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The News

The News

A User's Manual

By Alain de Botton

Paperback / softback | ISBN 9780241972694

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Our lives are saturated with news. But how does it affect us? And how should we read it?

Today, the news occupies the same dominant position in our lives as religion once did. But rarely do we consider how it touches us. Here, Alain de Botton examines a number of archetypal news stories - a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview - from a fresh perspective to ask intriguing questions- why do disaster stories titillate? why obsess over love lives of the famous? why smile when a politician falls from grace? In so doing, he brings clear sight and understanding to a force which, above all others, informs our view of reality.

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Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9780241972694
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages: 272
Width (mm): 132
Height (mm): 198
Depth (mm): 21

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