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Macron provincial down in Paris : French Populist

Bashing Books Collection, #3

by Pascal Maurice, Paul Melchior, Ena Repenty ...

Series Book 3 - Bashing Books Collection
"Life has this extraordinary thing about it that it can put anyone in any place"... Aphorism ? It's isn't just a last vitriolic painting of the ravages of provincialism, based on ten years of observation and the testimonies of repentant enarques : a small essay on moral physiognomy for use by prime ministers of all kinds. The main problem is that there are too many provincials in Paris... But ... Read more

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"Life has this extraordinary thing about it that it can put anyone in any place"... Aphorism ? It's isn't just a last vitriolic painting of the ravages of provincialism, based on ten years of observation and the testimonies of repentant enarques : a small essay on moral physiognomy for use by prime ministers of all kinds. The main problem is that there are too many provincials in Paris... But
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I Hate Doctors

Bashing Books Collection, #1

by Pascal Maurice ...

Series Book 1 - Bashing Books Collection
A detailed satire of great lucidity and therefore of particular cruelty on the world of doctors of all kinds : English excerpts from the bilingual version of "Devil in Showbiz", issue 21 of the biennial publication "Singuliers", ISSN 0992-2881, founded in Paris in 1988. ... Read more

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A detailed satire of great lucidity and therefore of particular cruelty on the world of doctors of all kinds : English excerpts from the bilingual version of "Devil in Showbiz", issue 21 of the biennial publication "Singuliers", ISSN 0992-2881, founded in Paris in 1988.
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Claridges and Co : Discretionary Service Charge

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by Pascal Maurice ...

Series Book 2 - Bashing Books Collection
It was Claridge's Hotel in London that inspired this new edition of a satire of grand hotels in Europe, a small guide in which we also find rare hotels still respectable according to this criterion: money is not luxury, even if they are increasingly confused... it also talks a little about LVMH and even about a Trump in particular. ... Read more

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It was Claridge's Hotel in London that inspired this new edition of a satire of grand hotels in Europe, a small guide in which we also find rare hotels still respectable according to this criterion: money is not luxury, even if they are increasingly confused... it also talks a little about LVMH and even about a Trump in particular.
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A Simpler Life

A guide to greater serenity, ease, and clarity

by The School of Life, Alain de Botton ...

This book explores ideas around minimalism, simplicity and how to live comfortably with less.The modern world can be a complicated, frenzied, and noisy place, filled with too many options, products, ideas and opinions. That explains why what many of us long for is simplicity: a life that can be more pared down, peaceful, and focused on the essentials.But finding simplicity is not always easy; it ... Read more

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This book explores ideas around minimalism, simplicity and how to live comfortably with less.The modern world can be a complicated, frenzied, and noisy place, filled with too many options, products, ideas and opinions. That explains why what many of us long for is simplicity: a life that can be more pared down, peaceful, and focused on the essentials.But finding simplicity is not always easy; it
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Great Thinkers

Simple tools from sixty great thinkers to improve your life today

by The School of Life, Alain de Botton ...

Series series The School of Life Library
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 ... Read more

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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
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Status Anxiety

by Alain De Botton ...

Series series Vintage International
“There's no writer alive like de Botton” (Chicago Tribune), and now this internationally heralded author turns his attention to the insatiable human quest for status—a quest that has less to do with material comfort than love.Anyone who’s ever lost sleep over an unreturned phone call or the neighbor’s Lexus had better read Alain de Botton’s irresistibly clear-headed new book, immediately. For in ... Read more

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“There's no writer alive like de Botton” (Chicago Tribune), and now this internationally heralded author turns his attention to the insatiable human quest for status—a quest that has less to do with material comfort than love.Anyone who’s ever lost sleep over an unreturned phone call or the neighbor’s Lexus had better read Alain de Botton’s irresistibly clear-headed new book, immediately. For in
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100 Words To Make You Sound Smart

by Editors of the American Heritage Di ...

