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Arguments by The School The School of Life
24.99 NZD
Category: Psychology / Sociology: | Series: The\School of Life Love Ser.
An average couple will have between thirty and fifty significant arguments a year--and yet we're seldom taught very much about why they happen and how they could grow a little less intense. This is a guide to arguments in love: it teaches us why they might occur, what their symptoms are, how we could le ...Show more
Big Ideas for Curious Minds: An Introduction to Philosophy by The School of Life; Alain de Botton (Series edited by); Anna Doherty (Illustrator)
44.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: School of Life
Children are, in many ways, born philosophers. Without prompting, they ask some of the largest questions: about time, mortality, happiness and the meaning of it all. Yet sadly, too often, this inborn curiosity is not developed and with age the questions fall away. This is a book designed to harness chil ...Show more
Calm: Educate yourself in the art of remaining calm, and learn how to defend yourself from panic and fury (The School of Life) by The School of Life Press (Series editor Alain de Botton)
37.99 NZD
Category: Self Improvement | Series: The\School of Life Library
Few life skills are as neglected, yet as important, as the ability to remain calm. Our very worst decisions and interactions are almost invariably the result of a loss of calm - and a descent into anxiety and agitation. Surprisingly, but very fortunately, our power to remain calm can be rehearsed and im ...Show more
Heartbreak by The School The School of Life
27.99 NZD
Category: Self Improvement | Series: The\School of Life Love Ser.
Almost no one gets through life without, at some point, having their heart broken. Advice at such a dark moment tends to focus on letting time do the healing. But there is also a vital role for understanding and perspective. We sometimes make our situation far worse than it needs to be through certain i ...Show more
How To Think More About Sex by Alain De Botton, The School of Life
27.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
In this rigorous and supremely honest book Alain de Botton helps us navigate the intimate and exciting - yet often confusing and difficult - experience that is sex.Few of us tend to feel we're entirely normal when it comes to sex, and what we think we're supposed to be feeling rarely matches up with the ...Show more
How to Be Alone by Sara Maitland, The School of Life
27.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
By indulging in the experience of being alone, we can be inspired to find our own rewards and ultimately lead richer, fuller lives.Our fast-paced society does not approve of solitude; being alone is so often considered anti-social and some even find it sinister. Why is this so when autonomy, personal fr ...Show more
How to Overcome Your Childhood by The School The School of Life
24.99 NZD
Category: Psychology / Sociology: | Series: THE SCHOOL OF LIFE
When trying to deal with our current troubles and anxieties, it can be deeply irritating to be asked to consider our childhoods. They happened so long ago; we can probably barely remember, let alone relate to, the little person we once were. But one of the most powerful explanations for why we may, as a ...Show more
Relationships - The School of Life by The School of Life
37.99 NZD
Category: Self Improvement | Series: The\School of Life Library
Few things promise us greater happiness than our relationships - yet few things more reliably deliver misery and frustration. Our error is to suppose that we are born knowing how to love and that managing a relationship might therefore be intuitive and easy. This book starts from a different premise: th ...Show more
Sex: The School of Life by School of Life (Business Enterprise) Staff; Alain de Botton (Series edited by)
37.99 NZD
Category: Self Improvement | Series: The\School of Life Library
Shame means that many couples still find it difficult to be honest with one another about who they are and what they need to feel sexually satisfied. We shouldn't suppose that we can always and invariably share our every sexual proclivity with others, but there's a lot we could feel more confident about ...Show more
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