only from $17.39! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	The Romantic Movement: Sex, Shopping, and the Novel more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist An exploration of a love affair, from first meeting to breakup, between Alice, an advertising executive, and Eric, a banker, supplemented by quizzes and line drawings. Interspersed throughout is commentary by philosophers from Descartes to Aretha Franklin. see all copies from $3.06! new only from $9.99! \| first editions
11 view cover	The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist Peering closely at details of the workday and workplace, de Botton gets at the whys and wherefores of routine, practice, and process, focusing a new and unexpectedly revealing light on the essential meaning of work. see all copies from $14.00! new only from $15.52! \| SVS
12 view cover	Art of Travel by Alain De Botton add to wishlist 'Lucid, fluid, uplifting' - "Sunday Times". With the help of a selection of writers, artists and thinkers - including Flaubert, Edward Hopper, Wordsworth and Van Gogh - Alain de Botton's bestselling "The Art of Travel" provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing. The perfect ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $9.63! \| first editions
13 view cover	Status Anxiety by Alain De Botton add to wishlist 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 this universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks at ... see all copies from $4.33! new only from $4.98!
14 view cover	Kiss & tell more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist Presents a challenge to biographical norms by setting out to chart the life of someone unknown, intimate with their biographer, and still alive. The subject of the book is Isabel Rogers, a 25-year-old Londoner, and her biographer's approach to her life is complicated by their love affair. see all copies from $3.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Essays in Love by Alain de Botton add to wishlist The bestselling author of The Architecture of Happiness and How Proust Can Change Your Life revisits his utterly charming debut book, Essays in Love. The narrator is smitten by Chloe on a Paris-to-London flight, and by the time they've reached the luggage carousel he knows he is in love. He loves her chestnut hair, watery green eyes, the gap that ... see all copies from $9.15! new only from $9.15!
16 view cover	How Proust can change your life more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist Marcel Proust, author of In Search of Lost Time, one of the longest novels of the twentieth century, was an authority on how to live a richer, happier, more successful life - although rarely happy himself. The author gives an affectionate view of the brilliant and often bizarre novelist, and an interpretation of his novel. New paperback edition. see all copies from $4.25! new only from $161.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Art of Travel, the by Alain De Botton add to wishlist Few things are as exciting as the idea of travelling somewhere far from home. Somewhere with better weather, more interesting customs and more inspiring landscapes. So why are we so often dissatisfied with the reality of travel? In "The Art of Travel" Alain de Botton, author of the bestselling "The Consolidations of Philosophy", takes us on a ... see all copies from $11.99! first editions
18	The Essential Plato by Alain De Botton add to wishlist see all copies from $2.70! new only from $5.75!
19 view cover	Architectural Voices: Listening to Old Buildings more books like this by David Littlefield, Saskia Lewis, Alain de Botton (Preface by) add to wishlist If a building could speak, what would it say? What would it sound like? Would it be worth listening to? This book treats buildings as deeply human creations - built by people for people; they come to embody the dreams, imaginings and stories that take place within them. David Littlefield and Saskia Lewis argue that buildings have voices and that ... see all copies from $8.40! new only from $31.05! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Romantic movement more books like this by Alain De Botton add to wishlist Looks at the psychology of men and women in love, as it portrays a modern relationship between Alice and Eric. Some of the themes explored include the question of knowing one's partner in a relationship, the issue of power between people, and the link between love, sex and shopping. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.95! \| first editions
21	Status Anxiety by Alain De Botton add to wishlist 'Every adult life could be said to be defined by two great love stories. The first ? the story of our quest for sexual love ? is well known and well-charted. The second ? the story of our quest for love from the world ? is a more secret and shameful tale. And yet this second love story is no less intense than the first.? This is a book about an ... see all copies from $5.42!
22 view cover	On Seeing and Noticing (Pocket Penguins S. ) by Alain De Botton add to wishlist In On Seeing and Noticing, Alain de Botton takes everyday concerns such as expressing sadness or being romantic and dispenses advice and observations based on the works of some of history's greatest writers, artists and thinkers. see all copies from $32.90! new only from $90.72!
23 view cover	Consolation of Philosophy by Alain De Botton add to wishlist see all copies from $6.92! new only from $26.55!
24	The Art of Travel by Alain De Botton add to wishlist This is an inspirational and witty guide to how to make our travels go better, dealing with everything from the airport to the hotel minibar. see all copies from $10.00! first editions
25	Trost Der Philosophie. Eine Gebrauchsanweisung by Alain De Botton add to wishlist see all copies from $17.40! new only from $35.46!

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