This title in the popular 100 Words series is an informative and entertaining resource that can help anyone be right on the money when looking for words that will make a point, seal the deal, or just keep folks listening. Chosen by the editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, these words will appeal to anyone who wants to be a more compelling communicator—as a worker, consumer, advocate, ... Read more

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This title in the popular 100 Words series is an informative and entertaining resource that can help anyone be right on the money when looking for words that will make a point, seal the deal, or just keep folks listening. Chosen by the editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, these words will appeal to anyone who wants to be a more compelling communicator—as a worker, consumer, advocate,
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Montaigne, Philosopher of Life

How to Believe

by Sarah Bakewell ...

Series series Guardian Shorts
What is it to be a human being? Why do I behave as I do? Montaigne did not flinch from these essential questions. His insights into the way we live are as relevant for today as they were in the 16th century. Sarah Bakewells seven-part ebook tackles the brilliance of Montaigne, philosopher of life, and asks what we can learn from his remarkable thinking.The How to Believe series of ebooks explores ... Read more

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What is it to be a human being? Why do I behave as I do? Montaigne did not flinch from these essential questions. His insights into the way we live are as relevant for today as they were in the 16th century. Sarah Bakewells seven-part ebook tackles the brilliance of Montaigne, philosopher of life, and asks what we can learn from his remarkable thinking.The How to Believe series of ebooks explores
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Fallen Leaves

Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God

by Will Durant ...

Praised as a “revelatory” book by The Wall Street Journal, this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prize–winning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death.The culmination of Will Durant’s sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizations from across the world, Fallen Leaves is the distilled wisdom of ... Read more

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Praised as a “revelatory” book by The Wall Street Journal, this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prize–winning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death.The culmination of Will Durant’s sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizations from across the world, Fallen Leaves is the distilled wisdom of
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The Right to Be Lazy

And Other Writings

by Paul Lafargue ...

Translated by Alex Andriesse ...

Now in a new translation, a classic nineteenth-century defense for the cause of idleness by a revolutionary writer and activist (and Karl Marx's son-in law) that reshaped European ideas of labor and production.Exuberant, provocative, and as controversial as when it first appeared in 1880, Paul Lafargue’s The Right to Be Lazy is a call for the workers of the world to unite—and stop working so much! ... Read more

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Now in a new translation, a classic nineteenth-century defense for the cause of idleness by a revolutionary writer and activist (and Karl Marx's son-in law) that reshaped European ideas of labor and production.Exuberant, provocative, and as controversial as when it first appeared in 1880, Paul Lafargue’s The Right to Be Lazy is a call for the workers of the world to unite—and stop working so much!
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Free Thought and Official Propaganda

by Bertrand Russell ...

Let us begin by trying to be clear as to what we mean by “free thought.” This expression has two senses. In its narrower sense it means thought which does not accept the dogmas of traditional religion. In this sense a man is a “free thinker” if he is not a Christian or a Mussulman or a Buddhist or a Shintoist or a member of any of the other bodies of men who accept some inherited orthodoxy. In ... Read more

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Let us begin by trying to be clear as to what we mean by “free thought.” This expression has two senses. In its narrower sense it means thought which does not accept the dogmas of traditional religion. In this sense a man is a “free thinker” if he is not a Christian or a Mussulman or a Buddhist or a Shintoist or a member of any of the other bodies of men who accept some inherited orthodoxy. In
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The Reactionary Mind

Why Conservative Isn't Enough

by Michael Warren Davis ...

America Needs Reactionaries!Never have the American people been lonelier, unhappier, or more in need of a swift reactionary kick in the pants.There is a better way to live—a way tested by history, a way that fulfills the deepest needs of the human spirit, and a way that promotes the pursuit of true happiness.That way is the reactionary way. In this irrepressibly provocative book, Michael Warren ... Read more

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America Needs Reactionaries!Never have the American people been lonelier, unhappier, or more in need of a swift reactionary kick in the pants.There is a better way to live—a way tested by history, a way that fulfills the deepest needs of the human spirit, and a way that promotes the pursuit of true happiness.That way is the reactionary way. In this irrepressibly provocative book, Michael Warren
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